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A sneak peak into What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7
2007-07-08 00:23:00
Few would have expected that the name Ulysses Press -- a small, independent Berkeley publisher -- and the phrase "335,000 copies in print" would ever be used in the same sentence. But it has happened: The publisher's "What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7,'' by authors from the No. 1 Harry Potter fan site, MuggleNet.com, has been on the New York Times Children's Paperback best-sellers list for 20 consecutive weeks. The book can be found around the world, thanks to unabated Pottermania, which is surging in anticipation of the seventh and final Harry Potter volume from author J.K. Rowling, due for release July 21.This book simply rocks if you want to know more about book 7. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Harry Potter books gaurded with the tightest security
2007-07-08 00:18:00
This NSW factory is where the final Harry Potter book will begin its magical journey across Australia into the hands of spellbound readers. No one is allowed to open a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows before it goes on sale on Saturday, July 21, at 9.01am, the time of its simultaneous release around the world. The book's Australian publisher, Allen & Unwin, has gone to extensive lengths to protect the contents of the much-anticipated book — including which of J. K. Rowling's main characters dies. It is even evasive about how the tome will make its way to book stores. The 14,790-square-metre Alliance Distribution Services site, in an industrial precinct, will be the first place in Australia to receive at least 750,000 hardback copies of the seventh and final book in the series from Britain, where it is published by Bloomsbury. Here, the books will be sorted into boxes of 20 copies marked "HP 7". Then, on July 16, the cartons will be loaded into the distribution com...
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HP 7 - Scar is not the last word
2007-07-08 00:16:00
Scar is not the last word , according to JKR.To the journalist`s question if the word “scar” was the final word of her book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows”, as the media speculate, she replied: -Scar? This word is mentioned in the end, but it is not the last one-. She also said that she was very pleased with Harry Potter film being of British production and that she considers it a great success for British cinema. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” will be on sale on July 21. So far 1.6 million copies have been ordered online. European premier of the latest Harry Potter films “Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix” will be held in London on Tuesday. It is due in cinemas on Jul 11, world-wide. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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JRK Cried when she wrote the final chapters
2007-07-08 00:09:00
Author of the Harry Potter novels J.K. Rowling told BBC journalist Jonathan Ross that, while writing the final sentences of the last young wizard saga sequel, she felt euphoric, but at the same time very “worn out”. -When I reached one of the final chapters, I was absolutely exhausted and sobbing- she admitted, revealing to Ross how Harry`s character was made up in its entirety and that she did not look for his inspiration in any real person, unlike Ron Weasley, who very much looks like her year-long friend Sean. She also told Ross that she wrote the final sentences of the last novel in a hotel room, where she was completely alone. -I was sobbing, guzzling half a bottle of champagne at one from the mini bar, and then I left the hotel room with mascara smudged around my eyes. I tremendously had a hard time- she said.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Reel Harry Potter take on Book 7
2007-07-08 00:06:00
Here is something surprising. The reel Harry Potter take on Real Harry Potter. Daniel Radcliff said this about book 7.Host : With the final book coming out, do you ever get a sense of impending doom? Do you think you will survive "The Deathly Hallows"? Daniel: I think I might die in it, but that’s just my prediction. I think so, but I’ve no idea at all; I have no inside hints. Could this be true ?. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Rowling on Book 7
2007-07-08 00:03:00
It finally here.Author J.K. Rowling has penned the last word of her popular "Harry Potter" book series, and guess what it's scar. "I just want to take a break. I really do," she said. Rowling has said that two characters die in her final book, due out July 21, and fans are wondering if Harry Potter himself might be one of them. Rowling had been tight-lipped about the final chapter in the book series until now. The author said she broke down as she was writing what she knew would be the final chapters of her final book. "I didn't cry when I finished," Rowling said. "But there's a chapter towards the end that I absolutely howled. It was, unbelievable." It's the end of a spellbound era. Rowling's tales of magic and muggles have captivated readers since the first Harry Potter book was published a decade ago. The series has been a phenomenon with 325 million copies sold worldwide in 65 languages. The big screen versions of the books have done extremely well, too. Five of th...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2007-07-01 08:07:00
One of the most highly anticipated (and dreaded) final book for this year is he final and last book of the Harry Potter series. What will happen to Harry? Will he survive against Voldemort? This is the book that holds the answers to these and many other questions raised throughout the seven book series.This book would be the most anticipated book. With several copies of the book (All fake and fanfiction ones) released already,most Harry Potter fans are for sure getting more and more desperate to get their hands on the final book of this series.What does the final book offer ?. There are some questions as toIs Snape good or Bad ?Will Someone from Harry Potter Side die?Is Harry is a Horcrux?Harry Potter and the Seventh Piece of the Puzzle ?Will we have more clarity on Relationship of Harry,Ron,Hermoine (Who they Love etc...)Are we going to see a major battle Voldermort's Men vs Harry's Team ( A game of Quidditch maybe)Will Voldermort become good in the end? (Bollywood Masala)Will mo...
