London, Nov 25 : Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf received no protocol in London during his visit to London recently.

Musharraf, who arrived in London on Sunday, was received by his old pal Brigadier (Retd.) Niaz at the airport.

It was only at the time of his exit from the Heathrow Airport that he was whisked out of the airport from an emergency exit to avoid Pakistani and British media.

Contrary to his past visits to London, he will not talk at any of Britian’s leading think tanks. This time there won’t be any detailed engagements.

Sonepur, Nov 25 : A large number of tourists from across the country have been visiting the cottage village at ongoing traditional fair in Bihar''s Sonepur district.

Though the month-long fair is dubbed as Asia''s biggest animal fair, it is the cottage village, which provides lodging facilities to the tourists that has become a major attraction this year.

Many tourists prefer to stay in these cottages, which have a traditional look with modern facilities.

There are more than thirty cottages at the fair.

London, Nov 25 : Rich men who have extramarital lovers cut back on presents and payments to their mistresses during recession, according to a new survey.

Kandahar - A provincial governor said Tuesday that Afghan security forces arrested 10 suspected Taliban in connection with an acid attack against 15 girls in southern Afghanistan last month.

"The 10 men were arrested by Afghan security forces in the past week," Rahmtullah Raoufi, governor for southern Kandahar province, told a press conference on Tuesday.

Raoufi said several of the detained men confessed to their crimes and the interrogation was ongoing.

He said each man received about 1,200 dollars from "high-ranking Taliban" allegedly living in neighbouring Pakistan.

Washington, November 25 : Older Americans have been most impacted by the current economic slump and its implications need to be dealt with, experts have said.

The researchers revealed, during a symposium at The Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) 61st Annual Scientific Meeting, that the financial crisis had set worrying trends for the aged Americans that showed its affect on their retirement accounts.

Champaign (Illinois, US), Nov. 25 : The dean of the School of Labour and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, has warned that widespread layoffs could deepen the looming recession.

Labour expert Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld says in the first of a series of commentaries on labor and the crippled economy; that employers need to provide a softer landing for both workers and the economy through programs ranging from severance packages to retraining benefits.