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Gold futures soften as U.S. dollar gains vs euro

[at MarketWatch] – Gold futures weakened as the dollar gained against the euro amid rekindled worries about Europe s banking sector. Gold futures for December delivery were down $1.6 at $1,249.50 an ounce in electronic trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Dalai Lama to inaugurate conference in Gangtok in December (DNA – India)

The conference is expected to lay the foundations for Sikkim’s efforts to formally introduce concepts of morals and ethics to its school curriculum.

Spanish Jeweller’s marks inroads into 6th IFJA and IWCF 2010

United Arab Emirates: Antonio Ben Chimol from Spain will make a debut at the 6th International Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Fair and International Watch & Clock Fair ( 6th IWCF & IWCF ), the only specialized show of its kind in the region dedicated to Fashion Jewellery and Watch Industry, which will be held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre from December 13 – 15, 2010 will be featuring the latest designs and trendiest collections from over 10 countries and regions. [AMEInfo.com]

India, Russia to develop 6,000kmph cruise missiles

India will soon become the first country to have cruise missiles with hyper speed of over 6,000 km per hour, as an agreement for their joint development will be signed with Russia during the visit of president Dmitry Medvedev in December.

India, Russia to develop hyper-speed missiles

India will soon become the first country to have cruise missiles with hyper speed of over 6,000 km per hour, as an agreement for their joint development will be signed with Russia during the visit of President Dmitry Medvedev here in December.

Strike uncalled for, grievances being sorted out: Transport director

Decrying the one-day strike by private bus owners, transport director Arun Desai said he had already initiated steps to solve their grievances and that all problems would be sorted out by December 2010.

India, Russia to develop missiles having speed of 6,000 kmph

India will soon become the first country to have cruise missiles with hyper speed of over 6,000 km per hour, as an agreement for their joint development will be signed with Russia in December.

Click online to prepare for bar exam

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has finally compiled preparatory material for those who will take the All India Bar Examination (AIBE), which is going to be held on December 5.

India-SL Rajkot ODI was fixed: Bookie

A top bookmaker in India, who strictly maintains that he is not involved in the player-bookie nexus, says the December 15, 2009 India-Lanka ODI was ‘suspicious’.

One convicted for raping 11-yr-old in 2006

The children’s court recently held guilty one Vishal Devidas, charged for raping a 11-year-old girl in her house when her parents were at work on December 1, 2006.

Qatar to start liver transplants soon

Qatar’s Hamad Medical Corp (HMC) has said it is in the final stages of preparations to start liver transplant surgery soon, the Peninsula has reported. The Organ Donation and Transplant Centre at HMC is also expected to be launched by December this year, senior consultant and transplant surgeon at HMC, Dr Riadh Fadhil said. “The centre to be based at the Hamad General Hospital will play a major role in promoting organ donation and transplant in Qatar,” he said.

US charges Hakimullah with CIA killings

US prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, for the plot that killed seven CIA employees at an American base in Afghanistan last December, the US justice department said.

‘Abu Dhabi Through Your Eyes’ photo contest opens

The entry submissions are accepted from September 1 until December 31 2010.

Mexico arrests drug kingpin Edgar Valdez ‘La Barbie’

Mexican authorities said on Monday they have arrested one of the most high-profile drug kingpins in the country, Edgar Valdez, who is linked to the Beltran Leyva cartel.
Valdez is believed to be a key lieutentant of Arturo Beltan Leyva, who headed the cartel that bears his name and was Mexico’s third most-wanted man until his December 2009 death in a military operation.

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Qatar Airways to be official carrier for Qatar Health 2010 congress

Qatar: Qatar Health 2010, the premier healthcare congress and exhibition in Qatar and the Middle East, announces the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between both parties to support Qatar’s largest healthcare congress and exhibition in December 2010. [AMEInfo.com]

Oman gets bids for Duqm hotel

The Oman Tourism Development Co (Omran) has said it has received bids from 15 local and international groups for building Crowne Plaza Duqm Resort, Meed has reported. The Crowne Plaza’s parent company, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), signed an agreement to manage the new hotel in December 2008. The resort will be the group’s sixth hotel project in Oman. The four-star resort, which will be built on the Sultanate’s Arabian Sea coastline, will have 228 rooms, including 11 executive suites and six smaller suites.

