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Sachin Tendulkar hit the fifth double century of his career to help India surpass Sri Lanka’s huge first innings total as the second Test headed for a draw. The man known as the “Little Master” more than lived up to his billing as he made 203 in India’s mammoth total of 669-9. Tendulkar was ably assisted by Suresh Raina who made 120 on his Test debut and captain MS Dhoni, who hit 76, as India finished day four 27 runs ahead in Colombo, leaving the likelihood of a result very slim.

C17 Crash Elmendorf Pictures | A C-17 Globemaster III plane crashed| the C-17 plane crash pics A C-17 Globemaster III plane crashed yesterday at Anchorage’s Elmendorf Air Force Base, leaving four men dead, members of the Arctic Warrior group. The tragic C-17 crash in Elmendorf , took place early on yesterday’s evening during a training run for the upcoming weekend air show. The plane crashed during a training run at the Air Force base.

The Sachin 200 was actually a great achievement and who better then the mighty Sachin to mark it on. The Sachin 200 feat was actually achieved within the 2nd 1 day match versus the Republic of South Africa.

Yusuf Pathan played an innings that deserved him to be on the winning side but it was death bowling at its best by Zaheer Khan and Lasith Malinga who held there nerve and took Mumbai to victory by 4 runs.

In an innings of 212 many would have thought it would have been a special innings by Tendulkar & Jayasuriya but to the disappointment of the Mumbai fans they provided a solid platform with Tare as they put on 70 in the first 6 overs. The Mumbai innings was built around Rayudu and Tiwary who both scored half centuries in a partnership of 110 in 63 balls. There was some mind games from Warne who kept Tait back but when he came on to bowl Tendulkar dispatched him to score 10 runs of 4 balls from him. It was an all around bad day for Warne who conceded 29 runs in his 3 overs and his decision making cost Rajasthan as the Mumbai batsmen scored easy runs as they piled on 212.

After 12 overs Mumbai were 121/3 and looked good to score 200+ when it was coming to the vital stages in the innings Warne decided to bowl Pathan and Jhunjhunwala and it really hurt Rajasthan as the provided easy scoring opportunities where Kamran Khan had only bowled one over Tait bowled out with an economy of 11.50. Harbhajan and McLaren added some vital runs at the end of the innings which would end up being match winning and they also continued Tait’s bad day as he conceded 22 in the last two overs and 46 in his 4 overs.

Chasing 213 to win there was only one way for Rajasthan to approach the chase and that was gun-ho and at one stage it seemed predictable that it was going to be a Mumbai win as Rajasthan were reduced to 66/4 in 10 overs. But the stage was set for Yusuf Pathan when Rajasthan required 143 of 57 balls, and he scored his 50 in 21 balls and his second fifty to bring up his hundred in 17 balls which included 9 boundaries and 8 sixes. It was a quite brutal innings from Pathan that at one stage look to take the game away from Mumbai and anyone watching even Tendulkar would not begrudge him the limelight.

As the game was coming to its end Yusuf was run out by ex ICL player Sathish and leaving Rajasthan requiring 40 from 17 balls. If Rajasthan were going to win Dogra who had witnessed the innings by Yusuf had to be there till the end and he was run out, the third of the innings in the last over. It was all about who wanted it the most and it was Mumbai who can be grateful to Zaheer and Malinga who bowled quite brilliantly which included 11 yorkers in 12 legal deliveries and it was beyond Rajasthan who required a 6 off the last ball and neither Warne of Mascarenhas was capable taking Rajasthan to a stunning win.

After yesterdays poor opening this was the type of match that the IPL required to kick the third season off.

ISLAMABAD: The joint session of parliament is expected to be called on 16 or 17 March. While President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Constitutional Reforms Committee to give final touch to the proposals before 15 March.

According to sources, the President has directed to make it sure that provincial autonomy should not weaken the federation.

President Zardari will announce these recommendations while addressing the parliament, sources added.

The President will also direct for constitutional amendment in the light of these proposals.

Kolkata, The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to felicitate batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar for his contribution to cricket.

Announcing this here today, city Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya said Tendulkar would be felicitated by the KMC at the Town Hall but the date was not finalised yet.

The date would be fixed according to his availability in the city, he said.

The KMC would also felicitate theatre personality Shobha Sen, folk singer Amar Paul and actress Sabitri Chattopadhyay for their contribution to their respective fields on March 6, Bhattacharya said. (PTI)

Feb 24 (Reuters) – India’s Sachin Tendulkar became the firstbatsman to score 200 runs in one-day internationals on Wednesdayin the second ODI against South Africa in Gwalior, India.

The 36-year-old former India captain earlier in the daybroke the world record for the highest individual score of 194by Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry on hisway to 200 not out off 147 balls with 25 fours and three sixes.

Here are six facts about one of the all-time greatestbatsmen and the face of Indian cricket for over two decades.

* a teenage prodigy, Tendulkar was born on April…

25 February, 2010

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The said facebook application, code named as ‘myf’ has very intuitive user interface with drag and drop features , very quick search and connect options with very good privacy settings so facebook privacy will be foolproof.…

Chennai, Feb 25 (Inditop.com) With India having taken an unbeatable 2-0 lead, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag have been rested for the third and concluding match of the ODI series against South Africa at Ahmedabad Saturday.

The national selection committee that met here Thursday included Karnataka fast bowler Abhimanyu Mithun and middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma in the team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

The squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Sudeep Tyagi, S Sreesanth, Ravichandran Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Abhimanyu Mithun and Ashish Nehra.

