New Delhi, Nov 16 : Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak has arrived in New Delhi for a four-day visit to India.

The President is accompanied by a high-level delegation including several ministers, senior officials and businesspersons.

Mubarak is visiting India after 25 years. He last came here in 1983 on a state visit.

President Mubarak will address the Indo Egyptian Business Forum on Monday.

Washington - It was a farewell without fanfares, tears or dollops of praise. Instead, US President George W Bush ended his last press conference after an international summit with a simple "goodbye."

Everyone present understood: this was no "see you soon." Indeed, this weekend's historic meeting in Washington to come up with solutions to the global financial crisis was simultaneously Bush's last turn on the world stage. All that remains is some wrapping up of loose administrative ends.

Levi, Finland - Jean-Baptiste Grange of France took victory in the opening men's slalom of the Alpine skiing World Cup season in Levi Sunday, beating American Bode Miller into second place.

Grange sealed the fourth win of his career in Finland with runs of 51.72 and 52.77 seconds for a total of 1 minute 44.49 seconds. Overall world champion Miller finished second with a combined total of 1:45.28 minutes for his two runs followed by Austrian Mario Matt in 1:45.42 minutes.

Srinagar, Nov 16 : The Jammu and Kashmir Coordination Committee on Sunday appealed to the people of the State to totally boycott the Assembly polls, first phase of which is going to be held on Monday in 10 constituencies of Bandipora, Ladakh and Poonch districts. 

The meeting of the Committee was held here today and presided over by Mian Abdul Qayoom (President Bar Association). 

If, you are a diabetic under eighteen in B.C., very soon you won’t have to pay for insulin pumps and pump supplies, as the province intends to pick up the tab. 

Washington - Space shuttle Endeavour closed in on the International Space Station on Sunday after a trouble-free journey since blastoff from Cape Canaveral.

The shuttle's seven-member crew spent the first 24 hours of their mission checking for damage that might have arisen from Saturday's launch but found the craft in top condition, the US space agency NASA said.

Later Sunday, the astronauts were set to prepare Endeavour for its docking with the ISS, expected around 2204 GMT.