Washington, Nov. 3: Congressional Republicans have spent this past weekend scrambling to save their seats in both the House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate ahead of the final vote on Tuesday, reports the New York Post.
With the election imminent, Senate Republicans threw their remaining resources into protecting endangered lawmakers in Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Oregon, while House Republicans were forced to put money into what should be secure Republican territory in Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia and Wyoming.
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.
Washington, 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.
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.
Virginia (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.
Washington, 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.
Melbourne, Nov 3 : King of pop Michael Jackson is a strict parent, according to his brother Jermaine.
Virginia (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.
