Washington, Oct 6 (DPA) The Dow Jones Industrial Average Monday fell below 10,000 points for the first time in four years and the S&P 500 reached a four-year low on worries about more bank bail-outs in Europe and tumbling commodity prices.

Hyderabad, Oct 6 (IANS) For the second consecutive day, a team of officials from Tata Motors conducted inspection of sites in Andhra Pradesh for setting up the Nano car project.

Colombo, Oct 6 (IANS) A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber Monday blew up at an opposition rally in Sri Lanka’s northern Anuradhapura town, killing 27 people including former army chief Janaka Perera.

Washington, Oct 6 (Xinhua) The Bush Administration pledged Monday to move rapidly to deal with the current financial crisis.

Tel Aviv, Oct 6 (DPA) Israel has hired a British public relations firm to re-market it to the world, and the company is in the final stages of preparing to launch the new image, the Israeli Ha’aretz daily reported Monday.

Panaji, Oct 6 (IANS) The Goa unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday passed a resolution demanding the ouster of its own minister, Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco, from the Goa cabinet.

New York, Oct 6 (IANS) The two warring suitors of Wachovia banking chain in the US - Citigroup and Wells Fargo - are being pressured by the federal government to reach a compromise, which may end up carving up the North Carolina-based bank, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper has reported.

Kabul, Oct 6 (Xinhua) The Afghan National Army (ANA) and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) killed 11 Taliban militants and wounded five in a joint operation Monday in Daychopan district in southern Afghanistan, an official said.