Taipei, Nov 4 : China and Taiwan reportedly signed agr

Seoul (S. Korea), Nov. 4 : South Korean Defence Minister Lee Sang-hee has claimed that North Korea is building a new missile launch site, which will be capable of firing an even longer-range missile than the country has tested in the past.

According to Fox News, Lee Sang-hee told parliament that construction on the new missile site on North Korea''s west coast, which began eight years ago, was about 80 percent complete.

London, Nov 4 : With most wondering what the Scientology religion is all about, a top Scientologist escapee has come out and revealed just what goes on in the shady "celebrity religion", in his book.

While A-list followers like Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley, and John Travolta have credited their faith in the religion as the secret of their success, common man John Duignan said that it cost him everything and everyone he held dear.

Duignan, 45, who had lost everything when he became a leading figure in the church''s British branch, revealed that he was so brainwashed that he would have killed for Scientology.

Zurich - The weak global economy has affected third-quarter profits at the world's largest recruitment firm, Adecco, sending them sharply down by 23 per cent compared to the same quarter of 2007, to 168 million euros (212 million dollars).

Revenue dropped by 6 per cent over the same period to 5.1 billion euros, the company reported Tuesday in Zurich.

Revenue fell by 9 per cent in the United States and Canada, the second most important market.

Washington, Nov. 4 : Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama holds a solid seven percentage point lead over Republican rival John McCain going into Election Day -- 50 percent to 43 percent -- according to the final FOX News pre-election poll of likely voters.

At the end of October, Obama led by 47-44 percent among likely voters, and by 49-40 percent about ten days ago (Oct 20-21).