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Taipei - Taiwan's immigration police said Thursday they had cracked a human trafficking ring which had sent at least 40 Chinese minors to the United States in the past eight months.

"The crime ring has allegedly trafficked more than 40 mainland [Chinese] children to the US in the past eight months, using the passports of indigenous children in eastern Taiwan," said Chen Chien-cheng, an immigration police spokesman.

Chen said the major suspect, identified by his last name Teng, asked for 60,000 US dollars from Chinese parents who wanted to send their children to the US.

Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh) June18 : Notorious dacoit Ghanshyam Kewat alias Nanhu was shot dead by Uttar Pradesh police during a fierce three day gun battle in Jamauli village of Chitrakoot district.

Police surrounded the area three days ago after learning about the presence of the criminal and his gang.

Uttar Pradesh Police had announced a reward of 50,000 on Ghanshyam and on his gang.

Earlier, there were reports that the dacoits might have escaped the police dragnet.

Both Hindi releases that arrived over the weekend gone by, Kal Kissne Dekha and Zor Lagaa Ke Haiya, have failed at the box office. While former was a much publicized and promoted launch vehicle of Jackky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai, the latter was just not promoted at all in spite of the presence of Mithun Chakravorty.

Star One channel driven show, Dill Mill Gayye is all set for a change. Recently it was reported that Dr. Armaan (Karan Singh Grover) might leave the show. Well the recent development is that you may see the new faces and change in title of the show too.

As per our source from the production house, “The show is not going off air but we are planning to bring in some changes like, may be the change in title and also new interns.”

Elaborating on the plans our khabroo adds, “It’s still not sure as the producers and channel are in talks about the same. Things are in the very initial stages. No one is allowed to talk about it.”

Beijing, June 18 : China''s potential wind power resources alone are sufficient to meet its entire electricity demand, the country''s top wind power research institute has said.

Xiao Ziniu, the director of the National Climate Center (NCC), said China''s onshore wind power potential has been evaluated at between 700 gW and 1,200 gW, exactly within the range of the country''s 790 gW power generating capacity for 2008.

Baghdad - A group of Iraqi lawmakers are determined to press forward with their demands for reparations for a 1981 Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, Baghdad's daily al-Sabbah reported Thursday.

Mohammed Naji Mohammed, a member of parliament with the United Iraqi Alliance coalition, is leading a campaign for a parliamentary resolution obliging the Iraqi foreign ministry and courts to seek billions of dollars in reparations for an Israeli air strike on the Osiraq nuclear reactor.