London, January 1 : The roller-coaster year 2008 might have seen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's U. S. vice-presidential bid failing and her unwed teen daughter giving birth to a son, but she has continued her quest for world domination with a 2009 calendar that has become a surprising bestseller.

The Alaska Governor''s 2009 calendar, whose cover features Palin with a gun, is said to have emerged as the most popular office product on Amazon. com over the festive period.

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Stock market analysts have maintained ‘buy’ rating on ONGC stock with an intraday target of Rs 680.

According to analysts, interested traders can purchase the stock above Rs 665 with a strict stop loss of Rs 652. If the stock market remains on positive track, the stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 696.

Bangkok  - A fire that broke out shortly after midnight Thursday at a popular Bangkok pub killed at least 59 revellers, including some foreigners, and injured 212, police said.

The fire, apparently sparked by a pyrotechnic show to bring in the New Year, broke out about 12:20 am (1720 GMT Wednesday) at the popular Santika Club, which was packed with some 1,000 revellers.

Police Colonel Suphin Sapphuang said 59 people had been confirmed dead - 53 at the scene and six who succumbed to their injuries later in hospital, the Bangkok Post online news service reported.

New York, January 1 : Oscar-winning American director Steven Soderbergh is planning a rock ''''n'''' roll 3D musical about Cleopatra.

He is teaming up with Hugh Jackman and Catherine Zeta-Jones for the musical.

"Our version (of the Cleopatra story) will be like an Elvis musical in 3D. It''''s a total rock ''''n'''' roll, 1966 aesthetic - like ''''Viva Las Vegas'''' meets ''''Tommy''''," the New York Post quoted Soderbergh as telling Britain''''s Independent.

Kathmandu  - An investigation into air crash near Mount Everest in October blamed pilot error for the accident, a government report said Thursday.

The crash at Lukla airport, about 175 kilometres north-east of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, on October 4, 2007, killed 18 people, including 12 Germans, two Australians and four Nepalese nationals. The only survivor was the plane's captain.

A report submitted to the government said the primary cause of the accident of the Yeti Airlines Twin Otter aircraft was misjudgment by the pilots while landing at the airport.