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Lee down, Hesh up in ATP doubles ranking

New Delhi, Apr 24 (UNI) Estranged partners Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi had contrasting fortunes in the ATP doubles rankings released today and while the former dropped down two places to the 10th spot, the latter climbed up six rungs to 23rd on the leaderboard.

In the ATP doubles race, Leander and his Czech partner Martin Damm are at sixth postion with Bryan brothers -- Bob and Mike -- from the US up at the mound.

Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek, also from Czech Republic, who lost in the semifinals at Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday, are way down at 26th postion.

In the singles rankings, Prakash Amritraj slipped 12 places to 248th position allowing, in the process, Rohan Boppana to become highest ranked Indian in the leaderboard.

Big serving Bopanna gained a place to sit at 243rd postion.

Meanwhile, up and coming star Karan Rastogi gained 47 places to 385th while Harsh Mankad slipped 56 spots to 341st position.

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Abuse of prisoners in Iraqi jails continues - Post

WASHINGTON, Apr 24 : US and Iraqi inspectors have discovered abuse of prisoners in detention centers run by Iraq's Interior Ministry that were visited as recently as February, the Washington Post reported today.Citing US and Iraqi sources involved with the inspections, the Post said US troops did not respond by transferring all of the detainees to safety, as they did after finding 173 prisoners, some of whom showed signs of torture, in a secret Baghdad bunker in November.Only a.....

Tina Ambani unveils Wasim Kapoor's 'Shades of Time'

Kolkata, Apr 24 (UNI) Well known art connoisseur and Anil Ambani's better half Tina Ambani today unvieled acclaimed painter Wasim Kapor's 'Shades of Times' - a collection of 60 portraits of actresses from the Madhubala to the Aishwarya era. Wasim Kapoor brought to life leading Bollywood and Tollywood actresses covering the entire span of Indian cinema right from 1930 to 2006. The painting series is a treasure-trove of 60 Indian divas who ruled over 75.....

Pound and yen costlier; USD and euro cheaper

Mumbai, Apr 24 (UNI) Following are the indicative currency notes and travellers' cheques buying and selling rates per unit as supplied by Thomas Cook India Ltd here today: (figure in rupees) Currencies Buy Sell US dollar 43.40 46.65 Sterling pound 77.65 82.90 Euro.....
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