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Obama airing TV infomercial tonight in “ad-war” in the run up to Nov 4 Prez poll

Obama airing TV infomercial tonight in “ad-war” in the run up to Nov 4 Prez pollWashington, Oct 29: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama will showcase his campaign on Wednesday night in a 30-minute commercial to air before the World Series, spending about one million dollars per spot to communicate directly with viewers across several networks simultaneously.

Sensex Opens Strong On Positive Global Signals

Sensex Opens Strong On Positive Global SignalsIndian equities opened on a bright note tracking hopeful worldwide signals.

Metal, consumer durables and realty stocks, among the severely hammered in recent weeks, were among the top gainers this morning.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 2% and 1.86% respectively.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday celebrated Diwali at evening when the index posted a sharp 547-point gain taking back some eagerness among investors after last Friday’s slaughter.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis' ‘Cruisin' voted ‘Worst Duet of All Time’

Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis' ‘Cruisin'Washington, Oct 29: Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis'' song ‘Cruisin'' in the film ‘Duets’, which once topped Australian charts, has been voted as the top flop duet of all time, by an online music magazine.

In a poll by Spinner. com, the duet that once reached the number one spot in Australia, has been declared as the worst vocal collaboration till date.

Standing second in the list is Paula Abdul''s pairing with MC Skat Kat for ‘Opposites Attract’, reports Contactmusic.

Sean Connery, Celina Jaitley to star in ‘Quest of Sheherzade’

Washington, Oct 29 : Erstwhile James Bond star Sir Sean Connery has signed up to star in ‘Quest of Sheherzade’, based on the legendary 1001 Arabian Nights tale, alongside Orlando Bloom, according to reports.

The 78-year-old, who had turned his back on acting in recent years, has been missing from the big screen since 2003''s ‘The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’.

However, now the actor is back with a bang, and the news was revealed by the film''s female lead, Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley, who will play an Iranian princess.

"Sean Connery is there in the film and recently Orlando Bloom was also signed,” Contactmusic quoted her, as telling British publication The London Paper.

UN chief in Congo calls for more troops as battle rages

Nairobi - The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed for more soldiers as rebel forces threaten to overwhelm government and UN peacekeepers in the eastern part of the Central African nation.

UN helicopter gunships and armoured vehicles have been supporting Congolese troops north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, as renegade Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda's troops press toward the town.

Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) has reportedly driven the Congolese army back from the town of Kibumba, which lies about 20 kilometres north of Goma.

Elderly Palestinian man killed in West Bank village

Ramallah - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 68-year-old Palestinian Wednesday morning in the village of Yamoun, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to the official Voice of Pa

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