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Senator from Vermont blocked efforts Entergy Corp. to win a 20-year license renewal to the curse of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, an action that could encourage opponents of nuclear energy in other states.

Senate vote, which was from 26 to four, is the first time to renew the license has been frustrated, and it paves the way for the factory closed in 2012, when the license expires.
Brief L. Hebert Jr., executive vice president of Entergy Corporation at a news conference in the Legislative Council building in Montpelier, Vermont on Tuesday. The state Senate voted against the company to renew the license.

The vote was remarkable because the state depends on the plant for a third of its electricity needs. In the past, license has been renewed routine, and allow energy companies to put pressure on the lives of more than plant aging. So far, the Norwegian Refugee Council has been renewed licenses 59 reactors, 19 are still pending.

Vote, which reflects the safety concerns following the leak of radioactive material tritium found in the plant last year, is a blow to Entergy, which had planned to spin off six reactors, including the (Vermont Yankee), in the position of the nation’s first and only nuclear power company called Enexus Energy

Entergy also plans to build new reactors in Louisiana and Mississippi, two of the four countries, where Entergy operates the facilities.

Vermont officials had to say in the process of renewing the license was something of a coincidence. Safety issues are monopolized by the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but the state negotiated a role for himself in 2006 as a condition to allow Entergy to store spent fuel in dry drums in Vermont Yankee), after having spent at the gas station to fill the pool.

Senate action is also contrary to a tendency on the part of federal officials to pave the way for a new generation of nuclear stations. Obama administration has said the plants necessary to reduce dependence on coal and reduce pollution, the Government has proposed up to $ 54.5 billion in loan guarantees ederal for the establishment of new factories.

Vermont Yankee opposition was galvanized the discovery of leaks of radioactive tritium data are incorrect statements Entergy officials about the presence of pipes that are now supposed to be responsible for those leaks.

At least five staff the factory had been relieved of their duties, and one of the senior managers charged with providing false information to officials in the State.

Tritium, a radioactive isotope that accumulates in the cooling of the reactor, can be harmful if it gets in drinking water.

A spokesman for the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Tuesday that a committee to review the information submitted to the agency by Entergy, which was used as the basis for the initial permit extension of approval granted to the factory in Vermont in 2008.

“There is some possibility that they were not accurate and correct, as it may come to light in the state of Vermont,” said spokesman Scott Burnell Norwegian Refugee Council.

NRC also said it continues the process of Entergy in license applications for the renewal of the Vermont Yankee and two other plants. On Wednesday, after the vote, Vermont, and said it would require Entergy to provide information under oath, referring to fears the State of Vermont Yankee and the uncertainty in the requirement of a “culture of safety.”

Entergy CEO, Wayne Leonard, said the company had contracted with an outside firm to conduct an independent investigation.

Entergy bought the plant from the state of Vermont facilities in 2002, when nuclear plants were sold for very low prices. Entergy and other companies which bought the nuclear power plants, including Exelon Corp., and raised the operational performance of the plants they bought, and make it more valuable. Spinoff Enexus designed to capture some of this value.

Entergy said in a statement that the battle is “not over yet,” suggesting he may try to get the state of Vermont in the Senate to reverse itself. She said she “will continue to focus on resolving the issue of tritium, to operate the plant safely and securely and reliably, and to winning back the trust and confidence of citizens in the state of Vermont.”

But the state of Vermont to work and the opposition of the New York Public Service Commission to the spinoff of its Indian Point reactors in Buchanan and the Fitzpatrick plant in Oswego can remove half of the reactors from Enexus, which makes it doubtful that the spinoff would go ahead.

Alternatively, panel-oriented organizational staff refers to conditions that could be imposed on the spinoff, to move forward, including the boundaries of religion, or perhaps to extract favorable prices of power coming from plants.

New York, other state officials also challenged the license extensions for the Indian Point reactors, which expires in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Fitzpatrick station received a 20-year license renewal in 2008.

“This is a huge closing the door on Entergy”, said James Moore, director of clean energy for the public interest and Vermont research team, who opposed the license application. “States that are looking to have a voice, and Vermont can show them how to find it.”

Entergy’s chief executive said that the Administration would consider other options to the spinoff at a resort on the board next month.

Entergy Enexus unveiled a plan in late 2007. But was postponed inspired by the collapse of the credit markets and, more recently, through the distance from New York and Vermont. Establishment of the Foundation Enexus located on Entergy’s ability to borrow at least $ 3.5 billion, and debt that will be uploaded to the company’s new nuclear.

Peter Shumlin, and temporary chairman of the Senate in Vermont, led the charge against the extension of the license. He said state officials fear there may be other age-related problems, which Entergy did not disclose or who may be unaware.

“It was always assumed to extend the license, it would be a no-brainer,” he said. But he added that “Vermonters lost every confidence” in the Entergy based on the belief that the company either lied to officials in the State or in fact did not know it was pipes that could leak out tritium.

Although Vermont has traditionally trends of political liberalism, can encourage the work of the opposition in the states of more moderate. So far, most of States have concluded that they have a limited number of reasons that a challenge to efforts to re-license.

But the war waged in the state of Vermont, along with the opposition in New York by the staff of the Public Service Commission to the spinoff of its reactors, New York, indicates that States may be able to pick the larger roles for themselves by focusing on merit and the economy.