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The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running women-only professional tennis tournament in the world and is the first stop of the US Open Series. Siliconeer is an official supporter of the event.


(Above): The third annual Berkeley International Food Festival features a cooking stage where Bay Area chefs will demonstrate how to prepare dishes from around the world, give the audience samples to taste and hand out the recipes. Last year, Chef Soni Bhati of Soni’s Supper Club in San Francisco demonstrated how to make samosas. [Som Sharma/Digital iVision photo]

Bank of the West finalist for 2007 and fan favorite Sania Mirza has commited to play the 2008 Bank of the West Classic to be held July 14-20 at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium on the campus of Stanford University.

For the fourth consecutive year, Sania Mirza, the most successful women’s tennis player from India and the only Indian woman to win a Sony Ericsson WTA tour title, will play the Bank of the West Classic.

Mirza, who was named the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Newcomer of the Year in 2005, reached a career-high ranking of 27 in 2007 and ended the year ranked No. 31.

The Bank of the West Classic (www.BankOfTheWestClassic.com) is entering its 38th year and is a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Tier II event. The tournament features a 28-player singles draw as well as a 16-team doubles draw with total prize money of $600,000. The event is owned and operated by IMG and serves as the opening women’s event of the Olympus US Open Series.

Past champions of the event include Davenport, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters.

The Bank of the West Classic is the longest-running women-only professional tennis tournament in the world and is the first stop of the US Open Series.

Siliconeer is an official supporter of the event.

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Free Binayak Sen:
Global Support for a Rights Activist

A pediatrician and internationally acclaimed rights activist in Chhattisgarh is languishing in jail without trial, writes Ranjitha Moorthy.


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Straw Bale Homes:
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A relief group says homes made from compressed straw bales can be a much safer alternative for earthquake ravaged parts of Pakistan, writes Ras H. Siddiqui.


ART
Smithsonian’s Exquisite Exhibit of Mughal Art
The Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., has brought together 86 jewel-like masterpieces of Mughal art. A Siliconeer report.



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NEWS DIARY: May
AWARD: Intel Whiz Kids
SUBCONTINENT: A Monopoly on Violence
SUBCONTINENT: The Climate Challenge
GEOPOLITICS: The Barbarity of Aerial Bombing
HISTORY: ‘Komagata Maru’
PERFORMANCE: Srikanto Acharya
DIARY: From Ghana with Love
AWARD: Naranji Patel Honored
CINEMA: L.A. Film Festival
CONFERENCE: TiECon 2008
SPORTS: Sania Mirza to Play in San Francisco Bay Area
AUTO REVIEW: 2008 Toyota Avalon
TRAVEL: A Trip to Asia - The Cathay Experience
FESTIVAL: Berkeley Food Fest
CINEMA: ‘Blind Ambition’
BOLLYWOOD: Film Review: Bhoothnath
BOLLYWOOD: Guftugu
TAMIL CINEMA: Yaradi Nee Mohini
COMMUNITY: News in Brief
BUSINESS: News Briefs
INFOTECH INDIA: Round-up
RECIPE: Pasta Delight
HOROSCOPE: June

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