International federations had their own separate registeredtesting pool, with top footballers added to FIFA's pool as welland required to provide location details END-OF-YEAR REVIEW "It is not up to WADA. It is up to the agencies andfederations to draw up the pool," Howman said. Asked whether top players had to give details throughout theyear, Howman said: "Michael Ballack, for example, is on the German pool asnational team member. So he has to provide his details not onlyas part of the Chelsea team but also as an individual yearround." WADA vice chairman Arne Ljungqvist, who is also theInternational Olympic Committee medical chief, said the overallprocess, which applies to all team sports, would be reviewed atthe end of the year. "I am satisfied with the way this process has been going onand we will review it at the end of the year," he said.

FIFA had demanded that out-of-competition tests take placeonly at club training facilities, and that players should not betested during holidays to respect their private lives. (Editing by Alison Wildey; To query or comment on this storyemail ). * U.S. retail sales fall in April, dollar rises Currencies  |  Global Markets  |  Japan * Dollar rebounds from seven-week low vs euro * Risk appetite is down, high-yielders slide (Updates prices, adds comment) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - The dollar rallied againstmost major currencies on Wednesday after an unexpected declinein April's U.S. retail sales rekindled demand for the greenbackas a safe haven The report, which showed sales at U.S. He said the list of athletes included in the testing pooldiffered according to country and while WADA had no influence asto who was included in each country there was an understandingthat whoever needed to be on the list should be added to it.

"If a player is on holiday and not registered by the teamthen he can be put on the registered testing pool by hisnational anti-doping agency," said Howman. FIFA and European soccer body UEFA have pressed for changes,arguing the rule is unfair and should apply only to teams andnot individual players. WADA dismissed allegations days ago the anti-doping agencyhad appeased FIFA by watering down its whereabouts rule, whichrequires athletes to give three months' notice of where theywill be for an hour each day. FIFA are incompliance as we speak and there is no difference of opinion,"WADA Director General David Howman told Reuters on the sidelinesof a doping conference. Rejecting criticism from FIFA over the 'whereabouts' rule,WADA said world soccer's governing body so far was in compliancewith the code and there was no difference in the way the rulewas interpreted.

Sources said WADA chief John Fahey in the coming days wasdue to meet FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who has repeatedlyrejected the rule and called WADA a "police" organisation "There is no discrepancy in what we are saying. By Karolos Grohmann ATHENS, May 13 (Reuters) - The world's best soccer playersare no exception to doping rules and are already available fortesting throughout the year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)said on Wednesday. It hosts biennial conferences andworkshops to bring communities together to harness their combined strength, andeducate officials in tailoring hydrologic monitoring networks and forecastingcapabilities that are the foundation of emergency and water management programs.Gonder Public RelationsPeggy Gonder, orNational Hydrologic Warning CouncilGlenn Austin, Copyright Business Wire 2009. Numerous state and localagencies also make up a key part of the organization and conference. Important leaders from these agencies and organizations will share their visionfor keeping communities safe as well as ways to better manage our critical waterresources. Technical workshops will focus on improving environmental monitoringand data sharing, as well as creating better support for decision makers.