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Washington, June 17 : US President Barack Obama has been criticized for embracing the policies of the former Bush administration, by denying public access to White House visitor logs.

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a complaint against the Obama administration in this regard.

London, June 17 : `Womanizer' starlet Britney Spears took time out of her busy Circus tour schedule for taking her sons Sean Preston and Jayden James to London Zoo on Tuesday.

She was grinning from ear to ear as she rode a carousel with her boys, reports British tabloid The Sun.

Meanwhile, according to reports, the pop princess has planned a lavish break for her back-up dancers and key staff at a resort in Thailand.

Wellington (New Zealand), June 17 : The infamous cashed-up Asian-origin couple, who escaped from New Zealand, continue to prove elusive for Kiwi police.

Kiwi police say "cultural differences" are challenging their efforts to find failed petrol station owner Leo Gao and his girlfriend.

Both fled New Zealand to Asia in May after Westpac accidentally deposited 3.8 million New Zealand dollars into his account.

The embarrassing blunder was caused by a misplaced decimal point in a bank loan application.

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex lost more than 100 points during early trade today owing to heavy selling by funds and retail investors, influenced by the weak trend in the worldwide markets.

The 30-share barometer, which marked its closure after gaining 82.39 points on Tuesday, lost 101.46 points at 14,856.45 during the first five minutes of trading.

In the same way, the broad-based Nifty dropped 34.70 points to 4,483.10.

New Delhi, June. 17 : Nearly seven months after India severed bilateral talks with Pakistan in the wake of the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on the sidelines of a summit in Russia, hinting, albeit fleetingly, of a thaw between both countries.

During the meeting, which lasted less than an hour, Singh told Zardari that Pakistan must ensure India and the international community that Pakistan is acting against the use of its soil for terrorism.

London, June 17 : If a revolutionary project being trialled in Manchester, UK, turns out to be successful, then human sewage may soon power thousands of homes.

According to a report in The Telegraph, the 4.3 million pounds scheme will see enough methane gas from human waste to provide fuel for heating and cooking for up to 5,000 homes by 2011.

The project is the first of its kind in Britain and the biomethane is being hailed as a "fuel for the future" because of its green credentials.

It will be run from Manchester's Davyhulme waste water treatment works, which is Britain's second biggest sewage works, and the gas will be supplied through the local pipeline network.