Washington, Nov 10 : Veteran actor Jon Voight has expressed his desire to work with his daughter, Angelina Jolie, and son, James Haven, in a movie before he dies.

London, Nov 10 : Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie got a pretty loving hug by an adorable pand

London, November 10 : Best-selling novelist Frederick Forsyth is set to put his life on the line for his next thriller - by trying to break into groups of cocaine traffickers.

The 70-year-old will take to the dangerous alleys to narrate a first-hand experience for his future thriller set in the underworld of drug dealers.

“I’m hoping to talk to what you might call friends in low places. These are out-and-out gangsters, really dangerous people,” the Daily Express quoted him as telling at the London launch of scriptwriter and novelist Julian Fellowes’ book ‘Past Imperfect’.

“But I find that being a writer truly does open doors,” he added.

Hanoi - Vietnam is considering allowing some local heads of People's Committees to be directly elected by citizens, but it is not yet clear how far the reforms might go, Vietnamese political experts said Monday.

Vietnam's National Assembly is debating a pilot project to choose 500 localities, known in Vietnam as communes, where residents will directly elect chairmen of People's Committees, the main governing body.

The Assembly will vote on the proposal on November 15.

Brussels- The European Union is ready to toughen its sanctions on Myanmar if no progress is made on democracy, but would consider easing them if the situation improved, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels said Monday.

EU member states "deplore the lack of progress made this year towards a genuine transition to democracy" and are "prepared to revise, amend or reinforce the measures (they have) already adopted to keep pace with developments," a joint statement said.