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It is 1am and there is a man in my tent. He is lying on his back waving his legs in the air. "Excuse me," I say. "But this is my tent." Instead of apologising, he giggles. He shows no sign of departing. Instead he replies: "Nice one, babe! Come on in and we'll have some fun together." Fun!? It is raining, I am covered in mud and my temper is about to snap like an over-stretched rubber band. ~~~snip~~~

Sharapova, Hingis to clash in Tokyo semis Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Defending champion Maria Sharapova and four- time Tokyo titlist Martina Hingis will square off in the semifinals at the $1.34 million Toray Pan Pacific Open. The top-seeded Sharapova, who beat American Lindsay Davenport in last year's finale here, handled Australian Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-4 in 69 minutes in Friday's quarterfinal action at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Meanwhile, the Swiss Hingis easily defeated promising Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-1 to set-up the semifinal showdown with the Russian Sharapova. The unseeded Hingis, who rejoined the WTA Tour on a full-time...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A military police private who bared her breasts during a mud-wrestling party at an Army camp in Iraq is being kicked out of the service, her grandmother said Friday. Luci Tomlin said 19-year-old Pfc. Deanna Allen was being singled out since photos of the event were published earlier this month. href="http://www.fayettevillenc.com/">

The Army has ordered a full-scale investigation into the sex and mud-wrestling escapade at Camp Bucca in Iraq, modeled after its sweeping probe of abuse allegations at Abu Ghraib prison. Lt. Gen. James Helmly, commander of the Army Reserve, ordered the probe after the Sunday Daily News reported that sergeants at Camp Bucca allegedly lent their rooms to G.I.s for sex parties and arranged a wild mud-wrestling bout with scantily clad female military prison guards last year. The investigation will be conducted under Army Regulation 15-6, the same rules that governed Gen. Antonio Taguba in his probe into the alleged...