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...center built on a landfill in the poor suburb of Nezahualcoyotl while Madonna prepared to perform for a sold-out second night in Mexico City as part of her “Sticky & Sweet” tour. When asked what he thought about being in the city at the same time as Madonna,...
...players and solid characters in the team. Do you need to be a great leader to win games with Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble in the ranks. Tactically, he was not among the best leaders I came up against, and his management skills left a bit...
India (Hindi: भारत Bhārat; see also other names), officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a sovereign n... ~Wikipedia
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Air India Limited (Hindi: एअर इंडिया) is the national airline of India with a worldwide network of passenger and cargo services. It is part of National Aviation Company of India Limited and the on... ~Wikipedia
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Zaheer Khan pronunciation (help·info) (born October 7, 1978, Srirampur town in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra), is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. A left arm pace bowler, Zaheer is known ... ~Wikipedia
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Hugh Morris (born December 16, 1963, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire) is a former English cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1991. He played county cricket for Glamorgan. ~Wikipedia
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Yuvraj Singh pronunciation (help·info) (Punjabi: ਯੁਵਰਾਜ ਸਿੰਘ, born 12 December 1981 in Chandigarh, India) is a cricketer from India, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and ... ~Wikipedia
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Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is an English cricketer. He is an attacking right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club and a member of both th... ~Wikipedia
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Virender Sehwag pronunciation (help·info) (born 20 October 1978, in Delhi) also known as "Viru" is an Indian cricketer (batsman) and member of the Indian national cricket team since 1999 (one-dayers) and 2001 (Tests). He is an e... ~Wikipedia
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Bangalore (also known as Bengaluru) (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು; pronunciation: ['beŋgəɭuːru] (help·info) in Kannada and /'bæŋgəlɔː(ɹ)/ (help·info... ~Wikipedia
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Cuttack pronunciation (help·info) (derived from the Sanskrit word 'Kataka', which signifies a military camp or a fort or a Government seat protected by an army) is one of the oldest cities in India and the Business Capital of Orissa. It i... ~Wikipedia
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Owais Alam Shah (born 22 October 1978 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan) is a cricketer who plays for Middlesex and has appeared for England in a number of One Day Internationals and two test matches. ~Wikipedia
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Stephen James Harmison MBE (born 23 October 1978, Ashington, Northumberland) is an England cricketer, and a leading Test match fast bowler. He plays county cricket for Durham. With his height (6'4") he can extract pace and bounce from most pitch... ~Wikipedia
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MS Dhoni pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi:महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी) (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian cr... ~Wikipedia
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Harbhajan Singh pronunciation (help·info) (Punjabi: ਹਰਭਜਨ ਸਿੰਘ, born: 3 July 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the third-highest num... ~Wikipedia
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkarpronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर) (born April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), often refe... ~Wikipedia
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Pranab Kumar Mukherjee (Bengali: প্রণব কুমার মুখার্জী Pronob Kumar Mukharji) (born December 11, 1935, West Bengal, India) is the Foreign Minis... ~Wikipedia
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Gautam Gambhir pronunciation (help·info) (born 14 October 1981, in Delhi) is an Indian opening batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 (ODIs) and 2004 (Tests). Gambhir had been a prolific run-scorer in... ~Wikipedia
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Ishant Sharma (born September 2, 1988, in Delhi, India), is an Indian cricketer, more specifically a right arm fast bowler at pace around 145 km/h (90 mph). He delivered the fastest ball ever bowled by an Indian bowler when he clocked 152.6 kph (94.8... ~Wikipedia
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Andrew Flintoff, MBE, (born 6 December 1977, Preston, Lancashire) is a cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. A tall (6' 4") fast bowler, aggressive batsman and fine fielder, he is perceived by some to be one of the few genuine all-roun... ~Wikipedia
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Bhubaneswar pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: भुवनेश्वर - in Sanskrit and Oriya/oDiA, "The Lord of the Universe") or the temple city of India is a city located on the eastern... ~Wikipedia
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Ian Ronald Bell MBE (born 11 April 1982 in Coventry, West Midlands) is an England Test cricketer. He also plays county cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed higher/middle order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace... ~Wikipedia
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The Indian Cricket League (ICL) is a private cricket league that runs parallel to the existing cricket league managed by BCCI. At the moment, matches in the ICL follow the Twenty20 format, though there was a 50 over championship in January 2008. Matc... ~Wikipedia
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Hyderabad pronunciation (help·info) or Haydarābād /haɪd̪əraːbaːd̪/ (Telugu: హైదరాబాదు,Urdu: حیدر آبا&#... ~Wikipedia
