INDIA vs NEW ZEALAND :: Twenty20 Match [Photos]
 

 India opener Gautam Gambhir, who was struggling to score runs from the start of the innings, was dismissed by New Zealand paceman Iain O'Brien for 6 runs in the opening Twenty20 match in Christchurch on Wednesday.

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World's Most Beautiful Sunrises 'n' Sunsets

 Victoria Coast Sunset, Victoria, Australia, 1998 'The stone spires off Victoria's coast are called the Twelve Apostles ...' -From 'Closing the Circle: Australia by Bike, Part Three,' April 1998, National Geographic magazine Photograph by R. Ian Lloyd

Adirondack Summits, New York, 1996 Fog envelops the southern Adirondacks at sunrise. (Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, 'Adirondack High,' June 1998, National Geographic magazine) Photograph by Maria Stenzel

Lake Sunrise, Arkansas, 1994 Sunlight glints off a tranquil lake in central Arkansas. The site is near historic Arkansas Route 7, which goes through Hot Springs, boyhood home of former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and continues deep into the Ozark National Forest, where signs warn that the road is 'crooked and steep,' and weary drivers can stop at a hillbilly trading post called 'Booger Hollow.' (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, the National Geographic Book Guide to Scenic Highways and Byways, 1994) Photograph by Ian C. Martin

The sun sets on the first-century ruins of Nemrud Dagh, Turkey, millennia after it set on the ancient kingdom itself. Built by King Antiochus I in southeastern Turkey, the kingdom is one of the best preserved but least known ruins of the Late Hellenistic period. Its monuments are a story in stone depicting the king, his family and ancestors, and their interaction with the gods. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 'Wrath of the Gods: Centuries of Upheaval Along the Anatolian Fault,' July 2000, National Geographic magazine) Photograph by Reza

Desert Sunset, Giza, Egypt, 1981 'Splendor of the past endures in an Egyptian pyramid. Camels have provided desert transport in parts of Africa and Asia since ancient times.' -From the National Geographic book Exploring Your World: The Adventure of Geography, 1989 Photograph by Gordon Gahan

Beaufort Sea, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1999 Sunset over the Beaufort Sea plunges Canada's Yukon Territory into a crimson haze. More than 313,000 tourists make summer pilgrimages to the territory, one of North America's last great wildernesses. Today tourism booms there, drawing adventurers to the frontier's glaciated peaks, untouched wilderness, and abundant wildflowers and wildlife. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, 'Caribou Dreams,' March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine) Photograph by Michael Melford

Sand Pond, Queensland, Australia, 1995 'The moon at sunrise lends an otherworldly feel to the freshwater lakes and pearly sands along the edge of lonely Shelburne Bay, on the remote northeast flank of the Cape York Peninsula.' -From the National Geographic book Australia: Journey Through a Timeless Land, 1999 Photograph by Sam Abell

Cape York Sunset, Queensland, Australia, 1995 A vibrant sunset reflects Australia's stunning landscape. Cape York Peninsula is inhabited by 14,000 people and nearly 7,000 are Aboriginal. Today, ownership of almost a third of the land is in dispute between its original inhabitants and by those who came later. (Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, 'Cape York Peninsula,' June 1996, National Geographic magazine) Photograph by Sam Abell

Meghna River Fishing Boat, Bangladesh, 1993 A fishing boat plies the Meghna River at sunset. Photograph by James P. Blair

September Sunrise, New York, 1996 A September sunrise greets Mount Colden's summit. Lump together Glacier, Olympic, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon National Parks, and Adirondack Park would still be bigger. A patchwork of property, the park is 57 percent privately owned. New York state, which controls the rest, protects it with an unusual constitutional provision stipulating that this land remain forever wild. (Text adapted from 'Adirondack High,' June 1998, National Geographic magazine) Photograph by Maria Stenzel 

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 MOKOMINO ART

“Mukimono” is the traditional Japanese art of decorative garnishing. Examples of this include carving traditional images into skins of fruit and vegetables, as well as carving vegetables (such as daikon, carrot, eggplant) into attractive shapes such as flowers, twists, and fan shapes. These are commonly served as a garnish on the same plate as the meal, or on a small side plate.

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 Awesome landscapes of IRELAND

Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain. Politically, the state Ireland (described as the Republic of Ireland) covers five-sixths of the island, with Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, covering the remainder in the north-east.

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 ITALY [Wallpapers]

Italy (Italian: Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana), is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, and Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland.