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Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships
Feb 17 2009, Marco Villa

Intimidate critics of Israel that is, not anyone on the court. Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer was recently denied permission to land in Dubai and compete in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. Poor her, she probably trains on some stolen...

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