Sand artist creates Obama’s image on Orissa beachBHUBANESWAR - Sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik has created the sand image of US president-elect Barack Obama on Orissa’s Puri beach. Clintons to drop ball on New Year’s Eve at Times SquareNEW YORK - Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, have been given the honour to push the button to drop the crystal ball ushering in the New Year at Times Square, news reports said Tuesday. ‘Mayawati feels Obama a kindered spirit’LONDON - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has been so inspired by the victory of Barack Obama that she has shot off a letter of congratulations to the US president-elect, a British newspaper reported. Rice blames Hamas for violence in GazaWASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has blamed Hamas for breaking the ceasefire with Israel that led to renewed violence in Gaza. Israel’s Gaza offensive enters second day, 271 killed (Third lead)GAZA CITY - Israeli aircraft pounded the Gaza Strip for the second day Sunday, hitting a Hamas headquarters in Gaza City, witnesses said, and bringing to 22 the number of attacks launched against the Islamist movement since Saturday. Mumbai terror brings shocked world leaders to IndiaNEW DELHI - A host of foreign leaders, ministers and officials have descended on India in the one month since the Mumbai carnage - the first terrorist strike in the country that has triggered an unprecedented global outrage and sympathy. US admonishes Israel, criticizes Hamas over attacksWASHINGTON - The United States has urged Israel restraint in its military operations in the Gaza Strip, but simultaneously offered sharp criticism of Hamas, the organization effectively governing the salient. Spain refuses to receive Guantanamo prisonersMADRID - Spain has refused to accept any inmate from the Guantánamo prison, saying that would create serious legal problems. Troop redeployment is Pakistan’s not-so-subtle message to ObamaCHICAGO - Away from Chicago’s intensely cold winter and vacationing in the salubrious climes of his birth state Hawaii, President-elect Barack Obama is being delivered a not-so-subtle message by Pakistan. Obama, Hillary Clinton top poll of most admired personsWASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has topped Gallup’s poll of the most admired man to become the first person in over a half century to do so before taking America’s highest office. The World in 2008: A year of extremes (Yearender-8)BERLIN - The year 2008 can be called a year of extremes: it saw huge trauma, beginning in the shadow of the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto just days earlier and ending with a global market crisis that has brought despair to millions across the world. Yet the worst is still to come. France wants common EU policy on Guantanamo prisonersPARIS - France Friday called for a common European Union (EU) policy to deal with prisoners currently held in the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after the camp is closed as planned by president-elect Barack Obama in 2009. Obama books return to bestseller listNEW DELHI - While the top of the bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani’s ‘Imagining India’ atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga’s ‘The White Tiger’ heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list. Obama maintains fitness routine as he prepares for officeWASHINGTON - Barack Obama is maintaining a rigorous fitness routine involving one-and-a-half hours a day in the gym as he prepares to take over as US president, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Obama seeks ‘common purpose’ in tough economic timesWASHINGTON - In a radio address released the day before Christmas, US president-elect Barack Obama has urged Americans to band together as the country battles a year-long economic recession that has caused many to cut down on holiday spending. Hasty military action will jeopardize long-term national interest (Comment)Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s pithy observation that ‘nobody wants war’ should serve as an appropriate response to the acerbic comment made earlier by Pakistani Army Chief, General Pervez Kayani, that Islamabad could retaliate within minutes of any Indian pre-emptive strike on Pakistani territory. Pamela Anderson planning to gift book to Bush, ObamaLONDON - Former ‘Baywatch’ actress Pamela Anderson is planning to gift outgoing US President George W. Bush and his successor Barack Obama a copy of her favourite book - Ingrid Newkirk’s ‘One Can Make A Difference’. Key business and economic milestones for India in 2008 (To go with Yearender - 5)NEW DELHI - Following are some key economic, business and financial milestones in India during 2009: Blagojevich scandal prompts Indian American soul searchingCHICAGO - The involvement of prominent Indian Americans in the unfolding corruption scandal involving Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has prompted some soul searching in the Indian American community. Obama to be sworn in using the Lincoln bibleWASHINGTON - Barack Obama will take the oath of office as the 44th president of the US using the same bible upon which Abraham Lincoln was sworn in at his first inauguration, the presidential inauguration committee announced Tuesday. Obama, aides talked to prosecutors about BlagojevichWASHINGTON - US President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top aides talked with federal prosecutors working on a case accusing tainted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder. Abraham Lincoln’s Bible to come out of archives for ObamaWASHINGTON - The historic Bible that Abraham Lincoln took oath on in 1861 when he became the 16th US president will be taken out of the Library of Congress for the first since then when Barack Obama is sworn in as the country’s 44th president on Jan 20. US keeps up pressure on Pakistan to act against terrorWASHINGTON - The US government is asking Pakistan ‘every single day’ to act against those involved in the Mumbai terror attack and has warned it to be especially vigilant against more incidents during the transition to the Osama administration here, officials said. Obama to take oath on Lincoln’s BibleWASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama will be sworn into office with the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his oath taking ceremony in 1861. US warns Pakistan to be vigilant against terror during transition to ObamaWASHINGTON - The US has said it takes the period of transition to the Barack Obama administration ‘very seriously’ and has communicated to Pakistan ‘very well’ about their important responsibility and role on terror. |
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