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New York  - Beloved superhero Spider-Man will spin his web on musical theatre fans on New York's Broadway beginning next year.

The musical Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, is scheduled to open February 18, 2010, at the Hilton Theatre with previews beginning a month earlier.

U2's Bono and The Edge have written the music and lyrics for the show that is to be directed by Julie Taymor, who is known for her work with hit Disney musical The Lion King.

Washington - Former Washington state governor Gary Locke was nominated by US President Barack Obama as commerce secretary on Wednesday, making him Obama's third choice for one of the remaining vacancies in his cabinet.

Locke, a 59-year-old Democrat, became the country's first Chinese- American governor when he was elected to the post in 1996 and served two four-year terms.

Chennai, Feb 25 : Martin Luther King III, presently in India to commemorate his father Martin Luther King''s visit to the country has termed his India tour as most inspirational.

He said this during his meeting with Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala here today.

"To get an opportunity to meet and interact with children of many communities has been a rewarding experience," he said.

New Delhi, Feb 25 : Mumbai Police on Wednesday filed an approximately 5,000-page chargesheet on the 26/11 terror attacks.

The detailed chargesheet, presented to Metropolitan Magistrate M J Mirza, included reports and forensic examination conducted by the FBI, which had been working along with central security agencies.

Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman Kasab, the lone terrorist caught alive during the attacks, was not produced in court.

Besides Kasab, nine Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists and twenty most wanted accused were named in the chargesheet.

Minsk - Belarus welcomed on Wednesday a decision by the US to partially lift sanctions on Minsk's state-owned oil firm Belneftekhim.

The decision to unfreeze some foreign bank accounts held by Belneftekhim subsidiaries could hint at a thaw in long-frigid relations between Washington and the authoritarian regime of Belarus' President Aleksander Lukashenko.

Belarus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement "greeted the understanding of our American colleagues," referring to the US decision to lift the sanctions on some foreign bank accounts for the Minsk-headquartered Belneftekhim.