Washington, Sept. 27 : The debate on the Bill related to the US-India nuclear deal is over in the House of Representatives, but voting on it has been postponed to next week.

Earlier, last minute hitches appeared on Friday in the Senate for passage of the Bill, but an identical measure inched forward in the House of Representatives for early approval.

Washington - A presidential debate planned to address foreign policy started Friday with a discussion of the ongoing US financial crisis and attempts in Washington to hammer out a rescue plan.

Senator Barack Obama, 47, the nominee of the centre-left Democratic Party, called the current time "a defining moment in our history" with ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

"We have to move swiftly, but we have to move wisely," he said.

Washington- US stocks plummeted as markets opened Friday over the impasse in the 700-billion-dollar financial rescue plan in the nation's capital and the collapse of Washington Mutual Inc, in the largest bank failure in US history.

New York - Foreign ministers from the world's major powers met Friday in New York to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, according to German government sources.

The meeting of the United Nations Security Council's five permanent members - US, Russia, China, France, Britain - plus Germany comes after an earlier scheduled ministerial gathering to discuss sanctions had been cancelled.

France and the United States have been pushing for another round of Security Council sanctions against Iran over its ongoing nuclear programme.

Washington, Sept. 26 : Describing the talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari as positive, forward looking and seeking potential, Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said both leaders held detailed discussions in New York, and covered all aspects of the relationship.