| Senate Dems retreat on Burris; Obama steps in (AP) [7 mins][Lubbock, TX] AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly." | Mumbai siege: 'Kill all the hostages – except the two Muslims' [39 mins][Bombay] Pakistan has bowed to weeks of international pressure and admitted that the sole surviving militant responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai is one of its citizens. |
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