| Year after death, bin Laden an issue in US campaign | | Osama bin Laden is dead and gone but his demise has been trotted out as a campaign issue by President Barack Obama, whose new ad questions whether his Republican rival would have ordered such a risky military raid. | | India’s new ‘Motor City’ rises from the dust | | The first sight of India’s newest ‘Motor City’ is a collection of giant blue-and-grey structures, windowless boxes in corporate colours that are the hallmark of modern manufacturing. | | All eyes on Sachin Tendulkar’s innings in Parliament | | NEW DELHI - Over two decades and more, Sachin Tendulkar has got used to carrying the burden of a billion hopes each time he has walked out to bat. Now he faces an altogether different challenge: proving himself as a capable lawmaker. | | Gypsy roots, desert blues, bluegrass top world music | | Sitar player Anouska Shankar, whose album ‘Traveller’ takes a journey through the music of India and Spanish flamenco to explore their shared Gypsy roots, was named Best Artist in Songlines magazine’s annual world music awards. | | Indonesian film may help revive local martial art | | An Indonesian martial arts film with fast fight sequences has smashed domestic box office records and become the first Indonesian flick to break into the US box office, also winning acclaim at international film festivals. | | Gloves off for Sarkozy in French second round | | PARIS — Nicolas Sarkozy is taking the gloves off in his bid to beat Francois Hollande in the French presidential run-off, saying he will ‘blow out of the water’ the Socialist he accuses of fleeing debates. | |
