Yesterday, Mountie commissioner William Elliott told the Commons public safety committee that use of Tasers should be resisted as they can prove to be fatal especially in "acutely agitated" condition.

"We've now made it very clear that the only time the use of a Taser can be justified is where there is a threat, either to our officers or to members of the public," he said.

However, Taser International Inc., the U. S.-based maker of the stun guns, has defended the safety of its devices with conviction.

Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communication (RCOM) has signed an agreement with US-based Ditech Networks to deploy the latter's voice enhancement solution on its recently unveiled GSM network.

The deal is estimated to be worth Rs 50 crore and deployment is expected to enhance voice clarity on Reliance Mobile by approximately 30 per cent'.

Under the arrangement, RCOM will initially deploy Ditech's voice enhancement solutions across Top 10 towns and then extend coverage across other locations.

It should be noted that on Thursday, RCom has already commenced trial runs on Ditech's network

Washington/Beijing, Feb. 13 : China is to receive 710 million US dollars from the World Bank as a loan to help rebuild its earthquake-hit areas.

According to reports, the loan will be used to finance infrastructure, health and education projects in western Gansu and Sichuan provinces, the areas that suffered the most damage in the 7.9 earthqquake. The calamity left almost 90,000 people dead or missing and another five million homeless.

China suffered 123 billion US dollars in direct economic losses.

Washington, Feb 13 : Kelli McCarty, who once won the title of miss USA, has made her foray into porn flicks.

She has debuted in adult flicks with her flick called `"Faithless" with Vivid Entertainment.

"I enjoy acting, and I really like sex, so this was the perfect opportunity to combine two of my passions, It was a pretty easy transition, I think mainstream television is definitely starting to merge with the adult world anyway - it's all about sex and nudity, and I've been pretending to have love scenes on ''Passions'' for years anyway," Fox News quoted McCarty as saying.

New York, Feb 13 : Young fans of the Jonas Brothers went wild as the three band members made an appearance next to their likenesses in Madame Tussauds museum.

Many fans and their parents hooted with joy and lined up to the Jonas brothers for autographs.

"I cried because they''re so perfect," the New York Daily News quoted a fan named Dalton, 14, from Ocean City, N. J., as saying.

Another fan said: "I thought I was going to faint."

Many fans had traveled from far off places to see the celebrities.

Washington, Feb 13 : Eminem has bounced back with his comeback single titled `Crack A Bottle', which has broken the download record within the first week of its release.

The song has been downloaded more than 418,000 times within the first week, and has beaten the former record 367,000 times set up by TI and Rihanna''s Live Your Life.

The song featuring Eminem's mentor Dr Dre and his protege 50 Cent, has debuted at number four in the UK singles chart, while 50 Cent has topped the chart for the fourth time.