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London, Sept.29 : A 157-year-old bottle of Single Malt whisky has been bought for a record price of 29, 400 pounds by an anonymous telephone bidder.

According to The Telegraph, the Bowmore Single Malt was sold by auctioneers McTears in Glasgow.

Bottled in 1850, the price for the item is said to be a record for a Scotch whisky at auction. What was offered, was almost double pre-sale estimates.

Washington, Sept.29 : Analysis of high-resolution satellite images by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has revealed evidence of grave human rights violations in Myanmar, including destruction of villages, forced relocations, and a growing military presence at 25 sites across the eastern part of the military-junta-ruled country.

London, Sept.29 : A rude gesture by one of Queen Elizabeth II's guards last night left visiting tourists outside Buckingham Palace shocked, and him in trouble.

According to The Sun, the guard's hand signal was videoed by an American sightseer and posted on the website YouTube.

The sentry is seen moving his clenched fist up and down, apparently in a joke insult to a comrade.

Palace guards are strictly forbidden from communicating with anybody while on duty.

Halo 3, launched this Tuesday has clocked in good sales. The final version of the epic Halo trilogy has proved to be biggest launch in recent time with sales of more than $172 million in first 24 hours. Microsoft had spent lot of money on development and promotion of the game. Bungie Studios have delivered a nice product which has enough power to shake Sony and Nintendo.

New Delhi: The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered new iron ore reserves of over 22 million tonnes in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

The Mines Ministry sources stated that the public sector company has detected four iron ore blocks in Namakhal blocks in Tamil Nadu containing reserves of 14.03 MT of magnetite ore with Ferrous content ranging between 31 to 37 per cent,.

New Delhi: Titan Industries Ltd, watch and jewelry maker anticipates 50 percent growth in its net profit, for the recent fiscal (2007-08).

Bhaskar Bhat, the company’s managing director said that revenue is expected at 31.5 billion rupees as against 21.4 billion rupees in the last fiscal, while the company's EBITDA margin is expected at 11 percent.