'The setback for Trump carries a message not only for him, but for the far right in general.'
'It was probably one of the most difficult decisions to take in my career so far. But I thought that it was time for me to take on a fresh and new challenge'
All the action from around the world last week, in case you missed it.
A look at some daredevil acts in recent years
Snakes on a subway to polar bears breaking into homes, our world is a truly weird place.
'The lush green of Kashmir was exactly like the postcards and posters I had seen growing up.'
Neera Tanden, 38, one of Senator Hillary Clinton's closest aides and confidantes, has joined the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and will relocate to the campaign headquarters in Chicago this week. Sources told rediff.com that unlike Clinton's former campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, who was pushed out of the campaign and then jumped on the Obama campaign bandwagon, Clinton backed Tanden's decision to join the Democratic presidential nominee
Financialised masses not only provide feedstock inputs but are also voters whose political support for funded savings cannot be taken for granted, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
David Beckham returned to action after seven weeks as his team LA Galaxy were held to a 1-1 draw by New York Red Bulls.
A look at those who treat the idea of putting their life at risk as FUN!
Dwyane Wade scored 32 points and Shaquille O'Neal added 25 to power the Miami Heat to a 108-100 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Jalen Rose scored 30 points and played solid defence against former Toronto favourite Vince Carter to guide the Raptors to a 100-82 victory over the New Jersey Nets.
LeBron James became the youngest player in NBA history to achieve the triple-double triple as the Cleveland Cavaliers eased past the Trail Blazers 107-101.
Kobe Bryant poured in a game-high 31 points to spark the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-96 win over Minnesota Timberwolves.
Vivek Paul, chief executive officer of Wipro Technologies, California and Balaji Krishnamurthy, CEO of Planar Systems, Oregon have been named among 25 most "business influential" by Time magazine and CNN.
Tiger Woods may be the greatest golfer of his generation but at the Ryder Cup he has been Joe Average and on Tuesday accepted responsibility for the dismal US showing for the past 15 years.
The 32-year-old England midfielder, sidelined since late August after spraining a ligament in his right knee, began light training with the Major League Soccer (MLS) team last week.
Tim Duncan nailed 24 points and snared nine rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 104-76 win over the Denver Nuggets.
League scoring leader Allen Iverson poured in 48 points to lead the Philadelphia 76rers to a 118-111 win over the Bucks in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
The Detroit Pistons moved into a first-place tie with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Central Division after a 91-61 romp over the New York Knicks.
The Suns received 20-plus points from four different players to put up a season-high game total of 133.
Kobe Bryant scored 27 points and dished out 10 assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to an 111-104 victory over the Houston Rockets.
Michael Jordan started for the second successive game and performed like his old self to inspire the Washington Wizards to a 103-78 pasting of the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday.
Barack Obama will still be in the Oval Office till the morning of January 20, but gosh, we are already beginning to miss him.
Forget sack races and Slip 'n Slide. These days select companies are adding luxe touches to their annual employee outings.
A common factor that binds all these men is greed.
With Melbourne, Australia has taken the first step to join the ranks of yesteryear Pretoria, South Africa and Birmingham, Alabama. Over the last two years, there have been an increasing number of attacks on Indians here. Lives have been lost or severe injuries inflicted upon members of an unarmed, peaceful Indian community.
Tony Delk and Predrag Drobjnak both scored 16 points as the Atlanta Hawks stunned the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons 88-72 in National Basketball Association play Friday in Auburn Hills.
On his first visit to India, former three-time NBA champion Brian Shaw talks of potential that Indian youngsters possess to make the cut in the NBA and shares his views on the sensational Stephen Curry and his partnership with Shaqueille O'Neal.Norma Godinho/Rediff.com listens in.
A special episode of the Prime Minister's radio broadcast Mann ki Baat featuring US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aired on Tuesday night. The 35-minute special broadcast of 'Mann Ki Baat', which marked the rapport between Modi and Obama, touched on issues ranging from public health and personal inspirations of the two leaders, both of whom have come up from simple beginnings to assume to top positions of the respective countries. What follows is a transcript of the Mann ki Baat episode.
Here is an astonishing fact: on December 10 1998, the spot price for a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude was exactly $10 and ninety eight cents. Nearly 10 years and one thousand and sixty two per cent later, it is time to ask some impolite questions about oil. Impolite questions are not always obvious questions, though.
Turning tail from its worst valuation ever on the world's currency markets, the US Dollar has now gained more than 3% since the start of November.
Trading in commodity futures -- basically an arena of stock market players -- may have started with economic objectives such as price discovery and price risk management, but, of late, has become an important part of investment portfolio promising quick and attractive returns. In fact, stock marketing and futures trading are the main instruments of speculation in the capitalist economy in which the capital is invested and reinvested with a sole purpose of making a profit.
Rediff.com had sought readers' views on the US presidential election. Here are some responses.
Jim Rogers, expert financial consultant, predicts a US recession in the near future and advises sound investment in agriculture.
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