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It was a bronzethat shone brighterthan gold. MCMary Kom's feat inthe London Gameswas the outcomeof years of hardwork, dedication,determination andsingle-mindedfocus. It's easy tofeel contendedafter winning as many as five WorldChampionship gold, besides several inter-national medals and glory. But this wasnot the case for this mother of two fromManipur. She is, after all, the stuff legendsare made of.
Sushil Kumar
Wrestler SushilKumar became thefirst Indian to winback-to-back indi-vidual medals inthe OlympicGames, claiming asilver in the 66kgfreestyle categoryin London to gowith the bronze hehad won in Beijing.The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna recipientstruggled with injuries and disappoint-ments in the lead up to the Olympics. Hefinally qualified by beating Beijing Gamesbronze medallist Tushishvili Otar 3-0 andclinched gold at the World qualifying tour-nament in Taiyuan (China) in April 2012.India's flag-bearer at the opening ceremo-ny, Sushil entered the final beatingKazakhastan's Akzhurek Tanatarov in thesemifinal. In the final, though, he provedno match for Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu ofJapan, especially since he was sufferingfrom a stomach bug.
Vijay Kumar
The armyman'srise to fame is likea fairytale. ASubedar Major inthe DograRegiment (16thBattalion) of theIndian Army, Kumar became thefourth Indian shoot-er to win a medalin Olympics afterRajyavardhan Singh Rathore, AbhinavBindra and Gagan Narang. Written offafter failing to qualify for the men's 10 mair pistol finals after finishing 31st, Kumarcame back spectacularly to claim silver inthe 25m rapid fire pistol event. Followinghis exploits Kumar rose in world rankings,finishing the year at the No. 2 spot behindtop-ranked Pupo Leuris, who won thegold in London.
Yogeshwar Dutt
The unassumingHaryanvi gaveIndia a fifth medalat the LondonGames when heclaimed a bronzein the men'sfreestyle wrestling(60 kg).Yogeshwar's ticketto London camevia a silver pickedup at an Asian qualification tournament inAstana, Kazakhstan. In London,Yogeshwar lost to Russia's B Kudukhovand was knocked out from the pre-quar-terfinals. He got a chance to contest inthe repechage rounds as Kudukhovreached the final.
Saina Nehwal
The golden girl of Indian badmintonturned 2012 into a landmark year whenshe won a bronze medal at the LondonOlympics. The ace shuttler also clinchedtwo Grand Prix Gold titles - the SwissOpen and the Thailand Open - and twoSuper Series crowns in Indonesia andDenmark, besides reaching the final ofthe French Open. In spite of a naggingknee injury she ended the year as WorldNo. 3.
Viswanathan Anand
When India's firstGrandmaster mas-tered challengerBoris Gelfand in afour-game tie-breakfollowing a 6-6deadlock in thebest-of-12 finale inMoscow, hebecame a five-timewinner of the WorldChessChampionship. It was Gelfand, the under-dog, who drew first blood, winning Game7 after six consecutive draws. The 43-year-old Anand showed his class andcharacter by hitting right back, claimingGame 8 in only17 moves.
Dipika Pallikal
The 2012 ArjunaAward recipientended the yearon a high whenshe became thefirst Indianwoman squashplayer to enterthe top ten inworld rankings inDecember. TheChennai-basedpro started theyear with a bang, entering the title-roundof the Tournament of Champions inJanuary. It was another first by Dipika,who finished second best. In August, the21-year-old again came up with a break-through performance, reaching the semifi-nals of the Australian Open. Dipika alsospearheaded India's challenge at the2012 Women's Team Championship,where her team finished fifth.
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India's seasoned Stars and Young Truks
Unmukt Chand (Cricket)
Just like MS Dhoni hadplayed a captain'sinnings to pilot the sen-ior Indian team to WorldCup glory in 2011,young Unmukt led fromthe front to help theIndian colts conquerAustralia in their ownden and lift the Under-19 World Cup forthe third time. The Indians were reducedto 97/4 in pursuit of 226, before openerUnmukt (111*) and Smit Patel (62*)stitched together an unbeaten 130-runstand to guide the team home with 14balls to spare.
PV Sindhu (Badminton)
Pusarla Venkata Sindhuannounced her arrival atthe world stage by stun-ning newly-crownedOlympic champion LiXuerui in the quarterfi-nals of the ChinaMasters on September14. The 17-year-oldfrom Hyderabad finished runners up atthe recently-concluded Syed ModiInternational India Grand Prix Gold meetin Lucknow. In July, the lanky lass creat-ed history, as she became the firstIndian to clinch the girls' singles title inthe Asian Youth Under-19Championships. She capped a landmarkyear in her fledging career by breakinginto the top-20 in world ranking.
Shiva Thapa (Boxing)
The 19-year old boxerfrom Guwahati Thapa -became the youngestIndian boxer to qualifyfor the Olympics whenhe sealed his berth forthe London Olympics.The silver medallist atthe 2010 Youth OlympicGames in Singapore achieved this featwhen he won the 2012 Asian OlympicQualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan, bybeating Wessam Salamana of Syria 18-11. Though he bowed out in the firstround of the Olympic Games in the (56kg) bantamweight category, his aggres-sive punching was treat to watch.
Deepika Kumari (Archery)
At 18, she remainsone of the brightestprospects in inter-national archery.She became theworld's No. 1woman recurvearcher earlier thisyear after winningthe gold in theWorld Cup in indi-vidual recurve inAntalya, Turkey. However, a poor showat the London Olympic Games saw herslip to the No. 2 position. She showedglimpses of her old form at the WorldFinals in Japan, where she claimed asilver. She was honoured with theArjuna award in August.
