Daily News Roundup - Friday 11 January 2008
Here is todays roundup of stories.
News
Times Online (Times Online) - US investigates sovereign funds
The US Senate has ordered an inquiry into sovereign wealth funds controlled by foreign governments
JAMES CLENCH (The Sun) - McCann fury at Maddie for hire
Shona Adams reckons three-year-old Kelsey Lynn Kudla’s similarity to missing Maddie could earn her £9MILLION for starring in a proposed feature film about the vanished tot.
The Economist (The Economist) - Christmas pig killing, traditionally
The European Commission is reported to have yielded to pressure from Romania to grant a waiver from strict rules on animal slaughter that threatened to stamp out the ancient traditions of rearing a pig for Christmas, before killing it with the help of neighbours in a backyard.
BBC (BBC) - Rainbow error makes Balls blush
Schools Secretary Ed Balls made a schoolboy error in the Commons when he failed to correctly list the colours of the rainbow.
NAZILA FATHI (NYT) - Spate of Executions and Amputations in Iran
Using strict enforcement of Islamic law, the judicial authorities in a restive region of southern Iran amputated the right hands and left feet of five convicted robbers this week, part of what the government said was an effort to deter other troublemakers.
Sylvia Pfeifer and Chris Giles (Financial Times) - MoD may delay carrier contract
The Ministry of Defence is examining possible delays to its £4bn contract for two new aircraft carriers as it struggles to meet Treasury demands for swingeing cuts to its budget.
Russell Hotten (Daily Telegraph) - Toyota set to oust GM as biggest carmaker
Toyota looks set to topple General Motors’ 76-year reign as the world’s largest motor manufacturer after the Japanese carmaker declared that it sold 9.37m vehicles in 2007.
Larry Elliott and Mark Milner (Guardian Unlimited) - TV’s popular face of capitalism dies at 83
Britain’s first celebrity businessman, the chemical magnate turned TV troubleshooter Sir John Harvey-Jones, has died in Herefordshire aged 83.
Comment
Khaled Diab (Comment is Free) - Angels and demons of Comment is Free
If someone were to try to construct a composite personality photo-fit of me based solely on the more outlandish reactions to my articles on Cif, they would come away with a very surreal and confusing Picasso-like picture.
- Anil Kumble says Australia triggered crisis
In an exclusive article, the India captain writes that Australia started the row by showing a disregard for the spirit of the game
- An art tour of Russia
As the Royal Academy on-off blockbuster show From Russia is finally confirmed to open in London this month, Mark Oliver offers 10 tips for visiting the top galleries in St Petersburg and Moscow
Obituaries
Independent (Independent) - Mel Cheren: Godfather of disco
Melvin Cheren, record label owner: born Everett, Massachusetts 21 January 1933; died New York 7 December 2007
Jim Perrin (Guardian Unlimited)
- Sir Edmund Hillary
Mountaineer who dedicated life after his ascent of Everest to the people of Nepal
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