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INDIA WINS ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2011

ndia has defeated Sri Lanka to win the Cricket World Cup for the first time since 1983. Indian fans packed Wankhede Stadium

Life for more than a billion people across India and Pakistan came to a stand still during the semi-final match. India beat Pakistan by 29 runs, 260 to 231. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Yousuf Raza Gilani, showed a rare unified front, as they watched most of the match together from a private box at the stadium in the northern Indian city of Mohali. The show of friendly competition follows two days of peace talks between the two countri es. Ind i a n H o m e Secretary G.K. Pillai and Pakistans Interior Secretary Chaudhary Qamar Zaman met in New Delhi this week. It was the first formal dialogue since the 2008 Mumbai terror a t t a c k s , d u r i n g w h i c h Pa k i s t a n based militants killed 166 people. I n a j o i n t s t a t e m e n t Tu e s d a y, Islamabad agreed in principle to allow a team from India to investigate the attacks, while New Delhi said a Pakistani delegation would travel to India to probe the attacks. The two sides also agreed to establish a hotline to share realtime information on terrorist threats.

in Mumbai to watch their team beat Sri Lanka by six wickets. Sri Lanka chose to bat first and marched to 274 to 6 as Mahela Jayawardene smashed 103 not out off 88 balls. India caught up and surpassed the target with the help of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who scored an unbeaten 91. India, the top-ranked team in crickets five-day Test format, is now also No. 1 in the one-day limited-overs game unseating previous champion Australia. Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, a hometown hero in Mumbai, did not hit a 100th international century, but he did earn his first World Cup. Sri Lankas star bowler Muttiah Muralitaharan will retire from international cricket without a second World Cup win. He is the only player remaining on the team since Sri
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Lanka won the tournament in 1996. India advanced to the World Cup final match by beating its arch-rival Pakistan.

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CRICKET WORLD CUP FINAL 2011

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai ODI HEAD-TO-HEAD Sri Lanka India 50 67 No result 11 RECENT MEETINGS 2010 Sri Lanka won by 74 runs 2010 Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets 2010 India won by 6 wickets ROUTE TO FINAL
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Coach Trevor Bayliss Captain Kumar Sangakkara Most runs Tillakaratne Dilshan 467 Most wickets Muttiah Muralitharan 15
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Coach Gary Kirsten Captain Mahendra Dhoni Most runs Sachin Tendulkar 464 Most wickets Zaheer Khan 19
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WORLD CUP TEAM STATISTICS 48.32 Average run rate 37.82 282 Highest Partnership 203 40 Wickets taken 58 30 Catches 32 3rd 3rd ICC One Day International rank 2nd

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Canada Won By 210 runs Match 1 Match 2 Pakistan Lost 11 runs Match 3 Kenya Won 9 wkts Match 4 Australia No result Match 5 Zimbabwe Won 139 runs Match 6 New Zealand Won 112 runs Quarter-final England Won 10 wkts Semi-Final New Zealand Won 5 wkts Sri Lanka reach their 3rd World Cup Final first ever between subcontinent teams

Bangladesh Won By 87 runs England Match tied Ireland Won 5 wkts Netherlands Won 5 wkts S. Africa Won 3 wkts West Indies Won 80 runs Australia Won 5 wkts Pakistan Won 29 runs India will be only 2nd team in history to play Final on home soil

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1979 1992 1992 1979 West Indies Pakistan Pakistan West Indies Catches 32 1983 1996 1996 1983 India Sri Lanka Lanka India2nd ne Day International rank ConcededSri 11 Final is first not featuring Australia since 1992 1999 Australia 7 Australia 2003 Australia 2 Pakistan 2007 Australia 6 Sri Lanka
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48.32 Average run rate 37.82 Runs 282 282 Highest Highest Partnership Partnership 203 203 d Cup Final India only 2nd team in 282 will be Highest Partnership 203 CRICKET WORLD CUP FINAL 2011 40 to play Wickets taken 40 40 Final Wickets Wickets taken taken 58 58 ent teams history on home soil 58 30 Catches 32 30 30 Catches Catches 32 32 Scored D CUP TEAM TATISTICS S 3rd 3rd ICC One Day International rank 2nd Conceded Conceded 3rd ICC ICC One One Day Day International International rank rank 3r 3r d d 2nd 2nd ORLD WConceded CUP WINNERS 3rd 2011 Final is first not featuring Australia since 1992 Conceded Average run rate 37.82 Runs 1999 1975 West Indies 1987 Australia Australia ORLD ORLD UP UP INNERS INNERS W W C C W W 2011 2011 Final Final is is first first not not featuring featuring Aust Aus ighest Partnership 203 1979 West Indies 1992 Pakistan 2003 Australia 1983 1996 Sri Lanka 2007 Australia 1975 1987 1987 1999 1975 IndiaWest Indies Australia Australia West Indies 1999 Wickets taken 58 Runs

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CRICKET WORLD CUP RESULT SUMMARY 1975 - 2011

Year 2019 2015 2011 2007 2003 1999 1996 1992 1987 1983 1979 1975

Host England Australia, New Zealand India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh West Indies South Africa England India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Australia, New Zealand India, Pakistan England England England

