In the news in India....

The headlines in the Times of India are still about the recent rape case, but next to that is a link to this ad for their Miss India 2013 Calendar. Mixed messages?

  
And in Russia, The Moscow Times is telling us 'Putin Gives Depardieu Russian Citizenship' to help him with his battle with the French taxman. I think Depardieu may find Russia a little cooler than the French Riviera. In Russia, the bikinis are fur-lined.

And in China's official news, a picture of Christmas tree recycling right here on the other side of town, in our Richmond suburb. Small world, huh?