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Krejza should be used as a spinning strike weapon: Hayden

Tasmania off-spinner Jason KrejzaMelbourne, Nov. 12 : Australian off-spinner Jason Krejza, who snared 12 wickets in his debut Test in Nagpur, should be used as a spinning strike weapon like Stuart MacGill, says team mate and opener Mathew Hayden.

“Even though it did turn for (Krejza in Nagpur), he was going for a lot of runs and (Virender) Sehwag is a magnificent player of spin and put him under a lot of pressure, and he got eight and four (wickets in each innings),'''' the opener said.

Whoopi Goldberg now turns documentary filmmaker

Whoopi GoldbergWashington, November 12 : Whoopi Goldberg wants to be a documentary filmmaker and has signed a deal with Discovery Channel that will make her one.

The actress-comedienne-TV host, under her production company ‘Whoop Inc.’, has inked a development deal with Discovery Emerging Networks - the organisation behind the Discovery and Science Channel.

The Oscar-winner is set to work with her production partner Tom Leonardis to develop series of which at least one will broadcasted by the network, Variety reports.

Stock Mkts May Behave Unpredictably For Some Time, Says Vishwas Agarwal

Stock Mkts May Behave Unpredictably For Some Time, Says Vishwas AgarwalIndian stock markets have declined a lot during the last 10 months and capitalists have lost faith in the equities. But the golden rule of investing still remains unbroken, that in the long run companies with well-built fundamentals and talented management will always provide handsome returns.

The existing negative reaction has taken the rate of many shares much below their fair value. These shares cannot stay at such low levels and are expected to bounce back to somewhere closer to their fair value.

Colin Farrell freaked out over playing Heath Ledger’s role

Washington, Nov 12: Irish actor Colin Farrell has revealed that he was very freaked out by the idea of taking late Aussie actor Heath Ledger’s place in his unfinished movie.

Farrell, along with Johnny Depp and Jude Law, was in the headlines earlier this year when they stepped in to help finish Ledger’s final film ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’.

Even though the others had no qualms about doing the role, Farrell revealed that it was a very tough decision for him.

“It was a very difficult decision to make, when I first heard about it I totally freaked at the idea,” Fox News quoted Farrell as saying.

Slovakian inflation eases in October

Bratislava - Slovakia's inflation declined for the first time this year as the central European country prepares to switch to the euro on January 1, government data showed Wednesday.

The annual inflation rate fell to 5.1 per cent in October, from the 2008 peak of 5.4 per cent recorded in September, the Slovak Statistical Office said.

Consumer prices had climbed since January when the indicator stood at 3.8 per cent, the data showed.

The first former Soviet satellite to enter Europe's monetary union, Slovakia has pledged to rein in inflation as part of its euro- adoption deal with the European Central Bank and the European Union.

PML-N leader says Opposition has numbers to topple PPP govt, “but won’t do it”

PPL & PMLLahore, Nov 12 : A prominent PML-N leader Javed Hashmi has reportedly claimed that the Opposition in Pakistan had enough lawmakers in the National Assembly to topple the PPP-led government.

But, he added, “the PML-N did not want to create political instability in the country”.

“At present 172 parliamentarians were sitting on the opposition benches in the NA and 170 members on the treasury benches,” the Daily Times quoted Hashmi as saying in an interview with a TV channel.

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