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Murder at the Cricket World Cup?
On Sunday, Bob Woolmer, the 58-year-old coach for the Pakistan cricket team, died in a hospital in Jamaica. He was in the Caribbean, with his team, for the fiercely anticipated games of the Cricket World Cup. So far, police have stopped short of saying "murder," but some local sources have asserted that the cricketer and trainer was strangled.
His shocking demise, which followed the team's devastating loss to Ireland, has roiled the South Asian country, thrown a pall over the tournament, and battered the Search box. Searches for "bob woolmer" immediately surged and "woolmer" doubled. Demand for "pakistan cricket" and "pakistan cricket news" also leapt.
The top "woolmer" queries rising in Yahoo! News reveal not only the strong interest in the case, but many searchers' suspicions over its cause...
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