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   January  16, 2003 11:10 IST
Big guns advance in Australian Open
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Big guns advance in Australian Open
The world number one is bidding to become only the fifth woman in history to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time after winning last year's French Open, Wimbledon and US Open championships.
"As the match wore on, I think I just calmed down... and I realised,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, for my future matches, that this isn't everything and things could be worse."
Top seed Williams put her nervy first-round three-set victory behind her to crush Els Callens of Belgium 6-4, 6-0 while third seed Safin saw off Spain's Albert Montanes 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Williams produced a vastly improved performance to beat the Belgian on centre court. She had been hesitant and nervous against Frenchwoman Emilie Loit in the opening round.
On Thursday she was as decisive and overpowering as ever, although she did admit to feeling a little tense as she looks to win the only grand slam not in her possession.
James Blake continued his safe passage through the draw, the 23rd-seeded American putting out Argentine Jose Acasuso 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.
Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian of Argentina, seeded 10th, ended Australian Jaymon Crabb's hopes 6-1, 7-6, 6-3 while 18th seed Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco beat the last remaining Asian in the draw, Uzbek Vadim Kutsenko,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.
In women's action, 25th-seeded American Meghann Shaughnessy trounced Slovak Ludmila Cervanova 6-1, 6-1 and 16th-seeded Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy beat Czech Daja Bedanova 6-3, 6-3.
Men's top seed Lleyton Hewitt clashes with fellow Australian Todd Larkham in the night session at Melbourne Park later on Thursday.
"Maybe I'm putting a little too much pressure on myself," Williams said.
Safin,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, runner-up in the Australian Open last year, continued his return to fitness after pulling out of last week's Sydney International with a shoulder injury and did enough to muscle his way into round three.
The number 31 seed from Germany knocked out former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.
Serena Williams and Marat Safin bulldozed their way into the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, as the big guns got off to a good start on day four of the grand slam event.
The Russian plays Rainer Schuettler next.

The Mankad-Bopanna contest will have added interest as it will be?played on the eve of the team selection for India's February 7-9 Davis Cup tie against Japan.
The other semi-final will be an all-Russian affair between Vadim Davletshin and second seed Dmitri Vlasov.
"That day I did not even have proper shoes and was slipping down. Here I think the bounce on hard courts helped me and the balls were also lighter," Mankad said.
Bopanna too faced little resistance from Lobanov, who had packed off fourth seed Satoshi Iwabuchi of Japan in the second round. The 818-ranked Russian however had no clue against Bopanna's big first serves and was troubled by his kicking second serves too.
Mankad had fought a three-hour duel against Enev at Lucknow on grass in a losing semi-final but today the
January  16,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 2003 18:21 IST
Mankad, Bopanna to clash in semis
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Mankad, Bopanna to clash in semis
The Russian then gave vent to his frustration by throwing his racket and was promptly given a code violation.
Again, Sipaeya went up 3-0 before Vlasov showed nerves of steel to win five consecutive points. Sipaeya averted a set point but conceded the second when he put a backhand into the net.
In the quarter-finals,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Mankad avenged?last week's semi-final loss at Lucknow, defeating Bulgarian seventh seed Todor Enev 6-4, 6-2 while Bopanna sailed through with?a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over?Russian qualifier Pavel Lobanov.
conditions were in his favour.
Talented youngsters Harsh Mankad and Rohan Bopanna carved out facile victories on Thursday?to set up an interesting semi-final clash in the $10,000 ITF Futures men's?tournament, in Delhi.
From there on, Sipaeya seemed to feel the growing pain on his serving shoulder. Vlasov though displayed the typical Russian ruthlessness hitting repeatedly to the southpaw's backhand and went on to wrap up the match.
After trading breaks in the first two games, Sipaeya failed to convert two break-points in the seventh game of?the first set. Vlasov then handed back the favour by letting the Indian off the hook twice in the 10th and 12th games, pushing the set into the tie-breaker.
As it were, the India Davis Cupper dismantled Enev with his compact forehand winners.
Davletshin accounted for Britain's?Naim Lalji 6-2, 6-2 while Vlasov, ranked 305,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, ousted an injury-troubled Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 7-6 (7/5),You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, 6-3 in an hour and 25 minutes.

In a press conference Monday, Jalkh identified the officers involved in the illegal practice as Major Eduardo Silva, Captain Guido Nunez, Capt. Jorge Antonio Adati and Capt. Francisco Saavedra,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, EFE reported Tuesday.
But when it subsequently emerged that classified information had been left on the computers handed over to the embassy, the president demanded an investigation.
Jalkh said the current probe will “serve as a springboard for restructuring the special investigative units within the national police”, especially given suspicions of US interference in the operations of those units.
National Police commander Jaime Hurtado said an investigation against the four cops was under way and a report in this regard was expected soon.
Quito,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Feb 17 (IANS) Four senior officers of Ecuador’s national police are under investigation for unauthorised sharing of confidential security information with US diplomats, Interior Minister Gustavo Jalkh has said.

