On Wednesday, new regulations developed to crack down on unlawful Internet gambling were approved by the US Treasury Department and Federal Reserve Board.

The US authorities outlined the regulations aimed at implementing an act passed by the US Congress in 2006, which seeks to prohibit illegal gambling on the Web in the so called "final-rule."

The US banks, credit card and financial companies are banned by the law from handling Internet gambling bets. It also has been the target of severe criticism that it would be an enforcement nightmare.

The new advertising channels were launched by Google Inc. on Wednesday, in order to allow companies run video advertisements on YouTube's search results. The platform which as of now is only available in the U. S., is similar to Google Adsene.

Matthew Liu, a YouTube product manager, reported, "We are trying to blend the best of Google with the best of YouTube."

The commercials can be linked by the advertiser to specific search words that are entered on YouTube. The video advertisements could be related to from selling merchandise to home improvement clips.

With the aim to restrain the Navy's use of sonar, off the coast of Southern California to protect whales, on Wednesday the U. S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the environmentalists.

However, the debate in Washington State, where the Navy and environmentalists have argued over the use of sonar in naval exercises and its impact on marine mammals, including endangered Puget Sound killer whales; is not likely to get altered by the decision to allow the continued use of sonar.

Palma de Majorca, Spain - A power cut Thursday left more than 500,000 households without electricity on the Spanish holiday islands of Majorca and Menorca, officials said.

The black-out affected all of Majorca and a part of Menorca. It caused traffic jams, cut fixed phone lines and affected mobile phone connections. Firefighters rescued people who got stuck in lifts.

Hospitals, ports and Palma airport functioned with alternative sources of energy.

Srinagar, Nov 13 : After initial euphoria fruit growers in Jammu and Kashmir are disillusioned with the recently initiated trade across the Line of Control (LOC) with Pakistan administered Kashmir.

The disenchanted traders cite lack of proper communication and payment as the reasons behind their decision to suspended sending their fruits across the LoC.

“The goods we used to send to Muzzafrabad have been stopped, it is now sent to Delhi. There is no proper information for the process,” said Nisar Ahmed, a fruit grower.

Ranchi, Nov 13 : Workers of Lok Jana Shakti Party on Thursday at Ranchi in Jharkhand staged a protest against the Maharashtra Government''s decision to ban the film "Deshdrohi" based on hardships faced by migrants in Mumbai.

Lok Jana Shakti party workers removed the posters of many Bollywood movies outside cinema halls and burnt them to register their protest.