9 dec Global update: catch the news today!

1. Global News Update 9 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. Automaker plan in Bush's court GM and Chrysler could get a total of $15 billion by Dec. 15 as part of a proposed bailout. Plan now under White House review.

3. Pentagon: 9/11 conspirators want to confess Five detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, say they want to confess to conspiracy charges for planning the September 11, 2001, attacks, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday.

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. Russia: Thousands pay respects to church leader From white-bearded monks and babushka-clad women to top Kremlin officials, thousands of people turned out to pay final respects Tuesday to the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II.

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. Sony to cut 8,000 jobs Electronics giant Sony will cut 8,000 jobs and shutter about 10 percent of its manufacturing capacity in response to "sudden and rapid changes in the global economic environment, " the company announced Tuesday.

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. Earthquakes can 'spark eruptions' Very large earthquakes can trigger an increase in activity at nearby volcanoes according to a new study.

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. Brain cell hope for hearing loss Scientists believe a transplant of brain cells may one day be able to reverse a common form of hearing loss. Ependymal cells

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. Bagpuss and Ivor creator dies Bagpuss creator Oliver Postgate has died aged 83, his family has confirmed.

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. Tottenham continue revival under Redknapp Tottenham continued their revival under new manager Harry Redknapp as Ledley King scored his first goal for three years and Jamie O'Hara added a second in a 2-0 Premier League win at London rivals West Ham.

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