Daily News Roundup
Here is todays roundup of stories.
News
James Orr (Guardian) - Elephants as pets? Not on your nelly, says No 10
The government today ruled out the possibility of allowing elephants to be kept as pets.
The announcement came following a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for UK pet shops to be allowed to sell elephants to the public.
James Kirkup, Political Correspondent (Daily Telegraph) - Tony Blair has new job as advisor for JP Morgan
The former prime minister - who is said to be earning as much as £1 million a month from speaking fees - will supplement his income as an adviser to JP Morgan, one of the biggest names on Wall Street.
Clifford Coonan in Beijing (Independent) - China - billions of shoppers face ban on plastic bags
From 1 June, China will ban the production of ultra-thin plastic bags and shops will be forbidden from handing out free plastic bags, the State Council said this week.
The Economist (The Economist) - A car for the people from India
the so-called one-lakh car, which Tata Motors unveiled in Delhi to a rapt public on Thursday January 10th, is a product of impatience and chutzpah. Instead of waiting for the great swell of prosperity in India and elsewhere to create millions of customers for his products, Mr Tata has decided to wade out further than any one has gone before to bring a car to them.
Comment
Timothy Garton Ash (Comment is Free) - While America votes, Europe cannot sleep. The to-do list looks like this
Progress in three vital areas - jobs, Muslims and neighbours - will enable our leaders to look the new president in the face.
By Bryony Gordon (Daily Telegraph) - Nicolas Sarkozy the lovestruck goon
There is no fool like an old fool, but nothing beats an old French fool, especially not one charged with running his country. Witness Nicolas Sarkozy, currently mooning around Paris like a lovestruck goon, making doe eyes at his new girlfriend Carla Bruni, as the rest of the country burns, riots and strikes - though thankfully to a soundtrack of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg.
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