Sachin TendulkarA tally of 357 runs in 9 Testmatches, at an average of 23.8,to go with 315 runs in 10 ODIs @31.5 are figures which are any-thing but Tendulkar-esque. Butthose are, actually, SachinTendulkar's returns from interna-tional cricket in 2012. Yet, 2012will stand out in Tendulkar's 23-year career because it was onMarch 16 this year that hebecame the first cricketer to scale'Mount Hundred' by completing a'century' of international centuries(51 in Tests + 49 in ODIs) in anAsia Cup match versusBangladesh at the Sher-e-BanglaStadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. Likemost of his other batting records,this one too may never bematched.
Youngsters to watch out
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TOKYO: Japan's new primeminister Shinzo Abe has voicedhis willingness to build newnuclear reactors, reports said onMonday, despite widespreadpublic opposition to atomic ener-gy in light of the Fukushima cri-sis. During an interview onSunday with television networkTBS, Abe remarked that newreactors would be different tothose at Fukushima which werecrippled by the earthquake-tsunami, according to majornews outlets including the Nikkeibusiness daily and Kyodo News.It was the first time that Abe hasclearly declared his wish to buildnew reactors since he officiallytook office on Wednesday. "Newreactors will be totally differentfrom the ones built 40 years ago-- those at the Fukushima Daiichiplant that caused the crisis," Abesaid in the interview, according tothe Mainichi Shimbun newspa-per. "We will be building them
while earning understanding ofthe public as to how differentthey are," he was quoted by theNikkei as saying. Abe's widelyreported remarks came a dayafter he visited the FukushimaDaiichi plant, operated by TokyoElectric Power (TEPCO), whichsuffered reactor meltdowns afterits emergency cooling systemwas battered by the deadlytsunami of March 11, 2011.During his visit Abe describedthe clean-up at Fukushima as"an unprecedented challenge inhuman history". In the TBS inter-
view Abe stressed that only theFukushima reactors had beendamaged by the 9.0 earthquake-triggered tsunami, while otherregional power plants remainedlargely intact, it was reported.
The government and TEPCOexpect to spend more than 30years decommissioning the crip-pled reactors, which spewed outradioactive materials over a widearea, forcing tens of thousandsof people to evacuate. All ofJapan's 50 reactors were shut-tered for inspections in the after-math of the Fukushima disaster.Only two have since beenrestarted. Observers widelyexpect Japan to restart itsnuclear programme under Abe'sconservative Liberal DemocraticParty, despite public concernsthat the party was partiallyresponsible for the extent of thecatastrophe because of a cultureof complicity during its more thanfive-decade rule.
Hillary Clinton admitted to New Yorkhospital with blood clot
WASHINGTON: USSecretary of State Hillary Clintonwas admitted to a New York hos-pital on Monday after doctorsdiscovered a blood clot related toa concussion she suffered earlythis month. "In the course of afollow-up exam today, SecretaryClinton's doctors discovered ablood clot had formed, stemmingfrom the concussion she sus-tained several weeks ago," herspokesperson and the DeputyUS Assistant Secretary of State,Philippe Reines, said in a state-ment. "She is being treated withanti-coagulants and is at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital sothat they can monitor the med-ication over the next 48 hours,"Reines said.
"Her doctors will continue toassess her condition, includingother issues associated with herconcussion. They will determineif any further action is required,"he added. Clinton (65), who suf-fered a stomach infection earlythis month, and was workingfrom home for most part of theDecember, was expected toreturn to work next week.
South Korean K-pop boy group Beast members arrive for the SBS Color of K-popfestival in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday.
Andhra Pradesh manrunning US super-market found dead
KARIMNAGAR: An Indianman hailing from AndhraPradesh, who runs a supermar-ket in the US, was found dead atthe store under suspicious cir-cumstances, according to mediareports .
According to R ShyamSunder Reddy, an advocate inKarimnagar, his brother-in-lawGoli Venkat Reddy (48) ran asupermarket at Cincinnati, Ohio,after he left the Andhra Pradeshcity for the US 12 years ago. Hewas married to Kavitha, a soft-ware engineer, and has a sonnamed Praneeth.
DUBAI: The Yemen-based branchof al-Qaida has offered a bounty foranyone who kills the US ambassadorto Yemen or an American soldier inthe impoverished Arab state, a groupthat monitors Islamist websites said.
Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula(AQAP) said it was offering three kilo-grams of gold for the killing of the USambassador in Sanaa, GeraldFeierstein, the US-based SITEIntelligence Group said, citing anaudio released by militants. AQAPwill also pay 5 million rials ($23,350)to whoever kills any American soldierin Yemen, it said. The offer, valid forsix months, was made "to encourageour Muslim Ummah (nation), and toexpand the circle of the jihad (holywar) by the masses," SITE said, citingthe audio.
AQAP, mostly militants fromYemen and Saudi Arabia, is regardedby the United States as the most dan-gerous branch of the network foundedby Osama bin Laden. In September,AQAP urged Muslims to step upprotests and kill US diplomats inMuslim countries over a film denigrat-
ing the Prophet Mohammad, which itsaid was another chapter in the "cru-sader wars" against Islam. The filmprovoked an outcry among Muslims,who deem any depiction of theProphet as blasphemous and trig-gered violent attacks on embassies incountries in Asia and the Middle East.
Four US officials including theambassador to Libya were killed in theaftermath. The Pentagon said it hadsent a platoon of Marines to Yemenafter demonstrators stormed the USEmbassy in Sanaa. A US ally, Yemenis struggling against challenges onmany fronts since mass protestsforced veteran leader Ali AbdullahSaleh to step down in February afterdecades in power. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's government istrying to re-establish order and unifythe army. Washington, which has pur-sued a campaign of assassination bydrone and missile against suspectedal-Qaida members, backed a militaryoffensive in May to recapture areas ofAbyan province. But militants havestruck back with a series of bombingsand killings.
