24 Dec Global News update catch the news today

1. Global News Update 24 th Dec. 2008 Catch The NEWS Today!

2. Hillary Clinton will face awkward questions about her husband's financial ties with Arab sheikhs and Central Asian oligarchs if Barack Obama nominates her as Secretary of State. Instability fear as Guinea president dies A top Bolivian government official said Monday that the country's intelligence services had uncovered a plot to assassinate President Evo Morales.

3. A Saudi judge recently refused to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man -- a union apparently arranged by the girl's father to settle his debts -- a lawyer in the case told CNN. Saudi judge refuses to annul marriage of girl, 8

4. Hundreds of exiled Tibetans with their leader Dalai Lama have begun a landmark meeting in northern India to discuss their homeland's future with China in Dharamshala. Toyota sales plunge in November Toyota has reported a big drop in global vehicle sales for November, just days after forecasting its first annual loss in 71 years.

5. Hundreds of exiled Tibetans with their leader Dalai Lama have begun a landmark meeting in northern India to discuss their homeland's future with China in Dharamshala. Iraq OKs continued presence of foreign troops Iraq's parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution that will allow non-U.S. foreign troops to remain in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year.

6. Hundreds of exiled Tibetans with their leader Dalai Lama have begun a landmark meeting in northern India to discuss their homeland's future with China in Dharamshala. Japan's Cabinet approves record budget Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a record budget, including an emergency economic stimulus package, for the 2009 fiscal year.

7. Hundreds of exiled Tibetans with their leader Dalai Lama have begun a landmark meeting in northern India to discuss their homeland's future with China in Dharamshala. Putin: 'Cheap gas era' ending The era of cheap natural gas is coming to an end, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at a meeting in Moscow of the world's major gas-exporting countries.

8. Hundreds of exiled Tibetans with their leader Dalai Lama have begun a landmark meeting in northern India to discuss their homeland's future with China in Dharamshala. Academy Awards voting under way The first round of voting for the Oscars has begun after ballot papers were posted to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

9. Hundreds of exiled Tibetans with their leader Dalai Lama have begun a landmark meeting in northern India to discuss their homeland's future with China in Dharamshala. Injured Fabregas ruled out for four months Arsenal have suffered a major blow with the news that captain Cesc Fabregas has been ruled out for four months with his knee injury -- prompting manager Arsene Wenger to hint he might sign a replacement for the Spaniard in the January transfer window.

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