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Obama’s Jakarta home becomes an attraction for neighbouring residents

Obama’s Jakarta home becomes an attraction for neighbouring residentsJakarta, Nov 6 : The 44th US President-elect, Barack Obama’s, childhood home in Jakarta has become an attraction for neighbouring residents.

A resident said the furniture has remained the way it was left when Obama and his family moved out, Sin Chew Daily reported.

The resident said that the house belonged to his father-in-law, who was a good friend of Obama’s stepfather.

Australian stocks pounded by Wall Street hammer

Australian stocks pounded by Wall Street hammerSydney - A big fall on Wall Street saw Australian stocks droop Thursday.

The ASX 200 gave up 186 points, or 4.2 per cent, to close at 4,149 as investors took their lead from the US market rather than an upbeat assessment of the global economy by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner.

Bill Gates hopes Obama will deliver on healthcare commitments

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp.New Delhi, Nov 6: Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corp. and the champion of global health issues such as AIDS, said he hopes that the US President-elect Barack Obama will be able to deliver on Washington''s healthcare commitments.

Gates, who is on a visit to New Delhi, was optimistic about Obama''s efforts to tackle global health issues, saying he has "shown a lot of interest" and would "drive improvements in those areas".

Amy Winehouse’s hubby released from prison

Amy Winehouse’s hubby released from prisonLondon, November 6 : Amy Winehouse’s hubby, Blake Fielder-Civil, who was sent to jail for thrashing a pub landlord and attempting to cover up his act, has been released.

Blake was allowed to let go from Edmunds Hill prison in Suffolk on November 5 after serving 12 months of a 27-month jail.

The 26-year-old, who had a chipped tooth and bore red marks on his arms as he left the prison, was relieved to have breathed free since his placement behind the bars in last November.

Army officer arrested over Malegaon bomb blast

Army officer arrested over Malegaon bomb blastNasik (Maharashtra), Nov 6 : An army officer has been arrested in connection with Malegaon and Modasa bomb blasts in September that killed five people.

Officers from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Mumbai questioned Lieutenant-Colonel Srikant Prasad Purohit, for days before finally arresting him on Wednesday.

A local court in Maharashtra’s Nasik remanded Purohit to police custody till November 15 and also approved the conducting of narco analysis test on him.

“Pak fighting its own war on terror to combat threat from tribal areas”

“Pak fighting its own war on terror to combat threat from tribal areas”Islamabad, Nov 6: US Central Command chief General David Petraeus, whose Pakistan visit ended yesterday, said that Pakistan was fighting its own war on terror because it faced an “existential threat from the situation in the Tribal Areas.”

Giving an account of his talks with Pakistani leadership, Petraeus said: “In general there is mutual agreement on the nature of the threat in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a threat that they increasingly see as a threat to Pakistan’s existence.”

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