LONDON: Indian doctors wanting to workin Britain will face a more rigorous assess-ment in future. This was decided by theUnited Kingdom's health authorities after fig-ures showed a high proportion of doctorswho lose their registration in UK are fromabroad.
Almost 36% of all doctors practicing in theUK are from abroad, with the largest seg-ment coming from India. Without them theNational Health Service (NHS) would col-lapse. But in the last five years it was foundthat 63% of overseas doctors either struck offfrom the register or suspended by theGeneral Medical Council (GMC) are qualifiedfor the profession outside UK.
Dr Vivienne Nathanson, British MedicalAssociation (BMA) director of professionalactivities, said, "It is clear that doctors quali-
fied overseas are more likely to be subject todisciplinary action. However, more researchis needed to understand why this is the case.The UK is still short of doctors and so wemust ensure that those coming from over-seas are given adequate support to be ableto practice medicine in the UK." The GMC'snew reforms included an induction pro-
gramme , better checks and a review of thepresent testing system. Niall Dickson, thechief executive of the GMC, said, "Weabsolutely acknowledge that when it comesto the serious end of the scale, those fromoverseas are more likely to appear, and wehave set about a series of reforms to addressthis." A pilot scheme of the new inductionprogramme for all arriving doctors is sched-uled to be launched in early 2013. This willcombine online training in British medicalpractices with a one-day course coveringsome of the issues facing new entrants.
The Performance and LinguisticAssessments Board test for applying doctorswill be made more difficult then present. Thedoctors will have to demonstrate their clinicalskills and competence before they areaccepted for practice in the UK.
WASHINGTON: USPresident Barack Obama saidin an interview on Sunday thatthe massacre at a Connecticutelementary school which killed20 children and six adults was"the worst day of my presiden-cy". Obama also expressedscepticism about a proposal bythe gun lobby group 'TheNational Rifle Association' tointroduce armed guards inevery US school. "I am scepti-cal that the only answer is put-ting more guns in schools," hesaid. "The question ...becomes whether we are actu-ally shook up enough by whathappened that it does not justbecome another one of theseroutine episodes where it getsa lot of attention for a couple ofweeks and then it drifts away,"Obama said. "It certainly won'tfeel like that to me," Obamasaid. "This is something thatwas the worst day of my presi-
dency. And it's not somethingthat I want to see repeated."He also pledged to put his "fullweight" behind a legislativepackage next year aimed atcontaining gun violence . In hisboldest terms yet, he vowed torally the American peoplearound an agenda to limit gunviolence. "It's not enough forus to say, 'This is too hard sowe're not going to try'," hesaid. "I'll call all the stakehold-ers together . I'll meet withRepublicans . I'll meet withDemocrats . I'll talk to anybody.
"I think there are a vastmajority of responsible gunowners who recognize that wecan't have a situation in whichsomebody with severe psy-chological problems is able toget the kind of high capacityweapons that this individual inNewtown obtained and gundown our kids. And, it's goingto be hard."
Want to be a doctor in Britain? Brace for tougher examinations
Al-Qaida in Yemen offersbounty for US ambassador
School shooting was worstday as president : Obama
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WASHINGTON: The WhiteHouse and Senate Republicanssorted through disputes over tax-ing the wealthy and cutting thedefense department and other fed-eral agencies as Monday's mid-night deadline for avoiding a "fiscalcliff" drew to within hours.
At stake are sweeping tax hikesand across-the-board spendingcuts set to take effect at the turn ofthe year. Taken together, they'vebeen dubbed the fiscal cliff, andeconomists warn the one-twopunch _ which leaders in both par-ties have said they want to avoid _could result in a big jump inemployment, turmoil in financialmarkets and send the still-fragileeconomy back into recession.
Republican senate minorityleader Mitch McConnell spokerepeatedly on Sunday to vice-president Joe Biden, a formerSenate colleague, in hopes of set-tling remaining differences andclinching a breakthrough that hasevaded the two sides sincePresident Barack Obama'sNovember re-election.
In one indication of theeleventh-hour activity, aides saidthe president, Biden and topadministration bargainer RobNabors were all working late at theWhite House, and McConnell wasmaking late-night phone calls aswell.
The House and Senateplanned to meet on Monday, a rar-ity for New Year's Eve, in hopes ofhaving a tentative agreement to
consider. Yet despite the flurry ofactivity, there was still no finalpact.
Unless an agreement isreached and approved by the startof New Year's Day, more than$500 billion in 2013 tax increaseswill begin to take effect and $109billion will be carved from defenseand domestic programs.
"There is still significant dis-tance between the two sides, butnegotiations continue,"Democratic senate majority leaderHarry Reid said shortly before theSenate ended a rare Sunday ses-sion. "There is still time to reach anagreement, and we intend to con-tinue negotiations." The US facesthe fiscal cliff because tax rate cutsenacted in 2001 and 2003 during
President George W Bush'sadministration expire onDecember 31. The pendingacross-the-board reductions ingovernment spending, which willslice money out of everything fromsocial programs to the military,were put in place last year as anincentive to both parties to findways to cut spending. That solu-tion grew out of the two parties'inability in 2011 to agree to a grandbargain that would have taken abig bite out of the deficit.
In a move that was sure to irri-tate Republicans, Reid was plan-ning _ absent a deal _ to force aSenate vote on Monday onObama's campaign-season pro-posal to continue expiring tax cutsfor all but those with income
exceeding $200,000 for individualsand $250,000 for couples.
Attached to the measure _which the Republicans seemedlikely to block _ would be an exten-sion of jobless benefits for around2 million long-term unemployedpeople. The plan was described bySen. Richard Durbin of Illinois, thechamber's No. 2 Democrat.
