Crude oil prices went up on Tuesday, August 19, as a declining dollar propelled investors to buy commodities as inflation hedges.

On the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), light, sweet crude for next month (September 2008) delivery climbed up $1.66 to settle at USD 114.53 per barrel.

On the other hand, gasoline futures surged 4.87 cents to settle at $2.639 per gallon, while the retail price of a gallon of regular gas was $ 3.73.

Heating oil futures also witnessed an increase of 3.89 cents to settle at $3.1237 per gallon at the NYMEX.

Karachi, Aug 20: The Chinese government has reportedly detained 35 Pakistanis visiting China to watch Olympics after they were suspected of planning to attack proceedings of the Games.

China has asked the Pakistani government for details of the arrested in a letter that alleged 35 suspected Pakistani militants had arrived in China to attack proceedings at the Games, reported the Daily Times.

According to the paper, Col Anjum Sheikh Saeed of the Foreign Security Department wrote to the Interior Ministry on August 18 ordering the authorities concerned to collect details of those detained.

Tehran - Iran plans to build six more nuclear power plants, the deputy head of the Iranian Atomic Organization said Tuesday.

Ahmad Fayazbakhsh told the official news agency IRNA that contracts were signed with six local companies commissioned to find suitable locations for the new plants within the next 13 months.

Companies from Canada, Russia and Switzerland also took part in the tender but only local firms were finally selected, he said.

New Delhi - An Indian man reported to be the oldest in the world died in India's western city of Jaipur on Tuesday at the age of 139.

Habib Miyan was suffering from fever and dysentery and died in the early hours of Tuesday at a state-run hospital, the PTI news agency reported.

According to his pension card, Habib was born on May 20, 1878. But he said he was much older, a claim which was accepted by India's Limca Book of Records in its 2005 edition.

London, August 19 : The BBC World Service Trust has launched a ringtone campaign to promote the use of condoms in India, where about 2.5 million people are living with HIV.

The central message of the "condom condom" campaign being run on radio, TV and the Internet is that “smart men use condoms”.

A scene in the TV ad, a mobile ringtone buzzes with a loud refrain "condom! condom!" during a wedding.

Though the man holding the mobile feels it embarrassing, those around him consider him to be a smart and responsible person.