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India wins toss, elects to bat

India wins toss, elects to batNagpur, Nov 6 : India has won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth and final Test in Nagpur against Australia on Thursday.

Security measures have been tightened at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground, which will host the match, with closed circuit cameras and hundreds of policemen swarming around the venue.

" Around 650-700 policemen, including two officials of the level of Superintendent of Police, will be on guard in areas adjacent to the stadium. The stadium will be monitored by CCTVs and 200 plainclothes policemen are being deployed.

Obama's city: Chicago's history of progressive action

Obama's city: Chicago's history of progressive action Chicago - A humble, 19th-century brick house nestled within a modern university campus just west of downtown Chicago stands as the only physical legacy of social activist Jane Addams' work with the immigrant communities that gave the city its ethnic flavour.

Maradona officially named Argentina football coach

Maradona officially named Argentina football coachBuenos Aires, Nov 6 : The Argentinean Football Association (AFA) last evening officially appointed veteran football great Diego Maradona as the next coach of the national side.

AFA president Julio Grondona formally announced Maradona’s name for the post, saying he was “extra special”.

Hong Kong's population crisis deepens as fewer women have children

Hong Kong's population crisis deepens as fewer women have children Hong Kong - Hong Kong's population crisis is likely to worsen as a survey showed Thursday that nearly four in 10 women want only one child or no children at all.

The study by the Hong Kong Family Planning Association found a growing trend toward childlessness in the wealthy city, which already has one of the world's lowest birth rates.

Twenty-six per cent of 1,500 women interviewed said they wanted only one child compared with 10 per cent in 1992, and 13 per cent said they wanted no children, compared with 5 per cent in 1992.

Lawsuits filed against California same-sex marriage ban

Lawsuits filed against California same-sex marriage banSan Francisco - Six months after the California Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriages in California, voters in the usually liberal state narrowly voted for a constitutional ban on gay marriage.

But defenders of same-sex marriage immediately filed three lawsuits, claiming the voter initiative improperly attempted "to undo the constitution's core commitment to equality for everyone by eliminating a fundamental right from just one group - lesbian and gay Californians."

European central banks to cut rates to ward off recession

European central banks to cut rates to ward off recession London/Frankfurt - Europe's two leading central banks are expected to announce Thursday big rate cut, as monetary authorities around the world step up efforts to head off a looming recession.

Analysts are predicting that the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) will each announce hefty reductions in borrowing costs which are likely to be followed up with more cuts in the coming months.

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