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China recently unveiled the “world’s largest” bus. The Chinese manufacturer, named Zhejiang Young Man Vehicle Group, introduced the 25-meter-long “Superliner” at Shanghai’s Busworld Asia 2007 convention. The bus has five doors, 40 seats, carries up to 300 passengers and, according to a driver, “is flexible when cornering.”
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South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs created World Cup cricket history when he smashed six sixes in an over in a crushing victory over the Netherlands in their Group A match here today.
On a record-breaking day for the South Africans who steamrollered the outclassed Dutch by 221 runs, Gibbs became the first player to pile up 36 runs in a one-day international over.
After hammering leg spinner Daan Van Bunge back over his head four times and over the ropes on the on-side twice, he also became the third man ever to complete the feat at elite level.
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People of Chennai search for ’sex’ more than any other place on earth. New Delhi comes second and most ridiculously Delhi comes third!
The top 10 list includes all the Asian cities.
See here
Any particular reason for this?
For the search term ‘girl’ Chennai drops down to third place, New Delhi and Delhi leads this list
Try out more at google trends
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Rasheeda (L), 17, and her mother Nooran cry as they beg for help in Hyderabad, 160 km (100 miles) from Karachi February 26, 2007. Rasheeda whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 years old, has asked authorities to save her from being handed over to middle-aged relative. [Reuters]
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This is an ad appearing in newspapers, a public service ad by the Delhi Police. When I first saw this picture, my immediate attention went to that auto wala in the picture. 5 years of my stay in Chennai have made me hate them to the utmost degree. They look like extortionist to me. There have been very few occasions in which I happily parted out with the money. The meters are doctored so never ever go my meter in Chennai. Plus being non-Tamilian is a big factor, it basically multiplies the fare my 1.5 or even 2. There have been few incidents worth of a mention-
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