Washington, Mar. 19 : North Korean soldiers have detained two American journalists and their guide while they were on a reporting trip near the country''s border with China, according to the State Department and their employer, Current TV.

U. S. State Department spokesman Fred Lash confirmed to CBS News Thursday that two Americans had been detained near the China-North Korea border two days earlier.

London, March 19 : An archaeological team has discovered architectural remains and earthenware dating back to Parthian and Sasanian dynasties in western Iran.

The findings are part of the first season of archaeological research in Lusteh and Hadi-Abad, according to the Persian service of the Aryan Heritage News Agency (Aria).

“The archaeological research revealed that there are nomadic settlements during the Parthian and Sasanian dynastic eras in the area near the Azad Dam”, announced Leila Khosravi, the head of the archaeological research team.

Washington, March 19 : A Yemeni archaeologist team has discovered a mosaic statue of an ancient queen sitting on a throne with her chest engraved with Musnad letters.

The archaeologists also found other relics including a stone board with faith signs engraved on it.

“Two pulls separated by a tree were carved on the stone board, a symbol that was known as “Life’s Tree” in ancient Yemeni civilization,” said Ali al-Sanabani, director of the authority.

Other symbols like crescent were imprinted on the disocvered relics.

New York, March 19 : Barack Obama has topped Rolling Stone’s list of ‘100 Agents of Change’, featuring those who “have powerful ideas” rather than the conventional meaning of the word.

The U. S. President grabbed the top spot followed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were hailed as “Lewis and Clark of the Internet”.

New Delhi, Mar 19 : A day after the Central Government''s recommendation for President''s rule in Meghalaya, President Pratibha Devisingh Patil placed the State Assembly under suspended animation.

"The President has signed the proclamation for imposing Central rule in Meghalaya," a Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson said.

The Union Cabinet announced the decision after receiving a report from Meghalaya Governor R S Mooshahary about the constitutional machinery breaking down in Meghalaya.

London, Mar. 19 : Sir Alex Ferguson does not believe the current Manchester United squad, which he says is the best of his tenure, can win five trophies this season.

United have already won the Club World Cup and Carling Cup, are four points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League and still in contention in the FA Cup and Champions League.

Ferguson told the New Statesman: "The thing about cup football is you need to be the best but you also need a lot of luck and I think it''s asking too much for all the games to go your way."