London , Nov 13 : At a time when pressure is mounting on the Gordon Brown government to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan, a new survey has found that two-third Britishers, mostly young, want withdrawal of troops from the war-torn country within a year.

The ICM poll of 1013 people, carried out for a BBC, found that 68 per cent of the people in the UL believe that UK troops should withdraw within 12 months. Among men the figure was 59 per cent while 75 per cent of women agreed with the statement.

There is no dearth of air travelers despite slowdown in aviation sector of the country. Air travel registered positive growth of about 17 per cent in October. It’s surprising, while domestic aviation industry is facing tough situation following global slowdown, high input costs and liquidity crunch. Some airlines have also started retrenchment drive in a line to cut additional cost besides adopting other cost cutting measures.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 13: A Malaysian High Court yesterday dismissed the third bail application of Hindraf lawyer M. Manoharan, of India origin, to free himself from detention under the Internal Security Act.

Earlier, Manoharan, along with four other Hindraf leaders, R. Kengadharan, 41, P. Uthayakumar, 48, V. Ganabatirau, 35, and Hindraf coordinator K. Vasantha Kumar, 35, had filed two applications at the Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh High Court after their detention last year. But, both the applications were dismissed by the High Court and the Federal Court this year.

Leading Japanese mobile company, NTT DoCoMo would acquire 26% in TATA Teleservices. Tata Teleservices (TTSL) is a subsidiary of TATA group which offers CDMA based services across India having 25 million subscribers in 20 telecom circles. The Japan based company would pay around Rs 12,770 crore to TATA for this acquisition.

DoCoMo valued mobile service provider at Rs 50,269 crore and it would buy six per cent from Tata Sons and other group companies while remaining 20 per cent from the shares issued by TATA Teleservices.

Beijing - Shares on China's two stock markets jumped about 4 per cent Thursday, spurred by government economic measures and bucking the downward trend of other Asian markets.

The key Shanghai Composite Index, which tracks shares traded in foreign and local currencies, gained 3.68 per cent to end the day at 1,927.61, up 68.5 points.

Washington, Nov 13: US President George Bush has said that he regretted certain utterances during his eight years of Presidency. After vacating the White House on January 20, he plans to pen a book jotting down his experiences at the Oval Office.

“I regret saying some things I shouldn''t have said”, Bush said while recalling how his wife Laura Bush had once warned him that "as President of the United States, be careful what you say".