The House and Senate met onSunday ready to debate an agree-ment or at least show voters theywere trying. But the day producedalternating bursts of progress andpitfalls, despite Senate chaplainBarry Black's opening prayer inwhich he asked the heavens,"Look with favor on our nation andsave us from self-inflictedwounds."
In one sign of movement,Republicans dropped a demand toslow the growth of social securityand other benefits by changinghow those payments areincreased each year to allow forinflation. Obama had offered toinclude that change, despite oppo-sition by many Democrats, as partof earlier, failed bargaining withRepublican House Speaker JohnBoehner over a larger deficitreduction agreement. ButDemocrats said they would neverinclude the new inflation formula inthe smaller deal now being soughtto forestall wide-ranging taxboosts and budget cuts, andRepublicans relented.
"It's just acknowledging thereality," Republican Sen. Susan
Collins said of her party's decisionto drop the idea. There was still nofinal agreement on the incomelevel above which decade-oldincome tax cuts would be allowedto expire. While Obama has longinsisted on letting the top 35 per-cent tax rate rise to 39.6 percenton earnings over $250,000, he'dagreed to boost that level to$400,000 in his talks with Boehner.Republican senators said theywanted the figure hoisted to atleast that level.
Senators said disagreementsremained over taxing large inherit-ed estates. Republicans want thetax left at its current 35 percent,with the first $5.1 million excluded,while Democrats want the rateboosted to 45 percent with a small-er exclusion.
The two sides were also aparton how to keep the alternativeminimum tax from raising the taxbills of nearly 30 million middle-income families and how to extendtax breaks for research by busi-ness and other activities.
Republicans were also insistingthat budget cuts be found to payfor some of the spending propos-als Democrats were pushing.
These included proposals toerase scheduled defense anddomestic cuts exceeding $200 bil-lion over the next two years and toextend unemployment benefits.Republicans complained that ineffect, Democrats would pay forthat spending with the tax boostson the wealthy.
'Fiscal cliff' disputes remain as deadline nears
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PENDLETON (OREGON): Atour bus careened through aguardrail along an icy Oregonhighway and several hundredfeet (meters) down a steepembankment Sunday, killing ninepeople and injuring more than 20others, authorities said.
The charter bus carryingabout 40 people lost controlaround 10:30am on the snow-and ice-covered lanes ofInterstate 84, according to theOregon State Police.
The bus came to rest at thebottom of a snowy slope. Morethan a dozen rescue workersdescended the hill and usedropes to help retrieve peoplefrom the wreckage in freezingweather. The bus driver wasamong the survivors, but had notyet spoken to police because ofthe severity of the injuries thedriver had suffered.
Lt. Greg Hastings said the bus
crashed along the west end ofthe Blue Mountains, and west ofan area called Deadman Pass.Stretches of highway in the ruraland agricultural area of eastOregon tend to be icy in winter
months.The bus slid down the hill and
landed upright, with little or nodebris visible around the crashsite. St. Anthony Hospital inPendleton treated 26 people
from the accident, includingsome who were treated and thentransported to other medicalfacilities, said hospitalspokesman Larry Blanc.
In addition to the people whowere transferred from St.Anthony to La Grand andHermiston, Oregon, and WallaWalla, Washington, Hastingssaid. Others were taken directlyto hospitals further away, includ-ing Boise, Idaho, and Portland,Oregon. I-84 is a major east-west highway through Oregonthat follows the Columbia RiverGorge.
Umatilla County EmergencyManager Jack Remillard said thebus was owned by Mi Joo travelin Vancouver, B.C., and statepolice said the bus was en routefrom Las Vegas to Vancouver. Awoman who answered the phoneat a listing for the company con-firmed with The Associated
Press that it owned the bus andsaid it was on a tour of theWestern U.S. She declined togive her name. A bus safety web-site run by the US Department ofTransportation said Mi Joo Tour& Travel has six buses, none ofwhich have been involved in anyaccidents in at least the past twoyears.
The bus crash was the sec-ond fatal accident in Oregon onSunday morning. A 69-year-oldman died in a rollover accident. Aspokesman for the American BusAssociation said buses carrymore than 700 million passen-gers a year in the United States.
"The industry as a whole is avery safe industry," said DanRonan of the Washington, D.C.,-based group. "There are only ahandful of accidents every year.Comparatively speaking, we'rethe safest form of surface trans-portation."
Man busy in preparing quilt to earn his livelihood for support his family during win-ter season in Hyderabad on Saturday.
PESHAWAR: Taliban militantshave shot dead 21 Pakistani sol-diers who they had kidnapped inraids on two camps outsidePeshawar in the troubled north-west of the country, officials saidon Sunday.
Around 200 militants, armedwith heavy weapons includingmortars and rocket launchers,stormed the government paramili-tary camps before dawn onThursday, killing two security per-sonnel and kidnapping 23.
Officials said the bodies of 21security personnel had been dis-covered in the wilderness not farfrom the camps, their hands tiedbefore they were shot. Two others-- one wounded and one unhurt --were also found. The camps areoutside Peshawar, the main city ofnorthwest Pakistan, close to therestive tribal areas that border
Afghanistan, which are regardedas havens for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants. "We found21 bullet riddled bodies of securitypersonnel a short while ago in anuninhabited area," local govern-ment official Naveed Akbar toldAFP. "One was found alive butwounded and admitted to hospitalwhile another managed to escapeunhurt." Gul Shehzad, anothergovernment official, said authori-ties received information justbefore midnight that some bodieswere lying in the wilderness, withinabout four kilometres of thecamps. "The hands of soldierswere tied with rope before theywere shot," Shehzad told AFP. Hesaid Taliban militants had accept-ed the responsibility for the kid-nappings. In August, the PakistaniTaliban released a video showingwhat appeared to be the severed
heads of a dozen soldiers, afterthe military said 15 troops hadgone missing following fightingwith militants in the Bajaur tribaldistrict. There has been a surge inattacks in northwest Pakistan inthe past two weeks, including asuicide bombing on a politicalmeeting in Peshawar on Saturdaythat killed Bashir Bilour, the sec-ond top politician in KhyberPakhtunkhwa province.
