Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! UK Limited. All rights reserved. http://in.news.yahoo.com/oddnews.html en-en Fri, 16 May 2008 10:08:11 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/oddnews.html /images/logo.gif 30 140 http://in.news.yahoo.com/associatedpress/20080516/r_t_ap_od/tod-malaysian-with-3-wives-18-children-s-e4eeb9b.html /associatedpress/20080516/r_t_ap_od/tod-malaysian-with-3-wives-18-children-s-e4eeb9b_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:08:11 +0530 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) _ A Malaysian with three wives and 18 children has asked an Islamic court to let him marry again with the blessing of all his spouses. AP http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-little-screen-space-d3db519.html /hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-little-screen-space-d3db519_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:45:00 +0530 Are all the taxi-drivers in America Indian? If you go by what their TV shows are intent on implying, then yes. One would think that the west has moved beyond perceiving India as a land of snake-charmers and psychic babas, but are the new age stereotypes any better? Not that we Indians are shown as jobless. After all, they do need someone to run the convenient stores. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-finding-husain-d3db519.html /hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-finding-husain-d3db519_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:45:00 +0530 Even if you can't tell a chisel from a paint brush, there's no way anyone can claim ignorance about Maqbool Fida Husain. You may not know the nitty gritties about his style (a vast majority of art lovers don't either) and you are undoubtedly hazy about all the controversies he's been embroiled in, you may never even have seen a single painting of his - but you know he's MF Husain. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-cinema-aesthetics-d3db519.html /hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-cinema-aesthetics-d3db519_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:40:01 +0530 Living at Hollywood it is very difficult to keep track of Indian cinema. The only names which I am familiar with are Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen. Both these directors are respected at par with Akira Kurosawa, Vittorio De Sica and John Ford. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-so-much-tea-hee-d3db519.html /hindustantimes/20080516/r_t_ht_od/tod-so-much-tea-hee-d3db519_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:40:01 +0530 Taj Mahal Tea ad Guy designer tells girl designer that Saif Ali Khan will never wear her creations on the ramp. Enter SAK to check out his wardrobe for the fashion show. HT http://in.news.yahoo.com/associatedpress/20080515/r_t_ap_od/tod-world-s-smallest-helicopter-to-fly-a-e4eeb9b.html /associatedpress/20080515/r_t_ap_od/tod-world-s-smallest-helicopter-to-fly-a-e4eeb9b_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:57:17 +0530 TOKYO (AP) _ A Japanese man who developed the world's smallest helicopter will take flight in the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci in tribute to the Renaissance genius' original idea. AP http://in.news.yahoo.com/pti/20080515/r_t_pti_od/tod-judge-cautioned-for-poor-handwriting-6554bb0.html /pti/20080515/r_t_pti_od/tod-judge-cautioned-for-poor-handwriting-6554bb0_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 21:08:00 +0530 New Delhi, May 15 (PTI) A poor handwriting of a lower court judge has caught the attention of the Delhi high Court, which has cautioned him to take care to write the order in a "legible" PTI http://in.news.yahoo.com/ani/20080515/r_t_ani_od/tod-man-tries-selling-slag-wife-on-ebay-8c03725.html /ani/20080515/r_t_ani_od/tod-man-tries-selling-slag-wife-on-ebay-8c03725_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:35:00 +0530 London, May 15 (ANI): A husband who accused his wife of having an affair with a colleague in her office took the ultimate online revenge - by placing her for sale on eBay. ANI http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080515/r_t_ians_od/tod-meteorologists-downgrade-cyclone-war-50730db.html /indiaabroad/20080515/r_t_ians_od/tod-meteorologists-downgrade-cyclone-war-50730db_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:29:00 +0530 Bangkok, May 15 (DPA) Warnings of a second cyclone heading for Myanmar, which is reeling from the impact of Cyclone Nargis, have been cancelled, meteorologists said Thursday. IANS http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080515/r_t_ians_od/tod-dust-storm-leaves-sixty-dead-in-utta-50730db.html /indiaabroad/20080515/r_t_ians_od/tod-dust-storm-leaves-sixty-dead-in-utta-50730db_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:01:00 +0530 Lucknow, May 15 (IANS) At least 60 people were feared killed in 13 districts of Uttar Pradesh after strong winds lashed the state and officials Thursday said the toll could go up further. IANS