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Showing a link between the Type 2 diabetes drug Avandia and thousands of heart attacks, the U. S. Senate Finance Committee released a 334-page report on Saturday.

According to reports of CNN, the committee's report, which reviewed more than 250,000 pages of documents provided by drug maker GlaxoSmithKline, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and research institutes, also criticized the FDA for ignoring safety concerns about Avandia (rosiglitazone) brought up by its staff.

Handpicked by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, amid a continued opposition lead over Lula's choice, Dilma Rousseff, may not be ruled out to be winner of Brazil's presidential election in October.

Pushed forward by the ruling Workers Party as Brazil's first woman president-in-waiting, Rousseff, 62, is currently the Cabinet chief. However, opposition candidate and Sao Paulo state Gov. Jose Serra continues to hold a lead, though opinion polls suggest he has lost ground.

On Monday, the benchmark index of Indian equities rose sharply at the opening bell and was ruling about 192 points higher ten minutes into trade.

After opening at 16,191.32 points, the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), was at 16,384.41 points, up 192.78 points or 1.19 percent from its previous close at 9.10 a. m.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 50-share S&P CNX Nifty was at 4,906.35 points, against the previous close at 4,844.9 points, a gain of 1.27 percent or 61.45 points.

Military officials called a hard landing in northern Iraq to be responsible for death of two U. S. Army pilots.

According to CNN reports, the pilots were assigned to Task Force Marne. Their names were withheld pending notification of family members.

Military officials said in a statement," There were no enemy forces present and no hostile fire was reported."

The military said that the hard landing occurred inside Contingency Operating Base Speicher.

Police said that at least 10 Sunni worshippers were wounded Sunday in a suicide bomb attack outside a mosque near Tikrit. Iraqi investigators believe al-Qaida in Iraq was responsible for the bombing, CNN reported.

New Delhi, Feb 22 - In a short span, 39-year-old producer Ritesh Sidhwani has not only churned out successful films like "Dil Chahta Hai" and "Rock On!" but also won several honours, including two National Awards. He is well aware that it usually takes an entire life to come this far in Bollywood.

The nation's political system is in trouble but not broken, says former U. S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell.

Powell said on Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," It's a great system but it's in some disarray right now and the American people are looking for their leaders to fix it."

Powell, a republican and a retired four-star U. S. Army general said," Congressional leaders need to find ways to "get the country moving and not just scream at each other."