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Paes moves up, Bhupathi slips down Doubles Rankings

New Delhi, May 22 (UNI) Davis Cup captain Leander Paes moved up a place to 13th while his estranged partner Mahesh Bhupathi slipped a rung to 29th in the latest ATP Doubles Rankings announced today.

Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek lost to top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan in the pre-quarterfinals of the Rome Masters but despite the defeat, Paes improved his last week's position and has 2380 points.

Bhupathi (1605), who also bit dust in the Rome Masters pre-quarters along with his South African team mate Wesley Moodie, dropped to the 29th spot, according to information received here.

The Bryan brothers share the top spot with 5885 points against their name and are followed by Max Mirnyi, Jonas Bjorkman, Mark Knowles, Kevin Ullyett, Daniel Nestor, Paul Hanley, Jonathan Erlich, and Andy Ram.

Top 10: 1. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, USA (5885) 3. Max Mirnyi, BLR (5405) 4. Jonas Bjorkman, SWE (5350) 5. Mark Knowles, BAH (4325) 6. Kevin Ullyett, ZIM (4310) 7 Daniel Nestor, CAN (4185) 8. Paul Hanley, AUS (3225) 9 Jonathan Erlich, ISR and Andy Ram, ISR (2615).

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Need for comprehensive agriculture policy stressed

Mysore, May 22 (UNI) Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices chairman T Haque today underlined the need for an integrated and comprehensive agriculture policy in the country to help farmers. Addressing mediapersons here, he said farmers facing severe problems were unable to compete globally and successive Union Governments had not made any effort to redress their grievances. Stating that food production in the country since 1996 was a poor .004 per cent whereas the.....

Fire in Russian military hostel kills eight

Moscow, May 22 (UNI) Eight servicemen, including two children, died in a fire that broke out in the dormitory of the Russian Airborne Troops in the Shehelkovsky district early today. ''The fire broke out at an Airborne Troops hostel in the town of Medvezhyi Ozyora last night,'' a headquarters spokesman told Interfax news agency, adding that all victims of fire lived in the hostel. The one-floor family hostel in Medvezhy Ozera, about 60 km North-East.....

Patna Mayor surrenders before local court

Patna, May 22 (UNI) Patna Mayor Krishna Murari Yadav today surrendered before a local court in connection with the murder of Patna Water Board`s chairperson Ashok Kumar Yadav. The Mayor was later released on bail. The Mayor surrendered in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Sushma Sinha praying for a regular bail. After hearing arguments of both sides, the court released him on regular bail on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with.....
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