Top leaders focus on Amritsar during final campaignAMRITSAR - Top leaders of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) focussed on Punjab’s Amritsar parliamentary seat Monday - the last day of campaigning for the fifth and final phase of the 2009 general elections to be held Wednesday. Pope calls for Palestinian homeland at start of Israel visit aimed at easing strains with JewsTEL AVIV, Israel — Pope Benedict XVI called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian homeland immediately after he arrived in Israel Monday, a stance that could put him at odds with his hosts on a trip aimed at easing strains between the Vatican and Jews. Campaign in Ludhiana to motivate women to voteLUDHIANA - A women’s club in Ludhiana has initiated a door-to-door campaign to motivate women, especially housewives, to exercise their franchise during the general elections. Dodgers set club record with 10-0 start at home, sweep 4-game set against Padres with 7-3 winLOS ANGELES — The Dodgers are a perfect 10 — at home, anyway. Author-attorney Louis Auchincloss describes Brooke Astor’s 2001 mental stateNEW YORK — They had been friends for 60 years, but socialite and philanthropist Brooke Astor had no idea who Louis Auchincloss was when they met at a luncheon in 2001, the author-attorney testified Thursday. 15 Tamil protesters arrested in TorontoTORONTO - Acting tough for the first time with Tamil protesters here, police arrested 15 of them Wednesday as they tried to push their way towards the American consulate. Bea Arthur, stage, film star of ‘Mame’ and TV’s ‘Maude’ and ‘The Golden Girls,’ dies at 86LOS ANGELES — Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress who considered herself lucky to be discovered by television executives after a long stage career that included a Tony award for the musical “Mame,” died Saturday at age 86. UAW meeting with GM officials this week on production changes, may include summer shutdownDETROIT — Thousands of GM workers could learn as early as Thursday that they will be idle for up to nine weeks this summer as the automaker’s plants stop making all but its most popular cars and trucks. Pittsburgh warns homeowners quickly away from bridge getting ready to collapsePITTSBURGH — Residents of four homes have been urged to seek shelter elsewhere because an overpass above their homes in is in danger of collapsing. Madge buys $40m Georgian-style townhouse in NYCNEW YORK - Queen of Pop Madonna is reportedly moving to Upper East Side. The 50-year-old has bought a four-story, Georgian-style townhouse on East 81st Street for about 40 million dollars, according to sources. Man arrested for carrying weapons in WashingtonWASHINGTON - The United States Capitol Police have arrested a man who was driving around in a vehicle with two long guns, three handguns and a sword near the Capitol on Tuesday. Mob lynches suspected rapist in VenezuelaCARACAS - A suspected rapist was lynched, burned and dragged through the streets by residents of a west Caracas neighbourhood who accused the police of not doing their jobs, Venezuelan media has reported. Obama’s whistle-stop tour, links past with historic presentWASHINGTON - Barack Obama returns to Washington for his historic inauguration Tuesday as the nation’s first African-American president as he undertakes a whistle-stop train journey that symbolically links him to the nation’s icon Abraham Lincoln. Teen prodigy to raise funds for 26/11 victims through her musicNEW DELHI - She is all of 13, but teen prodigy Tara Venkatesan is not just gifted to create classic pieces of music, but also sensitive enough to hold a concert to raise funds for the child victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attack. Pancham used to keep best romantic songs for my sister: Asha BhonsleMUMBAI - Singing legend Asha Bhosle reveals she used to often fight with her late husband, composer R.D. Burman, because he would give the best of the romantic songs to her elder sister, Lata Mangeshkar. |
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