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Airports revamp: One step forward, two steps back (Hindustan Times) - At a well attended top government functionary’s son’s wedding reception the other day in the rajdhani, the topic of discussion revolved around the Delhi and Mumbai airport modernisation process.

Review: 'The Family Stone' (AP via Yahoo! News) - As the war on Christmas rages across the nation — at least on Fox News Channel — the holiday remains firmly intact with "The Family Stone," your typical feel-good, feel-bad, feel-good-again family Christmas movie.

A record of her passage (INQ7.net) - DURING THE 1950s-HALF A lifetime ago-there were three leading practitioners of the Filipino short story in English, who came after the generation of Nick Joaquin, NVM Gonzalez, et al.: Gregorio C. Brillantes, Atenean; Wilfrido D. Nolledo, Thomasian; and Gilda Cordero Fernando, Theresian.

Review: The Guardian Year 2005 (Guardian Unlimited) - From sudoku and the tsunami to Katrina and Camilla, Jon Snow takes a look back at a year that many would prefer to forget with The Guardian Year 2005.

Guilty pleas give way to mysteries (The Fresno Bee) - Hanford couple faced sentencing in child abuse — then they vanished. It's been nearly a month since authorities, lawyers and family members have heard from Heidi and Rick Hernandez.

Holiday events (San Jose Mercury News) - SOUTH BAY Crafts at Saratoga Library. Make beaded snowflake ornaments and magnets. For ages 13 and older. 2 p.m. Wednesday. Library's Community Room, 13650 Saratoga Ave. Free. (408) 867-6126, www.santaclaracountylib. org/saratoga.

PLAYBILL.COM'S THEATRE WEEK IN REVIEW, Dec. 10-16: Chita and Charity (Playbill) - Theatre folks love Chita Rivera. Even critics. They showed as much on Dec. 12, when they bowed down at the glory of her long career, talent, professionalism and general likability. They weren't as impressed with the vehicle through which she chose to communicate those admirable qualities, an autobiographical trip down memory lane penned by Terrence McNally called Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life,

Dec. 5, 2005- Prosecution rests in Hamlin case (Mountain Democrat) - The defense will continue its case Tuesday in the Placerville trial of 45-year-old attorney Richard Hamlin after an El Dorado County Sheriff's Department detective testified last week as the final prosecution witness - confirming he described the alleged spousal abuse by Hamlin as probably “one of the most severe domestic violence” cases the detective had seen.

Jack Kelly: A great day in Iraq (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) - The first person to vote in Babylon in the Iraqi parliamentary election was 65-year-old Jasim Hameed, who is wheelchair-bound.

WEEKLY (The Plain Dealer) - Munich - Steven Spielberg directs this look at the investigation after the tragedy at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when Palestinian terrorists killed Israeli athletes.