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Priyanka chopra goes on Flip Flop!
2007-05-24 18:19:00
She had to wear a micro-skirt for a Lux ad, and kept tugging at it. She then complained about her blouse.. too tight, tight it seems.. and kept sprinting to her vanity van.. now the shoot was getting so difficult that the unit was tearing its hair by the roots. Tut tut. Finally a darzee was rushed to make alterations.. peace prevailed again.. and Piggy Chops came out looking quite prim and propah.. Don''t know why Bollywood heroines try to shed their sexy image and then return to it.. then shed it.. forget it. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Neha Duphia gets free bricks to build a new house !
2007-05-24 18:08:00
She is one actress who is known for everything other than acting. Recently when shooting for a movie, she got pelted with stones and bricks. Explains Neha : " We were shooting at a railway platform in western suburbs. Just when we were ready to shoot, we saw a crowd of curious onlookers. In the beginning they behaved normally, but god knows what happened afterwards that they started pelting stones and bricks on us.” On being asked if she was now apprehensive of Mumbaiikars, the actress replied: "Well, there are some mischievous elements who always try to disturb the peace. I respect the sprit of Mumbai and I love to stay here." I totally am not sure with this. Guess, Neha Duphia must have done some mischief herself to get pelted. Nobody sure wouldn’t recognize her otherwise. Lateral thinking : Neha wanted to build a new house. She wanted bricks and water. She borrowed some water from one of the the swimsuit ads that she posed in and borrowed the bricks from the audience. Now N...
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Indians and Sentiments!
2007-05-24 17:30:00
I was checking out the comments of my last article and found one comment particularly interesting. It was from dara. "arre bhai, what's the meaning of ur questions with the incident?? ru nut/like-when-indians-get-insulted by WHITES ?? .......I FOUND UR prev. post a bit meaningful but this one's NOT only WORTHLESS but also indicates ur INSESIBLE ATTITUDES towards most violated mankind & serious aligations against WHITES"I agree that it does burn me when someone makes fun of me. But what would you do in such a case. I surely wouldn’t go telling everyone around that I am a victim of such harassment. It is about resolving such an issue, not publishing such issues. I surely would have called 911- the cops and reported this incident. It is just this fact that most of us take great pride in telling that the world bullies us. Lets for god's sake tell people something strong.I still remember Leontyne Price words that "Accomplishments have no color". That's all that we need to remember....
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John-Bipasha face racism in London
2007-05-12 18:00:00
Call it the racism spree.Are you a flop star ?Wanna make it big in Bollywood ?Feel that there is no acting talent in you ?Want to make your flop movie a super hit ?Solution: say you are a victim of Racism .That's what happened to theactors and the crew of Vivek Agnihotri’s movie Goal. They supposedly faced racism while shooting the film in London .For more than two months now, Agnihotri has been shooting ‘Goal’ in London with the movie’s stars John Abraham , Bipasha Basu and Arshad Warsi .Since the movie’s story revolves around football, the unit has been shooting the film in long and physically stressing schedules that usually began in the evening and continued till the wee hours of the morning.While most of the shooting of the film went without hiccups, there were some unsavory incidents.Reports quote Agnihotri as saying that during some shootings the white Londoners used to make comments about the skin color of Indians and called some members of the shooting team “bloo...
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Dumbest Bollywood Actors!
2007-04-28 18:01:00
These are the ones who make me feel bollywood sucks!. Meet the ones who dont have a damn bit of acting skills in them.They are dumb ......really dumb that's it.They make goofy slapstick statements. Meet the dumbest,Stupidest and the most funniest Bollywood Actor s , I mean Dumbos!.I''m tired of waiting: Katrina She said this in a interview of how she was unable to establish herself in the stardom and has gone frustrated about waiting for a successful movie .My Lady - Its important for an actor to act for getting success. You don't!"At present, I have millions of male fans, who love to see me single. If I get married today, what will happen to them? They will feel heartbroken." : Mallika SherawatI really doubt that. Nobody wants to see you single. You have lost your shine and its long since you have given a hit movie since Murder. Its adios! to you. "See, when you talk to someone and give unnecessary respect as a senior, it gives a sense of sarcasm. It seems as if you are mockin...
