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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 MONTREAL: Mihail Youzhny of Russia defeated Marin Cilic Croatia in the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament here on Monday.This was the first big upset of the tournament as Youzhny outplayed Cilic 4-6, 7-6, 6-1. The match lasted for two hours 27 minutes.Canada’s Frederic Niemeyer and France’s Paul-Henri Mathieu also reached the next rounds of the event defeating Igor Kunitsyn and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in their matches.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 TOKYO: A strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 7.6, jolted eastern and central Japan on Tuesday, a government agency said, rattling houses in Tokyo. The quake, which struck at 0507 a.m. (2007 GMT, Monday), prompted a tsunami warning for waves of up to 50 cm (20 inches) for parts of the Pacific coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on its website. A highway was closed and a Chubu Electric Power nuclear power station at Hamaoka shut two units for safety checks. The focus of the tremor was 20 km (12 miles) deep under Shizuoka prefecture, around 150 km (90 miles) southwest of Tokyo, the agency said.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 NEW DELHI: A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit off the Andaman Islands in eastern India, triggering a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean, the US Geological Survey reported Tuesday.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 JAKARTA: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the north coast of Indonesia's Papua Tuesday, seismologists said. The quake struck at 1:46 am (1746 GMT) with an epicentre 74 kilometres (46 miles) northwest of the town of Wewak, the US Geological Survey reported. It was measured at a depth of 35 kilometres. Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 JAKARTA: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck the north coast of Indonesia's Papua Tuesday, seismologists said. The quake struck at 1:46 am (1746 GMT) with an epicentre 74 kilometres (46 miles) northwest of the town of Wewak, the US Geological Survey reported. It was measured at a depth of 35 kilometres. Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and seismic activity.

Monday, August 10, 2009 MUMBAI: Bollywood's actress Kareena Kapoor is unhappy that she and her beau Saif Ali Khan don't get any privacy in Mumbai.Be it clubbing, going to restaurants or simply chilling out is not an option anymore. They just don't have any place to hang out which may offer them space to themselves. ‘Saifeena' is upset about spending free time at home watching movies and eating at home. It is getting very claustrophobic for our Bebo.Bebo plans to but a house in the Alps. Yes, she wants to buy herself a home in Switzerland where she can spend quiet time with Saif. By year's end is the target set by Kareena to buy it.When quizzed about how she will manage between the two continents, she nonchalantly replies if Hollywood celebrity like Johnny Depp can do it so can she. We sincerely hope that Bebo fulfills her dream by year end.

How's this for a winning flutter? It’s the bare-lid Before and awesome After of the UK’s first eyelash transplant. The £3,500 procedure was done on this unidentified girl of 19 who for most of her life suffered trichotillomania – obsessive plucking or pulling out hair. And the patient, from Stockport, Cheshire, said: “The results are just amazing. The treatment sounded too good to be true at first as I’d almost accepted I’d never have real lashes again. Now I’m so glad I went ahead.” The four-hour operation involves taking hair from the back of the head and placing individual strands into cuts in the eyelid. The lashes then thicken up gradually between four and six months after the treatment. Shami Thomas, of Transform, which performed the surgery pioneered in America, said: “An eyelash transplant is very safe, cost-effective and pain-free – and it can have life-changing effects.”

Monday, August 10, 2009 KABUL: The Taliban are advancing out of traditional strongholds in Afghanistan's south and east into the north and west, the commander of U.S. and NATO troops in the country said in an interview published on Monday. U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, who will soon present an assessment of the war, said the resurgent Taliban would force a change of tactics on foreign forces and warned that record casualty figures would remain high for some months. "It's a very aggressive enemy right now," McChrystal told The Wall Street Journal newspaper in an interview in Kabul. "We've got to stop their momentum, stop their initiative. It's hard work." Violence across Afghanistan this year had already reached its worst levels since the Taliban were ousted by U.S.-led Afghan forces in 2001 and escalated dramatically after major offensives were launched in the south over the past two months. With thousands of U.S. Marines and British soldier...

Monday, August 10, 2009 WEMBLEY: Chelsea won the Community Shield defeating Manchester United through penalty kicks.This was the first big achievement of Carlo Ancelotti as manager.The match played at Wembley was an interesting contest from beginning to the end as both teams displayed the best game.Sir Alex Ferguson's team had taken an early lead when Nani drove home from the edge of the area. Ricardo Carvalho equalised after half-time before Lampard's controversial strike, but Wayne Rooney levelled for United in stoppage time.With United keen to prove a point to the critics questioning their ability to cope without Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez and Chelsea trying to impress new boss Carlo Ancelotti, there was a definite edge to a match that finished 2-2 after 90 minutes.However, the match decided on penalty kicks and Chelsea emerged victorious scoring four goals against one to win the title.