The World Boxing Association has ordered a rematch between the British boxer Amir Khan and the American Lamont Peterson after a controversial fight last month. The WBA said it was concerned about a number of questionable decisions by the
referee
and the presence of an unauthorised man apparently distracting the judges during the scoring process. Khan was defeated on points and lost his WBA and IBF titles.
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The French finance minister says the country has lost its AAA credit rating. Francois Baroin said that Standard & Poor's had lowered the rating to AA+, but he said that France would not allow the agencies to dictate its policies. From Paris, Hugh Schofield.
法国财长称本国已失去3A信用级别,Francois Baroin称标准普尔将法国信用评分降为2A,不过他说,法国不会允许该机构主宰本国政策。Hugh Schofield在巴黎报道。
This news does not come as a surprise for France - there had been warnings for weeks that the downgrade was coming - but it's still a big blow. Economically, it means that the cost of borrowing to cover the country's huge debt will probably become more expensive. Politically, it's very bad news for President Sarkozy, who set such store on keeping the AAA. And for the eurozone, it's also a setback. Combined with bad news from Greece about the debt talks going on there, it shows that the euro crisis is well and truly back on the agenda.