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Celina and Her Stupidity!
2007-04-28 17:43:00
If there is someone who I would put in the list of biggest dumbos of Bollywood. Celina would certainly be in the top ten. Celina was recently in the news not for the release of a film,but for something else.A fan obsessed with Celina Jaitley has been harassing the actress for the last few days.An anonymous man, presumably a youth, has somehow got hold of Celina's mobile number and he has been making calls and sending SMS messages to the actress regularly for the past week or so.Celina has not been able to get him off her back because the guy keeps calling her from different numbers. The guy is apparently not dumb and he even assumes different names and conjures up different reasons for calling so that Celina has to pick up the phone to talk to him. Now, Celina is avoiding taking calls from new numbers. How dumb of her. All she needs to do is to change her mobile. I am sure that this is an excuse for not getting any film offers. Celina - All existing directors have discarded you a...
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Rahki Sawant Might Just go for the "Top"
2007-04-28 17:33:00
Rakhi Sawant and Shilpa Shetty have just been causing the camera people and technicians fall from the chair.In their upcoming movie Shilpa and Rakhi to make sensation.The two are ready to shed clothes for each other. In a forth coming movie featuring Shipla, Salman and Rakhi Sawant, boldest Bollywood exposures are being planned.The movie is called Khamosh and directed by Deepak Thijori.Sure would wanna know as to what these shiv-shainiks in the photo feel about it ? http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

Shankar acts in Shivaji
2007-04-27 12:28:00
It has become common for some directors to make brief appearances in their films in some scenes. K.S. Ravikumar is one of them. For the first time director Shankar too has done this in the Rajini-starrer "Sivaji: the Boss" due for release on May 17.Shankar appears in a dance scene in "Sivaji" for a fleeting moment (just 40 seconds).If this wasnt burning rubber at one end.... it was that Rajni has got his voice professionally dubbed by Suman. All to make the movie a Dhamaka!. Cant wait till may 7..... freezing!http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pi ng
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Stephen goes against Gravity!
2007-04-27 12:24:00
Cosmologist Step hen Hawking took off on a flight overnight that should allow the wheelchair-bound expert on gravity to float weightlessly inside a plane for a brief period of time."I have been in a wheelchair for almost four decades, the chance to float free in zero gravity will be wonderful," said Hawking, 65, who is almost completely paralyzed and uses a synthesizer to read out words he picks on a computer through facial motions."It is very special for me to fly into weightlessness from here," he said shortly before boarding a modified jet at NASA's space shuttle landing facility at the Kennedy Space Center, on Florida's Atlantic coast.One of the crew members raised Hawking's right arm in a greeting as the British scientist was taken aboard the Boeing 727-200 that was set to fly a rollercoaster trajectory with deep plunges that create the impression of microgravity.Yipee! he finally goes to space!http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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SPARE THE TV AND SPOIL YOUR CHILD
2007-04-27 12:17:00
Sun Network will launch `Chutti TV', a children's channel, on Sunday. The 24X7 channel will be the only exclusive channel in Tamil for kids with a wide range of programmes. The target audience for `Chutti TV' are children aged between 2 and 16, according to W. Hansraj Saxena, chief operating officer (Tamil channels), Sun Network. Behold! One more channel to get your kids spoiled!http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/pin g
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Microsoft Unveils Longhorn Beta 3
2007-04-27 12:13:00
Microsoft will release the feature-complete, third beta for Windows Server "Longhorn " on April 25, which is also the first public beta of the software. The product remains on track for release to manufacturing in the second half of 2007, and the beta code can be downloaded here.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Sensing Japanese Mobiles
2007-04-27 12:00:00
Japanese mobile phone models are in with something new and exciting . Several models have come with motion sensors that let users play action games like the Nintendo Wii console, or detect motion with their built-in cameras.The D904i from NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile carrier, contains a tiny motion sensor that detects shaking and tilting, according to company spokesman Nobuyuki Hatanaka.This is one of the kewlest toys to play around with.Instead of punching a keypad, users can move the handset like a tennis racket or fishing pole in easy-to-play games similar to those on Nintendo Co.'s popular Wii game console.Other new phones by Sharp Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial use their built-in cameras to detect motion. Users can control a hip-hop dancer by wagging a finger in front of the camera, for example, or throw punches in the air for a boxing match.The new phones are expected to hit Japanese stores in May. There are no current plans for overseas sales. So if you are a dy...
