US singer Lady Gaga poses for photographers backstage at Capital FM’s Jingle Bell Ball at the O2 Arena in London on Sunday (AP)

Actress Amy Adams and boyfriend Darren Le Gallo on the premiere of "American Hustle" on Sunday (AP)

Police stop Civil services aspirants who were protesting outside Parliament House in New Delhi on Monday (PTI)

A Kejriwal, along with party leader K Vishwas, addresses workers from the window of the party office on Sunday (SONDEEP SHANKAR)

Sheila Dikshit arrives to address a press conference in New Delhi, India, on Sunday (AP)

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Ben Stokes reacts while bowling during the second Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia, in Adelaide (AP)

Flowers left by mourners surround a portrait of Nelson Mandela in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday.

International

Thailand: Political crisis timeline

Dec 09, 2013 - AP

Thailand’s political crisis took an unexpected turn on Monday when Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said she would dissolve the lower house of Parliament and call early elections.

Business

New American Airlines CEO vows to make merger work David Koenig

Dec 09, 2013 - AP

American Airlines and US Airways seem an unlikely couple, even to the man who will lead the combined company after their merger on Monday. Doug Parker says, however, that American’s buttoned-down, corporate culture will be the perfect complement to his scrappy US Airways, where “we sometimes fire before we’re ready.”

India

Modi at Raje swearing-in Dec. 13

Dec 10, 2013 - Age Correspondent

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be the star attraction at Vasundhara Raje’s swearing-in ceremony as the new chief minister of Rajasthan on December 13.

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Metros

AAP rises, causes Cong collapse

Dec 09, 2013 - Age Correspondent | SANJAY KAW

The 75-year-old Sheila Dikshit’s electoral fortune crashed on Sunday as the Congress could only win eights of 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly election. Outgoing chief minister faced a humiliating defeat in her New Delhi seat where she was defeated by the newly-formed Aam Aadmi Party’s founder Arvind Kejriwal by a margin of 25,864 votes.

Newsmakers

Thousands pay tribute to Walker

Dec 10, 2013 - AP

The sounds of high-performance car engines filled the air on Sunday as thousands of fans, friends and car enthusiasts headed to the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Clarita to pay tribute to Paul Walker at

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Sports

K(n)ock out blow for India

Dec 09, 2013 - AFP

Batting prodigy Quinton de Kock hit his second successive century to set up a convincing, series-clinching 134-run win for South Africa in the second one-day international against India at Kingsmead on Sunday.

Editorial

WTO’s Bali package mixed bag for India

Dec 10, 2013

The final text of the World Trade Organisation agreement at Bali is a victory for the WTO, which lives to fight another day, and industry, but it is not clear whether India’s 60 crore farmers will ben

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