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The Beijing Olympics ended with a flash of fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China
* Karat holds talks with Mayawati
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* Curtain comes down on epic Games
The Beijing Olympics ended with a flash of fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China.The 16-day sporting extravaganza failed to quell criticism of China's human rights record, although the International Olympic Committee gave the organisers the thumbs-up and said the Games would leave a positive legacy for future generations
. * Champions Trophy in Pakistan postponed
Next month's Champions Trophy in Pakistan has been postponed, the International Cricket Council said on Sunday."The ICC Board today agreed unanimously to postpone the ICC Champions Trophy... until October 2009," the world governing body said in a statement.
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* China Games leave positive legacy: IOC
China basked in the glow of their 51st gold medal and got a clear thumbs-up from International Olympic Committee on the last day of the Games on Sunday.The hosts finished well clear atop the medals table with 15 more golds than the United States. The last of the 302 gold medals was won by France in the men's handball.
* 17 killed in J and K gunbattle
A 72-hour-long gunbattle in the woods in Machil sector in north Kashmir ended on Sunday, official sources said.They said fourteen militants and three soldiers, including a commanding officer, were killed in the clash.
* Tatas should return 400 acres in Singur: Mamata
Amid repeated calls to party workers to peacefully hold the indefinite dharna over the Singur land issue, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said her party did not want the Tatas to leave, but to restrict its small car factory in Singur to 600 acres.
* India at the Olympics: Report Card
A haul of three medals - one gold (Abhinav Bindra) and two bronze medals (Sushil Kumar and Vijender Singh) - surpassed its previous best of two medals, a gold and bronze, achieved at the Helsinki Games, in 1952.
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