Multinational and Indian corporate groups have invested a huge amount of money in Indian cricket, which attracts immense interest throughout the nation of one billion people.

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The presiding judge, Sinnappa Augustine Paul, initially ruled that English would be used, given the immense international interest in the case.

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Andy Ridley of the WWF, which is behind the initiative, says interest has been immense.

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It goes without saying that achieving such a transformation would also be very much in the interest of developed nations facing immense demands on limited foreign aid resources.

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