New Delhi, Nov 4 : Finance Minister P Chidambaram met top executives of PSU banks today to review the liquidity situation and performance of lenders.

The meeting comes a day after the captains of Indian industry met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and demanded steps for enhancing liquidity and steps to create environment conducive for lowering of interest rates.

Johannesburg - South African Tourism gave world football body FIFA the red card over accommodation for the 2010 World Cup, accusing the FIFA-appointed booking agency of bullying small hotels and Bed and breakfasts on pricing, the Business Day newspaper reported.

SA Tourism on Monday resigned in protest from the advisory committe of Match, the FIFA-appointed agency that is organizing ticketing and accommodation for the tournament.

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Taipei, Nov 4 : China and Taiwan reportedly signed agr

Seoul (S. Korea), Nov. 4 : South Korean Defence Minister Lee Sang-hee has claimed that North Korea is building a new missile launch site, which will be capable of firing an even longer-range missile than the country has tested in the past.

According to Fox News, Lee Sang-hee told parliament that construction on the new missile site on North Korea''s west coast, which began eight years ago, was about 80 percent complete.

London, Nov 4 : With most wondering what the Scientology religion is all about, a top Scientologist escapee has come out and revealed just what goes on in the shady "celebrity religion", in his book.

While A-list followers like Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, and John Travolta have credited their faith in the religion as the secret of their success, common man John Duignan said that it cost him everything and everyone he held dear.

Duignan, 45, who had lost everything when he became a leading figure in the church''s British branch, revealed that he was so brainwashed that he would have killed for Scientology.