import threading
import urllib2
import time

start = time.time()
urls = ["http://www.google.com", "http://www.apple.com", "http://www.microsoft.com", "http://www.amazon.com", "http://www.facebook.com"]

def fetch_url(url):
    urlHandler = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    html = urlHandler.read()
    print "'%s\' fetched in %ss" % (url, (time.time() - start))

def start_thread(url):
    thread = threading.Thread(target=fetch_url, args=(url,))
    thread.start()
    return thread

threads = [start_thread(url) for url in urls]
for thread in threads:
    thread.join()

print "Elapsed Time: %s" % (time.time() - start)