Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to fly to Pakistan on Monday at the start of a four-day diplomatic tour also taking in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, aides said Friday in Berlin.
The onslaught of terrorist attacks and the growing financial crisis in Pakistan will be topics when he meets with Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari, and senior ministers in Islamabad.
Vienna - Oil ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided Friday in Vienna to cut their total production by 1.5 million barrels per day, in reaction to falling prices and slowing demand.
"There is an oversupply, and the stocks are very high," said OPEC President and Algerian Energy Minsiter Chakib Khelil, explaining the decision.
The cut, down from the current quota of 28.8 million barrels per day, would be effective from the start of November, OPEC said in a statement. One barrel equals 159 litres.
Khelil denied that the cartel's move would have any impact on inflation or global economic growth.
Kathmandu - Nepal's former king and his family members face a possible cut in their electricity supply due to hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid electricity bills, officials said Friday.
The officials said they have had no response from former king Gyanendra or his family members despite notices warning them to pay the outstanding amount or face electricity cuts within 15 days.
Berlin - Germany is to oppose European Union plans to deploy full-body scanners at airports as protection against hijackers, a Berlin government spokesman said Friday.
The devices have been described as "strip scanners" because they construct an image of each traveller's body without clothing.
"I can tell you with complete clarity that we are not going to cooperate in this mischief," a Federal Interior Ministry spokeswoman said Friday at a government news conference.
London, Oct 24 : Doctors often get confused when it comes to deciding whether a particular woman in labour should undergo caesarean or not. But now, a computer can easily take this decision.
Jose Príncipe and colleagues at the University of Florida in Gainesville say that wireless sensors could monitor the progress of labour, and warn doctors when a Caesarean is necessary.
In the new method, software could monitor the progress of a woman''s labour, reports New Scientist magazine.
Usually, a Caesarean is needed in case of an abnormally slow birth. However, deciding what is abnormally slow is what poses the biggest problem for doctors,
Beijing - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday urged greater transparency and firmer controls over financial markets as part a solution to the global financial turmoil.
Merkel made a four-point proposal to Asian and European leaders discussing the financial crisis in Beijing, according to an advance copy of her speech.
She listed greater transparency in financial markets as the highest priority for supporting a global recovery.
Second on the list of proposals to 45 leaders at the biannual Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) was the need for a new structure of incentives.
Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is to fly to Pakistan on Monday at the start of a four-day diplomatic tour also taking in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, aides said Friday in Berlin.
Kathmandu - Nepal's former king and his family members face a possible cut in their electricity supply due to hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid electricity bills, officials said Friday.
Berlin - Germany is to oppose European Union plans to deploy full-body scanners at airports as protection against hijackers, a Berlin government spokesman said Friday.
Beijing - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday urged greater transparency and firmer controls over financial markets as part a solution to the global financial turmoil.
