News headlines - 6 December 2011

• West Indies beat India by 16 runs on 5 December one-day match.
• Keralites and Tamilians on Monday clashed at Kumily border regarding Mullaperiyar issue. Kerala Police Monday night issued orders banning any gathering of more than five people for three days in and around the border checkpost near.
  
  
• Australia minister says his govt supports uranium sales to India.
  
  
• Reports say family wants Dev Anand to be cremated in London.
  
  
• No delay in tabling Lokpal Bill in Winter Session, says panel chief Singhvi.
  
  
• Aamir Khan and wife Kiran Rao have been blessed with a baby boy through surrogacy.
  
  
• Information and telecoms minister Kapil Sibal said on 6 Dec that India has asked operators of social media networks, including Facebook and Google , to screen user content and remove any offensive material.
  
  
• All-rounder Irfan Pathan included in the current team playing West Indies. He replaces Umesh Yadav, who will leave for Australia early to get acclimatized for an upcoming match.
  
  
• Scientists discovered a most Earth-like planet circling a star 600 light years away, a key finding in the search for life in the universe.
  
  
• Suicide attack on Afghan Shi'ite shrine on 6 December kills up to 20.
  
  
• Syria reportedly approved an Arab League peace plan conditionally to end eight months of unrest.
  
  
• Thousands of protesters in Russia demanded on 5 December an end to Russian PM Putin's 12-year rule after his party’s majority in Parliament has been drastically reduced in the elections.