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Alicia Molik to play in Sony Ericsson WTA Intnl in Bangalore

Bangalore, Jan 4 (UNI) Australian Alicia Molik has confirmed to play in the Sony Ericsson WTA International, to be held here from February 12 to 18.

In a release here, Alicia said she was looking forward to play in the city, about which she had heard so much. She was keen to get her ranking back on track.

A wild card entrant in the Australian Open, 25-year-old Alicia had won the bronze medal at the Athens Olympics and was active between 1998 and 2004, before she missed events in 2005 due to illness. She bounced back into the game since the middle of last year. Her best on the WTA tour was rank eight.

Alicia joined Serena Williams, who had already confirmed for the tier-III event.

Tournament Director and Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association Secretary C S Sunder Raju said Alicia's presence in the Bangalore event had made the line up more challenging and interesting.

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7th century Chinese map of heavens confirmed as world's oldest star chart

London, March 7 (ANI): A Chinese map of the heavens, dating back to the 7th century AD, has been confirmed as the world's oldest star chart.According to a report in the Telegraph, the celestial map, which was discovered in a Chinese cave 100 years ago, shows 1,339 stars, including easily recognisable shapes like The Big Dipper and Orion.After first being examined in 1959, experts believed it dated to 940 AD, but it has been reassessed after a recent study......
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