A very astonishing piece of information has been put forward by the latest report of WWF that climate change is taking place at a much faster speed than thought by the scientific organizations. It is quite likely that if in case this is not treated on a global scale, then it will definitely have adverse effects on mankind.

Islamabad, Oct 22: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari urged civil and political leaders to confront the war on terror, saying that the military and security agencies “could not be left alone to fight the war”.

“This is total war and should be fought in totality, and on multiple fronts,” he told participants of a top-level meeting on the FATA and NWFP security situation at the President’s House.

Washington, Oct 22: The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals, which has spurred a study by biologists at UC (University of California) Santa Barbara, to determine which species must be saved.

“The current extinction event is due to human activity, paving the planet, creating pollution, many of the things that we are doing today,” said co-author Bradley J. Cardinale, assistant professor of ecology, evolution and marine biology (EEMB) at UC Santa Barbara.

“The Earth might well lose half of its species in our lifetime. We want to know which ones deserve the highest priority for conservation,” he added.

Spice Mobiles has launched its latest slim and stylish musical handset, named Spice S-580 in the Indian market.

The unique feature of this candy bar phone is the Dazzle Ring-tone, which lets users to listen a fresh ring tone every time they receive a call. Using this feature, the handset shuffles and selects a ring tone from the list of 10 user-selected ring tones for every new call.

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Beijing - Chinese President Hu Jintao spoke to his US counterpart George W Bush, expressing hope that US efforts would help curb the global financial crisis, state media reported Wednesday.

The Chinese leader and Bush also discussed planned international financial summits and ways to strengthen international cooperation to stabilise financial markets in their Tuesday phone call.

Hu hoped that US measures to rein in the crisis "would take effect as soon as possible, restore investor confidence and prevent further expansion of the crisis," Xinhua news agency reported.

"The measures are conducive to the stability of the world economy and financial markets," Hu added, according to Xinhua.