Lukoil seeks bids for seismic surveys in Iraq

Russian energy company Lukoil, which along with its consortium partner, Norway’s Statoil, won a contract to develop Iraq’s West Qurna, have issued a tender for seismic surveys at the field, Reuters has reported. The two firms sealed the 20-year deal to develop the 12.9-billion-barrel oilfield in the south, in an auction in December, pledging to boost output to a plateau target of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd). The deadline for the contract to carrying out 3D field seismic surveys at the oilfield has been set at September 26, Lukoil said in a statement.

Ayesha Meera trial postponed

Vijayawada, Aug. 25: The Mahila Sessions Court on Wednesday deferred the trial of the Ayesha Meera murder case to Thursday with the directives given by the AP High Court that 19 witnesses in the case be cross-examined by the defence lawyer.

B. Pharmacy student Ayesha was murdered in a women’s’ hostel in Ibrahimpatnam on December 27, 2007. The police filed a case on Pidatala Satyam Babu of

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Umesh is the dark horse in DG race

Hyderabad, Aug. 25: A group of people close to the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, are lobbying for Mr Umesh Kumar, who is the dark horse in the race for the top police post and will be in service till 2014.

The supporters said that an outsider like him could best handle the situation when the Justice Sri Krishna commission submits its report on separate Telangana on or before December 31.

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Survivor tells of escape from Mexican massacre in which 72 were left dead (Guardian)

? Ecuadorian says gunmen shot 72 Central Americans? Hostages ‘refused to pay ransoms or to be hitmen’Gunmen massacred 72 kidnapped migrants at a remote ranch in northeastern Mexico after they refused to either pay a ransom for their release or take jobs as hitmen, according to local media reports.Officials have refused to confirm or deny this version of the events behind the shocking discovery by the Mexican navy of the bodies of 58 men and 14 women. A navy statement gave no information on the identity of the victims.Local newspapers, however, quoted a wounded man who claims to be the lone survivor of the slaughter at the ranch in the state of Tamaulipas, 93 miles from the US border.According to the Reforma newspaper the survivor, an Ecuadorian, said he was among a group of mostly Central American economic migrants abducted by armed men as they crossed Mexico heading to the US in search of work.He said they were taken to the ranch by the gunmen, who shot them after they refused to pay ransoms. The witness reportedly said he was left for dead and later escaped, finding his way to a navy checkpoint nearby.A different version of the survivor’s story, published by the Tamaulipas-based website En Linea Directa, said the captors opened fire after the migrants refused jobs as hitmen for a monthly salary of $2,000.Both publications carried pictures of the migrant in a hospital bed, reportedly receiving treatment for bullet wounds.According to the official statement, the navy mounted an operation to secure the ranch after a man approached a checkpoint seeking medical help for a gunshot wound. A marine and three gunmen died in the ensuing battle. A fourth gunman was arrested but an unspecified number escaped in vehicles. A search of the ranch revealed a big arsenal, along with bulletproof vests and camouflage uniforms.The federal government categorically condemns the barbarous acts committed by organised criminals, the navy said. All of society should condemn these kind of acts that illustrate the necessity to continue combatting crime with all the force of the Mexican state in order to obtain the peace demanded by Mexicans.Felipe Calderón, Mexico’s president, launched a military-led offensive to rein in rampant organised crime cartels as soon as he took office in December 2006. Spiralling violence since that date has killed more than 28,000 people, according to official figures.While the cartels are well known for their involvement in drug trafficking, and their struggle to control smuggling routes and local drug markets, they have branched out into other forms of organised crime in recent years ? including mass kidnappings of Central American migrants.Migrants’ rights activists complain that the Mexican authorities have largely ignored the problem.The phenomenon is particularly associated with a cartel called Los Zetas, known for its paramilitary discipline and particularly brutal tactics.MexicoEcuadorJo Tuckmanguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

Somewhere – Official Trailer [HD]