Final Venue TBD TBD Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Wanderers, Johannesburg Lords, London Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore MCG, Melbourne Eden Gardens, Kolkata Lords, London Lords, London Lords, London

Winner TBD TBD India 277/4 (48.2 overs) Australia 281 for 4 (38 overs) Australia 359 for 2 (50 overs) Australia 133 for 2 (20.1 overs) Sri Lanka 245 for 3 (46.2 overs) Pakistan 249 for 6 (50 overs) Australia 253 for 5 (50 overs) India 183 all out (54.4 overs) West Indies 286 for 9 (60 overs) West Indies 291 for 8 (60 overs)

Runner up TBD TBD Sri Lanka 274 for 6 (50 overs) Sri Lanka 215 for 8 (36 overs) India 234 all out (39.2 overs) Pakistan 132 all out (39 overs) Australia 241 for 7 (50 overs) England 227 all out (49.2 overs) England 246 for 8 (50 overs) West Indies 140 all out (52 overs) England 194 all out (51 overs) Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs)

Final Man of the Match TBD TBD Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind) 91 not out Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 149 Ricky Ponting (Aus) 40 not out Shane Warne (Aus) 4/33 Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) 107 not out and 3/42 Wasim Akram (Pak) 33 and 3/49 David Boon (Aus) 75 runs Mohinder Amarnath (India) 3/12 and 26 Viv Richards (WI) 138 not out Clive Lloyd (WI) 102 runs

Since 1992, one player has been declared as Player of the Tournament at the end of the World Cup finals Year 2011 2007 2003 1999 1996 1992 Player of the Tournament Yuvraj Singh Glenn McGrath Sachin Tendulkar Lance Klusener Sanath Jayasuriya Martin Crowe Performance details 362 runs and 15 wickets 26 wickets 673 runs and 2 wickets 281 runs and 17 wickets 221 runs and 7 wickets 456 runs

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LIFESPAN OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

Lifespan of radioactive material

Radioactive materials are measured in half-lives, or the time it takes for radiation to fall by 50% through natural decay. While the passage of time sharply reduces radiation from some isotopes, others stay radioactive almost indefinitely

Iodine 131: 8 days. Produced by fission of uranium atoms. Blamed for high incidence of thyroid cancer among children exposed to fallout from 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster Ruthenium 103: 39 days Ruthenium 106: One year Strontium 90: 30 years Caesium 134: Two years / Caesium 137: 30 years. Absorbed in food and water or inhaled as dust, caesium spreads into soft body tissue, muscle and bone, boosting risk of cancer Plutonium 239: 24,100 years. Soil samples detected around Fukushima plant are similar to those found at locations polluted by atmospheric nuclear tests, Japan says Uranium 234: 247,000 years Uranium 238: Uranium 235: 710m years 4.5bn years 100,000 1,000,000 years years 600 million 30 years 20,000 years years ago: ago: Start ago: Maximum Soft-bodied extent of ice of homemulticellular computer during last organisms glacial period age appear 250,000 years ago: Neanderthals appear Days Years 1,000 years 1,000,000,000 years
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REBELS IN IVORY COAST BESIEGE ABIDJAN

Rebel forces loyal to Ivory Coasts democratically elected president, Alassane Ouattara, are besieging the main city of Abidjan after seizing a key seaport and

Area held by pro-Ouattara  forces at start  of offensive Pro-Gbagbo area Taken by proOuattara forces

MALI BURKINA FASO

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Koutouba COTE DIVOIRE GUINEA Seguela Bouake Man Duekoue Touleplou Daloa Tiebissou Bouafle Yamoussoukro Sinfra Divo Gagnoa Toumodi Akoupe Agboville Agnibilekrou Abengourou GHANA

Bondoukou Tanda

the administrative capital, Yamoussoukro in a sweeping offensive aimed at ousting entrenched ruler Laurent Gbagbo
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Issia Guiglo Soubre

100km Alassane Ouattara: Backed by UN and African Union as countrys legitimate president, after winning last Novembers election  Laurent Gbagbo: Refuses to accept he lost election. Many fear  his troops will make final stand  in Abidjan, de facto capital where presidential palace is located
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60 miles San Pedro Key cocoa exporting port Abidjan Commercial capital and Gbagbos power base

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IVORY COAST CONFLICT REACHES ABIDJAN

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Alassane Ouattara

Fighters loyal to Ivory Coasts President-elect Alassane Ouattara are making a final push to unseat incumbent rulerLaurent Gbagbo in the main city, Abidjan, after securing80 percent of the country in a sweeping four-day offensive
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Golf Hotel Ouattaras headquarters protected by 800 UN peacekeepers

Gbagbo stronghold

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Presidential Palace Gbagbos residence Ebrie Lagoon Treichville UN HQ: 10,000-strong peacekeeping force in country
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MARCORY KOUMASSI PORTBOUET

Airport Secured by UN French army base

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QUOTABLE QUOTES

If youre not big enough to lose, youre not big enough to win. - Walter Reuther

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it - Aristotle

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Rates as of 7th April 2011

0.70
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AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR

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BRITISH POUND

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NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR

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CANADIAN DOLLAR

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CHINESE YUAN

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