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Saturday 31 December 2011

International Current Affairs-July,2009

Federer Wins a record 15th Grand Slam Title (5th July 2009)- Roger Federer, the world no 1, has won the Wimbledon title in the men’s single event for the sixth time and crossed the record of 14 Grand Slam titles set by Pete Sampras. Federer defeated Andy Roddick in one of the most interesting finals in the Wimbledon in London. The five setter final was won by Federer 5-7, 7-6(6), 7-6(5), 3-6 and 16-14.
Sania & Sohrab exchange rings amid tight security (10th July 2009)- The Tennis star Sania Mirza exchanged rings with her childhood friend, Sohrab Mirza. The 22-year-old Hyderabad girl wore the ring that signified her engagement with 23 year old MBA Student Sohrab Mirza. The ceremony was graced by biggies like badminton player P Gopichand, Union Minister of State for Human Resource D Purandareswari, her husband and legislator D Venkateshawara Rao, Telugu film actor Vishnu and industrialist G V K Reddy. There was a tight security provided for the event nearly 50 policemen surrounded the Taj hotel.

Roger Federer and wife are proud parents of twins (24th July 2009): – Federer’s wife, Mirka gave birth to twin girls Myla Rose and Charlene Riva. The children are healthy along with their mother.
Class X girl selected for NASA training (26th July 2009): -Palak Agarwal, is one of the two school girls selected from India for NASA training in space shuttle designing. She is a student of 10th class in a school in remote Karnal dist. She was selected under a student programme under which a few students across the globe get an opportunity to get training in NASA.

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