Dili - Last Saturday, 16 Tamil men waited eagerly on the south coast of East Timor for a boat to take them to Australia.

They were near the end of their journey and they'd spent the last of their money, but it didn't matter. They knew a better life was only 650 kilometers across the sea.

However, the boat never arrived and instead they were arrested and thrown in jail for three days. Now, they are broke, jobless, without legal representation and some are about to be homeless.

Washington, Oct 26 : A Northern Arizona University researcher is studying a cane toad from Suriname in order to understand the speed, power and energy behind it’s ability to capture prey with its tongue.

Her studies may shed new light on how muscles function more as springs than motors.

This new perspective may help in the development of more efficient electric motors, better prostheses and new medical treatments for neuromuscular diseases like Parkinson''s.

The jaw muscles of toad can produce forces greater than 700 times the animal''s weight.

"The best electric motor achieves about one-third of that force-to-weight ratio," Live Science quoted Nishikawa, as saying.

Islamabad, Oct 26 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he sees no judicial crisis in the country except a few deposed judges issuing political statements, and gave a veiled warning of bringing them into politics if they did not stop doing so.

Zardari said he sees no judicial crisis and anything of the sort. But he did advise the deposed judges, the number of which he counted as only four including the big gun, not to throw a political challenge to the government, The News reported.

New Delhi, Oct 26 : A high-level talks between India and Sri Lanka to resolve the issue of ethnic Tamils in the island nation will be held here today.

The meeting will take place between Basil Rajapaksa, Special Adviser of the Sri Lankan President and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

During his day-long visit, Basil is expected to meet National Security Adviser M K Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon to bring a message from President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his intentions.

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who had a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, assured him that "all necessary measures" are being taken to ensure safety and well-being of the Tamil community in the island nation.

Beijing/ Onboard Air India One, Oct 26: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met his Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the seventh two-day Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit in Beijing on Saturday.

Dr. Singh said the Chinese President agreed with him that the two countries would be able to achieve the trade target of 60 billion dollars set for 2010.

Sydney - A slowing economy may compel Australia to tighten its borders, Immigration Minister Chris Evan said Sunday.

The nation's immigration will be reassessed by the government next month when the mid-year economic data is released.

The global financial crisis has resulted in an increased interest in migrating to Australia, especially from Britain and New Zealand.

"I think the downturn in Great Britain over the last year or two has actually seen a renewed interest from Great Britain in people looking to migrate either temporarily or permanently," Evan told Channel Nine.