China has denounced US criticism of its internet powers, saying it could mischief ties among both countries.

American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Thursday for China to raise limitations on the internet.

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Mrs Clinton also urged Beijing to examine Googles complaints that cyber attacks had originated in China.

Ma Zhaoxu – the Foreign Ministry spokesman said the US should ‘respect the facts’ and stop making ‘groundless impeachs contrary China’.

In a wide-ranging speech in Washington, Mrs Clinton said the internet had been a ‘source of enormous progress’ in China but that any country which restricted free access to information risked ‘walling themselves off from the progress of the next century’.

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Google said on 12 January that hackers had tried to infiltrate its software coding and the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights works, in a ‘highly sophisticated’ attack that originated from China.

Mrs Clinton called on Chinese authorities to examine the Google grievance of cyber attacks and to make the results available.

source: bbc

Florida 2008: The Gators (13-1) weren’t unblemished in their sprint to the 2008 national championship.

But after losing to Ole Miss by a point in September, they were a bit close to ideas the rest of the way.

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They won their last 10 games by an average margin of 33.8 points, and the closest anybody came to them was 10 points.

The combo of Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin on breach was virtually unstoppable, and Charlie Strong’s defense shut down Oklahoma’s record-setting breach in the BCS National Championship Game.

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The six astronauts preparing to fly into orbit aboard NASAs shuttle Endeavour in February arrived at their Florida launch site Monday for last training sessions as engineers work to replace vital hoses for their load – a new space station chamber.

Showing with his mom, Pam, the former Florida Gators quarterback will share a personal story in an ad called ‘Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life.’

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The ad is awaited to focus on Pam Tebows hard pregnancy and her determination to give birth to Tim versus doctors’ suggestions.

NASA spokesperson Allard Beutel at the Florida spaceport said SPACE.com that the hoses – four in all – will be stowed inside a storage locked in Endeavours middeck for the two-day trip to the space station.

Formula One world champion Nigel Mansell is aiming to race in this years Le Mans 24-hour classic. Silverstone Tickets 2010

The squad will run a factory-backed Ginetta-Zytek Z09R in the main prototype class of the Le Mans Series – and hope to land an entry for the 24 Hours.

Greg and Leo will share the car with the 1992 world champion joining them at selected races, including the British GP at Silverstone 1,000km in September.

The battle between Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton is one of the most eagerly-anticipated match-ups of the new season.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone computes Sebastian Vettel – and not Schumacher – will be the next German world champion.

Schumacher could well be joined back in Formula One by his younger brother Ralf Schumacher.

Ralf Schumacher could interest Renault and Toro Rosso, who are on the lookout for a 2nd driver.

The Germans come back has fanned the flames forward of what is sure to be one of the most enthralling seasons in Formula One history.

Despite his time away from sport, and the fact he will turn 41 on January 3, Ecclestone has no doubt Schumacher can go on to add to his record seven world titles.

MOTO GP megastar Rossi has turned down the chance to to be driver for Ferrari at next years Le Mans 24-hour classic.

The reigning two-wheel world champion was given the chance by former Ferrari Formula One ace Jean Alesi.

But it turned out to be an offer The Doctor could refuse.

BBC reports that Kubica will stay with Renault despite the fact the team has new owners.

Apparently his manager have said:

‘Robert wants a performing car. Its useless if the driver gets more money if you have a weak car and lose (performance) bonuses. Its better to score points and make podiums than to earn more money.’

Since when do those agents look out for anyone else but themselves?

If Renault had asked Nelsons manager if the young driver should crash his car and secure victory for Alonso, would the outcome have been different?

F1 fans are smart and will not buy of this anyway.

There is a reason Kimi is not in F1 in 2010 too. Yeah, thats right – cash.

Good luck to Robert and Ill miss Kimi! Bring on Silverstone 2010