London, Oct 22 : An astonishing video footage of a ''flying saucer'' spotted in Turkey is being considered the "most important images of a UFO ever filmed".

The shots were captured earlier this year by 42-year-old night guard Yalcin Yalman in a compound in Turkey.

Almost two-and-a-half hours of footage features a variety of objects ranging from incredible flying saucer-type ''craft'' to clustering orb-like lights hovering in the night sky.

Yalman and a number of residents claim that the UFOs were spotted over a four month period between May and September near the compound in Istanbul.

Kabul - US-led coalition forces mistakenly bombed an Afghan national army position in eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing nine soldiers and wounding three others, officials said.

The incident took place in Sayedkhail district of the south-eastern province of Khost when a coalition convoy was returning from an operation, the US military said in a statement.

"Initial reports from troops on the ground indicate that this may be a case of mistaken identity on both sides," the statement said.

Washington, Oct 22 : In a collaborative study, UCLA and Dutch researchers have identified three new candidate genes for schizophrenia that may contribute to a better understanding of how the disease evolves.

For the study, Roel A. Ophoff, an assistant professor with the Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, and his colleagues examined the genetic makeup of 54 Dutch patients diagnosed with deficit schizophrenia, a particularly severe form of the disease that is both chronic and debilitating.

Specifically, they looked at a number of large but rare deletions and duplications in the genome of the patients, known as copy number variants, or CNVs.

Reykjavik/Oslo - Norway and Britain were Wednesday reported to be considering loans and other assistance to financially-troubled Iceland.

The economy of the North Atlantic nation of some 300,000 people has come under severe strain amid the global credit crunch.

A Norwegian delegation was heading for Iceland to discuss the situation and "how Norway can possibly help," Norwegian Transport and Communications Minister Liv Signe Navarsete told broadcaster NRK.

London, Oct 22 : French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to take legal action against makers of his voodoo dolls, sold with instructions on how to stick pins in it.

Each body part of the doll, developed by K&K Company, contains controversial quotes related to the president.

These include his campaign slogan "work more to earn more", or "platform heels" – referring to the president''s shoes designed to gain a few inches in height.

On his groin is written "scum", which is used to describe young suburban crooks before the riots of 2005.

Sarkozy''s lawyer Thierry Herzog has asked the makers to "immediately cease all distribution of this doll".

National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has decided to hike iron ore prices up to 40 per cent. NMDC is a leading state-run mining company in India. The revised prices would be implemented from Oct 1. The decision to hike ore prices is aimed to save the interests of buyers. It would insulate them from short-term market fluctuations. The steel prices may increase following the implementation of revised prices.

The chairman and Managing Director of NMDC, Rana Som said that the hike in prices is the need of the hour as production cost has increased manifolds. The public sector company can revise the ore prices as per the agreement with buyers.