4 Dec.Global News Update: catch the news today!

1. Global News Update 4 rd 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. Canada's Harper vows to fight ouster bid Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed in a nationally televised address that he will do all he can to halt his opponents from carrying out a no-confidence vote and forming a new coalition government.

3. Rice urges Pakistan to take on terrorists U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived Thursday in Pakistan for talks aimed at easing Indian-Pakistani tensions over last week's massacre in the Indian city of Mumbai.

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. Treasury mulls plan to lower mortgage rates to 4.5% Move would help homeowners and buyers with good credit, but would do little for troubled borrowers, experts said.

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. A year later, Amazon's e-reader finds a niche Amazon.com's electronic Kindle reader -- a device meant to make reading more convenient and eco-friendly -- is celebrating its first birthday.

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. U.S., Russia snub cluster bomb ban The United States and Russia were absent Wednesday as representatives from countries from around the world gathered to sign a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs.

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. Fairytale launch for Rowling book Rowling will read from one of the seven original hand-written copies of the book at a tea party at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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. Lil Wayne, Coldplay dominate Grammy nominations Louisiana rapper Lil Wayne garnered the most Grammy nominations, receiving eight, and British alternative rock band Coldplay grabbed seven as the Recording Academy announced this year's nominees Wednesday.

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. Tevez scores four as United reach semis Manchester United stormed into the Carling Cup semifinals in style as Carlos Tevez helped himself to four goals in a thrilling 5-3 victory over Blackburn at Old Trafford.

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