Brussels  - NATO strongly condemned Wednesday's terrorist attacks in Kabul, saying they provide further evidence that the Taliban insurgency does not seek the betterment of the Afghan people.

NATO spokesman James Appathurai said the attacks were "a very clear indication of what the Taliban intends for Afghanistan."

"They have slaughtered a number of civilians, they have attacked government institutions, they have made it very clear that their goal is not the betterment of the Afghan people," Appathurai said.

London  - A British resident held at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay has been on hunger strike since January 5 and should be freed immediately to avoid insanity or death, his lawyer said

On Monday, the employees of the Federal Aviation Administration were made aware that last week, a computer of the agency was hacked, which led to obtaining access to the names and Social Security numbers of more than 45,000 employees and FAA retirees by the hackers.

Via a statement, FAA confirmed, "All affected employees will receive individual letters to notify them about the breach. The FAA is moving quickly to prevent similar incidents and has identified immediate steps as well as longer-term measures to further protect personal information."

It is quite well accepted fact that social-networking traffic is increasing with every passing day. Monday had lot of things for Technology writers to talk about as Compete. com came out with latest numbers for the month of January.

The results were astonishing as for the first time in a survey; Facebook was in the lead, with nearly 68 million unique visitors, well ahead of the News Corp.-owned MySpace's 58 million in U. S. traffic.

Peshawar, Feb. 11 : US Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, visited the Mohmand tribal agency in north west Pakistan on Wednesday.

"He went to the headquarters of the Mohmand Rifles and was given a briefing about military operations," the Dawn quoted a government official in the region, as saying.

Holbrooke travelled to Mohmand, one of seven of Pakistan''s ethnic Pashtun tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, by helicopter.

Washington - Striking unusually early in the season, a series of tornadoes tore through the south-western US state of Oklahoma Tuesday night, killing eight, according to local media reports.

The deaths were all in the town of Lone Grove. A single tornado cut an 800-metre swath through the town, destroying homes and trailers. At least 50 people were seriously injured and numerous houses were torn off their foundations.