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The art of Fake Encounters!
2007-04-25 19:12:00
How to do a fake encounter ?.1) Identify a Indian Muslim who has hardly done any harm... infact he has not made much presence in his town.2) Do a fake encounter on him by saying he is an "anti-national","anti-hindu" or an "anti - kashmiri". Create a group name for him or associate him with one like "lashkar-e-toiba" .....3) Give him a good lil' designation like "commander" and make people feel its something great done.4) Finally erase his and his family whereabouts. The End .The Gujarat govt has been doing something of this order and no wonder that they killed fellow brotherin' in the name of dharma.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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AstraZeneca's End of the Road
2007-04-25 10:21:00
"In the pharmaceuticals business, where it can take a decade to get a compound from discovery to market, the year 2010 can seem like the day after tomorrow.For Astra Zeneca, it will also feel like the edge of a cliff. Many of the group's current big-selling drugs, such as Nexium (ulcers), Seroquel (depression) and Arimidex (cancer), are due to lose key patents during or soon after 2010. Supposed replacement blockbusters are being cancelled with infuriating regularity. In the past year, the group has been forced to abandon, or reassess, work on four major treatments aimed at stroke, heart disease, diabetes and blood clots.AstraZeneca's new-ish chief executive David Brennan has clearly decided this situation can be tolerated no longer. Big pharma's guiding principle for the past decade has been unimaginative but alluring - when the going gets tough, do a deal - and he is embracing it."This week has been a week with some trouble . After Boots pharma getting into the bid trouble, its ...
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ABM AMro gets acquired!
2007-04-25 10:17:00
Now we know the likely identity of a real winner from the great ABN Amro-Barclays-Royal Bank of Scotland saga. It is Bank of America, which last Thursday expressed an interest in LaSalle, ABN Amro's business in America and an important competitor, and four days later had an agreement to buy it for $21bn (£10.5bn). If the Dutch bank, or whoever ends up owning it, doesn't ultimately deliver LaSalle, BoA will collect $200m (£100m) as a break fee. Not bad for a long weekend's work. Whoa! Thats great news!. I have an account with them and feel more safe now thanks to the acquisition.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc /ping
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Paul Wolfowitz and his job
2007-04-25 10:16:00
"The pressure on Paul Wolf owitz was ratcheted up further today after a group of former World Bank executives called for his resignation.Forty-two senior ex-staffers signed an open letter that warned that Mr Wolfowitz "can no longer be an effective leader" of the bank.This follows the ongoing row over the revelation that he intervened to secure pay increases and benefits for his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, shortly after he took over as president of the bank in 2005."Sure do feel the heat!. Just for a small crime this guy gets the axe. God Bless him!. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Tendulkar turns 34
2007-04-25 10:08:00
"Mumbai, April 24 (PTI): Sachin Tendulkar , an integral part of the Indian squad in all forms of cricket till recently, today celebrated his 34th birthday with the knowledge that his glittering career is at the cross-roads.It turned out to be a quiet birthday for the champion batsman who spent most of the day indoor with his family and close friends. Tendulkar has been 'rested' along with Sourav Ganguly for next month's one-day series in Bangladesh by the selection committee. "It must be one of those bad days which Sachin would like to forget for the rest of his life. I see his end near. I still remember in 1999 world cup, when India was playing against Zimbabwe... there was this terrible need for Sachin who had gone for performing his dads last rights. And today nobody cares a damn for the guy who was given a Ferrari without tax by Indian govt. http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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Bye Bye to Microsoft!
2007-04-25 10:01:00
"BEIJING: The Chinese protester who barged into an award ceremony attended by Microsoft chairman Bill Gates demanding "Free Software, Open Source" has triggered a heated debate among China's Internet users. Wang Yang, identified as the chief China representative of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) was brandishing a banner saying "Free Software, Open Source" and ran on to the stage at Beijing's prestigious Peking University yelling as Gates was handing awards to students who had won prizes for innovation on Friday. "I think Wang might have acted for the benefit of China's software buyers," acting executive of Red Flag Software Co., Ltd, Zhao Xiaoliang said in a comment posted on a popular website. "Everybody knows Microsoft's Windows operating system has been monopolizing the market. The price of the system is very high, pushing users who cannot afford it to buy pirated software. Maybe it is time that Microsoft start to think about the problems.Linux is known for its "open-...

