Berlin - Efforts by Russia and other other countries to form an OPEC-style cartel for natural gas have run into difficulties, the German newspaper Die Welt said Saturday.

A spokesman for Russia's state-controlled energy company Gazprom told the daily a meeting of natural gas exporting countries planned for Moscow this month, had been postponed until 2009.

All members of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum had agreed to the delay, Gazprom spokesman Sergei Kuprianov was quoted as saying.

London, November 1 : Michael Jackson has confirmed that he’s preparing to make a comeback with a tour soon.

The ‘King of Pop’ revealed his plans in a statement trashing rumours claiming that he will be joining his family on a reunion tour.

The 50-year-old, whose career had taken a beating in 2005 following a child abuse trial against him for which he was later acquitted, further said that he was already getting ready to offer his fans with something new.

Washington  - Addressing a 4,500-strong convention in Johannesburg, the leader of a group of breakaway members of South Africa's ruling African National Congress accused the former liberation movement of reviving the "terrible legacy" of apartheid.

New Delhi  - India's central bank on Saturday lowered its key short-term lending rate (repo) as well as banks' cash reserve requirements to inject additional liquidity of about 850 billion rupees (18 billion dollars) to help growth amid the global economic slowdown, officials and news reports said.

The repo rate has been cut by 50 basis points to 7.5 per cent and the cash reserve ratio (CRR) stands lowered by 100 basis points to 5.5 per cent, a notification posted on the Reserve Bank of India's website said.

London, Nov 1 : If you’re a phone freak and love James Bond, then here’s the perfect handset for you: Sony Ericsson has launched ‘C902 Cyber-Shot’.

The limited edition Titanium silver version of the phone, used by Daniel Craig in the latest 007 thriller ‘Quantum of Solace, will be up for grabs in a few weeks.

The phone has a cool five megapixel digital camera and is one of the slimmest in the market, reports The Sun.

Washington, November 1 : A new American study has shown that people’s personalities actually govern their voting choices.

John Mayer, professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire, says that people’s preferences like social stability or social change divide them into liberals and conservatives.