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  Italy selects seaside training base for World Cup

  Football | Dec 14, 2013, 11:54 AM IST

  Rome: Italy's training base for the World Cup will be a seaside resort 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of Rio de Janeiro.   The Italian football federation says the Azzurri will stay at the Portobello Resort

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  Israeli military moves major operations to south

  World | Sep 16, 2012, 01:49 PM IST

  Hanegev Junction, (Israel), Sep 16: The Israeli military has begun construction of its largest training base ever, moving operations from some of the country's priciest real state to the barren sands of southern Israel in