Frankfurt - In spite of the market turmoil unleashed by the world financial crisis, Deutsche Bank AG reported Thursday a third-quarter profit helped along by new accounting rules.

Germany's biggest bank said net profit in the three months to the end of September came in at 414 million euros (546.3 million dollars). This compares with a 1.63-billion-euro profit in the same period last year.

"After a period of exceptional market turbulence, the outlook for our business remains challenging," Deutsche chief Josef Ackermann said releasing the results.

"We will balance our dividend policy with our commitment to conserving capital strength in a highly uncertain environment," he said.

This season ‘Golmaal’ is back with ‘Golmaal Returns’, alas not with a bang but with a whimper. One of the most awaited flicks of the season is a sheer remake of 1973’s ‘Aaj Ki Taza Khabar.

A Marathi film was also inspired from the same story, which was made during 80’s, though both of them managed to impress the audience, the contemporary one fails to do so.

Washington, Oct 30 : Researchers from the Universities of Jaen and Granada in Spain have shown how wasted olive stones can be used to make bioethanol, a renewable fuel that can be produced from plant matter and used as an alternative to petrol or diesel.

This gives the olive processing industry an opportunity to make valuable use of 4 million tonnes of waste in olive stones it generates every year and sets a precedent for the recycling of waste products as fuels.

“The low cost of transporting and transforming olives stones make them attractive for biofuels,” said researcher Sebastian Sanchez.

Washington, Oct 30 : A new poll has reportedly found that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is leading or tied with his Republican rival John McCain in at least eight key states in which President George Bush (of Republican Party) had won in 2004 poll securing his second successive term.

Jakarta - An Indonesian court Thursday sentenced two Muslim hardliners to 18 months in prison each for their roles in a violent attack against an interfaith rally in June that left dozens of people injured.

The Central Jakarta district court found Munarman, head of the Islam Troop Command (KLI), "guilty of committing violent acts against people and people's property in public."

Munarman, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name, was found responsible for his group's involvement in attacj against activists of the National Alliance for the Freedom of Faith and Religion (AKKBB) during a peaceful rally on June 1.