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At Forty-seven He Is Forty-forth And Youngest!The man who said, There is not a blackAmerica and white America and LatinoAmerica and Asian America there's the

United States of America. In the 2004Democratic Convention has won a historicvictory after appearing to have collectedenough electoral votes to defeat SenatorJohn McCain and become the first blackPresident of the United States. The electionof Illinois Senator Barack Hussein Obama asAmerica's 44th president is astounding,historical, implausible, improbable andcompletely without precedent in the historyof the United States, reported TheHuffington Post. The forty-seven years oldBarack Obama is also the youngestpresident of The United States of America.

President-elect Barack Obama will soon beone of the most heavily guarded men in the world, if he is not already. For thenext four years and beyond, Obama will be followed everywhere he goes by thesecret service, a crack team of security agents known for their large physiques,stony countenances, dark suits and radio earpieces. As the first African Americanto be elected president, Obama is likely to face unprecedented threats on his life.Indeed, police and federal officials have already broken up at least twoassassination plots, although it is unclear how serious either was. The secretservice began guarding Obama in May 2007, the earliest ever in an electionseason, said The Guardian.

Read More At: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/politics/index.html?hp

It Keeps Getting Ugly!It was well one of the worst terror strike ever in the country. It killed at lestsixtyone people and left over 300 injured. Unidentified terrorists detonated 11bombs in four districts Kamrup (Guwahati city), Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon,Barpeta of Assam. The blast site is one kilometer away from the chief minister'soffice in the state capital complex at Dispur. No one has so far claimedresponsibility for the bomb blasts, which security analysts said appeared to becoordinated. Assam has been a focus of a separatist insurgency for decades, butit has also recently sufferedbomb attacks blamed onIslamist militants fromneighbouring Bangladesh. TheUnited Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Assam's majorseparatist group often blamedfor attacks, deniedinvolvement. I am confidentthat the people of India willrise unitedly against theseattempts to disturb peace and


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harmony and to destroy our social fabric, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singhsaid in a statement. A wave of bomb attacks has hit India in recent months,killing more than 125 people. Police have blamed most of those attacks on Muslimmilitants. Security analysts and military intelligence officials said the Assamblasts, bore the hallmarks of strikes by Islamist militants.

Read More At: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080070561

Anand is World Champion Again!Playing white, twenty four moves is all Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand took toretain his world chess championship crown after drawing with Russian challengerVladimir Kramnik in the 11th game, closing in on a extraordinary conquest inBonn. Kramnik could not repeat his show from the tenth match or put it this wayAnand did not let him. With the black pieces he turned out to be a graceful loserin the end. Anand finished the match with an overall score of 6.5-4.5 points,which means a two point leadfor the Chess ace in the 12-game match. Anand won threewhile Kramnik won one game inthe 11 games played in thematch while rest of the gameswere a draw. "It's easier to geta draw with white when youdon't want to", Said Anand,clearly indicating that it wasmuch easier to get the half apoint when playing for a winwith white. Kramnik did not getany chance as he stood a littlebad shape in the middle game

itself. Once the queens gottraded, the Russian soughtpeace in a draw proposal as hesimply did not have anywinning chance.

Read More At: http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3652758,flstry-1.cms

Pt. Bhimsen Joshi is conferred upon Bharat Ratna.The legend Hindustani classical

music, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi,was awarded the Bharat Ratna,the country's highest civilianaward. This felicitation comes toany Indian after a gap of sevenyears. Prior of this it was only in2001 that Lata Mangeshkar andUstad Bismillah Khan wereconferred upon with the honor.The honor for the 86-year-old


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vocalist, who belongs to 'kirna' gharana, commemorates a distinguished careerspanning more than seven decades since he first performed at the age of 19."The President has been pleased to award the Bharat Ratna to Pandit BhimsenJoshi", a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said the evening award wasannounced. "I am extremely happy to accept this award on behalf of all themaestros who have contributed to 'khayal gayaki' of Indian classical music," the

legendary maestro said. A recipient of several awards including the PadmaVibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and Padma Shree, Joshi has added his owndistinctive style excelling in gamakar, meend and tanakriya and adaptingcharacteristics from other gharanas to create a unique vocal idiom.

Read More At: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Bharat_Ratna_honour_on_Pt_Bhimsen_Joshi/articleshow/3677996.cms

I Miss You So Much It Hurts!After Dada, in a surefire surprise,Anil Kumble, the leg spinner whosure does spin the ball Jumbo, aswe popularly know him, decidedto bid adieu to internationalcricketing at his favorite cricketground, Ferozeshah Kotla, wherehe took 10 wickets in an inningsagainst Pakistan in 1999; theground which put him in equal withJim Larker of England. "Delhi hasbeen special for me and I thought itfitting to finish my career here," hesaid amid loud applause from theKotla crowd. "I was a very toughdecision particularly after playingcompetitive cricket for the last 18years. But the body gave thedecision. This injury probablyhelped me take the decision," "Itwas yesterday I decided to retire. Iwon't be 100 per cent fit in Nagpurand it is no use going in Nagpur

without 100 per cent fit, so I thought it is my time to go," Kumble added. The 38-year-old leg spinner has captured 619 scalps in 132 Tests to be third in the list of highest wicket-takers after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.

Read More At: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/nov/02/indiacricketteam-cricket Also:http://cricket24x7.blogspot.com/2008/11/anil-kumble-retires.html

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