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Aussies in dark about Vidarbha’s new stadium

Australia Cricket LogoMelbourne, Nov 4 : Australian players have been placed in the barely tenable position of being unable to train on the ground at which they are to play a pivotal Test match in two days’ time.

The Vidarbha Cricket Association’s new stadium in Nagpur was completed this year and has only previously hosted a pair of trial games, FOX Sports reported.

Its practice facilities are not yet ready, meaning the Australians and Indians have been booked to train at the old VCA ground, which hosted the 2004 Test between the two nations.

Man U pals play cruel prank on Ronaldo

Cristiano RonaldoLondon, Nov. 4 : Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo got all hot and bothered after pals played a cruel prank about his sweaty armpits.

Team-mates filled his training room locker with cans of deodorant and aftershave when Ronaldo was pictured by the Mirror sweating through a jacket on a night out.

Leh in J-K gears up for assembly polls

Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaLeh (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov 4 : Jammu and Kashmir’s Leh District is gearing up for assembly polls to be held from November 17 to December 24 by reviewing security and other essential arrangements for free and fair elections in the state.

About 129 government authorities and locals are being trained for the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).

Mohan Lal, Returning Officer, responsible for overseeing elections briefed media about all necessary arrangements made for the upcoming polls.

Assam and Meghalaya on a developmental spree

Shillong, MeghalayaGuwahati/Shillong, Nov 4 : Assam and Meghalaya seem to be on a developmental spree. Recently, President Pratibha Patil was on a five-day visit to Assam and Meghalaya and inaugurated several infrastructural and developmental projects in the region.

In her first trip to the North East, the President announced many important educational and social projects for the two states.

Republicans wasted their advantage with sleaze: Expert

Barack ObamaLondon, Nov. 4 : The Republicans had all the advantages with them to sweep this year’s presidential polls in the United States, but wasted it with sleaze, the editor of The Economist, John Micklethwait, claimed.

On Friday, The Economist endorsed Barack Obama. “It’s time,” runs the leader in the current edition of the magazine that still likes to be known as a “newspaper”.

“America should take a chance and make Obama the next leader of the free world,” it says.

Brown says US leadership remains vital after "historic" poll

US elections overshadowed by Wall StreetLondon  - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown stressed the importance of "American leadership" in the current global economic crisis but warned against a retreat into isolation and protectionism.

Speaking during his current tour of Arab Gulf states, Brown carefully avoided taking sides in Tuesday's US poll, saying he was looking forward to working with the next president, "whoever he is."

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