RIO DE JENEIRO， Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Brazil and defending Olympic champions Russia both got off to winning start in the men' s volleyball competitions of the Rio Games kicking off here on Sunday.
Wallace de Souza notched 18 points to lead the hosts rally past Mexico 23-25， 25-19， 25-14 and 25-18 in their first pool A match. Ricardo Lucarelli and Lucas Saatkamp added 17 and 13 points respectively.
"It is normal to be anxious. After we had lost the first set we wanted to get to the normal volleyball we play， but our team is not yet at 100%，" said Evandro M. Guerra， who came from the bench to score six points for Brazil. "The fans were really helpful. We did silly mistakes but we got better after the second set and we were more confident."
"Mexico played well but the Brazilian team made a lot of mistakes，" said Souza. "Our service was not effective in the first set. Normally we serve well but today (it) was not really good."
Also in pool A， Canada hammered World Cup title holders the United States 25-23， 25-17 and 25-23 and Italy swept France 25-20， 25-20 and 25-15.
"Do we expect to take the United States three zero? No，" said Gavin Schmitt， who scored 13 points for Canada. ""You never expect a victory quite like that. It's certainly right up there. It would be tough to compare beating the USA in my first Olympic Games with anything."
In pool B， world champions Poland eased past Egypt 25-18， 25-20 and 25-17 and Russia overcame Cuba 25-17， 25-19， 22-25 and 25-18. Maxim Mikhaylov led the Russians with 16 points.
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Cheap Nike Air Max , Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Commonwealth leaders on Sunday committed to work on post-2015 development including debt financing and climate change during a conference that was marred by criticism over Sri Lanka's human rights record.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was preceded by three other conferences. The Commonwealth People's Forum and Youth Forum were successfully completed this week, with Sri Lanka agreeing to host a secretariat to represent 1.2 billion young people who are part of the organization's 53 members.
The Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) saw a record attendance by 95 countries, including the largest delegation from a non- Commonwealth nation belonging to China. The CBF has outlined a target of attracting 2 billion U.S. dollars in investment to Sri Lanka.
In addition to the 100 members of the Chinese delegation
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"We thank the partnership of the Chinese government, and the business organizations, in our development projects. Bilateral trade between our two countries has been increasing over the years to record 2.6 billion in 2012
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Three Chinese companies also signed deals worth over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars with Sri Lanka during the CHOGM week.
The China Communications Construction Company signed preliminary agreements to build a port city redefining the shoreline of capital Colombo at an investment of 1.3 billion U.S. dollars.
The port city project, which aims to reclaim a 230 hectare site from the sea to build a mini-city that is expected to include a Formula 1 racetrack, is projected by the Sri Lankan government to attract 15 billion U.S. dollars in investment for the country.
A second agreement will be signed between Sri Lanka's Board of Investment (BOI) and Hong Kong-based Evic International Engineering Co and Nice View Investment Co. for a 250 million U.S. dollar multi-development project that will also include a block of apartments in Colombo.
"Sri Lanka has already reached 1 billion U.S. dollars in investment so far this year. With the signing of these deals
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The China Harbor Engineering Company signed agreements to build two hotels and a golf course with an investment exceeding 500 million U.S. dollars during the CBF.
The contracts come on the heels of many other projects completed with Chinese funding. In fact much of the infrastructure for the CHOGM was provided by China, including a 292 million U.S. dollar highway connecting Sri Lanka's international airport with the capital that whisked thousands of delegates.
The venues for the main sessions of the CHOGM and the opening ceremony were also built or refurbished on funding from China.
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Cheap Women's Nike M2K Tekno Shoes Pink Foam , which kicked off on Friday, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave a defiant message, insisting that the Commonwealth should not become a punitive body. A response largely motivated by the controversial run-up to the summit.
Bombarded with questions over the country's lackluster human rights record
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Talking to reporters at the end of summit, Rajapaksa retained his defiant stance
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He reiterated the internal mechanisms set up by Sri Lanka to address accusations of war crimes that include a Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, a special commission to investigate into disappearances, and a Parliament Select Committee to resolve power devolution mechanisms.
"We have already started the process
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"We need time. We have to slowly build this, we have to change the minds and thinking of the people, not only in the north but also the south. They are all my people. I hav.
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