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First Published : 29 Apr 2009 08:41:00 PM IST
Last Updated : 30 Apr 2009 12:48:56 AM IST
DURBAN: Yusuf Abdulla held his nerve in the last over to bowl Kings XI Punjab to a heart-stopping three-run victory over Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at Kingsmead here Wednesday.
J.P Duminy’s battling 59 went in [...]
Michelle get high marks »
Apr. 29-US First Lady Michelle Obama draws high marks from the public in her first 100 days for her sence of style and devotion to family
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BofA’s Lewis ousted as board chairman, stays as CEO »
Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:44pm EDT
By Jonathan Stempel
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp shareholders voted to oust Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis as chairman of the board on Wednesday after months of mounting criticism of his stewardship of the largest U.S. bank.
The bank’s board “unanimously” expressed support for Lewis to stay in the [...]
4 dead, 8 injured in bizarre rail mishap »
Press Trust of India, Wednesday April 29, 2009, Chennai
In a bizarre rail accident, an “unauthorised man” ran an electric train for about seven kilometers unnoticed before ramming it into a goods train, leaving four persons dead and eight others injured near Vyasarpadi Jeeva station in Chennai’s northwestern suburbs.
As the Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) parked [...]
Former Prabhakaran aide reveals Rajiv assassination plot »
Press Trust of India, Wednesday April 29, 2009, Colombo
Velupillai Prabhakaran and his intelligence chief Pottu Amman hatched the diabolical plot to kill former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi “silently” without the knowledge of anyone in the outfit, a former close confidant of the LTTE supremo said on Wednesday.
Karuna Amman, the LTTE commander of the Eastern region [...]
Taliban issues warning to journalists »
Press Trust of India, Wednesday April 29, 2009, Islamabad
Taliban have now turned their guns on the journalists warning them of dire consequences if they do not project them in proper light and asked them stop their propaganda against militants.
Accusing the media of Western and American bias, Taliban in pamphlet circulated on Tuesday to newspapers and [...]
Lankan Navy foils Sea Tiger attack; kills 34 rebels »
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Miss USA California Responds To Gay Marriage Question From Perez Hilton »
By IMAEYEN IBANGA, MARIECAR FRIAS and LEE FERRAN
April 29, 2009
Australian beauty contestant Stephanie Naumoska spoke out today to defend herself and “all the skinny girls out there” against criticism and speculation that she might have an eating disorder.
Miss Universe finalist Stephanie Naumoska denies she is malnourished.
“I’ve never been anorexic or bulimic. I’ve never been [...]
Modi as future PM, allies nervous »
Those who are shouting for Narednra Modi feel it’s worth it and that the BJP needs a leadership boost with the voter. The BJP’s allies are upset. But L K Advani took it well.
‘No end of terrorism’ in Sri Lanka »
The number of Tamil civilians who have escaped from areas held by Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka has risen to 77,000, the army says. Charu Lata Hogg, of foreign affairs think tank Chatham House, and Lal Wickrematunge, managing editor of Colombo newspaper the Sunday Leader, discuss the chance for a lasting peace in [...]
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