Washington, Sep 3 (DPA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to a one-year time-frame for reaching a peace agreement, the special US envoy to the region, George Mitchell, said Thursday.
Mitchell said the two men agreed to the time-frame during private meetings at the State Department that marked the first face-to-face peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians in nearly two years.
Crans Montana (Switzerland), Sep 2 (IANS) Indian star Jeev Milkha Singh rued a cold putter as he fired a one-under-par 70 in the opening round of the Omega European Masters Thursday. He was tied 53rd with Jyoti Randhawa (71).
Among the other Indians C. Muniyappa, making his debut in the co-sanctioned Asian Tour and European Tour event, enjoyed a flying start with an outward 32 but dropped three shots coming home to settle for a level par 71. He was tied 69th.
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Hollywood actress Kim Cattrall has revealed she was never able to enjoy the couture costumes on the “Sex and the City” sets because designers only sent sizes to fit her super-skinny co-stars.
The 54-year-old starred in six seasons of the hit TV show and two movie spin-offs alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon. Now Cattrall admits she was never as slim as the other actresses and often missed out on wearing the best designer pieces, leaving her with vintage clothes instead, reports vogue.com.
Film: “We Are Family”; Cast: Kajol, Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal; Directed by: Siddharth Malhotra; Rating: ****
New York, Sep 2 (DPA) Nearly nine months after a devastating earthquake, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians are still living in temporary shelters while the country struggles with reconstruction and rebuilding a government, the United Nations said Thursday in an updated report.
The 1.3 million people displaced by the magnitude-7 earthquake Jan 12 now live in 1,300 settlement sites.
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Infants fixing their gaze on a particular object for a long time could be an early indication of developing autism, say researchers.
Autism is a lifelong developmental disability and part of a spectrum disorder. The main symptoms are difficulties with social interaction, impaired communication skills and unusual thought and behaviour patterns.
New York, Sep 2 (DPA) Serena Williams has revealed that she underwent surgery to repair a lacerated tendon near her big toe to avoid a lifetime with a “droopy” digit.
The world number one is missing from the US Open as she recovers.
London, Sept 2 (IANS) Members of American hard rock band Guns N’ Roses stormed off the stage after their fans threw bottles at them for turning up more than an hour late.
The band was greeted with a chorus of boos as they started their concert, and were forced to stop after just 20 minutes when revellers began hurling bottles at them, reports dailystar.co.uk.
Amethi, Sep 2 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi reached a police station in his Amethi parliamentary constituency and asked the policemen there to investigate a murder case properly and within a stipulated period of time, a party leader said Thursday.
“Rahulji late in the evening went to the Muzafirkhana police station after a woman, Sarfaraz Banu approached him and alleged that the police were not properly investigating the murder case of her sister Yaseen Bano, who was killed last July,” Congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh told reporters.
Greater Noida, Sep 2 (IANS) A 25-year-old student union leader was shot by unidentified assailants in the Patwadi locality of Greater Noida Thursday, police said.
Rohit Yadav, the Ghaziabad district president of Samajwadi Party Student Federation, was allegedly shot at around 12.30 p.m., Superintendent of Police (Greater Noida) Atul Saxena said.