New Delhi  - India's music industry on Monday celebrated the Golden Globe win for its most famous music composer AR Rahman and hoped it would be the Oscar next.

Rahman won the award on Sunday for best musical score for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, a film about a Mumbai slum boy who wins a game show.

"He will not stop here. I am sure he will win an Oscar too. He has put Indian music on top of the world. From here the future looks good and Rahman is solely responsible," music director Shankar Mahadevan of the Shankar-Eshaan-Loy trio was quoted as saying by PTI news agency.

Washington, Jan. 12 : Outgoing US President George W Bush has admitted to refusing to "bail out" his Republican party by withdrawing troops "during the darkest days of Iraq".

That decision is now lauded by his father in an unprecedented joint interview to FOX News Sunday.

"During the darkest days of Iraq, people came to me and said, ''You''re creating incredible political difficulties for us,''" the current president said as his term draws to a close. "And I said, ''Oh, really? What do you suggest I do?'' And some suggested retreat, pull out of Iraq.

New York, Jan 12 : When California man Greg Hardesty went through his daughter Reina's cellphone statement, he almost laughed out hysterically.

His 13-year-old daughter's statement showed that she had sent an astonishing 14,528 text messages in one month, and the online AT&T statement ran 440 pages.

"First, I laughed. I thought, `That''s insane, that''s impossible'," the New York Post quoted the 45-year-old dad as saying.

"And I immediately whipped out the calculator to see if it was humanly possible," he said.

Upon checking he discovered that 484 text messages had been sent per day, which came out to be one every two minutes of every waking hour.

Washington, Jan 12 : While people might be making a fortune by selling Obama-branded can openers, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate bars, those thriving on the sales of such merchandise might land in jail from January 20 onwards.

In a bid to prevent the commercial exploitation of Obama's name, Gregory B. Craig, the would be White House counsel for President-elect Barack Obama will have to take action to prevent the selling of Obama merchandise.

Washington, Jan 12 : Ever thought of wearing warm, cozy sweats made of chicken feathers or jeans made of wheat? Well, get ready to make some room in your wardrobe for clothing made from such durable new fabrics that are "green" and environmentally friendly.

Researchers in Australia have made advances paving the way for such exotic new materials, which are made from agricultural waste or by-products

The new fabrics are set to hit the shelves as environmentally friendly alternatives to the estimated 38 million tons of synthetic fabrics produced worldwide each year.

Washington, Jan. 12 : US President-elect Barack Obama has reiterated his promise to close the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where hundreds of detainees have been held for years without trial or even being charged with a crime.

But he could not promise that it would be done quickly.

Obama, who has been receiving daily national security briefings since his election in November, acknowledged that his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay would be more of a challenge than he anticipated.