Yuvraj scores century in drawn match

HYDERABAD: It was the turn of two India Test discards — opener Wasim Jaffer and captain Yuvraj Singh — to make an emphatic statement about their batting skills even as the four-day cricket match between Board President’s XI and Australia ended in a tame draw at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on Sunday.
In the morning session, Jaffer 93 (279 minutes, 159b, 12x4) and Yuvraj 113 (208 minutes, 143b, 7x4, 7x6) flayed the Australian attack during their 200-run stand for the third wicket off 269 balls in batsmen-friendly conditions.

HRW asks Bangladesh to seriously address rights abuses
New York (PTI): Expressing concern over the reports of extra-judicial killings by security forces in emergency- ruled Bangladesh, a leading human rights group has asked the interim government in Dhaka to use its last months in office to seriously address persistent rights abuses in the country.
"The Bangladesh government is well aware that the security forces have killed and tortured people in custody... Bangladesh needs a government that acknowledges that serious human rights problems exist, and is ready to act to address them," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

China candy back from tainted milk scare
SHANGHAI (AP): China's iconic White Rabbit candy is back in production after being pulled out of stores around the world last month in the wake of the country's tainted milk scandal, a state-run newspaper reported Tuesday.
The popular, vanilla-flavored sweets are sold in more than 50 countries, including the United States. But production stopped last month when its Shanghai-based maker said the candy may have been contaminated by melamine, an industrial chemical at the center of the scandal.
Chinese officials have accused milk suppliers of adding melamine to certain batches of milk to boost protein readings with its high nitrogen content. The contamination has been blamed for killing four babies and sickening more than 54,000 children in China.
Dozens of countries worldwide have banned Chinese milk products. The latest is Senegal, which said Monday its ban was a preventative measure.

Majority of Australians favour Obama: poll
Melbourne (PTI): A whooping majority of Australians have favoured Democratic nominee Barack Obama as the next President of the United States.
About 76 per cent of the Australians voted for Senator Obama to win the next month's presidential election as against nearly ten per cent supporting Republican nominee John Mccain, a recent poll has indicated.
Surveyed on 1000 people, the poll confirmed that Australians were taking a keen interest in the race for the White House, with 85 per cent saying they are monitoring the contest and 24 per cent expressing a high level of interest, according to AAP report here.

Oil falls below US$90 as financial turmoil spreads
Oil prices fell to an eight-month low below US$90 a barrel Monday on speculation that the spreading financial crisis will exacerbate a global economic slowdown and cut demand for crude oil.
Significant gains by the U.S. dollar against the euro also contributed to slumping oil prices.
By mid-afternoon in Europe, light, sweet crude for November delivery was down US$3.83 to US$90.05 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier in the session, the price fell as low as US$88.89 a barrel before recovering slightly.
On Friday, the November contract lost 9 cents to close at US$93.88 a barrel.
In London, November Brent crude fell US$3.38 to US$86.87 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.