The Pakistani Taliban claimedresponsibility for that attack, say-ing Bilour, an outspoken critic ofthe militants, was assassinated inrevenge for the death of one of themovement's "elders". Pakistan haslost more than 3,000 soldiers inthe fight against homegrown insur-gents but has resisted US pres-sure to do more to eliminatehavens used by those fighting theAmericans in Afghanistan.
LONDON: The head of theChurch of England is leavingoffice after a decade as the spir-itual leader of the world's 80 mil-lion-strong AnglicanCommunion. Rowan Williams,the 104th Archbishop ofCanterbury, will be replaced by56-year-old former oil executiveJustin Welby, the Bishop ofDurham. The ten years in whichthe 62-year-old Williams heldoffice saw him struggling tomaintain unity within the
Anglican Communion amid bitterdisagreements over female bish-ops and church teachings on gayrelationships. Williams has beenpraised for engaging with churchcritics and atheists includingRichard Dawkins, but he hasalso raised eyebrows with hisopinions on controversial issuesincluding the war in Iraq andSharia law. Williams will stepdown on Monday to start a newrole as Master of CambridgeUniversity's Magdalene College.
HEHO (MYANMAR): Survivors of acrash-landing in Myanmar on ChristmasDay recounted on Wednesday fleeing theburning plane as smoke filled the cabinafter the aging airliner came down in afield short of the runway.
There was no warning from the pilotsor cabin crew that anything was wrong asthe Fokker 100 jet descended in thick fogtowards Heho airport in eastern Shanstate, according to passengers on board.
"When I looked out, I saw all of a suddenthere was no runway. Then there was animpact," said David Antoni, 27, fromGermany. "It came to a stop and withintwo minutes we all just got on our kneesbecause there was a lot of smoke comingthrough the airplane... This was a veryscary moment," he told reporters whilerecovering at a nearby hotel. "Some peo-ple jumped through the fire (to get) outbecause they couldn't go through the front
due to too much smoke," he said. "This isa once-in-a-million chance I guess tocrash-land, lucky to survive." AnnaBartsch, a 31-year-old Australian onboard who had planned to visit nearbyInle Lake and its vineyards with her part-ner for Christmas, described the landingas "like a rough roller-coaster". "It got veryhot and we knew to get out of the planevery quickly. We knew that the back wasburning," she said in Yangon after return-
ing on a special flight organized by AirBagan. "It turns out that the wings hadcome off but we didn't know that yet... Iwas thinking the fuel would explode thereat any minute. So that was the scary partof the thing," added Anna Bartsch, whoescaped without serious injury. Seventy ofthe 71 people on board miraculously sur-vived the accident, while one Burmesetour guide on board was killed along witha motorcyclist on the ground.
LONDON: Former UK PMMargaret Thatcher was surprisedby the invasion of the FalklandIslands by Argentina in 1982,which she thought was a "stupidthing to do". According to newlyreleased government papers, thethen British prime minister onlysaw it was likely after getting "rawintelligence" two days before theArgentines landed. The papersreleased under the 30-year ruleshow Thatcher was acutely worriedabout retaking the islands, BBCNews reported. In October 1982, afew months after the war ended,Thatcher gave evidence behindclosed doors to the FalklandIslands Review Committee,chaired by Lord Franks. The tran-script of dramatic testimony has
been published for the first time. "Inever, never expected theArgentines to invade the Falklandshead-on. It was such a stupid thingto do, as events happened, such astupid thing even to contemplatedoing", Thatcher told the FranksCommittee. There had been someBritish contingency planning in themonth before the Argentine inva-sion of the Falklands. The thenministry of defence officials cameback to Thatcher on March 261982 with a plan to deter a full-scale invasion. One sentenceshocked her, and she wrote it inher diary: "Moreover, if faced withArgentine occupation on arrivalthere would be no certainty thatsuch a force would be able toretake the dependency."
Huge quantityof ancient coinsfound in ChinaBEIJING: Archaeologists have
excavated about 3,500kg ofancient coins in China's InnerMongolia Region, Xinhua reportedon Sunday. Most of these coinswere in prevalence during the Handynasty (202 BC-220 AD).According to Lian Jilin, aresearcher with the regionalInstitute of Cultural Relics andArchaeology, the coins were foundin three millennia-old coin pits inthe ancient town ofHuoluochaideng after policecracked three theft cases.
Most of the coins were"Huoquan", the coins commonlyused in the Han dynasty (202 BC-220 AD), said Lian. Archaeologistsalso excavated over 100 castingmoulds from the relics of a coinworkshop. The moulds arebelieved to date back to the rule ofEmperor Wudi (156 BC-87 BC) ofthe Western Han Dynasty and theshort-lived Xin Dynasty (45 BC-23AD) founded by Wang Mang.Based on its size and cultural relicsuncovered there, Huoluochaidengtown is believed to have been amajor town in northern China dur-ing the Han Dynasty, said Lian.
Nine killed in tour bus crash along Oregon highway in US
Taliban kills 21 kidnapped Pakistani soldiers : officialsThatcher felt Argentina's Falklandinvasion was 'stupid thing to do'
Anglican leader RowanWilliams steps down
Myanmar survivors recount brush with death
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with exotic oils and usingyour fancy-schmancyshampoos, conditioners,serums and other prod-ucts from your beautyarsenal. What you eatcan make your tresseseven better or just worsentheir condition. Here's alist of some yummy foodsthat you must add to yourdiet for the model mane.
