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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

In the News, December 2008

India's 2001 Kolkata victory inspired Proteas: Arthur (msn)
Liverpool factory worker and refugee wins $6 million in Powerball(news.com.au)
Brand Saina all set to hit the skies (Times of India)
Spectacular Moon-Venus conjunction on 31 Dec(dna)
Sarah Palin turns granny, daughter gives birth to son (midday)
South Africa make history, seal series against Australia (timesofindia)
South Africa create history; Aussies lose first Test series at home after 16 years (timesnow)
Topless ban to protect Muslims and Asians: Nile (smh)
Omar Abdullah likely to be next J&K CM (Timesnow)
Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US (huffingtonpost)
India wins 'Team of the Year' honour from British daily (msn)
As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. (wsj)
Sex, smoke & booze join telecom to beat slowdown (Economic Times)
Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan (washingtonpost)
Alison King tops ‘Sexiest Soap Babe Of 2008’ poll (spicezee)
Pakistan redeploying troops to Indian border (ap)
Pakistan puts troops on alert (cnn)
Dhoni, Gambhir named in Herald's Test team of the year (PTI)
5,000-10,000 new Twitter accounts a day: study (phyorg)
India end 2008 with another series win (rediff)
Mumbai strikes were an attack on our ambitions: PM (NDTV)
India to Pak: Don't create war hysteria (TimesofIndia)
Magnetic-Shield Cracks Found; Big Solar Storms Expected (National geographic)
Pakistan-India Tensions Mount Over Mumbai Terror (Time)
Clinton Moves to Widen Role of State Dept. (nytimes)
Fox tops 'Sexiest Woman On Earth' poll (Times of India)
South Africa thrash Australia by 6 wickets (Times of India)
Sonia, SRK in Newsweek's list of 50 most powerful people (rediff)
South Africa beat Australia after record chase (rediff)
BBC fined £95,000 over Dermot O'Leary and Tony Blackburn phone-ins (guardian)
Dawood's drug net financed 26/11: Russian intelligence (NDTV)
Slumdog Millionaire in Time magazine's top 10 movie list (Hindustan Times)
Bills for federal agency, tougher laws tabled in Lok Sabha (rediff)
England left to rue letting Tendulkar write another incredible chapter in Chennai (dailymail)
Tendulkar dedicates century to Mumbaikars (rediff)
Bush: Iraq war is not over, more work ahead (ap)
Study: Poverty dramatically affects children's brains (usatoday)
Andhra cops gun down three men held in acid attack case (ibnlive)
Obama names NY housing commissioner to head HUD (ap)
Acid attackers killed in encounter (deccanpost)
India announces security overhaul (bbc)
Gene 'triggers unhealthy eating' (bbc)
Dozens held in Pakistan crackdown (bbc)
Pakistani press: Changing for the better? (merinews)
Rajnikant's best dialogues
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/dec/12slide1-rajnikanths-best-dialogues.htm
ISI raises Rs 1,800 crores for terror: IB (rediff)
Industrial growth crashes to -0.4% (rediff)
Bernard Madoff arrested over alleged $50 billion fraud (reuters)
India Tells Pakistan to Crack Down on Militants (nytimes)
ADB cuts Asia growth forecasts for 2009 (FT)
Graft Case Touches Jackson Jr.(wsj)
Palin tops Google image search (spicezee)
Cancer to be world's top killer by 2010, WHO says (ap)
Woman 'pregnant' with monkey convicted of smuggling (cnn)
India’s government wins the world’s sympathy and the disgust of its people (economist)
Women find happiness is not about the economy, stupid (reuters)
Woman returns $100K found at restaurant (USA Today)
Andrew Strauss keeps England on track against India in first Test at Chennai (telegraph)
30 fidayeens recruited for Mumbai attack: NYT (indian express)
Pakistan snubs India over arrests (bbc)
Zardari to India: 'Pause and take a breath' (cnn)

Arun Sarin likely to head Yahoo! (rediff.com)
Pakistan’s Spies Aided Group Tied to Mumbai Siege (nytimes)
Dark Days for Mall Dynasty (wsj)
Pakistan refuses to extradite Mumbai terrorists (Times)
Sony to cut 8,000 jobs, slash $1.1 billion in costs (reuters)
Emma Watson would strip naked for Bertolucci movie (xinhua)
Nobel Prize Winner: Blogs Might Have Stopped Hitler (Huffingtonpost)
Tribune’s Cubs Bids Said to Be Less Than $1 Billion (bloomberg)
Congrats Web Writers: You Are Now Pulitzer Eligible! (huffingtonpost)
Congress Wins Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram (outlookindia)
Nobel winner: U.S. auto industry will likely disappear (usatoday)
Scientists Back Brain Drugs for Healthy People (abcnews)
Democrats Set to Offer Loans for Carmakers (nytimes)
For Workers, Medical Bills Add to Pain as Firms Fail (wsj)
Job losses mount as economic picture worsens (ap)
Pakistan arrests suspected Mumbai plotter (ap)
‘Out of Sight’ voted Sexiest Film Ever (ANI)
Pakistan arrests Mumbai mastermind, reports say (guardian)
BJP breaks ahead after a tight race in Chhattisgarh (business standard)
Pakistan 'feared Indian attack' (bbc)
Cheerleaders booted after naked pix
http://edition.cnn.com/video/
Job losses mount as economic picture worsens (ap)
Ashok Chavan to be Maharashtra CM; Rane fumes (Times of India)
Maharashtra gets new CM amidst high (ibnlive)
2 teen girls charged in nursing resident abuse (standard.net)
Forgive Mumbai attackers, victims' relative says (cnn)
Zimbabwe declares state of emergency over cholera epidemic (guardian)
England confident of India return despite 'concern' at airport terror warnings (telegraph)
BBC in new decency row after Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles suggests Poles makes good prostitutes (dailymail)
Toronto bans water bottles (canada)
Best Female Figure Not an Hourglass (live science)
Record number of Americans using food stamps: report (ap)
Officials: Pakistan group leaders linked to attack (ap)
Mumbai Attack Is Test of Pakistan’s Ability to Curb Militants (nytimes)
GM exec: bankruptcy not an option for industry (ap)
Inflation-wracked Zimbabwe issues 100-million dollar note (Hindustan Times)
Pakistan should show a sense of urgency, says Rice (rediff)
US seeks urgent action on Mumbai (bbc)
Mumbai attacks: Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault (telegraph)
Parents: Slain anchorwoman was sexually assaulted (ap)
Two women raped in India every hour (Times of India)
Patil quits, Chidambaram takes charge of Home (Hindu)
Pakistan must cooperate in terror probe: Rice (zeenews)
Authorities remove last bodies from India hotel (ap)
Google rules web search league table (vnunet)
Attacks may hit tourism, hospitality biz (ndtv)
INDIA ATTACKS IN MUMBAI (dallasnews)
Taj operation over, three terrorists killed (Hindustan Times)
Saudi king says oil should be $75 per barrel (ap)

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