PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida) - AN EMOTIONAL Tiger Woods apologised for his 'irresponsible and selfish behaviour' on Friday as the golf superstar broke his silence on the sex scandal that engulfed him last year.
In a brutally honest self-assessment which was broadcast live across every major network in the United States, the 34-year-old confirmed he had been in rehab for 45 days where he was reportedly seeking treatment for sex addiction.
LAS VEGAS (Nevada) - PRESIDENT Barack Obama will Friday unveil a package of measures aimed at helping those worst affected by the US housing crisis as he visits Nevada, where the collapse hit particularly hard.
In Las Vegas, Mr Obama will announce 'funding for innovative measures to help families in the states that have been hardest hit by the aftermath of the housing bubble', the White House said in a statement.
VATICAN CITY - MARY MacKillop, a nun revered for her work with needy children as much as for her rebellious streak, is to become Australia's first Roman Catholic saint on Oct 17, Pope Benedict XVI said on Friday.
The pope announced the date at a consistory or meeting of cardinals at the Vatican. In December, Benedict recognised a miracle in which MacKillop apparently cured a woman of cancer, paving the way for the canonisation of a nun who is already a national icon in Australia.
NEW DELHI - INDIA'S economy should grow 8.2 per cent next year and return to previous boom levels of nine per cent the following year, an influential government panel forecast on Friday.
The forecast, released in an economic survey ahead of the annual budget due at the end of the month, said that the growth estimate for the year 2010-11 could be revised upward.
