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Monday, July 27, 2009

Youngest Indian golfer to win on Asian tour

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wo years ago, in his first season as a professional golfer, Gaganjeet Bhullar came tantalizingly close to winning the $400,000 (Rs 1.92 crore) Indonesia President Invitational Cup. But a stunning shot by rival Juvic Pagunsan put paid to his hopes.

On Sunday, Bhullar, 21, came good in the same tournament, becoming the youngest Indian player ever to do so. Jeev Milkha Singh and Shiv Kapur had won the title when they were 23.

It was also Bhullar’s maiden Asian Tour title. He now has three titles in the current season of the professional golf tour of India and is second on its order of merit.

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Indonesian air force plane crash kills 98

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At least 98 people, including 14 children, were killed and scores injured when an ageing Indonesian military plane carrying soldiers and their families crashed into homes in East Javaand burst into flames.

A total of 112 people were aboard when the US-made C130 Hercules transport plane crashed in Magetan,about 520 kms east of capital Jakarta.

The crash destroyed four homes and killed two people who lived in at least one of the homes, said Suwardi, the village leader of Karas in East Java.

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Coral Triangle at risk from climate change

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Southeast Aisa’s biologically diverse coral reefs will disappear by the end of this century, wiping out coastal economies and sparking civil unrest if climate change isn’t addressed, conservation group WWF said on Wednesday.

The Coral Triangle, a reef network that spans Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and East Timor, has more than 76 per cent of the world’s reef-building coral species and 35 per cent of its coral reef fish species.

However, a new report commissioned by the WWF warned that much of this reef is doomed unless developed countries cut carbon emissions to 40 per cent below the 1990 levels by 2020 and developing economies cut emissions by 30 percent from their current levels.

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