» Salmon
Fish makes any diethealthy, salmon is thefish for hair. This oily fishis rich in omega-3 fattyacids, Vitamin B12 andiron. Clubbed together,these components canrestore the shine in yourtresses. Omega-3 fattyacids are essential toretain a healthy scalp. Adeficiency of omega-3fatty acids can leave youwith a dry scalp and dull,lifeless hair. Can't getyour hands on salmon?Substitute it withflaxseed instead.
» eggS and chicken
You know dieticians andtrainers always urge youto have eggs and chick-
en to increase your pro-tein intake. Hair andnails are composed ofprotein. Needless to say,consuming chicken andeggs encourages hairgrowth as well as curbshair fall and breakage.Eggs are full of vitaminsfrom the B-group, espe-cially B12 and B7(biotin). Chicken is a richsource of protein andhelps strengthen fragilehair.
» Beef and oySterS:
Beef and oysters are richsources of zinc, which iswhy they are helpful inimproving the appear-ance of hair. Zinc defi-ciency is a cause of hairloss, so do include beefand oysters in your diet.
Zinc also helps combatpremature greying ofhair.
» nutS and almondS
Chomp on nuts like wal-nuts and almonds whichare rich in omega-3 fattyacids (hair regenerator)and zinc (hair loss pre-venter).
» lentilS
Lentils are full of folicacid. Folic acid is neces-sary in restoring thehealth of red blood cellsthat supply skin andscalp with much-neededoxygen. Folic acid is alsoessential for hair growthand cell renewal. If youare serious about havinghealthy hair, lentils aresomething you shouldjust not skip.
carrotS:
Everyone knows carrotsare an excellent sourceof Vitamin A. Vitamin Aencourages the forma-tion of sebum (oil) in thescalp. Sebum is impor-tant to keep the scalpand hair well moisturised
and maintain their health.Just like overactive seba-ceous glands cause con-ditions like acne, lowsecretion of sebum dam-ages hair causes flakyscalp and dandruff.Tips:
Vitamin C
Make sure youinclude Vitamin C inyour diet as it is nec-essary for theabsorption of zinc.
Hydrate
Water helps to main-tain the moisture con-tent as well as keepsthe hair healthy andshiny.
Keep that body moving
Exercise releaseshappy hormones andhelps combat stress,which is a major rea-son for hair fall.
Fad diets
Diets that promisedrastic weight lossshould be avoided atevery cost. You mightbe successful inknocking off thosenasty extra kilos butit adversely affectshair and skin.
Foods to fight immu-nity in winterArefruits a good break-
fast substitute?7 foodsthat healTop 6 salty foodsto watch out for25 nutri-tious 100 calorie foods
Cutting down butterand cheese, biscuits,cakes and crisps andgoing in for low-fat dietcould help shed pounds,according to a newresearch.
In this way, people canget slimmer in six monthswithout dieting. The morefat you stop eating, themore weight is lost, says anew research from theUniversity of East Anglia(UEA).
The results prove forthe first time that weightloss is possible simply bychoosing foods lower infat despite a plethora ofrecent publicity extollingthe benefits of low-carbo-hydrate and no-carb diets,the British MedicalJournal reported.
Lee Hooper fromUEA's Norwich MedicalSchool, who led the study,said the regime led toconsistent lower weightfor at least sevenyears.
"The weight reduc-tion that we foundwhen people ateless fat wasremarkably consis-tent - we saw it inalmost everytrial. Those whocut down more
on fat, lost more weight,"she said, according to theDaily Mail.
"The effect isn't dra-matic, like going on a diet.The research specificallylooked at people whowere cutting down on fat,
but didn't aim to
lose weight - so they werecontinuing to consume anormal amount of food,"added Hooper.
The systematic reviewincluded results from 33randomised controlled tri-als, lasting six months toeight years, involving73,589 men, women andchildren with varyingstates of health.
The effect on BodyMass Index (BMI) - ascore showing whetherpeople are overweight orobese - and waistline wasmeasured after at least sixmonths. The results showthat eating less fatreduces body weight by
1.6 kg.
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Home remedies to cure acneTips to heal chappy lips in winter Your winter bodycare guideBest spas in Sri LankaEgg white potion for spots, blemishes Here'show paying a little more attention to diet can add to the shine of your mane.
Stick to healthy diet
for weight loss
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table No. 21
Release date4,Jan 2012Cast- Rajeev Khandelwal,
Tena Desae, Paresh Rawal
director- Aditya Datt
Genre- Thriller
THIS WEEK RELEASE
O n c e o l d m a n s a i d :W h e n a n e w l y m a r r i e dc o u p l e s m i l e s , e v e r y -
o n e k n o w s w h y.B u t w h e n a f i f t e e n y e a r
m a r r i e d c o u p l e s m i l ee v e r y o n e w o n d e r s
w h y. . ! ! !_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
W i f e : W h y a r e y o ul a t e ?
H u b b y : T h e r e w a s am a n w h o l o s t a h u n d r e d
d o l l a r b i l l .W i f e : T h a t ' s n i c e . We r e
y o u h e l p i n g h i m l o o kf o r i t ?
H u b b y : N o . I w a ss t a n d i n g o n i t ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
G r o o m : F a t h e r, I h a v ef o u n d a w o m a n j u s t l i k e
m y m o t h e r.F a t h e r : t h e n w h a t d o
y o u w a n t f r o m m e , s y m -p a t h y ? ?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
W i f e : D o y o u k n o w t h a tw h y a r e c r o w s b l a c k ?
H u s b a n d : y e s , b e c a u s et h e y d o n ' t h a v e m o n e yt o b u y F a i r & L o v e l y ! !
