New York - A spokesperson for Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has condemned Saturday's attack by Kurdish Workers' Party forces on a Turkish military border post that left 38 dead.
The spokesman expressed Ban's "deepest sympathies with the government and people of Turkey in the face of terrorist violence."
He urged "continued cooperation between the governments of Turkey and Iraq to address this threat and to promote peace and stability along their border."
Tehran - A senior Iranian member of parliament on Sunday harshly opposed the establishment of the American Iranian Council (AIC) in Tehran, ISNA news agency reported.
Washington last week granted permission for the New Jersey-based research and policy think tank group to set up an office in Tehran in what is widely believed to be an effort to improve ties after almost three decades of political hostility.
Washington, Oct 5 : Hundred years since the Wright Brothers took wing many inventions have taken place in the field of aviation. Now, a website has compiled a list of the greatest innovations that have taken the world by storm.
The list of top 12 inventions has been amassed by aviation. com, reports Wired News.
1. Cabin pressurization: The average passenger doesn''t think about cabin pressurization until their yellow safety masks fall from the ceiling, but the reality is that if the technology hadn''t been developed during WWII, people wouldn''t be able to fly much above 10,000 feet.
Washington, Oct 5 : Microbes, it seems, are much more smarter than perceived. A new research has shown that bacteria don''t just react to changes in their surroundings - they anticipate and prepare for them.
According to the Princeton University study, the humble single-celled creatures are sophisticated enough to anticipate regular events, such as the arrival of day, thanks to their internal circadian clocks.
Los Angeles, Oct 5 : The much-hyped Sarah Palin-Joe Biden vice-presidential debate on October 2 has been ranked as the “most watched vice presidential debate ever”, as it was keenly viewed by around 70 million viewers across the US, which was even more than those who watched the Presidential debate between Democratic Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
Washington - In another surprise development in the takeover race for the fourth-largest US bank, a New York state court judge granted an order Saturday night extending Citigroup's "exclusivity agreement" with Wachovia Corp.
On September 29, Citigroup announced it would acquire Wachovia for about 2.16 billion dollars, the latest consolidation move under government watch in the ongoing credit crisis.
New York - A spokesperson for Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has condemned Saturday's attack by Kurdish Workers' Party forces on a Turkish military border post that left 38 dead.
Tehran - A senior Iranian member of parliament on Sunday harshly opposed the establishment of the American Iranian Council (AIC) in Tehran, ISNA news agency reported.
Washington, Oct 5 : Microbes, it seems, are much more smarter than perceived. A new research has shown that bacteria don''t just react to changes in their surroundings - they anticipate and prepare for them.
The much-hyped Sarah Palin-Joe Biden vice-presidential debate on October 2 has been ranked as the “most watched vice presidential debate ever”, as it was keenly viewed by around 70 million viewers across the US, which was even more than those who watched the Presidential debate between Democratic Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
In another surprise development in the takeover race for the fourth-largest US bank, a New York state court judge granted an order Saturday night extending Citigroup's "exclusivity agreement" with Wachovia Corp.
