Washington, Nov 7 : The International Energy Agency has predicted a 6-degree Celsius rise in temperatures in the future, which is far more than what climate specialists say the environment can cope with.

European policy-makers have set themselves the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2 degree Celsius relative to what they were before the industrial revolution.

London, Nov 7 : Nine out of 10 people in the UK believe that they are victims of workplace taunts and intimidation, a shocking survey has found.

The result came to be known after an online poll of 10,000 people was conducted - and it revealed that 92 percent reckon that they''re being bullied at work.

Fifty six percent believe that it is a serious problem in their office, shop or factory, the study found.

Tokyo - Japan Airlines Corp saw its operating profit and revenues fall in the July-September quarter on high fuel prices and slowing demand for air travel amid the global economic downturn and lowered its earnings projections for the year.

Operating profit dropped 60 per cent from the same quarter a year ago to 26.31 billion yen (268.47 million dollars), and revenues were also down 6.7 per cent to 583.26 billion yen.

But net profit more than tripled in the second quarter of the fiscal year, thanks to gains from securities sales.

Karachi, Nov 7 : Former Pakistan cricket skipper Zaheer Abbas has said that star batsman Mohammad Yousuf’s move to join the “rebel” Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a huge loss to Pakistan cricket.

Yousuf (34) had joined the lucrative ICL on Wednesday, prompting the PCB to ban him from national and international cricket.

Washington, Nov 7 : In a landmark gesture, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated Barack Obama on his historic win, becoming the first Iranian leader to offered such wishes to the 44th US President elect since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Ahmadinejad sent a message to Obama in which he congratulated the President elect on “attracting the majority of voters in the election,” and said he hopes Obama will use the opportunity to serve the (American) people and leave a good name for history during his term in office.

London, Nov 7: Three months after vanishing from public view, and after reports that North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-il had undergone brain surgery following a stroke, a new picture of the “Dear Leader” has come under scrutiny over concerns it may have been doctored to end speculation over his ailing health.

In the picture Kim’s shadow appears to be different to that of the soldiers alongside him in one picture, but in another lineup his shadow appears to fit with the surrounding soldiers, The Telegraph reported.