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
W i f e : To d a y i s o u ra n n i v e r s a r y, w h a t
s h o u l d w e d o ?H u s b a n d : w e l l , l e t u s
s t a n d i n s i l e n c e f o r t w om i n u t e s . ! ! !
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1 Paces (9)6 Not behind (5)9 A hydrocarbon gas (7)10 Leaves (7)11 Pious (7)12 Fitting inside one another (7)13 In another manner (9)15 Vista (5)16 Vapors (5)19 Buyers (9)22 8th planet of the solar system (7)23 Ruffled (7)25 Avid (7)26 A standard example (7)27 Athletic endeavor (5)28 Surmised (9)
DOWN1 Exhausts (5)2 Flightless bird (7)3 Disperse (7)4 Each and all (5)5 One more than 16 (9)6 Charges (7)7 Tie together (7)8 Differs (9)13 Coordinates (9)14 Makes larger (9)17 Female singing range (7)18 Old Scottish for "Salmon" (7)20 Use (7)21 Burbot or guffer (7)23 Worries (5)24 Fearful anticipation (5)
2013 seems to be theyear of remakes andsequels in Bollywood
as a number of produc-tion houses are planningto bank on the popularityof their hit films by releas-ing their next installments.Beginning with 'Race 2'and 'Murder 3', the yearwill have some of themuch-awaited sequels aswell as remakes like'Chashme Baddoor' and'Zanjeer'.
The year is set to end withbig budgeted sequels like'Krrish 3' and 'Dhoom 3', butothers such as 'Once Upona Time in Mumbaai 2' and'Saheb, Biwi Aur GangsterReturns' will hit screensmuch ahead. With anensemble star cast and thepromise of the same thrillthat 'Race' had offered in2008, its sequel is set torelease on January 25. AnilKapoor and Saif Ali Khanare reprising their roles fromthe previous film whileDeepika Padukone, JohnAbraham, JacquelineFernandez and AmeeshaPatel are new additions tothe cast. Bipasha Basu willreprise her role of Sonia in aspecial appearance. Emraan
Hashmi is not a part of thethird instalment in theMurder series. The film,
starring Randeep Hoodaand Aditi Rao Hydari, willrelease on February 15.'Saheb Biwi Aur GangsterReturns' will hit theatres onMarch 8 with Irrfan Khanand Soha Ali Khan as newadditions.
Two sequels are set torelease in May - 'Shootout atWadala' and 'Aashiqui 2'.The former is the sequel tounderworld drama 'Shootoutat Lokhandwala' (2007),while 'Aashiqui 2' is a revisitto the hit 1990 film starringRahul Roy and AnuAgarwal. The new film hasAditya Roy Kapur andShraddha Kapoor as thelead pair. The Deol familywill return with 'Yamla PaglaDeewana 2' in June, whilethe sequel to 'Once Upon ATime In Mumbaai' is set tohit screens in August. Thefilm has a new star castcomprising Akshay Kumar,Imran Khan and SonakshiSinha.
Horror film 'Ragini MMS' willhave its second instalmentin October. The HrithikRoshan-starrer 'Krrish 3' isset to release in November,while Aamir Khan will beseen taking on as the bad-die in action-thiller 'Dhoom3' in December.
This illness is a teacher MANISHA
The year is set to end with big budgeted sequels like 'Krrish 3' and'Dhoom 3', but others such as 'Once Upona Time in Mumbaai 2' and 'Saheb, Biwi AurGangster Returns' will hit screens muchahead. With an ensemble star cast and thepromise of the same thrill that 'Race' hadoffered in 2008, its sequel is set to releaseon January 25.
2013 to be year ofsequels and remakes in
Bollywood
Manisha Koirala, who
was diagnosed with
cancer recently,
describes the illness as a
'teacher'. The actress took
to a social networking site
to express her feelings. "If
not anything else, this ill-
ness is a teacher indeed
and not only towards obvi-
ous reasons but the ones
we overlook and
ignore..now I am watching
everything with magnifying
glass," she wrote. She also
thanked her spiritual guide
who "taught her to grow
with every situation, face
fear, pain and the voices
within and be a witness" to
all of it. And with positivity,
Manisha is trying to over-
come such a pain. "Yes, I
am trying and it is helping
me bit by bit...thank you all
for your love and prayers. I
am recovering and prepar-
ing all of me to face
chemo," she wrote.
RAGEENI PRESSURISES DIRECTOR TO EDIT
KISSINGSCENE
While RageeniNandwani is kickedabout her debut ven-
ture, 'Dehraadun Diary', theactress was reportedlyuncomfortable kissing RohitBakshi, who plays her loveinterest Anushal, on screen.We hear that the scene wasedited by director Milind Ukeyat Rageeni's behest. Whenasked about it, she laughs itoff. "I can't talk about it," shesays. In the movie, producedby Anita Dhawan Nandwaniand Yatin Nandwani, Rageeniplays Preeti, the daughter of alocal politician. She faces adilemma after her lover iskilled by her brother, Vishesh(played by Vishal Bhonsle).Anushal's brother Akash,played by Adhyayan Suman,decides to settle scores with
Vishesh. "Preeti doesn'tknow whether to support herfamily or take a stand againstthem. Playing a small-towngirl, who finally dares to takea stand, was quite a chal-lenge. I got to depict a gamutof emotions. I could complete-ly relate to my character," shesays. The actress vouches forissue-based films. "I like to docommercially viable films thatput across a message andmake people think. It is impor-tant to raise one's voice. Weare living in a democraticcountry and have the right toput across our views," con-cludes Rageeni.
