New York, Apr. 1 : US President Obama's strategy review for Afghanistan and Pakistan, unveiled last week, finally focuses the government's attention and resources where they are most needed, says an editorial in the New York Times.

According to Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, after years, the president has recognized that the key to US national security is defeating Al Qaeda, and that to do so we must address both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

London, Apr 1 : The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has said that India would emerge a more successful country from an economic perspective in the long run in comparison to China.

In an interview to the Financial Times in London, Dr. Singh said: "The Chinese have certain advantages: the fact that it''s a single party government. But I do believe in the long run in the fact that India is a functioning democracy, committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move, but I''m confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable."

Washington, Apr. 1 : Former US Presidential candidate and Republican Party Senator from Arizona John Mc Gain has said that the US aid to Pakistan may eventually go in vain.

Skeptic about Pakistan’s utilization of the US assistance, Mc Gain viewed a large part of the aid failing to reach people who are in real need of it.

“Most part of the US will fail to reach the destitute people and those who deserve it badly,” The News quoted Mc Gain, as saying.

Beijing - China has detained an environmentalist and writer on suspicion of subversion after he initiated an independent investigation into the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, a rights group said on Wednesday.

Tan Zuoren, a local activist based in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was accused of "inciting subversion of state power" after mobilizing volunteers to investigate why school buildings collapsed in the earthquake, the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said in a statement.

The manufacturer of BlackBerry phones, Research in Motion (RIM) has opened its one-stop application store, officially called BlackBerry App World, today. The RIM has declared that the BlackBerry App World is open for the BlackBerry users.

Jim Balsillie, the BlackBerry Co-Chief Executive, has stated that the BlackBerry App World is set to be available for application download for the BlackBerry users, starting at midday.