Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Tuesday's Top News: Amid Concern About India's Lost Clout, Singh Goes to Washington

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Amid Concern About India's Lost Clout, Singh Goes to Washington

By ISHAAN THAROOR

China may figure more prominently in Washington's strategic calculations, but Indians believe their country will be closer to Washington in the long term

Can Bob Casey Bridge the Abortion Divide on Health Care?

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL / WASHINGTON

The son of the man often called the father of pro-life Democrats finds himself facing the biggest issue of his three years in the Senate: a debate over federal funding of abortions that threatens to bring down health care reform

Will Private Equity Be the Next Meltdown?

By BARBARA KIVIAT

Private-equity firms, such as Blackstone, KKR and Carlyle, have bought thousands of companies over the past decade using mostly debt. In a new book, author Josh Kosman argues that these leveraged acquisitions will produce the next financial meltdown

The Politics of Perceiving Skin Color

By TIFFANY SHARPLES O'CALLAGHAN

Whether or not you agree with Barack Obama's politics may influence how dark- or light-skinned you think he is, according to a new study.

Rain: Pop Star, Bodybuilder, Ninja Assassin

By STEVEN JAMES SNYDER

Rain, the Asian singer-turned-rising-actor is trying to reboot his American film career as a death-defying ninja after the less-than-stellar box office performance of "Speed Racer."

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Junior Eurovision: Schoolyard Crushes with Glitter

By William Lee Adams / Kiev

At the annual Eurovision contest for 10- to 15-year-olds, Europe's power roles are reversed [EM] the former Soviet republics are the top dogs and the West finds itself totally upstaged

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