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.

Lahore, Nov 1 : Pakistani investigators have stated that members of the banned Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami (HUJI) were involved in the Marriott Hotel suicide attack on September 20 that killed more than 70 people.

Pakistan’s Samaa TV quoted investigators as saying that the suspects arrested after the suicide attack in Islamabad belonged to the HUJI’s Saifullah group.

London, Nov 1 : Amnesty International has stated that Pakistan should declare the dismissal of judges in 2007 as illegal, while suggesting Islamabad to take more measures to set right its poor human rights record.

Amnesty International’s Asia-Pacific Director, Sam Zarifi said, “The new civilian government which replaced Musharraf has taken some steps to improve on Pakistan’s poor human rights record, but it could and should do more, starting immediately with declaring the 2007 dismissal of judges illegal.”