	Somewhere – Official Trailer [HD] Release Date: December 22, 2010 Genre: Drama Cast: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius Director: Sofia Coppola Writer: Sofia Coppola Studio: Focus Features Plot: World-premiering at the 2010 Venice International Film Festival. From Academy Award-winning writer/director Sofia Coppola ("Lost in Translation," "The Virgin Suicides," "Marie Antoinette"), "Somewhere" is a witty, moving, and empathetic look into the orbit of actor Johnny Marco (played by Stephen Dorff). You have probably seen him in the tabloids; Johnny is living at the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. He has a Ferrari to drive around in, and a constant stream of girls and pills to stay in with. Comfortably numbed, Johnny drifts along. Then, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) from his failed marriage arrives unexpectedly at the Chateau. Their encounters encourage Johnny to face up to where he is in life and confront the question that we all must: which path in life will you take? Filmed entirely on location, "Somewhere" reunites the writer/director with "Lost in Translation" editor Sarah Flack and production designer Anne Ross. Stacey Battat ("Broken English") is the costume designer, and Harris Savides ("Elephant") is the director of photography, on "Somewhere."	From: trailers Views: 306 17 ratings
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Pakistan to play 2 Tests in New Zealand

Pakistan’s cricket tour to New Zealand beginning in December will feature fewer tests and more one-day internationals to help the teams prepare for February’s start of the World Cup.

Moratorium on project proposals in 2 districts

The Union ministry of environment and forests on Friday decided to impose a moratorium on consideration of projects under the environmental impact assessment notification, 2006, received by the ministry or the Maharashtra State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority from Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts after August 16 and till December 2010.

December deadline for clearing slums to expand city airport

Amid the uncertainly about the proposed airport at Navi Mumbai, the state government on Friday set a December deadline for relocating, in the first phase, 8,000 hutments blocking expansion of the existing airport in the city.

Lanka diplomacy in Tamil Nadu

India is doing some essential diplomacy on Sri Lanka in Tamil Nadu. India will start building 1000 houses for the internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sri Lanka, the first of a lot of 50,000 houses to be built on the island. This is apart from the $800 million that India is giving to Sri Lanka for the upgradation of the railway infrastructure in the north of the island.

Foreign secretary, Nirupama Rao spent Wednesday in Chennai briefing M Karunanidhi, on India’s recent activities in Sri Lanka. MEA sources said Rao focused chiefly on the recent visit of the Sri Lanka president, Mahinda Rajapakse, and the decisions taken at the time.

To highlight India’s continuing interest in the Tamils in Sri Lanka, the government had also played host to the LTTE-friendly Tamil national Alliance (TNA) whose members met Indian leaders in July.

Rao said India was monitoring closely the projects started in Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the civil war. The focus had been on the rehabilitation of the IDPs. Rajpapakse had promised that all the displaced persons would be resettled by December this year.

After the war, there were 290,000 IDPs in Sri Lanka which has now been brought down to 35000. Among India’s development aid initiatives is the gift of agriculture starter packs for the IDPs who can go back to farming in their fields. After sending across agricultural implements, India is now getting ready to send over yala seeds for cultivation in the next sowing season.

Project on a cross-strait transportation service has been started, and Rao said there would soon be train-ferry services between Talaimanar and Rameswaram and Tuticorin and Colombo.

Rao also told Karunanidhi that India was on course to set up two new consulates in Jaffna and Hambantota, where a Chinese-funded port will start work.

Ronaldo considers early retirement

Brazilian striker Ronaldo has said that he would consider ending his career in December and not — as originally planned — in 2011.

After a lengthy injury lay-off, the two-time world champion who

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Don’t allow high-rises in city till December 2012, Sena tells state

The Shiv Sena has asked the state government not to allow any new high-rises in the city till the updated Development Plan (DP) for the city is ready by the end of 2012.

Apple to launch mini iPad soon

Technology giant Apple Inc. is reportedly planning to release a mini iPad this December, a media report said today. The rumoured version is predicted to be 200 grams lighter than the standard iPad, which was released in April this year.

US continues Agility food service contract

Kuwait’s Agility will continue procuring and delivering food supplies to US troops in Iraq and Kuwait until December 4, 2010, following a “compelling reasons determination” made by the US Defence Logistics Agency (DLA). Agility had been scheduled to transition the work to another company, Anham, which won the follow-on to Agility’s Prime Vendor II contract on April 14. DLA made its compelling needs determination in May, but Agility did not receive a written copy of the DLA memorandum until last week.

