Cairo  - Although the announced intention behind the visit of Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to Iraq was strengthening economic ties, the timing of the visit this week can also reveal unannounced reasons.

"Now, Iran is trying to open a new dialogue with the US, and the situation in Iraq is one of the related topics to be discussed," said Gamal Abdul-Gawad, a researcher at Al-Ahram Strategic Centre for Political Studies.

Various women yearn for perfect figures possessed by their favorite celebrity. Women sometimes use artificial means to achieve such figures however improper use of such techniques can be dangerous.

Recent case of two women fighting for their life reveals the risk involved in use of artificial means to achieve desired figure. Andrea Lee, 30 and her friend Zakiya Teagle,
33 paid more than £300 to Sharhonda Lindsay to have a series of silicone injections that they hoped would enhance the shape and size of their bottoms. Both women wanted to look like singer Jennifer Lopez.

Washington  - US lawmakers reached a compromise deal Wednesday on a record economic recovery package which could allow the plan to pass both houses of Congress before the end of the week.

The leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives ironed out differences in separate versions of the stimulus bill and knocked the total price tag down to 789 billion dollars. The measure includes a mixture of tax cuts and government spending projects to pull the US out of its worst recession in decades.

Washington  - US lawmakers reached a compromise deal Wednesday on a record economic recovery package, which could allow the plan to pass both houses of Congress before the end of the week.

The Senate and House of Representatives ironed out differences in separate versions of the stimulus bill and knocked the total price tag down to 789 billion dollars, including a mixture of tax cuts and government spending projects to pull the US out of its worst recession in decades.

New Delhi  - Architect of the 1995 Dayton agreement ending the war in Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke is familiar with situations that seem nearly hopeless. Newly appointed as special US envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, the 67-year-old diplomat told the annual Munich Security Conference several days ago that the situation in the region was more difficult than any he had seen.

Los Angeles  - A law firm has released details of what was supposed to be a confidential 65-million-dollar payoff by Facebook to plaintiffs who claimed the social networking site was based on their ideas.

The payment was made by Facebook last year to smaller rival ConnectU, which had accused Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, a fellow Harvard University graduate, of stealing their ideas to create his site. The ConnectU founders claimed to have hired Zuckerberg while all were students at Harvard University to create a college dating site.