Angelina Jolie is believed to have told Azharuddin Mohammed, young star of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, that she may soon adopt a child from India.
At last month’s Oscars, the ten-year-old asked the actress if she planned to adopt an Indian orphan, reports the Sun.
She reportedly replied: “Well, I’ll let you into a little secret, we will soon.”
She met Azharuddin and Rubina Ali, nine, backstage in Los Angeles after ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ won eight Oscars.
According to onlookers, Jolie was very impressed by the pair and talked freely with them.
The 33-year-old actress and her partner/actor Brad Pitt already have three adopted kids: Maddox, eight, from Cambodia; Pax, five, from Vietnam and Zahara, four, from Ethiopia.
They also have three biological kids - Shiloh, two, and eight-month-old twins Vivienne and Knox.
source:http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/angelina-jolie-may-soon-adopt-an-indian-child_100173448.html
Monday, March 30, 2009
Laxman steers India to last day safety
An unbeaten 124 from VVS Laxman in tandem with a painstaking 137 from Gautam Gambhir made sure India saved the second Test against New Zealand at Napier on Monday.
India were always battling for a draw after being forced to follow-on some 314 runs behind the Kiwis, but eventually declared on 476 for four wickets late on the fifth day.
With no positive result possible the game was called off as a draw, a disappointment for the home side, who dominated for three days at McLean Park.
But they ran into the insurmountable obstacle of Gambhir, whose innings lasted over 10 and a half hours, facing 436 balls.
He shared vital partnerships with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day and with the freerer-scoring Laxman on the final day.
The New Zealanders had an early success when Chris Martin removed Test cricket's leading run scorer Tendulkar with the Indians still trailing overall, but Gambhir and Laxman snuffed out victory hopes.
Laxman needed 187 balls to bring up his 14th Test ton while Gambhir, who added just 35 runs to his overnight score, went just before tea, trapped leg before wicket to Jeetan Patel.
Yuvraj Singh was unbeaten on 54 in partnership with Laxman when the game was called off.
India will take a 1-0 series lead to Wellington for the final Test on Friday.
In other international cricket action, England drew level with West Indies in their best-of-five one-day series with a nine-wicket win in Barbados.
England captain Andrew Strauss led from the front with an unbeaten 79 off 61 balls as they successfully chased a victory target of 135 from 20 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis method.
Earlier they restricted West Indies to 239 for nine in 50 overs before rain intervened.
The two teams are tied at two wins apiece ahead of the series decider in St. Lucia on Friday
source:http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/30/cricket.draw/
India were always battling for a draw after being forced to follow-on some 314 runs behind the Kiwis, but eventually declared on 476 for four wickets late on the fifth day.
With no positive result possible the game was called off as a draw, a disappointment for the home side, who dominated for three days at McLean Park.
But they ran into the insurmountable obstacle of Gambhir, whose innings lasted over 10 and a half hours, facing 436 balls.
He shared vital partnerships with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day and with the freerer-scoring Laxman on the final day.
The New Zealanders had an early success when Chris Martin removed Test cricket's leading run scorer Tendulkar with the Indians still trailing overall, but Gambhir and Laxman snuffed out victory hopes.
Laxman needed 187 balls to bring up his 14th Test ton while Gambhir, who added just 35 runs to his overnight score, went just before tea, trapped leg before wicket to Jeetan Patel.
Yuvraj Singh was unbeaten on 54 in partnership with Laxman when the game was called off.
India will take a 1-0 series lead to Wellington for the final Test on Friday.
In other international cricket action, England drew level with West Indies in their best-of-five one-day series with a nine-wicket win in Barbados.
England captain Andrew Strauss led from the front with an unbeaten 79 off 61 balls as they successfully chased a victory target of 135 from 20 overs under the Duckworth/Lewis method.
Earlier they restricted West Indies to 239 for nine in 50 overs before rain intervened.
The two teams are tied at two wins apiece ahead of the series decider in St. Lucia on Friday
source:http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/30/cricket.draw/
Obama talks up his budget to House Democrats
President Obama made a strong pitch for his budget to House Democrats in a closed-door meeting on Monday night, arguing that the budget includes key components to turning around the ailing economy, according to several Democratic sources who took verbatim notes in the meeting.