Four Ecuadorian cops under scanner for spying
Offended by Astorga’s letter,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Correa ordered the police to return all equipment they had received from the US embassy, which mainly consisted of computers.
The Ecuadorian president had earlier alleged that US officials had routinely played a role in selecting the top officers of the national police’s Center for Anti-smuggling Operations, or COAC,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and other elements of the police force under the terms of “verbal” cooperation agreements.
The allegations against the cops came two weeks after President Rafael Correa expelled  Armando Astorga, the attache of the US Homeland Security Department at the embassy in Quito, who had sent a letter to the national police terminating Washington’s logistical support for the law enforcement agency.

However, police confiscated his passport and visa documents and asked him not to leave the country till April 6, when the next date of hearing is slated.

Arrested student not in official team: Panjab University (Lead)
This year, the PU officially sent 21 students to participate in the HNMUN but the arrested student was among 25 others who had applied online in their individual capacity.
He was arrested following a complaint of molestation by a local resident there but released on bail Wednesday after he submitted a guarantee of $2500.
Chandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) The Panjab University (PU) Friday said that its law student Nitin Jindal, who was arrested in Boston on charges of molestation while on a college trip, was not part of the university’s official delegation sent to the US.
The PU also constituted a committee Friday to look into the issue.
“This year also a delegation of 23 students was selected after following the due procedure of selection, but out of 23 students only 21 students got visa. This was the only official delegation of the UILS. Nitin Jindal’s name was not in this list and we do not know who sponsored his trip,” it added.
“The girl pointed her finger towards Jindal and he was immediately arrested by the police. Nobody allowed us to contact him after that,” Bajwa said.
Jindal,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, who hails from Bathinda town in Punjab, is currently staying with his cousin in Boston.
Jindal, a student of University Institute of Law Studies (UILS), went to the US to participate in the 56th session of Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) held in Boston city Feb 11-14.
A student,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, Parampreet Bajwa, who was part of the official PU group, said on his return home Thursday: “We had a party Saturday night (last week) at Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers where we were staying. After the party we all went to our rooms but in the wee hours of Sunday the local police, accompanied with a girl (complainant) rounded up all Indian students for an identification parade”.
“Nitin Jindal was not part of our official group. The committee will also verify on what grounds the HNMUN had given him clearance as he did not carry the supporting document from the PU,” said a senior official of the university, requesting not to be named.
“If our student is found guilty, we will certainly take appropriate action against him. But right now, it is too early to comment,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login,” he added.
The university’s dean of students welfare, Naval Kishore,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, said: “We have not received any official confirmation about any arrest of our student in Boston. We have come to know about it only through media reports. But we cannot rely on these reports. Therefore, we have constituted a committee which will look into this matter and verify its details.”
“The UILS, in order to promote excellence among its students, decided four years back to send a delegation of students to HNMUN conference in the US. The students are selected by a committee after considering academic merits and extra-curricular activities,” the clarification stated.

