Hong Kong - Hong Kong shares fell by almost 5 per cent Tuesday as enthusiasm over China's 600-billion-US-dollar economic stimulus package waned amid fresh fears over corporate results.

The blue-chip Hang Seng Index lost 703.73 points, or 4.77 per cent, to close at 14,040.9. Turnover was 54.3 billion Hong Kong dollars (7 billion US dollars).

London, Nov 11: They enjoy talking about the weather, getting drunk, moaning, are great at queuing and addicted to TV soaps – these are the traits of typical Britons.

That’s what a new survey conducted by onepoll. com, a global research company, suggests.

The study found that when Brits are not watching soaps, getting drunk or shopping for bargains, they are spying on their neighbours.

Top of the list was Brits’ obsession with the weather forecast, which got a 58 per cent vote on the nation’s defining traits.

More than half of the people polled said they are the politest nation when it comes to queuing and 48 per cent said sarcasm is the highest form of wit for Brits, according to the survey of 5,000.

Islamabad - A Pakistani court on Tuesday extended the detention of a senior executive at a top currency exchange firm who is accused of being involved in the illegal transfer of millions of dollars abroad, officials and media reports said.

Munaf Kalia of Khanani and Kalia International was detained in Karachi, the country's commercial and financial hub, at the weekend by the Federal Investigation Agency after weeks of surveillance.

Manila  - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a leftist activist as he opened the door of his home in the southern Philippines, a human rights group said Tuesday.

The victim, Rolando Antolihao, was a coordinator for the left-wing Bayan Muna (People First) party in Davao del Norte province, some 990 kilometres south of Manila.

Paris  - Following a series of mysterious attacks on railway infrastructure in the past week, police in France have arrested eight suspects, the Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.

More than 40 high-speed trains between Paris and London, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne had to be transferred to traditional tracks on Saturday, resulting in more than 150 trains running late, after metal pipes were placed atop overhead powerlines at four separate locations.

Washington, November 11: Tel Aviv University researchers in Israel claim to have perfected a technique called “laser welding”, in which carbon dioxide lasers are used to seal and heal wounds.