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Three patron saints of India

Merrin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:41:12 +0000

In addition to Thomas, the Apostle, India has three more patron saints:

Mary, Patron of India

Saint Francis Xavier

Saint Rose of Lima

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Three among the Seven and a half churches

Merrin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:53:06 +0000

Thomas, the Apostle, established the Ezharappallikal, or “Seven and Half Churches”. Three of these churches are at Kodungallur, Kollam, Niranam.

Where are the others?

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Three neighbours of South Sudan

Merrin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:32:04 +0000

The landlocked country is bordered by Ethiopia to the east; Kenya to the southeast; Uganda to the south.

It has three more neighbours, which are they?

Three of the newest countries

Merrin — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 05:17:00 +0000

June 5, 2006 - Serbia became its own entity after Montenegro split.
Febraury 17, 2008 - Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia.
July 9, 2011 – South Sudan peacefully seceded from Sudan following a January 2011 referendum. Sudan itself was the first to recognize South Sudan and did so one day early, on July 8, 2011.

Sorry about the delay, my internet at home is down

Three new year festivals in India

Merrin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:03:10 +0000

Three women wildcard players to reach Grand Slam Semi-finals

Merrin — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:39:18 +0000

Jie Zheng (China)(2008 Wimbledon semi finalist)

Justine Henin(Belgium) (2010 Australian open finalist)

Kim Clijsters (2009 US Open champion)

Images: Wikipedia

Three roles of police dogs

Merrin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:18:00 +0000

Police dogs have been mostly used to fill in the following roles:

Public order enforcement dog: German Shepherd Dogs and Belgian Malinois are most commonly used.
Detection dog or explosive-sniffing dog: Beagles are used in many airports.
Search and rescue dog: Bloodhounds are often used for this task.

Source: Wikipedia

Three color revolutions

Merrin — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:10:02 +0000

Colour revolutions is a term that was widely used by the media to describe related movements that developed in several societies in the CIS (former USSR) and Balkan states during the early 2000s. The term has also been applied to a number of revolutions elsewhere, including in the Middle East.

People Power Revolution (sometimes called the “Yellow Revolution”) in the Philippines(1986)
Ukraine’s Orange Revolution (2004)
Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan (also sometimes called the “Pink Revolution”) (2005)

Three records set by the longest played tennis match

Merrin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:03:08 +0000

The longest professional tennis match, in terms of both time and total games, was the Wimbledon 2010 first-round match between Nicolas Mahut and John Isner on 22, 23, and 24 June 2010. It broke many records other than the obvious(longest duration), three of which are:

Longest set (the fifth set required 8 hours, 11 minutes)
Most games in a set (138 in the fifth set)
Most games in a match (183)

Do you know more?

Three short Grand Slam matches

Merrin — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 02:59:48 +0000

There have been three Grand Slam matches that finished under an hour.

Steffi Graf won 6–0, 6–0 in 32 minutes against Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final. This is the shortest ever Grand Slam final.

Fred Perry defeated Baron Gottfried von Cramm, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 in the 1936 Wimbledon final in 40 minutes.
The 1881 Wimbledon final in which William Renshaw defeated John Hartley, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 lasted 37 minutes.