Undue loss of innocent lives that is taking place in Sri Lanka on pretext of LTTE’s removal have had a huge toll on Sri Lankans. Tamilians who form a significant part of their population have also lost their lives and in order to protest against it, the Nadigar Sangam will hold a fasting. Two of the major stars of Kollywood Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan have given their consent to duly participate in the voice raised that will take place on November 1st. The fasting will take place at Nadigar Sangam office in Habibullah Road, T. Nagar in Chennai between 10 AM and 4 PM.

Washington, Nov 1: The Commander of US forces in Iraq, General Raymond Odierno in a blunt assessment, has said that there is a 20-30 percent chance that the United States and Iraq won’t reach a deal to allow American troops to operate there past December 31.

On a scale of one to 10, “I’m probably a seven or eight that something is going to be worked out,” General Odierno told The Washington Times during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division in Samarra, about 120 miles north of Baghdad.

“I think it’s important for the Government of Iraq. I think it’s important for security and stability here,” he added.

Melbourne, November 1 : American twin-actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen might be going in for matching boob jobs.

Ashley Olsen, who is best known with her sister for playing the role of ‘Michelle Tanner’ from the hit TV sitcom ‘Full House’, is reportedly considering getting her boobs done.

And is making attempts to convince her sister to go under the knife with her to look ‘more voluptuous’.

“She wants to be more voluptuous,” the Daily Telegraph quoted a source as telling Star magazine.

"And she told Mary-Kate that she wanted her to get one at the same time so that it wouldn''t be glaringly obvious.

Washington, Nov 1 : Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama told supporters to expect rival John McCain’s campaign to end in a crescendo of attacks on him.

“More of the slash and burn, say-anything, do-anything politics that’s calculated to divide and distract; to tear us apart instead of bringing us together,” Obama told 25,000 in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Illinois senator said he admired a presidential candidate who said in 2000, “I will not take the low road to the highest office in this land.”

A fine knock of (73 n. o.) by opener Shahriar Nafeez in the ICL 20s Indian Championship match at Tau Devi Lal Stadium led to a comfortable win for Dhaka Warriors over Chandigarh Lions.

Washington, Nov 1 : Though vampire bats are known for their blood-sucking ways, a new research has indicated that the flying mammals enjoy such close and cuddly relationships with other members of their roost that they sing well-coordinated duets with each other.

According to a report in Discovery News, the study presents the first evidence for duet singing by adult bats.

Such singing, technically referred to as “antiphonal calling,” has previously been reported in two other bat species, but only between mother bats and their pups.

White-winged vampire bats, the closest living relative of the common vampire bat, appear to keep on singing into adulthood.