The Indian Space Research Organisation said on Friday that terrific shots of earth from space in black and white have been taken by the terrain mapping camera onboard India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1.

In a statement issued by the space agency it said, “The camera was operated through a series of commands from the spacecraft control centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s telemetry, tracking and command network (Istrac) here. The images were received by the deep space network (DSN) at Byalalu.”

Antigua (West Indies), Nov. 3: The England cricket team’s dream of becoming dollar millionaires went up in smoke in Antigua, when they were bundled out for a paltry 99 runs in a Twenty20 competition sponsored by Texan billionaire Allen Sanford.

Captain Kevin Pietersen said his team was ‘distracted’ while head coach Peter Moores blamed ‘confusion’ for their nightmare week and said they had learned an expensive lesson.

Sharp, the well known Japanese cellphone maker recently announced the release of its latest 931SH mobile phone via Softbank. The new and exclusive 931SH touchscreen handset would popularize the already popular AQUOS-brand.

There are many exciting features of AQUOS 931SH such as 3.8-inch screen touch LCD display. This screen would be able to offer a resolution of 1024×480 pixels. Other than this, the users can also view sharp and superior quality videos, web pages, pictures and even live TV, since the handset has the ability to showcase TV from 1Seg tuner.

New Delhi - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met leaders of Indian industry on Monday and assured them that the government would take all measures to protect the economy in view of the global financial crisis which, he said, was now likely to be more severe and prolonged.

He also urged them to play a positive role and avoid "knee-jerk" reactions like large-scale lay-offs, according to a release from the prime minister's office.

Cotabato City, Philippines - At least nine Muslim rebels were killed in two days of fighting in the southern Philippines, a regional army operations officer said Monday.

Captain Louie Aguinaldo said the fighting erupted Sunday afternoon and lasted until Monday morning in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province, 960 kilometres south of Manila.

Aguinaldo said Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels attempted to return to their camp that was occupied by soldiers, triggering an intense firefight.

"There were many bloodstains in the MILF position, which was hit by our cannons," he said. "We got reports that at least nine MILF rebels were killed in the fighting."

Johannesburg - The new party of breakaway African National Congress members that is generating huge excitement in South Africa in the run-up to elections has finally been given a name.

One of the party's founders, the former premier of the richest province, Gauteng, Mbhazima Shilowa, confirmed Monday that supporters of the new party attending a weekend convention had decided on South African Democratic Congress (SADC).