LTTE Tigers start to play
2007-04-25 10:01:00
"The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) today said they carried out their second aerial attack against government forces in under a month, this time at the main military complex in Jaffna peninsula using two light aircrafts.The Island's Defence Ministry has denied that there was an air attack, but said the Tigers had used artillery to target the Palaly military complex.Two light aircraft of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) bombed the Palaly air base in Jaffna and returned to their secret location in the Wanni region, further south, Tiger spokesman Rasiah Ilanthiriyan said. "This seems to be a new strategy adopted by LTTE to do aerial attack as it is far more damage causing than ground attack. The Sri Lankan government will have to pull up their socks against this aerial attack. I am sure there are good tracking systems with the Sri Lankan air force, then how come these planes are not detected? I sure would like to see them running their RF/Laser tracking to its full...
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Mayhem Unleashed in Delhi Hospital
2007-04-21 10:36:00
"The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya hospital in the capital witnessed angry scenes on Thursday with a family blaming staff negligence for the death of their eight-month-old baby.''I kept calling the nurse but no one attended to my child,'' the baby's father said.After the family received news of the death at 6.30 am (IST), some of the relatives attacked the doctors and other staff.According to reports the attackers also damaged some hospital property.In response, the resident doctors, nurses and interns went on an indefinite strike. Many patients were turned away and only emergency cases were attended to.''There's no point in coming to the hospital,'' a patient said.Doctors at the hospital say they are overburdened with work and cannot be blamed for negligence.However, no one was available to comment on the baby's death, as most of the striking doctors were at a meeting with the Health Secretary to press for increasing the number of permanent posts at the hospital."Really Annonying...
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Star News gets the Attack
2007-04-18 13:17:00
An irate mob belonging to a little known organisation called Hindu Rashtriya Sena ransacked the Star TV office in Mumbai today, smashing cars parked outside the office and also damaging the office itself. The motive: anger over a programme showing a Muslim youth and a Hindu minor girl who had eloped. Star News issued a statement condemning the incident: “We condemn this attack on our office by certain anti-social elements. They completely ransacked the Star News Office in Mumbai today, injuring our security & other staff and causing huge financial damage. It is alarming that people are using such means to register their protests. We believe that this is in reaction to our coverage about a young eloped couple from Surat. As a responsible news channel we have factually reported the situations surrounding the same. We will cooperate fully with the authorities to ensure that necessary action is taken.” Hello!. What is going on in India. Why is this conservatism burning the h...
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Tryst with Pressure!
2007-04-18 12:37:00
"The shootout at Virginia Tech University on Monday was the worst carnage on campus in the history of the United States. Two Indians, one eminent professor G V Loganathan and a bright female student Minal Panchal, were killed by the 23-year-old gunman, Cho Seung-Hui, on Monday in the Virginia Tech university campus. The South Korean was a student of the university and killed 33 people in the carnage, including self."This incident has really shook me. I feel todays world is filled with competition to brim and many kids feel this as a demotivator. I feel it is necessary for every child to have a mandatory session to discuss his/her problems. Indian Schools are too of the same order and there could be more killings here had it not been for strong gun licensing procedures. I feel that schools of Chennai are the worst in terms of pressurising kids to perform. Hope these incidents are lessons for the world to realise that there needs to be a balance maintained with stress and pressure....
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Fifa Chief says "Leave Cricket and Join Football"
2007-04-17 08:54:00
According to FIFA chief Joseph Blatter ( FIFA president) , Cricket -mad Indian fans should look beyond the game and embrace football that has a great future in the land of a billion people. The Indian Cricket team currently jobless are looking at changing their profile. Fitting them into football will be tough, but Indian football selectors are shrewd and have appointed a new coach.... Coach Sunny Ravi Boycott!.Coach Sunny Ravi Boycott or SRB has come out with a new gameplan for this transformation.... here it goes1) Make Yuvraj the goalkeeper . Why? becos' he can jump even when not necessary and try to call the ball.2) Make Sachin/Shewag as Midfield Strikers. Why ? becos' their bulky body will stop the ball from going into Indian Goal. It will bounce of their tummies!.3) Put Zaheer,Sreeshant in offence as most of the time they field the ball using their legs more than their hands.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
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