Rome - Italian authorities deployed Wednesday some 10,000 soldiers and police in Rome ahead of US President George W Bush's scheduled afternoon arrival in the capital.

The US presidential plane, Air Force One, was scheduled to arrive at Rome's Ciampino military airport at around 1400 GMT on a flight from Germany.

Bush's visit includes meetings with Italian leaders on Thursday and with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday.

First Lady Laura Bush, who is accompanying her husband, is scheduled to deliver a speech at the Rome-based headquarters of the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is scheduled to receive Bush at the presidential Quirinale Palace on Thursday morning.

The Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and yoga guru Baba

London, June 11 : The historic India-US civil nuclear deal is almost dead, according to a senior US official.
Asked whether it was now impossible to push the deal through, one Bush Administration official said: “That is probably correct,” The Financial Times reported.
“Even if the Indian Government were suddenly to turn around and get the IAEA stage completed, there would be no time for the remaining two stages,” said Ashley Tellis, one of the original architects of the deal and now an adviser to John McCain’s presidential campaign.
Tellis said that the collapse of the deal would jeopardise India’s access to sensitive US technology, which could have an impact on defence sales and civil nuclear development.

In an effort to take advantage of the potential in rural telecom markets,

The blockbuster movie ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ has won four awards at the

New Delhi  - India's benchmark Sensex fell Tuesday to a three-month low, dropping 2.7 per cent on heavy selling by funds and investors tracking weak global cues.