New York, Jan. 27 : Former US President Jimmy Carter has said that North Korea can be talked into surrendering its nukes in "half a day."

Carter was quoted by Fox News as saying during an Associated Press interview on Monday that he believed North Korea would be willing to give up its nuclear weapons for U. S. diplomatic recognition, a peace deal with South Korea and America, and if it got new atomic power reactors and free fuel oil.

"It could be worked out, in my opinion, in half a day," Carter said.

New York - The United Nations envoy for Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, will soon visit Myanmar to continue discussions on the democratic process in the Southeast Asian nation, a UN spokeswoman said Monday.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asked Gambari to return to Myanmar and he has also received an invitation from the government in Yangon, according to spokeswoman Marie Okabe.

New York, Jan 26: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has joined the list of celebrities, including Steven Spielberg, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, who have lost money to accused financial swindler Bernie Madoff.

The 91-year-old Gabor, who suffered a stroke in 2005, lost at least 7 million dollars through investments made with the accused financial swindler, her lawyer Chris Fields has said.

New York, Jan 25 : President Barack Obama's name seems to have an influence on everyone, including drug dealers.

A group of drug traders was busted selling drugs with the commander-in-chief's name on them.

The Sullivan County police busted an upstate New York drug ring that was dealing heroin with the president's name on it.

In the bust up, five suspects were arrested following a three-month investigation that led to the seizure of marijuana and 80 decks of heroin.

The decks were stamped in red ink with President Obama''s surname.

New York, Jan 25 : A 20-year-old Brazilian model has died after having her hands and feet amputated because she had contracted a severe urinary infection.

Mariana Bridi da Costa succumbed to the bacteria-caused malady in a Serra hospital, less than a month after first falling ill, reports the New York Daily News.

Doctors were said to have amputated both her feet and her hands and removed part of her stomach in an effort to save her life.

New York, Jan 24 : The Obama administration may soon have its first `crowning' achievement by reopening the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to the public since the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Ken Salazar, the new Secretary of the Interior, today toured the crown of the Statue Of Liberty.