15 Dec Global News update catch the news today

1. Global News Update 15 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. U.S.: India prepared for strike on Pakistan The United States believes that India's air force began preliminary preparations for a possible attack against Pakistan in the immediate aftermath of the recent massacre in Mumbai, CNN has learned.

3. Somali parliament backs PM over president Somalia's parliament backed Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Monday in his power struggle with President Abdulahi Yusuf, who announced Sunday he had sacked the prime minister.

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. Thai parliament picks new PM Thailand's parliament chose opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as the country's new prime minister Monday, drawing angry protests from supporters of the recently dissolved ruling party outside.

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. Banks hit worldwide by US fraud Some of the world's biggest banks have revealed that they are victims of a US investment fund which lost $50bn (£35bn).

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. Obesity 'controlled by the brain' Seven new gene variants discovered by scientists suggest strongly that obesity is largely a mind problem.

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. Virgin unveils next-gen broadband Virgin Media has launched its new 50 Megabits per second (Mbps) domestic broadband service.

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. Dark Knight makes best film list Batman film The Dark Knight has been named as one of the Top 10 movies of 2008 by the American Film Institute.

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. England crushed by Tendulkar ton Sachin Tendulkar hits an unbeaten century to guide India to a six-wicket victory over England in the first Test in Chennai.

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