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South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. It is surrounded by (from west to east) Western Asia, Central Asia, Eastern Asia,... ~Wikipedia
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Michael Paul Vaughan OBE (Born 29 October 1974 in Eccles, Salford, England) is an English cricketer, who captains the England cricket team in test matches and also plays county cricket for Yorkshire. With the June 11, 2007 test victory over the West ... ~Wikipedia
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James Michael "Jimmy" Anderson (born 30 July 1982 in Burnley, Lancashire) is an international English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and since bursting onto the scene in 2002/03, before his first ... ~Wikipedia
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Jet Airways (India) Ltd. is an airline based in Mumbai, India, operating domestic and international services. It operates over 399 daily flights to 61 destinations. Its primary base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai with other hu... ~Wikipedia
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Munaf Musa Patel pronunciation (help·info) (born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat, India) is an Indian cricketer who has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team. ~Wikipedia
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Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the largest steel maker in India. With a turnover of Rs. 45,555 crore, the company is among the top five highest profit earning corporates of the country. It is a public sector undertaking wholly owned by Go... ~Wikipedia
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In 2001 it was rated "Best Employer in India" by Business Today,. Infosys won the Global MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises) award, for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, being the only Indian company to win this award and is inducted int... ~Wikipedia
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Irfan Patttthan (Hindi: इरफ़ान पठान, Pashto: عرفان پټان) pronunciation (help·info), born Irfan Khan (Hindi: इर&#... ~Wikipedia
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England (pronounced IPA: /ˈɪŋglənd/) is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total population of the United... ~Wikipedia
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Stuart Christopher John Broad (born 24 June 1986 in Nottingham, England) is an English test and one-day cricketer. He plays for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, and previously represented Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He is the son of forme... ~Wikipedia
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The Tata Group (Hindi: टाटा समूह) is a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, India. In terms of market capitalization and revenues, Tata Group is the largest private company in India. It has inter... ~Wikipedia
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Paul David Collingwood MBE (born 26 May 1976), is an English cricketer. He is a regular member of the England Test side and captain of the One Day International team. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a... ~Wikipedia
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Asif Ali Zardari (Urdu: آصف علی زرداری) (Sindhi: آصف علي زرداري) (born 21 July 1956) is a Pakistani politi... ~Wikipedia
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Syed Makhdoom Yousaf Raza Gillani (Urdu: مخدوم سيد يوسف رضا گیلانى ) (born June 9, 1952) is the twenty-sixth and current Pri... ~Wikipedia
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Nepal ([neˈpaːl] (help·info)), officially the Kingdom of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia, bordered by China (Tibet) to the north and by India to the south, east and west. Nepal is a kingdom of various geographi... ~Wikipedia
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Guwahati pronunciation (help·info) (Assamese: গুৱাহাটী) is a major city in eastern India, often considered as the gateway to the North-East Region (NER) of the country and is the largest cit... ~Wikipedia
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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان), is a country located in South Asia and ... ~Wikipedia
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Dawood Ibrahim (Urdu: داوود ابراهيم), b. December 31, 1955, also known as Dawood Ebrahim, and Sheikh Dawood Hassan, birth name Sheikh Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, is the head of the or... ~Wikipedia
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Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) is an information technology (IT) company founded in Pune, India in 1981 by N. R. Narayana Murthy. In 1983, Infosys moved its headquarters to Bangalore, capital of Karnataka. It operates nine development ce... ~Wikipedia
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New Delhi pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: नई दिल्ली, Punjabi: ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ, Urdu: نئی دلی) is a... ~Wikipedia
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Wipro Tech (NYSE: WIT) is an information technology service company established in India in 1980. It is the global IT services arm of Wipro Limited (in operation since 1945, incorporated 1946). It is headquartered in Bangalore and is the third larges... ~Wikipedia
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Henry Saint Clair Fredericks, better known by the stage name Taj Mahal (born May 17, 1942), is an American blues musician. ~Wikipedia
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Dr. Vijay Mallya (Kannada\Konkani: ವಿಜಯ ಮಲ್ಯ) : (born December 18, 1955) is an Indian businessman and Rajya Sabha MP. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the Chairman of the United Brewer... ~Wikipedia
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Suresh Kumar Raina pronunciation (help·info) (born 27 November 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Raina has been a member of the Indian cricket team for ODIs since July 2005, and... ~Wikipedia
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Rajasthan Royals is a franchise cricket team that represents the state of Rajasthan in the IPL. The team is led and coached by Shane Warne. There is no Icon Player and brand ambassador for the team and it is the only IPL team to have a foreign captai... ~Wikipedia
