Ozomatli performed in Vietnam

Over 2,000 people could not help but dance to the hot and diverse music of the multi Grammy Award winning band Ozomatli who played for over an hour at the Lan Anh Club in HCMC’s District 10 on Wednesday night. Minh, a 19 year old student, told the Daily that he could not...

Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban

"WASHINGTON — President Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out...

Slumdog team welcomed with cheers and tears of joy in India

Resul Pookutty, India's Oscar winner for Slumdog Millionnaire, arrived in Mumbai airport along with actor Irfan Khan. There was a grand reception planned for awaiting him. As crowds celebrated his homecoming,...

Afghanistan 'tougher than Iraq'

"US President Barack Obama's envoy to Afghanistan has said that winning the conflict there will be "much tougher" than in Iraq. Richard Holbrooke told a conference in Munich: "I have never seen anything like the...

Hasina, allies secure majority in Bangladesh

"Dhaka, Dec 30: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her nine-party alliance raced to a landslide victory, winning 225 seats of the 299 seats that figured in Bangladesh's ninth General Election. This meant a...

ICL World Series: Preview

"The ICL World Series is a T20 competition between teams led by Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICL Pakistani), Chris Harris (ICL World), Habibul Bashar (ICL Bangladesh) and R Sathish (ICL India). Inzamam and Bashar have the advantage of playing with the same team that featured in the ICL...

Jealous Co-Stars "Froze Out" John Sergeant on Strictly Come Dancing

POPULAR celebrity Strictly Come Dancing contestant John Sergeant was "loathed" by his fellow contestants, it has been revealed, because of his huge public backing.  The viewers voted Sergeant back by...

Vancouver's baby beluga has a new name: Tiqa

5 months after the female whale was born at the Vancouver Aquarium, baby beluga has got a new name. The aquarium held a contest over the past couple of months to name the calf. The belugas are one of the big...

Sicilian joy over $125 million lotto win

Amid financial crisis when everybody account is facing erosion, there is a good news for the catania people. " One of the world's biggest ever lottery jackpots has been won in Italy. The winning ticket was...

Indian author Aravind Adiga wins Man Booker Prize 2008

Beating predictions by bookies and others, debutant Indian novelist 33-year-old Aravind Adiga's book "The White Tiger" was on Wednesday declared the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2008.Adiga beat favourite Sebastian Barry to take the 50,000 pound...

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Review

"India and Australia drew the first of the four test matches of the Border Gavaskar Trophy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The series stands at 0-0. Scorecard Although the match was drawn, both sides would like to take the credits away from this game. Australia will...

Apple iPod Touch named gadget of the year

"Apple has swept the board at Britain's T3 technology magazine's annual awards, winning four top prizes, including gadget of the year for its iPod Touch. " ...

Ganguly to retire after Australia series

"Sourav Ganguly has announced he will retire after the upcoming Test series against Australia. “This will be my last series,” said Ganguly at the end of a routine press conference in Bangalore. “Before...

9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpot

"9 from Roswell, NM, claim $200M Powerball jackpot The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Roswell,...

Paes-Dlouhy enter finals of AIG Open

"Top seeds Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy edged towards back-to-back titles as they advanced to the finals of the AIG Open in Tokyo on Saturday. They had earlier won the Thailand Open a few days ago. The Indo-Czech pair beat USA’s Robert Kendrick and Finn Jarkko Nieminen...

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