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Sports page: India lift Champions Challenge Cup Baljit Singh Dhillon holds the trophy after India beat South Africa 2-1 in the final of the Champions Challenge Hockey Tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. — Reuters

50 kg RDX seized; 6 ultras shot
Srinagar, December 15
Sixteen persons, including a ruling National Conference leader, six militants and two security personnel, were killed while the security forces captured four ultras and seized 50 kg of RDX in Jammu and Kashmir overnight.

50 Al-Qaida men surrender
Wounded Arabs hold out in hospital
Tora Bora, (Afghanistan), December 15
Fifty fighters of Osama bin Laden’s Al-Qaida network surrendered in Afghanistan’s Tora Bora mountains today, an Afghan tribal commander said, but fighting was continuing.

Maoists kill USAID guard
Kathmandu, December 15
Suspected Maoist rebels today shot dead a special security personnel guarding the office of the US Agency for International Development in Kathmandu today, the police said.

Cong ticket for 14 sitting MLAs
New Delhi, December 15
The Congress today decided to give ticket for the ensuing Assembly polls to 14 of its 15 MLAs in Punjab. All MLAs along with the PCC chief, Capt Amarinder Singh, were in the Capital today to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Surprise snowfall cheers tourists Shimla, December 15 Unexpected snowfall today cheered tourists at the famous resort of Kufri which was covered under a thick white sheet. The snow has come 10 days before Christmas when a large number of tourists turn up here to enjoy festival. Tourists play in the snow at Kufri which turned white today. — Photo by Anil Dayal