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Jharkhand: Bitter Wedding: Pushpa, a tribal girl is married to a puppy in a ritual for good health at Kuluptanga area in Adityapur under Saraikele-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand on Tuesday(19th Feb 2008).

At just 2ft 9in, Indian muscle man Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder. Pint sized Romeo is well known in his hometown of Phagwara, India - for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells - despite his overall 9kg body weight. Every day, crowds flock to the local gym to the see the mini muscle man in training. Unlike many dwarfs, Romeo is well proportioned, with a head circumference of 15in and a chest measurement of 20in. Romeo said: "I've been training as a bodybuilder for the last two years and by now I think I must be the strongest dwarf in the world. "I have always been fit but since I started working out, I have become famous for my strength. "My size has never stopped me. I train with dumbbells and do aerobics and dance. People are always pleased to see me. I have been invited on TV shows and dance on stage." His trainer Ranjeet Pal spents hours helping his 19-year-old protege build his small muscles to perfection. "Becau

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Berlin: As German fans drooled over Shah Rukh Khan, the German media shed its perceptions of "bullock cart India" and trained its attention on the Bollywood superstar when he landed here, with one journalist even saying "he is as popular as the Pope". Shah Rukh was here for the screening of Om Shanti Om at the Berlin Film Festival. Some German TV channels suddenly turned their cameras from the Hollywood glitterati to Khan as excited fans let out loud shrieks to greet him at the Berlinale on Friday night. Some channels narrated details of Khan's personal life, his wife Gauri and their two children. The German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which was highly critical about India and Indians until the mid-1990s, when the world began to notice India's economic and technological prowess, said that many people from all over Europe had descended on Berlin to see their favorite star. "He is as popular as the Pope, but he (Khan) has more sex appeal,"

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Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar. No wonder why British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of "Sir". Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar Highest Run scorer in the ODI Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41 Most number of nineties in the ODI Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's Best average for man of the matches in ODI's First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007) Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16 Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Most number of Fifties