There are many who want to know whether a CVA can provide a suitable solution to their business or not. If you are also one of them, you must keep this important fact in mind that it can be determined only after the full review of your business and its current financial standing. It also depends on other factors. The business need to seek advice when they begin to notice some problems, and should analyze as to at which point CVA can work best for them. CVA is known as a type of agreement between some business and its creditors that are dealing with its debts. It is available to the companies facing some financial problems.
Usually, this sort of agreement is made for the time of 2 to 5 years,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, in which a company has to repay its all or some proportion of their debts. After fulfilling that agreement term,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, the company legally gets free of not only these debts, but also any other remaining debts, which if not paid, are written off.
Numerous people are of the opinion that a Company Voluntary Arrangement or CVA can result in a realistic solution to all businesses, facing severe liquidity issues. This procedure is similar to an IVA or Individual Voluntary Arrangement, the major difference being that a CVA has been produced for limited companies,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, while IVA is meant for cases involving individual insolvency.
If a CVA has been accepted by directors of a company at a Creditors Meeting, they must realise those cares and attentions, which are considered important for maintaining the CVA for the complete agreement term that can contain two or five years.
Making sound decisions during this period, working to rebuild sales, preserving the company, and making it a viable and realistic business, is all up to the directors of the firm.
They should prove to the creditors that they have real desires,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and are ready to put in intense efforts to maximise their interests for repayment. CVA cannot be reckoned as an insoluble solution if a company confronts problems despite being in CVA. A meeting of creditors can be reconvened any time, and they can choose to amend the original CVA.
A company must also be well aware of that, just like an IVA, if some material changes are made to run the company, the supervisors of the company must be informed.
CVA may be a good option for companies, if the company directors try to answer some questions: Are they all willing to repay their debt? Is addressing the difficulties, causing the present situation of the company, easy? Will their shareholders be in accordance with the proposal? Do they really have viable relations with their suppliers? Will their customers stay with them if they consider a CVA? All these questions have to be considered in order to determine the impact of a CVA on your business.
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How the world felt when credit card became a reality cannot be described in few words. No longer must one have cash before buying things or solving pressing financial problems, and as the name implies, with the credit card one could buy on credit and pay later. As convenient and attractive the use of credit cards might look; there are lots of dangers and disadvantages in using them.
If you ask me,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, I would say credit card debt is the worst of all the problems and is often the cause of financial insolvency for several individuals. It is therefore very obvious that these affected individuals cannot really make much progress in life. Generally,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, credit cards represents the account you are holding with the firm that issued the credit card.
Whatever payments you make using your credit card are actually your borrowings that contribute towards your credit card debt. What is usually called credit card debt is nothing but the money you owe your credit card issuing company. You will know the amount you owe every month from the credit card debt statement that will be sent to you but you have to pay up this amount before a payment due date.
Generally,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, credit card debts can be offset with regular partial payments,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, however, failing to pay up promptly can lead to your incurring late fees and interest charges. A serious pitfall you should try to avoid is continuing to make partial payments or no payments at all, because this will only accumulate your interest rate. Everything thus boil down to you controlling your spending habit, as keeping your spending low is a way to avoid the vicious circle of credit card debts.
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Making ends meet can be quite difficult for most people. It is a sad, disheartening fact that most people are living paycheck to paycheck. When an emergency comes their entire world turns upside down and they find themselves in serious trouble financially. They may not be able to go to a bank for a loan. Either the amount is too small to borrow or they do not have any collateral or the credit needed in order to borrow from a banking institution the traditional way. Pawn shops and selling important items can be attempted but you wind up getting ripped off and only receiving a tiny fraction of what the item is really worth. There are other options to consider if you need money and need it fast. Payday loans may be able to help you out until your next payday. In this article we will discuss some of the questions and concerns you may have regarding the payday loans services offered.
How much money can I borrow in a payday loan?
The amount you can borrow from a payday loan company depends two things: (1) how much you make each payday,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and (2) the State in which you live. Many States have laws limiting the amounts that payday lenders can loan you (although there are some lenders who use the law of a favorable State like Utah to increase the amount they can lend). As a result, Internet or telephone payday lenders tend to be able to lend higher amounts. No matter which lender you borrow from, the interest rate will be quite high when compared to a typical bank loan. The more you borrow, the more interest you will owe. Try not to borrow more than you really need.
What type of information will a payday lender need from me?
To get approved for a payday loan, most lenders will require several things from you. First, you typically need to have an open bank account.  Sometimes,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, lenders require that you need a checking account (not a savings account),You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, and that the account be open for more than two or three months. For a storefront loan, you will need to bring in your most recent bank statement for verification. You will need your most recent paycheck stub and a copy of your identification. Some businesses will want to see a copy of a utility bill to ensure that your address is on file should something go wrong. Some payday loan companies require that your paycheck be direct deposited. You will have to ask in order to be sure.
What happens if I don't have the money to repay the payday loans?
That would be a big "uh oh" because they want their money back. The most feasible solution, and one used most often, is to take out the money loan again before you attempt to pay bills. Some people find they cannot afford to pay back the entire loan so they simply borrow again, but at this time a lower amount of money. This gradually pays down the loan until they can finish paying it off. The big problem comes when you do not have enough cash to pick up the loan note and take it out again. If this is your situation you will need to talk to the loan company immediately. Some may be able to work out a deal with you to pay another week's interest until you get the money you need.
Will they check my credit?
One of the benefits of using a payday loans company, besides getting the cash you need immediately, is that they do not run a credit check to determine your eligibility. Their main consumer markets are those individuals who could not obtain a short term loan from a bank or do not have credit cards.
What if my banking account is overdrawn?
Most payday loan companies understand that this may be the reason you are in such dire need to borrow money. But…there are some loan companies,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, especially online, that frown on being overdrawn because it makes them doubt whether or not you will be able to repay the amount of money you are borrowing. You will have to check the payday loan company's policy on being overdrawn.
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