London, Sept 23 : An average British citizen commits at least one crime every day, according to a new poll.

The survey by website onepoll. com has revealed that a large number of Britons take illegal drugs, indulge in underage sex or carry offensive weapons, all of which are illegal in the country.

In their study, the researchers enlisted top 20 of the most broken rules in Britain, that include smoking in banned areas, park illegally, driving while on the phone and watching television without a licence.

However, two-thirds of people claim that most of the rules "are not important." In fact, one in five said that they are not bothered about committing crime because "everyone is doing it".

London, Sept 23: The recent US’ raids inside Pakistani territory aimed at eliminating suspected terrorists but killed innocent civilians in the action, led to Saturday’s hotel blast in Islamabad killing 60 people, Pakistan's ambassador to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hassan, has said.

“We hope the US will change policy because this is what is needed,” The Independent quoted Hassan as saying.

Washington, Sept 23: After last Saturday’s devastating suicide attack on a five-star hotel in Islamabad killing 60 people, US intelligence officials have said that Pakistan was in a “downward security spiral”, as militants were taking advantage of a new civilian government in exploiting the growing anti-American sentiment in the country.

They said that the Pakistan government was caught in a dilemma, as their inaction was giving al Qaeda “power”, and if they react too forcefully it could generate a “backlash from the people”.

New York, Sept 23: In the aftermath of the Saturday’s hotel blast in Islamabad killing 60 persons, the US State Department has said that Washington needed to carry on working with Pakistan and Afghanistan in combating terrorism.

State Department spokesman Robert Wood said that the massive blast showed why all the three – the US, Pakistan and Afghanistan – needed to work together in fighting out terrorism.

“If you look at what happened on Saturday, this is an example of why we, the Pakistanis, the Afghans, need to work and redouble our efforts to counter extremism in this region. We’ll continue to work with the Pakistanis on trying to deal with the Taliban and Al Qaeda threat,” the Daily Times quoted Wood as saying.

Addis Ababa  - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday appealed for 460 million dollars as a food crisis in Ethiopia and the wider Horn of Africa continued to grow.

"The Horn of Africa region is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since 1984, and Ethiopia is caught in the middle," WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said in a statement.

"We know what needs to be done - we just need the funds to go out and do our job, protecting the hungry," she added.

Islamabad, Sept 22: After India, Iran has also reportedly expressed serious concerns over the security situation in Pakistan, and asked Islamabad to make enough security arrangements for the billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.

The demand came a day after Saturday’s bombing in which at least 60 people were killed and more than 200 injured.