Emphasizing that voting for the measure also was good politics for Democrats on the Hill, the president told members, "I need your vote in passing the budget. If we do that, we will create a sense of momentum that will allow us to do health-care reform and education."
But he warned, "If we don't pass the budget, it will empower those critics who don't want to see anything getting done," according to the sources.
Two Democratic House leadership aides also said Obama made a political case to members that they need to stay united to support his major agenda items, and now is the time to press for them.
The president said, "We are all in this together," and warned Democrats they will not be able to separate themselves from him or Democratic leaders such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Gesturing to the House Democratic leaders at the meeting, Obama said, "If you think that you're going to run away from us, I'm sorry, that's not the way it works."
Those aides noted the president acknowledged that the bad economic situation could present Democrats as the majority party with a tough election fight next cycle. But he argued that working together to pass major initiatives such as those in the budget was the best strategy for showing voters that they are acting on solutions to major challenges facing the country.
The House and Senate are both voting on the budget later this week.
Pelosi told reporters after the meeting, "Yes, we will pass a budget this week." But leadership aides admit that there are still some undecided House Democrats, and they are still working to secure the votes.
One leadership aide said getting a push from the popular president was part of the whip operation. "He's our closer. He always will be," the aide said, referring to Obama.
In the session Monday night, Obama acknowledged that the size of the deficit was one argument that critics raised to oppose his policies. According to several Democratic sources, he said, "I'm serious as a heart attack about going after it.
And in his opening remarks, the president refuted the argument that it the economic downturn was a reason not to make major investments in health care, energy and education, saying, "The only way to get out of the economic mess we are in is to grow our way out of it. If we do not have growth, we will not succeed."
The president fielded eight questions during the session on a range of issues, including farm subsidies, foreign aid, and finding a way for banks to get rid of toxic assets.
According to a senior leadership aide, when Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, got up to urge the president to devote more money for infrastructure projects -- noting he had voted against the economic stimulus bill because he thought it fell short in this area -- Obama said he was well aware of DeFazio's vote against the measure and joked, "Don't think we're not keeping score, brother
source:http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/30/house.democrats.obama.budget/
Emphasizing that voting for the measure also was good politics for Democrats on the Hill, the president told members, "I need your vote in passing the budget. If we do that, we will create a sense of momentum that will allow us to do health-care reform and education."
But he warned, "If we don't pass the budget, it will empower those critics who don't want to see anything getting done," according to the sources.
Two Democratic House leadership aides also said Obama made a political case to members that they need to stay united to support his major agenda items, and now is the time to press for them.
The president said, "We are all in this together," and warned Democrats they will not be able to separate themselves from him or Democratic leaders such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Gesturing to the House Democratic leaders at the meeting, Obama said, "If you think that you're going to run away from us, I'm sorry, that's not the way it works."
Those aides noted the president acknowledged that the bad economic situation could present Democrats as the majority party with a tough election fight next cycle. But he argued that working together to pass major initiatives such as those in the budget was the best strategy for showing voters that they are acting on solutions to major challenges facing the country.
The House and Senate are both voting on the budget later this week.
Pelosi told reporters after the meeting, "Yes, we will pass a budget this week." But leadership aides admit that there are still some undecided House Democrats, and they are still working to secure the votes.
One leadership aide said getting a push from the popular president was part of the whip operation. "He's our closer. He always will be," the aide said, referring to Obama.
In the session Monday night, Obama acknowledged that the size of the deficit was one argument that critics raised to oppose his policies. According to several Democratic sources, he said, "I'm serious as a heart attack about going after it.
And in his opening remarks, the president refuted the argument that it the economic downturn was a reason not to make major investments in health care, energy and education, saying, "The only way to get out of the economic mess we are in is to grow our way out of it. If we do not have growth, we will not succeed."
The president fielded eight questions during the session on a range of issues, including farm subsidies, foreign aid, and finding a way for banks to get rid of toxic assets.
According to a senior leadership aide, when Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, got up to urge the president to devote more money for infrastructure projects -- noting he had voted against the economic stimulus bill because he thought it fell short in this area -- Obama said he was well aware of DeFazio's vote against the measure and joked, "Don't think we're not keeping score, brother
source:http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/30/house.democrats.obama.budget/
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