Hanoi - A fire Monday at Ho Chi Minh City's airport caused authorities to close its domestic terminal, but no one was injured, firefighters said.

"The blaze at Tan Son Nhat Airport started on the ground floor of the terminal building," said Lt Col Nguyen Van Bang, head of the Ho Chi Minh City Fire Department. "It took us more than 2 hours to extinguish it."

Authorities closed the airport's domestic terminal for 24 hours, beginning at 5 am Monday. The closure will be extended if the damage cannot be repaired.

All passengers at the domestic terminals were moved to the international terminal to continue their flights.

London, Oct 27 : Anti-smoking campaigners have come out in protest of nicotine-packed “fag-in-a-can” drink called Liquid Smoking, which has been introduced to beat the smoking ban.

The makers of the “liquid cigarettes”, which contains 15pct nicotine, claim it to be a “healthy” alternative.

Agitated anti-smoking groups say that it would glamorise smoking and encourage more people to get hooked to it.

Paris - By a significant margin, the French believe that China has supplanted the United States as the most powerful country in the world, according to a survey made public on Monday.

London, October 27 : James Bond star Daniel Craig has revealed that the next sequel in the 007 series might be expected to have more steamy action, with the re-introduction of Miss. Moneypenny’s role.

The 40-year-old said that that the producers wanted to bring back the role of the secretary to Bond’s MI6 boss M, though with a change.

The English star further revealed that the depiction of Moneypenny depended on the interested actors themselves.

Kabul - More than 1,000 foreign soldiers died in Afghanistan since late 2001, the internet site icasualties. org said Monday.

Washington, Oct 27 : Erstwhile pop king Michael Jackson’s attorney Mundell is reportedly bent upon dragging him into a new trial drama, although the singer doesn’t have a clue about it.

Mundell, who represented Jackson in a lawsuit he more or less lost to former partner Marc Schaffel, thinks that there’s more life to this story.

The attorney is said to be on the verge of filing a motion for a new trial in the case that earned Schaffel 900,000 dollars from Jackson for un-reimbursed expenses.