The Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi took a sigh of relief, as the long conflict regarding the name of his party ‘Praja Rajyam’, launched on August 26, was resolved. Reportedly, the application was withdrawn as the advocate who had filed a complain, got into an agreement.

The advocate named Chenna Krishnaiah, from Kadpa district, agreed to withdraw his application for registration of ‘Praja Rajyam’, which he had filed a month ago after he had a meeting with the Election Commission of India officials in New Delhi.

The sources have informed that the man was convinced by the assistants of Chiranjeevi, for they promised him a key post in the party.

Warsaw  - Prime Minister Donald Tusk Friday met with residents near the future site of the US anti-missile shield, reassuring them the military base posed no danger or damage to local tourism.

"Places like Redzikowo or Slupsk perhaps will arouse more interest in the event of a conflict," Tusk told residents during a town-hall style meeting in northern Poland. "But for certain they'll be better protected than any other place in Poland."

Wellington  - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters was reportedly facing the sack Friday after the Serious Fraud Office announced an investigation into donations by wealthy entrepreneurs to his political party.

Prime Minister Helen Clark said she would talk to Peters during the day to discuss allegations that the donations "did not reach their intended destination" and involved "serious and complex fraud."

London, Aug 28 : One in seven children in Britain -- almost 1.8million -- now live in totally work-free households, the majority with a single parent, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

There has been barely any reduction in the number of households where all adults are out of full-time work in the past five years, the figures show, The Telegraph reported.

Using the Labour Force Survey of employment, researchers found that 15.8 per cent of all households in Britain that contain at least one person of working age had no one in full-time employment. It means that there is complete unemployment in a total of 3.06m families in which someone should be able to work.

Tehran  - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered that certification be proved of an honorary doctorate from Oxford University which his interior minister claims to have, Iran's official IRNA news agency said Wednesday.

Newly-appointed Interior Minister Ali Kordan had earlier this week claimed to have an honorary doctorate in law from the university, which the British institution categorically denied.

Taipei  - Taiwan confirmed on Wednesday that the United States has decided to sell 60 Harpoon Air Launch anti-ship missiles to Taipei, in a move ending a de facto freeze on US arms sales to the island.

Defence Ministry Spokeswoman Chih Yu-lan told the Central News Agency (CNA) that Taipei made the request to buy the missiles, worth 90 million US dollars, in 2007, and delivery was scheduled for 2009.