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Associated Press, Saturday November 21, 2009, Beijing

A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them. China's mines are the world's deadliest, and the blast shows the difficulties the government faces in trying to boost safety in an industry where large state-owned coal mines are considered safer than smaller, private ones.

PM, Obama to discuss Pak-sponsored terrorism

NDTV Correspondent, Saturday November 21, 2009, Washington

Pakistan sponsored terrorism will be high on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s agenda when he sits down for talks with President Obama in Washington early next week. The PM leaves on Saturday for what is the Obama administration's first state visit. Washington is readying itself for the visit.

Obama's dinner for Manmohan Singh

Indo-Asian News Service, Saturday November 21, 2009, Washington

The Obamas will be holding their first state dinner for visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, not in the White House's State Dining Room but under a white marquee erected on the South Lawn. Former president Bill Clinton will not attend, but his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will of course be there.

Indian appointed to key IMF post

Press Trust of India, Saturday November 21, 2009, Washington

With a proven track record in managing complex work programmes, Indian economist Siddharth Tiwari has been named as the Secretary of the IMF by its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Man survives eight-storey fall

Associated Press, Saturday November 21, 2009, Seattle

The Seattle Fire Department used a safety rope to help save the life of a window-washer who fell eight stories from a building in the centre of Seattle, Washington State. Surveillance video showed the 34-year-old man falling from the building and bouncing as he hit the ground.

Mine explosion in China; 31 dead

Associated Press, Saturday November 21, 2009, Beijing

A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 31 people and trapping 82 others nearly a third of a mile under ground, government authorities said.

Pakistan is ready for dialogue: Qureshi

NDTV Correspondent, Saturday November 21, 2009,

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepares for talks with US President Obama, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Islamabad is ready for talks with India if New Delhi is ready. He said, "I am giving India a message. If they are ready for meaningful dialogue, then Pakistan is ready. If they want another sitting for the sake of sitting, then I don't want to waste time." The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers along with Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik met over lunch in Kabul on Thursday, after Hamid Karzai was sworn-in as Afghanistan president for a second term. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday the Obama administration encourages India and Pakistan to get back into dialogue process, which was halted by the Mumbai terrorist attack. "We are encouraging them (India and Pakistan) to get back into dialogue. We think that (dialogue) is important. But with respect to any resolution, that's up to them," Clinton told the BBC in an interview, the transcripts of which was released by the State Department in Washington.

Husband of NRI woman vows to catch her killer

Indo-Asian News service, Friday November 20, 2009, London

The estranged husband of an Indian-origin woman who was murdered this week with her hand chopped off has vowed to catch her killer. Geeta Aulakh, a 28-year-old mother of two, died on Monday after she was found with severe head wounds and her right hand severed from her arm, lying on the pavement in the west London neighbourhood of Greenford.

200 sites spread Qaida's message in English

Associated Press, Friday November 20, 2009, Riyadh

Increasing number of English-language websites are spreading Al-Qaida's message to Muslims in West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the US Army psychiatrist accused of the shootings at the Fort Hood military base in Texas.

Pentagon to review Fort Hood shootings

New York Times News Service, Friday November 20, 2009, Washington

Defence Secretary Robert M Gates on Thursday announced a Pentagon review of the shootings at Ford Hood, Texas, to help ensure that “nothing like this ever happens again.” A former Army secretary, Togo West, and Admiral Vern Clark, the former chief of naval operations, are to lead the 45-day review.