FROM HOT WHITE WATER TO COOL SEA: US first lady Hillary Clinton walks out of the Carribbean Ocean after a swim in Barbodos on Sunday.

Linn Ullman (left) receives on behalf of her father, Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, the Palm of the Golden Palm from her mother, Norwegian actress Liv Ullman, at the Festivals Palance in Cannces on Sunday.

Celeste tipped to be US envoy

WASHINGTON: RBichard Celeste, a former governor of Ohio state and an old India hand, is strongly tipped to be the new American envoy to India, replacing Frank Wisner. His selection would mark the return of political appointee to the post in New Delhi, which has lately been occupied by career diplomats. Both Wisner and his predecessors, right back into the 80s, were ranking career diplomats from the State Department.

Transfer norms

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court in a remarkable judgement on Tuesday held that there must be some objective criteria regarding transfers and postings of government servants in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Justice Markandey Katju has observed that transfers should be left in the hand of concerned senior officer and it should not be done by, or at the instance of ministers or politicians.

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