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US Open semi-final: Novak Djokovic beats Roger Federer
Sep 12th
US Open semi-final: World No.1 Novak Djokovic beats swiss star Roger Federer by saving two match points and got to win semi-finals in New York.
Federer had won two sets before Djokovic roared back to win 6-7, (7-9), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5. Federer seemed in complete charge when he broke Djokovic at love to go up 5-3 in the final set. Federer went up 40-15 with double match point
Djokovic, the Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, has now taken his 2011 record to 63 wins against just two defeats, and stands one win from a fourth Grand Slam title.
“It was definitely the biggest win of this year, one of the biggest wins of the career, under the circumstances,” the BBC quoted Djokovic, as saying. More >
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Mardi gras celebrations: New Orleans all set for Fat Tuesday!
Mar 8th
“Fat Tuesday” or Mardi Gras day or Shrove Tuesday also referred as Pancake Day is the day on which eating a lot of variety food especially pancakes is a custom! A variety of rich food is to be eaten on Tuesday day before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is associated with the fasting and religious obligations of the penitential season of Lent. There are also practices like wearing masks and costumes, overturning social conventions, dancing, sports competitions and parades.
Mardi Gras celebrations are already in full swing, from Rio to New Orleans to More >
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Borders Group Inc Files for Bankruptcy
Feb 16th
Borders Group Inc., the series two U.S. bookstore chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in New York. In the face of competition from Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Supplies Inc. and after failing to secure agreements with publishers and other vendors about reorganizing its debt Borders went for this disaster.
The 40-year-ancient chain listed $1.29 billion in debt and $1.27 billion in assets in a filing in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan. Border’s marketplace value is shrunk by $3 billion since1998. Borders’s initial e-commerce site debuted in 2008.
Borders’ president, Mike Edwards stated “It has become increasingly clear that in light of the environment of curtailed customer spending, our ongoing discussions with More >
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Chinese New Year: The year of Rabbit
Feb 3rd
Chinese New Year: The year of Rabbit. Happy New year China! The new year in the China named after rabbit begins on Thursday!
2011 is the year of Rabbit starting Thursday 3rd February and on Wednesday ends the year of the Tiger. The lunar horoscope says the rabbit is naturally happy and a homebody. In China, there’s no housecleaning on New Year’s Day – it would wash away the good fortune.
New York’s Empire State Building lit up its tower red and gold to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year on Wednesday.
“The lights on top of the Empire State Building, carrying the spirit of peace, cooperation, prosperity and harmony, have played an important role in promoting intercultural understanding and people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States,” said Dong Xiaojun, Deputy Consul General of the Chinese Consulate More >
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift split up
Jan 5th
Jake Gyllenhaal and 21 year old country singer Taylor Swift had breakup after a short term relationship.
People magazine quoted a source saying ‘They’re over. It ended last month.’ The reason for split is not yet known. The representatives of both the stars didn’t comment. They were together during thanksgiving but welcomed New Year separately.
A source told a US website: “Jake reached out to her and started all of this, but now he’s not acting as interested.
“He said he wasn’t feeling it anymore and was uncomfortable with all the attention they got.” He also said he could feel the age difference.
“Taylor is really upset… Jake cares about her, but the publicity was a lot for him. He wants to keep his private More >
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