Miami (Florida), Nov. 13 : Alaska Governor and failed Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin plans to take the stage Thursday in Miami as the Republican Governors Association''s featured speaker.
Her address, by any standard, marks a stunning ascent from last year''s convention.
Beijing - Vast "brown clouds" of pollution are making Asian cities darker, melting Himalayan glaciers and intensifying regional monsoons, a UN report said on Thursday.
A team of scientists highlighted the three effects after studying a "more than 3-kilometre-thick layer of soot and other manmade particles that stretches from the Arabian Peninsula to China and the western Pacific Ocean," the United Nations Environment Programme said.
New Delhi, Nov 13 : American pop princess Britney Spears is said to be working on a "top secret project" with her manager and choreographer.
Spears, whose new album ''Circus'' is scheduled for release on her 27th birthday on December 2, had released exclusive photographs of auditions she held for male backing dancers on her MySpace page, the China Daily reported.
The dancers are part of a "top secret project", and they have reportedly been recruited "in anticipation of next month''s ''Circus''".