Krakow, Poland - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he remained hopeful that a "reasonable" deal could yet be reached with Kyrgyz officials preventing the closure of the United States' only air base in Central Asia, which supplies US and NATO operations in Afghanistan.
"I continue to believe that this is not a closed issue and there remains the potential at least to reopen this issue with the Kyrgyzs and reach a new agreement," Gates said at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Krakow, Poland.
Tokyo - Forty-three people were injured - one suffering a broken neck - when a Boeing 747-400 of the US company Northwest Airlines plunged briefly in violent turbulence off the Japanese coast Friday, according to local media reports.
They quoted witnesses as saying the aircraft, arriving from Manila and in a holding pattern prior to landing at Tokyo's Narita airport, suddenly plunged and then immediately regained its altitude, causing chaos on board.
New Delhi - India is worried by signs of protectionist policies in the United States and will oppose such moves as it tries to shore up falling exports, officials said Friday.
"We are already witnessing worrying signs of protectionism in the world's biggest economy. We need to argue against this trend at the international fora," India's Foreign Minister and acting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee was quoted as saying by PTI news agency.
He was speaking at a labour conference in the capital.
Washington, Feb 20 : In a new twist to film director Roman Polanski's case, a documentary made last year said that he was the victim of judicial misconduct in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Marina Zenovich's highly praised HBO documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, released in June 2008, and suggested that the court played an unusually aggressive role in defending itself and in attacking the director at every turn, reports Fox News.
Washington, Feb 20 : American auto racing driver Danica Patrick has recently revealed that actress Jennifer Aniston would be too old to portray her in a movie, and that she would not mind if actress Angelina Jolie did it.
When the question came up as to who she would like to portray her in a movie, Patrick, 26, did not hesitate in choosing the Tomb Raider star.
"I've always said Angelina Jolie would be great because she''s an action star," Us magazine quoted her as telling a group of Canadian bloggers.
Los Angeles (US), Feb. 20 : Major League Soccer (MLS) club Los Angeles Galaxy have rubbished A C Milan's claims of them being close to securing England midfielder David Beckham's signature on a contract.
Tim Leiweke, the chief executive of Galaxy''s owners AEG, told the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport on Friday that claims from Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani the previous day that the two sides were close to a deal were ''nonsense''.
"Two weeks ago Milan made a ridiculous offer that took me just a few seconds to reject," he said of the reported three million dollar bid.
Krakow, Poland - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he remained hopeful that a "reasonable" deal could yet be reached with Kyrgyz officials preventing the closure of the United States' only air base in Central Asia, which supplies US and NATO operations in Afghanistan.
Tokyo - Forty-three people were injured - one suffering a broken neck - when a Boeing 747-400 of the US company Northwest Airlines plunged briefly in violent turbulence off the Japanese coast Friday, according to local media reports.
New Delhi - India is worried by signs of protectionist policies in the United States and will oppose such moves as it tries to shore up falling exports, officials said Friday.
Washington, Feb 20 : In a new twist to film director Roman Polanski's case, a documentary made last year said that he was the victim of judicial misconduct in Los Angeles Superior Court. 
Washington, Feb 20 : American auto racing driver Danica Patrick has recently revealed that actress Jennifer Aniston would be too old to portray her in a movie, and that she would not mind if actress Angelina Jolie did it. 
Los Angeles (US), Feb. 20 : Major League Soccer (MLS) club Los Angeles Galaxy have rubbished A C Milan's claims of them being close to securing England midfielder David Beckham's signature on a contract.
