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Science
Hong Kong police probe Facebook group planning ‘mass suicide’
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Politics
China house church leaders sentenced
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Law
Neb. man gets 3 years for stealing SD fire truck
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Business
Toyota slashes bonuses for managers by 20 percent
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Sports
Malaysia introduces insurance for its sportsmen
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Asian stocks fall as dollar slides; gold at record
HONG KONG - Asian stock markets dropped Thursday as mostly positive economic news in the U.S.
Oil falls to near $77 amid mixed demand signs
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KANPUR - In reply to India's score of 642, Sri Lanka were tottering at 138 for five in their first innings at lunch on the third day of the second cricket Test at Green Park here Thursday.
Lunch scoreboard: India vs Sri Lanka, day three, Third Test
KANPUR - Scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the second cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka at Green Park stadium here Thursday:
India first innings 642 all out
Sri Lanka first innings
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Ojha b Khan 0
Tharanga Paranavitana c Dhoni b Sreesanth 38
Kumar Sangakkara b Sreesanth 44
Mahela Jayawardene not out 26
Thilan Samaraweera b Sreesanth 2
Anjelo Mathews b Harbhajan Singh 13
Prasanna Jayawardene not out 2
Extras (b 8, lb 1, nb 4) 13
Total (for five wickets in 49 overs) 138
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Dilshan, 0.1 overs), 2-82 (Paranavitana, 29.2), 3-101 (Sangakkara, 33.4), 4-111 (Samaraweera, 37.2), 5-134 (Mathews, 43.5)
Bowling
Zaheer Khan 12 3 37 1
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth 15 2 57 3
Harbhajan Singh 10 3 16 1
Pragyan Ojha 12 7 19 0
Umpires: Tony Hill (New Zealand) and Nigel Llong (England)
TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare (India)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
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HAMBURG - Bayern Munich secured the 1-0 victory they needed at home to Maccabi Haifa to retain any hope of progressing to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
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