Washington, Nov. 10: U. S. President –elect Barack Obama''s designated chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has rejected suggestions from the Republican camp that his tough, partisan approach might run at odds with the Obama administration.

Stating that it is up to Obama to set a bipartisan "tone," the Illinois Representative told ABC News'' This Week, that partisan charges against him were rubbish that governance under Obama would be carried out in a bipartisan manner.

Washington, Nov 10: Actor Robert Davi is glad that he is on top of Bond baddies list at last.

Davi played Bond villain Franz Sanchez in ‘License to Kill’, but fears his role was overshadowed by fans'' dislike for Timothy Dalton at the time - and he never got the credit he felt he was due.

However, fans are rediscovering the 1989 movie and elevating Davi up the list of super villains online, thanks to the ongoing lure of Bond.

"I know they''re voting now in Entertainment Weekly (magazine) for the Bond villains and it seems like my Bond villain is being more and more appreciated because initially, when the film came out, there was a backlash with Timothy Dalton,” Contactmusic quoted Davi, as telling WENN.

London, Nov 10 : Scientists have used satellite tagging to reveal that the male and female species of the Great white shark travel together to spend six months at an isolated spot, an act which may be linked to courtship.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the sharks travel huge distances and mysteriously spend up to six months gathered at an isolated spot in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.

The stretch of ocean the sharks make for, from both California and Mexico, is not a particularly rich feeding ground, but it may act as a “singles bar”, where they can find a mate.

Qatar, Nov 10 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has arrived in Qatar capital Doha on a two-day official visit.

Dr. Singh was received by Qatar''s Deputy Foreign Minister, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud at Qatar International Airport on Sunday.

He will meet his counterpart Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor al Thani today for delegation level talks.

Iligan City, Philippines  - Philippine troops clashed Monday with Muslim separatist rebels who were allegedly planning to attack towns in a southern province, an army commander said.

The firefight erupted in the town of Wao in Lanao del Sur province, 810 kilometres south of Manila, after intelligence reports warned of a possible attack by up to 200 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels.

Colonel Nicanor Dolojan, an army brigade commander, said government troops launched "clearing operations" against MILF rebels who were "threatening to attack military installations and municipalities of Wao and nearby Bumbaran."

Khar (Pakistan), Nov 10 : At least eight members of a banned terrorist outfit - Amar Bil Maroof - were killed and three injured in Pakistan’s Khar Agency when NATO jets bombed Tirah Valley in Khyber Agency last evening.

The NATO jets targeted hideouts of the banned outfit in the Moga area near Torkham. Amar Bil Maroof spokesman Munsif Afridi confirmed that those who had died were members of his group, the Daily Times quoted a TV report as saying.

He said that 10 Afghan soldiers had been killed in a gunbattle with his group at the Torkham border earlier in the day.