Washington, December 24 : Pop diva Britney Spears is wishing Christmas to he

Melbourne, Dec 24 : Spin legend Shane Warne has advised under pressure Brett Lee to go into the Boxing Day Test and just let all hell break loose.

Lee was well below his match-winning potential in Australia's record loss to South Africa in Perth, and Warne through hi column in the Daily Telegraph, is the latest player to give Lee a vote of confidence ahead of the second Test.

South Korean major Samsung Engineering in consortium with Linde (Germany) has pocketed $1.5 billion contract from ONGC Petro addition (OPaL) for the construction of a dual feed ethylene cracker unit and associated unit plant.

Speaking on this, Samsung Engineering spokesperson Charlotte J Lee said, “The engineering, procurement, construction & commissioning contract is for a dual feed ethylene cracker unit and associated units plant of OPaL.”

The ongoing global slowdown can hit the export growth rate of the nation for the current financial year. Country's growth target for 2009-10 may be revised under such hard circumstances. It is said by the Executive Director of Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC), Mr D. K. Sareen in the sidelines of a conference on India Soft 2009 on Tuesday.

Karachi, Dec 24 : Doubts over Sri Lanka's planned tour of Pakistan have emerged, as Sri Lanka wants to invite Indian team to visit their country.

It appears that the international cricket would remain apathetic to Pakistan even on the advent of next year, The News reported.

Sri Lankan sports ministry in tandem with the dissolution of Cricket Board's Ad hoc Committee has changed its stance, as Minister of Sports, Gamini Lokuge said he was not interested in sending his team to Pakistan and instead he wanted to invite the Indian team to tour Sri Lanka.

Washington, Dec 24 : The United States has been urging Pakistan `every single day' to catch those responsible for the Mumbai terror attacks, according to the US
State Department.

Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto told reporters on Tuesday that President George W. Bush sent his top military official to South Asia following reports that
tensions between India and Pakistan could lead to a war.

"I don't know if President Bush has," said Fratto when asked if President Bush had spoken to Indian and Pakistani leaders to prevent a war. "I know Admiral (Mike)