Mumbai based Mocha, a leading coffee and desert destination, has drawn out a massive expansion plan to go international and launch 65 outlets in the country, involving an investment of more than Rs 30 crore (Rs 300 million).

Midfielder Edmilson has not played for Brazil since he suffered right knee ligament damage playing for Barcelona and underwent surgery a year ago.

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The Brazilian striker celebrated his international farewell with a goal as the world champions beat Guatemala 3-0 in a friendly international.

Former World Cup striker Romario says he is still playing professional football in Brazil at 39 because the rest of the players are not up to much.

After MacDonald's and Pizza Hut it is the turn of US-based restaurant chain 'Hooters of America' to open outlets in major Indian cities.

The programme is not targeted at any country or region, and US visa offices in Frankfurt (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), San Salvador (El Salvador) and Guatemala were the first posts to begin the programme in September last year.

'I believe it is the greatest civilisation ever on this planet, and those strong genetic factors are bound to \n\nre-emerge,' says Andrew Krieger.

'The absence of any meaningful law to monitor the funding of political parties has been a glaring limitation in the Indian electoral/political system,' the study says.

In the Global Corruption Index, a survey of 133 nations conducted by Transparency International (an anti-graft watchdog), India stood 83rd, recording a score of 2.8 out of 10.

India have been drawn in along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals.\n\n

Everything, from cooks to T-shirts, has been imported for the occasion.

The US face Brazil's under-23 team but coach Bruce Arena is still expecting a tough challenge.

Deaths on the pitch are a rare occurrence in professional soccer, with only a handful of cases recorded around the world over many years.

It got the maximum number of votes [47] in a secret ballot.

US career diplomat Jeffrey Davidow is likely to be the next ambassador to India in place of Robert Blackwill, who recently resigned to pursue academics at the Harvard University, sources said.

It switched places with France, which is now in the third place in the latest rankings published on Wednesday.