Nairobi, Nov 3: Even as it is less than 24 hours to go for the US presidential poll, people in Kenya, the heartland of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s family, prayed for his victory in Nov 4 poll.
At the famous Kisumu''s Baptist Church, dozens of Christian faithful sang and prayed for Obama, who has become the East African nation’s ‘favourite son’, who is all set to occupy the White House.
Raising their hands in the air, the worshippers sang prayers into a chorus over keyboard tunes belting through a homemade woofer, reported Pakistani daily The News.
New Delhi, Nov 3: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is meeting captains of industry and trade in New Delhi on Monday to discuss the impact of global financial crisis and the slow-down in the Indian economy.
Industry leaders Ratan Tata, Anand Mahindra, Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Shashi Ruia, K. P. Singh and Naresh Goyal are expected to attend the meeting today.
London, Nov 3: Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s palatial 270-foot yacht “Ocean Breeze” has been put on sale. Fastened at the southern French resort of Nice, the yacht is expected to fetch around 20 million pounds.
A senior Iraqi government official Ali al-Dabbagh said that the government hopes for a sale within the next few weeks.
Built in 1981, the Ocean Breeze is said to be modest in size compared with other “megayachts”.
Manila - Communist rebels raided on Monday a police station in the central Philippines, wounding an officer and seizing firearms, a police report said.
The raid occurred before dawn in the police station of La Libertad town in Negros Oriental province, 630 kilometres south of Manila.
Two female communist rebels first entered the police station pretending to report a crime. They were followed by four heavily armed guerrillas that fired at the police officers.
The rebels were able to open the armory and carted away at least five firearms before fleeing to the jungles.
Troops have been dispatched to the area to pursue the rebels.
Washington, Nov 3: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has reportedly said that the US should try to forge a better understanding between India and Pakistan for an amicable solution of the Kashmir dispute.
“We should probably try to facilitate a better understanding between Pakistan and India and try to resolve the Kashmir crisis,” the Daily Times quoted Obama as saying in a TV interview.
Nairobi, Nov 3: Even as it is less than 24 hours to go for the US presidential poll, people in Kenya, the heartland of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama’s family, prayed for his victory in Nov 4 poll.
New Delhi, Nov 3: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is meeting captains of industry and trade in New Delhi on Monday to discuss the impact of global financial crisis and the slow-down in the Indian economy.
London, Nov 3: Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s palatial 270-foot yacht “Ocean Breeze” has been put on sale. Fastened at the southern French resort of Nice, the yacht is expected to fetch around 20 million pounds.
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Washington, Nov 3: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has reportedly said that the US should try to forge a better understanding between India and Pakistan for an amicable solution of the Kashmir dispute.
