Tehran  - Tehran on Monday called on US president-elect Barack Obama to reject the hostile policies adopted by previous US administrations against Iran and instead implement his "change" slogan.

"The previous US policies, including carrots and sticks and incentives, are unacceptable, futile and have de facto failed," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi told reporters in Tehran.

Congress is set to hold reins for third consecutive term in Delhi legislative assembly. Thanking the people of Delhi for voting in her favour, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit stated that the national capital voted for the party's development agenda.

Speaking from her residence where jubilant party supporters danced to drumbeats and burst firecrackers, Dixit said, "I congratulate the people of Delhi and many many thanks to them for their support and affection for the Congress."

"We went to the polls on the development ground with honesty and unity, and people have voted for that," said the 77-year-old leader said. 

Washington, Dec. 8 : The United States of America has said that Pakistan does not have any capacity to counter terrorists operations inside its territory.

A study conducted by the out going Bush administration, reveals that the military aid provided to Pakistan by US to root out militant groups from its territory has been largely wasted.

“The $10 billion in military aid provided to Pakistan as ‘reimbursement’ for its efforts to root out militant groups has been ‘largely wasted’, reports David Sanger of New York Times.

Melbourne, Dec 8 : Actors playing Jack Sparrow from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ in Disneyland have been sacked because of women flashing their boobs at the "sexy pirate".

According to Ktla. com, Disneyland officials have fired the four actors, following worries that young women were flashing the swashbuckling actors late at night.

"They lost control when they saw Jack Sparrow," the Daily Telegraph quoted former pirate Brandon Pinto, who left the role after a dispute with management a year ago as saying.

London, Dec 8 : Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen are livid after details of their earnings were disclosed during a legal fight.

The couple, together worth around 35million pounds, are entangled in a bitter court battle with sports agency Proactive.

The court documents have revealed that the footballer gets 760,000 pounds every six months for image rights, and besides that he gets 90,000 pounds-a-week Old Trafford salary.

If this wasn’t enough, the 23-year-old also pockets 1million pounds every year from Nike, 118,689.57 pounds twice a year from computer games giant EA.

London, Dec 8 : Japanese video games company Nintendo is signing a deal with publisher HarperCollins to make literary classics available to read on its DS portable games consoles.

The deal has been made on the 100 Classic Book Collection, which ranges from Shakespeare and Dickens to Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters, priced at 20 pounds and will initially be available only in Britain.

The technology allows readers to turn the pages by brushing a finger across the screen, doing away with books.