New York, November 7 : American rapper Diddy evinced his excitement about Barack Obama’s historic White House victory by enforcing a "presidential attire" dress code for guests at his 39th birthday’s party.

The rapper celebrated his birthday at NYC hot spot Mansion on Wednesday, along with celeb pals including Mary J. Blige and Ben Stiller, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Common and Keyshia Cole.

Over 60 guests were turned away for not complying with the dress code.

The birthday boy wore black tie, and a diamond pinky ring the size of a Ping-Pong ball.

Beijing, Nov. 8 : China has said that it will never tolerate any attempts at "Tibet independence".

"Tibet independence is out of the question," The China Daily quoted Du Qinglin, head of the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the CPC Central Committee, as saying after meeting with two representatives of the Dalai Lama recently.

"Semi-independence or independence in any disguised form will not be tolerated either," Du reportedly told the two envoys, Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, Xinhua said on Thursday.

Washington, Nov 8: US President-elect Barack Obama today said that his administration would extend full support to Pakistan to overcome the prevailing financial crisis as well as war on terrorism.

Obama said in a telephonic conversation with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardai, from Washington.

Both Pakistan and the US share long lasting friendship and hoped to eradicate terrorism from the region with Pakistan support, The News quoted Obama as saying on phone.

The question of difference between chimpanzee and human genomes, which are near identical at the DNA level will be answered very soon. In what is seen as the basis which will help in further research, scientists have found areas linked to cell differentiation and immune response.

Islamabad, Nov 8 : A new Parliamentary Committee on Terror has been constituted in Pakistan to monitor implementation of the resolution passed by the parliament during the in-camera joint session on security issues last month.

National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza constituted the committee. An announcement regarding this is expected to be made today, the Dawn quoted official sources as saying.

London, November 7: A Canadian researcher team says that the efficacy of anti-cancer drugs in destroying tumours, or in keeping them in check, may be improved with the aid of a virus called reovirus.

Brad Thompson, CEO of Canadian company Oncolytics Biotech that has been developing the virus as a product called Reolysin, has revealed that this virus harmlessly infects most people at some time in their lives.

He says that the reovirus destroys tumour cells because they lack the cellular machinery that keeps the virus in check in healthy cells.