August 17: John Whittle

John Whittle (1882–1946) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry “in the face of the enemy” that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Whittle was serving as a sergeant in the First World War when he was decorated with the Victoria Cross following two separate actions against German forces during their retreat to the Hindenburg Line in 1917. In the latter action, he attacked an entire machine gun crew, killing the group and seizing the gun. Born in Tasmania, Whittle completed twelve months active service during the Second Boer War, before returning to Australia and enlisting in the Royal Navy where he served for five years as a stoker. Re-enlisting in the army, he was posted to the Army Service Corps, artillery, and Tasmanian Rifle Regiment prior to the outbreak of the First World War. Transferring to the Australian Imperial Force in 1915, Whittle joined the 12th Battalion in Egypt and embarked for the Western Front the following year. During an attack on the village of La Barque, Whittle rushed a German trench and forced the men from the position; he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal as a result. Wounded three times during the war, Whittle was the subject of two courts-martial due to his unruly behaviour. In October 1918, he returned to Australia at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Australia to assist in recruitment. Discharged from the military in December 1918, he later moved to Sydney. In 1932, Whittle was presented with a Certificate of Merit after saving a drowning boy. He died in 1946 at the age of 63. (more…)

Mexico seeks India’s support for ‘ambitious outcome’ at Cancun

Ahead of the global climate change summit in Cancun in December, Mexico today sought India’s support to help towards an ambitious outcome of the meet within the framework of the Kyoto Protcol.

Dubai Islamic Bank Announces Second Quarter 2010 Net Profit Of AED 301 Million, Up 50 Per Cent From Previous Quarter

The bank’s total assets as of June 30, 2010, stood at AED 83.8 billion compared to AED 84.3 billion at December 31, 2010. Customer deposits stood at AED 64.8 billion compared to AED 64.2 billion as of December 31, 2009. [Wired by: DubaiCityGuide.com - A Cyber Gear Company]

Dubai Islamic Bank reports 50% increase in Q2 profits

Dubai Islamic Bank has posted a 50% increase in second-quarter profit to Dhs301m ($81.2m) from Dhs201m in the previous quarter of this year. Total income for the period also grew to Dhs1.108bn compared to Dhs1.079bn in the first quarter of 2010. The bank’s total assets as of June 30, 2010, stood at Dhs83.8bn compared to Dhs84.3bn at December 31, 2009. Customer deposits were worth Dhs64.8bn compared to Dhs64.2bn as of December 31, 2009.

Tenders issued for Medina airport

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (Gaca) has invited prequalified firms to submit bids to develop the $1.5bn first phase of Medina airport by December 15, Meed has reported. The authority plans to upgrade and expand the airport to increase its passenger handling capacity to 14 million people a year from the current 3.5 million passengers a year. Further expansion plans involve the construction of a new passenger terminal, the renovation of the existing runway and the possible construction of a second runway. This work will be split across two phases. The project could cost a total of SR9bn ($2.4bn) to develop.

King Fahd Causeway deal to be awarded next year

Saudi Arabia: The expansion and development of the King Fahd Causeway is estimated to cost nearly SR1.07bn ($284.8m), Al Hayat has reported. The King Fahd Causeway Authority is expected to award the project in July 2012, which is scheduled for completion in December 2015, the daily said, citing people familiar with the matter. [AMEInfo.com]

Shareholders want Ratan Tata to be Chairman Emeritus

Shareholders of Tata Steel today appealed to Ratan Tata to be Chairman Emeritus of the group after his retirement in December 2012.

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Arjun ordered Anderson flight: MP CM

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said it was former CM Arjun Singh who had ordered a special flight to carry Warren Anderson from Bhopal to New Delhi in December 1984, days after the deadly gas leak.

Union Carbide paid Arjun trust

A trust associated with former Union minister Arjun Singh got money from Union Carbide between June 1982 and May 1983 — before the gas tragedy struck in Bhopal in December 1984.

BREAKING: General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre To Step Down Sept 1

General Motors chairman and chief executive officer Ed Whitacre will step down from his positions, passing the CEO slot to Dan Akerson on September 1 and departing as chairman of the GM board on December 31, 2010. The new CEO was voted onto GM’s board last September as the company was reconstituted with government backing following its Chapter 11…

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