Islamabad, Nov 1 : Suspected US missiles struck two deadly blows, killing 32 mainly al Qaeda terrorists and injuring a key Taliban commander in North and South Waziristan agencies on Friday.

Two missiles hit a pick-up truck and a house west of Mir Ali in North Waziristan on Friday, killing 20 mainly Arab fighters, officials said.

Security officials said Abu Akash al-Iraqi, an ageing al Qaeda leader, was suspected to be killed in the attack.

He was living in the house rented from a local, Amanullah, the Daily Times reported.

Two further missiles fired by a suspected US drone at a hideout near Wana in South Waziristan killed 12 suspected Taliban soon after, a senior security official said.

Washington, November 1 : American pop superstar Cher has revealed that she has been struggling to find a “Mr. Right” for herself.

The 62-year-old diva says that it is really very difficult for her to find love because no man wants to be her partner.

The singer has previously romanced Tom Cruise and Kiss star Gene Simmons, who accepts that it is tough for any man to become her boyfriend.

"It''s really hard for the guy and ruins his life... Guys don''t wanna be Mr. Cher," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Cher admitted that she was dating someone, but refused to tell his identity.

HCL Infosystems, India's premier information enabler and leading ICT System Integrator, has received a multi-year contract from Delhi Police to provide solutions and technologies that would enable the police force to access automated information.

The company quoted that it has modernized the police control room through ICT as part of the contract.

The control room consists of multimedia contact centre, and has the ability to track all PCR vans fitted with GPS devices and to coordinate their movements.

Washington, Nov 1 : The day is not far when bacteria will be yielding perfume for you, says a new study, which has discovered bugs in the root of a tropical grass, called Vetiver, whose oils have been used in the cosmetic and perfumery industries.

The bacteria apparently boost the production of essential oils, and also they change the molecular structure of the oil, giving it different flavours and properties, that include termicidal, insecticidal, antimicrobial and antioxidant.

The researchers, led by microbiologists Pietro Alifano and Luigi Del Giudice, the plant biologist Massimo Maffei, focussed their study on the tropical Vetiver grass through interdisciplinary research.

Washington, Nov 1 : A new study has explored the relationship between sea surface temperature (SST) and seasonal hurricane activity, showing how differing interpretations of the observational record can imply vastly different futures for Atlantic hurricane activity due to global warming.

The study was done by scientists Gabriel A. Vecchi, Kyle L. Swanson, and, Brian J. Soden, who teamed up to study hurricane data observed over more than 50 years.

The scientists came up with two interpretations, which arose from assumptions of whether it is the local SST in the Atlantic in isolation, or whether it is the SST in the Atlantic ‘relative’ to the rest of the tropics, that drives variations in Atlantic hurricane activity.