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Tawang: Ready, eager, willing for the Dalai Lama

NDTV Correspondent, Saturday November 7, 2009,

Controversy surrounds the visit, but that hasn’t ebbed Tawang’s enthusiasm in preparing for the Dalai Lama’s arrival. The monastery here is where he stayed when he entered India fifty years ago after being forced to leave Tibet. The Dalai Lama arrives in Tawang on Sunday, and will spend a week in Arunachal Pradesh. For his many supporters in Tawang, the visit is a reaffirmation of their faith; for India, it’s a public and political reaffirmation that Tawang and Arunachal Pradesh are very much integral parts of India.

Shootout at building in Orlando; 2 killed

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 6, 2009, Orlando, Florida

A shootout has taken place at an office building in Orlando, Florida. Two people have reportedly died while eight people have been injured.

13 killed in US army base shootout

Robert D. Mc Fadden, New York Times News Service, Friday November 6, 2009, Fort Wood, Texas

A US Army psychiatrist facing deployment to one of America's war zones killed 13 people and wounded 31 others on Thursday in a shooting rampage with two handguns at the sprawling Fort Hood Army post in central Texas. It was one of the worst mass shootings ever at a military base in the United States.

US favours Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal

Press Trust of India, Friday November 6, 2009, New Delhi

Ahead of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, a top US official on Friday said he was free to go anywhere as a religious figure. "The Dalai Lama is a religious leader and he, of course, can travel to carry out that role," US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero told journalists here.

America's Nithari: Cops here didn't help

Ian Urbina and Christopher Maag, New York Times News Service, Friday November 6, 2009, Cleveland

After the third police station in a row refused to take a missing person report about her niece two years ago, Sandy Drain took matters into her own hands.

Now, 4 Indians in US hedge fund scam

NDTV Correspondent, Friday November 6, 2009, New York

In the US, Federal and state authorities have charged 14 people with fraud and conspiracy as part of an insider-trading network that involves some of the same companies and individuals as the Galleon Group.

New drug for swine flu offers hope

Andrew Pollack, New York Times News Service, Friday November 6, 2009, Washington

Athena Gurno thought her allergies were acting up when she started coughing in early October. But within days, Gurno, the 30-year-old mother of a young girl, was in a Seattle hospital, close to death from the H1N1 flu.

New! Air bags for rear-seat passengers

Nick Bunkley, New York Times News Service, Friday November 6, 2009, Dearborn, Mich.

The Ford Motor Co. has turned its seat belt into a marketing tool. Ford said on Thursday that beginning in 2010, it planned to be the first automaker to offer inflatable rear seat belts, a technology aimed at reducing injuries to children and elderly passengers in a crash.

Why Major Hasan opened fire at army base

James Dao, New York Times News Service, Friday November 6, 2009, Washington

Born and reared in Virginia, the son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents’ wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college and then medical school, where he trained to be a psychiatrist.

China: We're not military threat

Associated Press, Friday November 6, 2009, Beijing

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday dismissed concerns about the country's increasing military power, vowing to maintain a "defensive" national defence policy. Hu made the remarks during a meeting with the heads of air force delegations from 30 countries, in China to attend the 60th anniversary celebrations of China's air force. During the meeting Hu said that China's national defence policy would remain "defensive in nature".