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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Condoleezza Rice plays piano for the Queen
LONDON: The outgoing U.S. Secretary of State was accompanied by Louise Miliband, the wife of Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and three members of the London Symphony Orchestra in her performance of Brahms.The stateswoman – who is a concert level pianist – was allowed to use a music room at the palace after expressing a wish to play for the Queen before leaving office at the end of the Bush administration in January.The Queen listened to part of the performance, and afterward presented Rice with an audio recording of the recital as a gift.Rice started playing the piano as a child and planned a career in music, originally enrolling at university...
20 people killed in China road crash
BEIJING: A Chinese news agency says at least 20 people were killed and a dozen others hurt when a bus and coal truck collided in China's northwest Xinjiang region.The local news Agency reported Tuesday that rescue work was still under way after the head-on collision on a highway in the remote area. It said the two vehicles were damaged badly but gave no other detai...
US commission warns bio attack likely by 2013
WASHINGTON: The United States can expect a terror attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.It suggests that the Obama administration bolster efforts to counter and prepare for germ warfare by terrorists.“Our margin of safety is shrinking, not growing,'' states the report, obtained by a foreign news agency. It is scheduled to be publicly released Wednesday.The commission also is encouraging the new White House to appoint one official on the National Security Council to coordinate exclusively U.S. intelligence and foreign policy...
