A terrorist holed up inside Mumbai's Oberoi Hotel told a TV news channel on Thursday that seven attackers were holding hostages inside the luxury establishment. "There are seven of us inside Oberoi," the man identified as Sahadullah told the channel.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/terrorist-call-tv-channel-claim-to-have-taken-hostages/79159-3.html
Police arrested the wife of the infamous Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, one of the country's most notorious bandits, for plotting a bomb blast with her husband who was shot dead by the police four years ago. His wife was suspected to be involved in several cases, but police said they required time to investigate her role.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/police-arrest-veerappans-wife-for-murder/79113-3.html
Malaysia's Prime Minister said on Wednesday Muslims should still take up yoga, reversing an outright ban that has drawn widespread protests amid concerns over growing Islamic fundamentalism in the multiracial nation. Malaysia's National Fatwa Council, comprising Islamic scholars, told Muslims at the weekend to avoid yoga because it uses Hindu prayers that could erode Muslims' faith. But the decision drew a sharp rebuke from many Muslims and even Malaysia's sultans, or hereditary rulers, who said that they should be consulted on any matters involving Islam.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/malaysian-pm-okays-yoga-fatwa-council-fumes/79109-2.html
The world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal said on Tuesday that it might lay off 16 percent of its U.S. workforce as a result of production cuts.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/slowdown-hits-arcelor-mittal-may-lay-off-workers/79048-7.html
Britney Spears says her life is so dull under her father's watchful eye that she feels old and boring. With her new album Circus out next week, the 26-year-old singer is working on a comeback after seeing her life spiral out of control with a run of strange behavior, a bitter custody battle over her two sons and the loss of her rights to administer her own affairs.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/britney-spears-feels-old-and-boring/79046-8.html
Several anti-government protesters blockading Bangkok's international airport were wounded by a bomb on Wednesday, protest leaders said, as chaos ruled inside the terminal and all flights were halted. They are on a six- month campaign to oust their Prime Minister. A PAD spokesman said that a bomb was thrown at a group of its supporters outside the terminal in the early hours of Wednesday, injuring four people.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/antigovt-protesters-wounded-near-thai-airport/79042-2.html
American International Group Inc Chief Executive Edward Liddy will receive $1 in salary this year and next, and there will be no 2008 bonuses for the company's seven most senior executives, the troubled insurance conglomerate said on Tuesday.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/aig-says-no-2008-bonus-for-top-execs-ceo-gets-1/79031-7.html
Want to optimise your looks without radically altering them? An Israeli team of computer scientists may have the answer. They have developed a computer software model based on the innate preferences that studies show we have for human faces.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/photo-modifier-software-that-improves-your-looks/79028-11.html
A British man was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for repeatedly raping his two daughters over a 25-year period, fathering seven children by them during years of violence and abuse. The violence, abuse and incest -- the man made his daughters pregnant a total of 19 times -- recall the case of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian rapist who kept his daughter locked in a dungeon for 24 years, fathering seven children by her.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/uk-man-jailed-for-fathering-7-children-by-daughters/79024-2.html
Wipro Ltd expects to see a pickup in growth in the first quarter as companies firm up their outsourcing plans, a top executive said. India's No 3 software services exporter has forecast 0.9 per cent sequential growth for the third quarter from IT services, its biggest segment.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/no-worries-yet-wipro-sees-growth-to-pick-up-in-q1/79016-7.html
Indian IT and IT-services companies seem undaunted by the potential impact from US President-elect Barack Obama's proposal to repeal tax breaks for companies that outsource certain operations to offshore centers.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/whos-scared-of-obama-not-indian-it-for-sure/79007-7.html
Thai anti-government protesters blockading a highway leading to Bangkok's old airport opened fire on a group of government supporters on Tuesday, television footage showed. The footage, aired by public broadcaster TPBS, showed at least two security guards from the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) firing half a dozen rounds from handguns at the government supporters.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/thai-antigovt-protesters-fire-at-govt-supporters/79004-2.html
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