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Xavi’s fine, just don’t ask him if he is. Really, just leave it. The Barcelona boss sat down in front of the press ahead of the LaLiga Game against Valencia CF , a fixture that he had called ‘a final’ earlier in the week, after a damaging defeat against Antwerp in the Champions League. “We need points”, Xavi said bluntly when asked if the Game against Valencia was indeed ‘a final’; “in the league we’re not where we deserve to be. The defeat against Girona affected us ” he added. On Valencia, who “have dropped off”, Xavi said that they “have young players and the game will be tough... Mestalla is always difficult and Baraja is doing a great job.” Full screen Valencia's most recent game was a 1-0 defeat to Getafe. PEPE ANDRES DiarioAS ‘I have a great relationship with Deco’ Now that the pleasantries of asking about the upcoming Game were over , the journalists rummaged around in their satchels for their knifes and forks, recently sharpened. ‘Have you thought about leaving?’...

A human rights lawyer who was arrested in Laos has been deported back to China despite pleas from rights groups and United Nations experts for his release BEIJING -- A human rights lawyer who was arrested in neighboring Laos has been deported back to China, his attorney said, despite pleas from rights groups and United Nations experts for his release. Lu Siwei was stripped of his legal license for taking on sensitive cases and was fleeing China when he was arrested in the Southeast Asian country earlier in the summer. According to Lithnarong Pholsena, Lu's attorney, officials at the prison where Lu was held said Thursday that Chinese police took Lu and two busloads of other Chinese citizens detained in Laos back to China earlier this week. Bob Fu, a Texas-based Christian activist who was assisting Lu, said Laos had violated international law by deporting Lu to China, where family members and activists fear he may be at risk of imprisonment and torture. “We failed,” Fu said. “It’s a...