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Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a former Australian international cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the finest leg spin bowlers in the history of cricket. While his career statistics suggest that, despite his aggregate performa... ~Wikipedia
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ICICI Bank (BSE: ICICI) (formerly Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) is India's largest private sector bank in market capitalization and second largest overall in terms of assets. ICICI Bank has total assets of about USD 100 Billi... ~Wikipedia
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Praful Patel (born February 17, 1957, Kolkata) is a member of the Rajya Sabha of India. He currently holds the title of Minister of State for Civil Aviation. ~Wikipedia
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George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, bass guitarist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his 1965–1985 career with the band Pink Floyd; he was credited as their main songwriter (... ~Wikipedia
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Reliance Industries Limited (NSE: RELIANCE) is India's largest private sector conglomerate with an annual turnover of US$ 28 billion and profit of US$ 2.033 billion for the fiscal year ending in March 2006 making it one of India's private sector Fort... ~Wikipedia
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Kingfisher Airlines Limited is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It is a major Indian airline operating 218 flights a day and has a network of 38 destinations, with plans for regional and long-haul international services. Its main bases are Banga... ~Wikipedia
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Matthew Lawrence Hayden was born on 29 October 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland to Laurence and Moya Hayden. He was educated at Marist College in Ashgrove and he is an Australian and Queensland cricketer. ~Wikipedia
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Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई, IPA:/'mumbəi/ (help·info)), formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the state of Maharashtra, the most populous city of India, and by some measures the most populous city in t... ~Wikipedia
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Jaipur pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: जयपुर, Urdu: جے پور), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan stat... ~Wikipedia
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Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984 in Gloucester) is an England cricketer, a left-handed batsman, who currently plays county cricket for Essex and test and one-day cricket for England. On 22 December 2007 Cook became the first Englishman to ... ~Wikipedia
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Tata Young (born Amita Marie Young, Thai: อมิตา มารี ยัง, December 14, 1980 in Thailand) is a Thai American pop and dance music singer, model and actress. A Thai superstar at age... ~Wikipedia
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The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (formerly, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai; popularly called The Bombay Stock Exchange, or BSE) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. It is also the biggest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed companies with 4,... ~Wikipedia
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Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi: अमिताभ बच्चन. Pronunciation: /əmitaːbʱ bətʃtʃən/ born as Amitabh Harivansh Srivastav on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, Uttar... ~Wikipedia
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Colombo (කොළඹ in Sinhala; கொழும்பு in Tamil) is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, located on the west coast adjacent to the present administrative capital of ... ~Wikipedia
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Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. It is located within the Islamabad Capital Ter... ~Wikipedia
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Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. Though various definitions of its exact composition exist, no one definition is universally accepted. Despite this uncertainty in defining borders, it does have some important overall characteristics.... ~Wikipedia
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Chennai Super Kings is the Chennai based franchise of the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, currently the highest-paid IPL Player, and coached by Kepler Wessels. The M.A.Chidambaram stadium (often referred to as Chepauk)... ~Wikipedia
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HDFC Bank (NYSE: HDB), one amongst the firsts of the new generation, tech-savvy commercial banks of India, was incorporated in August 1994, after the Reserve Bank of India allowed setting up of Banks in the private sector. The Bank was promoted by th... ~Wikipedia
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Rajiv Gandhi राजीव गांधी (IPA: [raːdʒiːv gaːnd̪ʰiː]), born in Bombay, (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the elder son of Indira and Feroze Gandh... ~Wikipedia
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Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born April 30, 1987, in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra) is an Indian cricketer. Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm offbreak bowler. Having started his international playing career at the tender ... ~Wikipedia
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Ratan Naval Tata (born December 28, 1937, in Mumbai) is the present Chairman of the Tata Group, India's largest conglomerate founded by Jamsedji Tata and consolidated and expanded by later generations of his family. ~Wikipedia
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Delhi pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: दिल्ली, Urdu: دہلی or دلّی, Punjabi: ਦਿੱਲੀ) is a metropolis in northern India. ... ~Wikipedia
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