London, Oct 2 : Tory leader David Cameron has urged the Gordon Brown Government not to try and overturn a landmark court ruling giving Gurkhas the right to stay in Britain.

In his keynote conference speech, Cameron paid tribute to the bravery of the Gurkhas and pressed ministers not to turn their back on them.

“I know there are difficult questions about pensions and housing but let’s find a way to make it work,” the Daily Star quoted Cameron, as saying after Tuesday’s High Court judgment.

“Don''t appeal this ruling. Let’s give those brave Gurkha soldiers who fought for us the right to come and live with us,” he added.

Washington  - The seizure of a vessel last week off the coast of Somalia reflects the region's rising piracy problem, which could require greater security measures to ensure the safe flow of cargo, the US Defence Department said Tuesday.

"This is a persistent problem, although an increasing one, that has indeed drawn the attention of high-ranking people within this building," Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said.

Valletta, Malta  - The German Minister of State for Europe, Gunter Closer, has pledged his country's support to Malta on the problem of illegal immigration at bilateral and European Union levels, the Maltese government said Tuesday.

"The smallest EU member state cannot be left on its own when facing such considerable challenges," the Maltese Home Affairs Ministry quoted the German minister as saying during a meeting he had with minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici.

Brasilia  - The Brazilian government's agrarian reform programme is among the key factors that have led to a rise in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazonia, said the country's Environment Minister Carlos Minc.

The accusation made late Monday in Brasilia caused a crisis in the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Washington - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the architect of a 700-billion-dollar rescue plan that failed in Congress Monday, warned that the federal government does not have the means to address the massive financial crisis arresting the US economy.

Paulson said he was "very disappointed" in the House of Representatives rejection Monday. He promised to continue working with congressional leaders to find some kind of compromise "as soon as possible."

Ljubljana  - Slovenia's Social Democrats won parliamentary elections by a one-seat margin, election officials confirmed Monday, clearing the way for a new government in the small European Union nation.

Prime Minister Janez Jansa's conservative Slovenian Democrats had refused to concede defeat after the September 21 voting, but after absentee votes were counted Monday they signalled they would not challenge the outcome.