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Wealthy crime cartels were said to be using the underwater craft in a bid to avoid the rising number of naval patrols in the Caribbean.

Lecce, who sit second from bottom, had looked on course for a valuable point in their bid to avoid the drop until Ronaldinho struck after 90 minutes.

Andy Roddick has called for players on the ATP Tour to unite in a bid to avoid the farcical scenes which have marred this year's US Open.

PARIS — Gérard Depardieu, one of France's best-known actors, has been accused by the country's Socialist government of lacking patriotism after he moved to Belgium apparently in a bid to avoid the taxes for which France is also renowned.

Irsay's nod to Manning's health may be little more than a convenient and graceful out for everyone, a bid to avoid the ugliness that often attends a transcendent player who is struggling with when to go.

Motorists have been told to avoid travelling through Dover on "Black Saturday" in a bid to avoid the traffic chaos that trapped thousands of drivers for hours last weekend.

But they now host Mick McCarthy's Ipswich this Saturday, followed by the final two fixtures against sides bidding to avoid the drop, 23rd-placed Wigan Athletic and the team a place above, Jackett's old club Millwall.

But in what seemed a bid to avoid being the first to abandon the cease-fire, the ministers also said Israel is continuing a policy of restraint.

And the defense has claimed unspecified state security concerns in its successful bid to avoid revealing the full contents of the investigation into Rachel Corrie's killing -- the family's lawyers have only been allowed to view a summary.

The Uzbek authorities kept the bridge open after retaking the town Thursday in an apparent bid to avoid angering the population.

In their own bid to avoid surprises the USA spent their January camp in Brazil, at the hotel and training centre they will use during the World Cup.