aries
March21to
April20
taurus
April21to
May20
This will be an interesting week for you.Creative ventures should be given priorityin the first half of the week. Minor argu-ments at home may be possible over theissues concerning your overtime or hecticschedule. Do not overindulge. You shouldkeep a straight thought when interactingwith influential people during the secondhalf of the week. Nothing demanding willtake place in the weekend, so do not vol-unteer to do additional jobs.
gemiNi
May21to
June21
caNcer
June22to
July23
This is a manageable week. Professionally thefirst half of the week is a good time if you areinvolved with foreign affairs, travel or teaching.Your mind will be extremely active and you willneed plenty of work to give you food forthought, otherwise your energy will be scatteredover a side area and very little will be accom-plished. During the second half of the weekgoing on a trip will lessen problems, but little willbe completed in advancing business.
leo
July24to
August23
This is a moderate week. Do not breakthe routine at your work place and you willfinish the assignments in good time.Information is reliable only when it comesstraight from your superiors. Family mem-bers will be supportive throughout, butchildren or other youngsters in the familymay cause some concern over their free-dom. You could too easily miss importantdetail on your own about them. Mix busi-ness with pleasure in the weekend.
virgo
August24to
September23
libra
September24to
October22
This is an active and busy week for you. Youwill be finishing up with the jobs pending for amonth ago. During the first half of the weekyou may have to cope with moody people. Beprepared for unexpected change in plans.Better examine the motives of friends who arepushing you to do something you feel is finan-cially risky. Take the final decisions on yourown this week. Any business correspondenceshould be kept up in the weekend.
scorPio
October23to
November22
This is a mixed week. In the early daysof the week, change is possible but thatis not your way of approaching life.Matters over the past few weeks haveprobably made you realize that beingtoo rigid or inflexible can mean missingout on worthwhile opportunities. Keepyour cool and think twice beforeanswering to a fresh proposal offered toyou. Making haste is waste.
sagittarius
November23to
December22
caPricoN
December23to
Januar20
This is a quiet week for some of you.You are likely to be adopting a muchmore serious attitude to your emotionsand also to creative work. The influenceof an elder person or parents can bene-fit you, as you are likely to be able togain from their experience. You mustlisten to what they have to say. Yourpositive traits will be on display in thesecond half of the week.
aquaries
January21to
February19
This is a brilliant week. Reading andstudying will prove valuable to yourprofessional interests. Do not let mun-dane thoughts delay your imaginativepowers. During midweek associatesand co-workers will be ready to acceptsome of your more advanced views oncareer matters. Colleagues let you inon a professional secret. Domesticfront will be all right.
Pisces
February20to
March20
This will be a fine week. The popularity ofthe bachelors in this sign will be at itspeak in the first half of the week.Romance is excitingly highlighted. Upsetsin business should be resolved and fallinto a lively routine. The second half ofthe week is favorable for launching newventures. Overtime at your place ofemployment may affect your health.
This is a rewarding week for some of you.You will be in top form in the early days ofthe week and up to the challenges that arepresent. You will get a numbers of opportu-nities. You can leave unimportant jobs forthe later part of the week. Let the superiorssee how you operate when you are at yourbest. Confront the problems of the past fewdays. In the second half of the week youmay attend a social gathering that mayinclude a valuable business introduction.
This is a pleasant week for some of you.If you have been worried about yourhealth, seek the advice of a doctor andput an end to anxieties, as there is noth-ing much serious. During workdays, stickto routine at your work place. If you areapproached to make an investment thisweek, it would be wise to get profession-al advice. A quiet evening at home suitsyou more than service to others.
This is a delicate week. The early daysmay put you in mind of an upcomingvacation. Job affairs will not bedemanding much to complete work. Youwill be in a creative mood in the secondhalf of the week. Indulge in a pastimethat lets you express yourself in anyway. Work may offer a relief from per-sonal problems. Interesting activitiesunfold for some of you.
This is a manageable week. The early daysare bright and appropriate to make changesin any investments you possess. Aim forfuture security. You feel that your moneycan work better for you if you seek advicefrom a knowledgeable friend or experiencedelder at your home. The second half of theweek will be stressful for some of you, butall depend on you and your temper that willgreatly reduce the tension.
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India welcomes New Year on a sombre note, protests to continueDelhiites ushered in
2013 with new hopes andaspirations but in a subduedtone as the city was stillreeling under the shock ofthe death of a 23-year-oldgirl who was brutally gan-graped in a moving bus afortnight ago.
Connaught Place (CP),the hotspot for new yearcelebrations for years, worealmost a deserted look atmidnight as a small crowdturned up to celebrate theoccasion. Police personneloutnumbered the revellers
at CP. Last year, revellershad made CP a carnivalsite. People visited popularmarkets and fun spots onNew Year eve where policekept a tight vigil to ensurethat the festivities wentahead without any unto-ward incident but the cele-brations were low-key whencompared to the past.Several clubs, including thePress Club of India andDelhi Gymkhana, and five-star hotels cancelled theirNew Year revelries follow-ing the death of the girl and
cremation yesterday. Anti-rape protesters paying trib-ute to the 23-yr-old gan-grape victim at JantarMantar in New Delhi on theNew Year eve on Monday.Protests were held at JantarMantar where a makeshiftmemorial was also built.During the day, a largenumber of students took outa march in CP, protestingagainst the gangrape of theyoung girl. The Central Parkin the CP was closed and abanner read it was underrenovation. Several restau-
rants and eating joints at CPwere decorated for the cele-brations. All roads leadingto the CP were shut downwith heavy police deploy-ment at key areas. TheRapid Action Forceequipped with water can-nons and riot gears wasdeployed in the inner circleof CP. It was a no-vehiclezone this evening at CP tocontrol the crowd in the NewYear hotspot. Police person-nel were in huge numbersthere, keeping a closewatch on the revellers.