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R.P Singh was expensive but took the important wicket of Younis Khan which was a huge setback for the Pakis. The Indians were in a goodposition and their confidence was very high.But suddenly there was a huge partnership whichshattered all hopes of the Indians. Shoaib Malik(128) and Mohammad Yousuf(87) put up a huge partnership of 206 runs to help the Pakis post a total of 302 runs.After these star batsmen fell the wickets started tumbling like pins and Pakistan ended their innings at 302/9 in 50 overs.India have had a poor record of chasing under lights recently, and chasing such a huge target was really difficult.But they did not lose hope and started batting Gautam Gambhir came out with the Master Blaster to open. The Master Blaster unfortunately couldn't show his magic and departed on 8. But he too had to finally depart.Then came India's last hope Yusuf Pathan but lost his wicket very quickly.

Now it was onlyup to Rahul Dravid to smash and guide India to a narrow win. He was looking in good touch and tried to do his job but unfortunately his partner Harbhjan Singh was the cause for his run out dismissal and the Indian hopes'shattering.Then the Paki bowlers got the tailenders' wickets quickly and wrapped up the Indian innings for 248.Now India need two must wins against the mighty Aussies and the weak Windies in its next two matches.So I conclude this article as I wish the Indians luck for their next two ODIs.. SEOUL (Reuters) - Cloning a Chow Chow is expected to be easier and perhaps as much as 50 percent less costly, a South Korean biotech firm said Thursday as it unveiled a new cloning technology. Oddly EnoughBut pet owners who have to shell out $100,000 or more to clone a pet dog will still have to pay tens of thousands of dollars if they want to clone their beloved dogs and should be prepared for long waits because most commercial canine cloning is for working animals including sniffer dogs at airports.RNL Bio said it has developed a new method to clone dogs using stem cells derived from fat tissue that greatly increases the likelihood of success.It added the new technology can also help in studying treatments of genetic disorders in canines that have similarities to human illnesses including diabetes."If we fully develop this technology, dog cloning will be much easier than now. We can reduce the cost for cloning," said Ra Jeongchan, the chief executive of Seoul-based RNL Bio.Ra, which is applying for a patent, said two cloned beagle puppies were born in the past week using this method which could reduce the cost of cloning a pet dog to about $50,000 within three years.Canines are considered one of the more difficult mammals to clone because of their reproductive cycle that includes difficult-to-predict ovulations.Scores of dogs have been cloned using so-called somatic cell nuclear transfer, a technique for hollowing out the nucleus of a donor egg and injecting it with the donor's genetic material, which is typically skin tissue taken from the ear.Ra said stem cells from fat tissue are far easier to reprogram and there is about a 20 percent chance a manipulated cell will result in a clone, an improvement over the previous method where the success rate was in the single digits.South Korea's Customs Service said it paid about 60 million won ($43,840) to clone sniffer dogs with RNL, which is affiliated with Seoul National University (SNU) and cloned the dogs at a reduced cost for the government.The SNU lab was once led by disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk, who is now standing trial on charges of fraud and embezzlement. Hwang now has his own lab called Sooam Biotech Research Foundation that also clones dogs commercially.(Additional reporting by Shin Ae-lin; Editing by Sugita Katyal) Oddly Enough. ) Well, the month of September is almost over, so I thought I would take a minute to assess the 2009 College Football season.Here are the 10 things that stood out to me during the first month. 1. The College Football InquirerFollowing college football is more irritating than the National Enquirer! Every week fans and pundits alike act as if the season is over.They over/under-rank teams (I never really understood the concept behind creating a battle of ranked teams based on a preseason poll created before the players had time to enroll in classes), over-diagnosing every win/loss as if it is the crystal ball to the rest of the season (I understand that college football lacks the drama of a end-of-season playoff but is a week one win/loss really that big of a deal).To the previous point: The Miami Hurricanes defeat two top 20 teams (No 18 FSU/No.

11 Virginia Tech on the road in Blacksburg (VA Techs ranking the result of an opening game loss to a top five Alabama team, when they were themselves ranked in the top 10, on a neutral field)!Finally, the Oklahoma Sooners fall to BYU (without their leading receiver for the entire game and their Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback for the entire second half) by less than a field goal. The pundits synopsis is that Oklahoma is overrated and BYU is not the leading non-BCS contender for a BCS bowl bid 2. The Big GameEach week, certain games are over-hyped for no real reason. After Michigan beat Notre Dame, in Ann Arbor mind you, it was determined that the Wolverines were back as one of the nations elite, while the Fighting Irish were relegated to the land of the has-been overrated.For the record, Notre Dame has been a has-been for the last 15 years, while Michigan can attribute much of last seasons struggles (the schools first losing season in over 30 years) to a first-year head coach not having the players to run his offense.Likewise, Miamis week one win over an underachieving Florida State team did nothing more than secure the Hurricanes a much-needed win in their annual in-state rivalry game. 3 Lane Kiffin Vs. Gator NationLane Kiffin and Tennessee actually beat Florida! If you ignore the scoreboard for a minute, you will see that the Gators were huge favorites and the Vols not only hung with them, they also exposed the following facts:(1) After four years Urban Meyer still has no running back for his system (no, Gator Nation, Tim Tebow does not count);(2) The Gator receivers are really not that good if you actually challenge/cover them and/or pressure the quarterback;(3) The Gator D has some concerns, especially in the secondary.In the end Kiffin got the last laugh when Florida chalked the close game up to flu-like symptoms that no one really knew about prior to the game.

Hey Urban, lets see how that one works on the recruiting trail. 4. The Buckeye CurseThe Ohio State University Buckeyes will NEVER win the "Big Game" under Jim Tressel (unless you count the OSU-MICH game). I will give the Buckeyes credit for making the USC game close this season, but they just don't seem to have the mental makeup to beat any team outside of the Big Ten that matters. 5. College Football Affirmative Action: Black coaches need more chances.Aside from the fact that there are only FIVE in all of College Football, each has already shown an aptitude for success in his own right.Houston coach Kevin Sumlin has the Cougars looking like the 2009 BCS Busters with consecutive wins over Big 12 foes (Oklahoma State/Texas Tech). If the Cougars can beat UTEP next week and keep the "F&King Cow Bells" from ringing in their heads (maybe they can talk to Denzel Washington/Derek Luke to get some ideas), they will be sitting at 5-0 (1-0) heading into the meat of the Conference USA season.New Mexico States DeWayne Walker has his team one win shy of last years total after the first month. True enough, New Mexico first year coach Mike Locksley has yet to win a game, but look at what he was given to work with.Finally, Buffalo coach Turner Gill, while struggling this season after the first month, is a year removed from guiding the Bulls to the schools first MAC Division/Conference titles and its first Bowl game in school history (not counting the game the school boycotted for racial reasons).The evidence is there.