London, Nov. 13: The Kashmir National Party has strongly condemned the human rights abuse in Kashmir, and said that it is ready to work with like minded people to promote a united and independent Kashmir.

KNP leaders attending an executive council meeting here, said: "Jammu and Kashmir State is one political entity and must remain so whatever the future outcome of the State. The dispute is a political in nature and those who are trying to communalise it are making its resolution more difficult, and they are paving the way for division on religious line."

London, Nov 13: Two Muslim twin sisters, who won 10 million pound pay-off from London’s top securities firm, have planned to make sensational claims about a culture of drugs, hookers, porn and strip clubs.

Samira and Hanan Fariad, 31, had made more than 200 sensational claims like top brokers used cocaine, and subjected them to unbearable levels of race and religious discrimination. They are also set to say that staff regularly took clients to a lap-dance club

They alleged that former bosses at Tradition Securities and Futures turned a blind eye to the deplorable behaviour, The Sun reported.

The twins agreed the payout with Tradition Securities and Futures this week in Britain’s biggest job compensation deal.

Stockholm - Come Christmas Day, Swedes are more likely to receive a gift certificate for some kind of event or service than a book, electronic device or physical gift, reported a Swedish institute Thursday.

It was the first time the Swedish Research Institute of Trade listed a voucher for a service as the likely top-selling Christmas gift, said the group, which tracks retail and wholesale sales in Sweden.

"Giving an experience is a way to be together with someone," the institute said, noting that giving an experiences "truly reflects the times we live in, when consumers to a greater extent seek products that help them enrich their leisure time."

New York, Nov. 13, 2008 -- The UAE and the Dominican Republic have established diplomatic relations. Foreign Minister, H. H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Dominican counterpart, Carlos Morales Troncoso, have signed an agreement to that effect on the fringe of the Interfaith Dialogue Conference being held here in New York.

Kochi, Nov. 13: Tastee Choice, an Indian food processing company, has made its foray into the US supermarkets by becoming the No. 1 brand in the unbreaded shrimp category, as per A. C. Nielsen, the international rating agency''s recent reports.

The ready to cook shrimp brand ''Tastee Choice'' has been given top rating in its category by the A. C. Nielsen, on the basis of last year''s sales records. The report stated the total one-year sales of the ''Tastee Choice'' brand in America was an estimated 25.12 million dollars from the total sales of 23 million units.

The report holds significance considering the prevailing global market scenario and the innumerable speculations due to US economy meltdown.

Paris - Russia will not deploy missiles in its European enclave of Kaliningrad if US president-elect Barack Obama cancels the planned American anti-missile defence system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published Thursday in the French daily Le Figaro.

"We are prepared to drop our decision to deploy missiles at Kaliningrad if the new American administration decides to abandon its anti-missile system," Medvedev said.

He noted that, based on early reactions, Obama was "thinking about it."