Baghdad - A female suicide bomber killed seven tribal police members on Monday in Iraq's Baquba city, witnesses said.

The bomber detonated herself in the midst of a tribal police checkpoint in al-Atibaa street in the centre of Baquba, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, witnesses told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dpa.

Eight people, including civilians and tribal police, were wounded in the attack.

Tribal police are also known as the Awakening Councils, which are members of Sunni tribes who coordinated with the US forces to fight al-Qaeda militants in Iraq.

London, Nov 10 : American singer songwriter Katy Perry showed her possessive side at the MTV Europe Music Awards when she caught her boyfriend Travis McCoy being surrounded by girls.

McCoy, who fronts Gym Class Heroes and had presented the Rock Out Award to 30 Seconds To Mars, seemed bemused as the girls attempted to touch his piercings and inspect his tattoos.

Perry, 24, lost her cool when she saw a gang of women trying to flirt with her boyfriend in the VIP area backstage.

New Delhi - Investment bank Goldman Sachs lowered India's economic growth forecast for the financial year 2008-2009 to 6.7 per cent from an earlier 7.5 per cent on account of the global financial crisis in a report released Monday.

Goldman Sachs said the global crisis over the past several weeks had a larger than expected impact on the financial sector and knock-down effects on both domestic and external demand.

"The real economy is already beginning to feel the effects of the liquidity crunch despite the Reserve Bank of India and the government's massive liquidity infusion efforts," the research note said.

Chicago, Nov. 10 : US President –elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle had their first "date" since his victory on Saturday at their favorite eatery, Spiaggia located on Chicago''s Magnificent Mile.

The beaming Obamas enjoyed dinner in the pricey, four-star restaurant''s main room, surrounded by gaping customers - and a large Secret Service contingent.

The New York Post quoted Spiaggia dining-room manager Ian Louisignau, as saying "We don''t give out that information", when asked what the future First Couple ate.

But he did say the Obamas, who opted not to be seated in one of the restaurant''s private dining rooms, had "a good time" celebrating the Illinois senator''s victory.

According to Chicago Tribune sources, William Balfour, the only individual identified as a 'person of interest' in the double slaying of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother, allegedly confessed his involvement to a current girlfriend.

However, Balfour's girlfriend told police, he played no role in the death of Hudson's nephew, seven year old Julian King, son of Jennifer's sister Julia and Balfour's estranged wife. King, who also went missing the same time as the shootings took place, was later discovered shot dead in an SUV found on the South Side of Chicago.

According to a report published recently, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, better known as MGM is the first major movie studio to post full-length feature films on YouTube, the world's biggest stage for online videos.

After spending months smoothing fractured relationships in Hollywood, YouTube as reported by CNET News on Thursday, is preparing to launch a feature-film service on its website.