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India, Iran ink bilateral agreements on extradition, legal matters

Tehran, Nov 3: India and Iran inked bilateral treaties on the extradition of criminals and mutual assistance on legal matters on Sunday.

External affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Iranian Minster of Justice Ghulam Hussein Elham signed the treaty during the concluding session of the 15th Indo-Iran Joint Commission that was held almost after three years of the last one held in New Delhi in
2005.

"We have signed an extradition treaty and mutual legal assistance treaty in criminal matters. We have also finalized an initial text of the bilateral investment programme and protection agreement which we hope to sign very shortly," said Mukherjee during his second visit to Tehran this year.

Scherzinger ‘nearly collapsed with excitement’ after Hamilton’s victory

Lewis Hamilton, Nicole ScherzingerWashington, Nov 3 : British racing driver Lewis Hamilton’s girlfriend singer Nicole Scherzinger ‘nearly collapsed with excitement’ when she saw him win the Formula 1 World Championship.

Hamilton triumphed at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, snatching fifth place in a nerve-wracking finish, which handed him the 2008 World Title.

And the Pussycat Dolls star was trackside in Sao Paulo, Brazil to witness the momentous occasion.

UK security services intercept Pak students trying to gain access to weapon labs

London, Nov 3 : British security services MI5 and MI6 are learnt to have intercepted up to 100 potential terrorists posing as postgraduate students, who they (security services) believe tried to gain access to top laboratories and collect the materials and expertise needed to create chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons.

It has also been found that most of these students belong to countries such as Pakistan and Iran.

“Dozens of suspected terrorists have attempted to infiltrate Britain’s top laboratories in order to develop weapons of mass destruction during the past year,” reported The Observer.

Jacko’s fatherhood skills get thumbs up from his brother

Michael JacksonMelbourne, Nov 3 : King of pop Michael Jackson is a strict parent, according to his brother Jermaine.

Jermaine believes that the 50-year-old singer is like their controversial father, Joseph, when it comes to parenting.

"Michael is not one of those fathers that lets them do what they want and give(s) them everything they want," Herald Sun quoted Jermaine, as saying.

"He is raising them the way he was raised. I think it''s great because he wants them to be good people," he added.

Indian Americans pitch for Obama’s fresh energy, potential to lead

Barack ObamaVirginia (USA), Nov. 3: With less than 48 hours to go before American voters decide on who their 44th President will be, the Indian American community appears to have already decided that the United States is ready to have its first Afro-American head of state.

In their view, Illinois Senator Barack Obama is on all counts, a transformational candidate, a man who has the potential to lead the country, a candidate who will bring fresh energy to the White House and to the administration in Washington.

Over-50s Brits more relaxed about infidelity than younger counterparts

London, November 3: A new British survey has revealed that baby-boomers, who were born in the Swinging Sixties, are far more relaxed about infidelity than younger people.

The same proportion of older and younger people admitted to having cheated on their partners — at about a quarter — during the poll, which compared the views of over- and under-fifties.

However, people aged over 50 were far less likely to worry about it or see it as a reason to split up.

The surveyors found that only 36 per cent of the over-50s regretted being unfaithful, compared to 52 per cent of the younger group doing so.

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