Mumbai, Oct 4 : Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will arrive here on a three-day visit today.

Arroyo's visit is the first to India by a Philippines President in over ten years. The last was by the then President, Fidel Ramos, in March 1997.

During her visit to New Delhi, Arroyo will call on President Pratibha Patil, who will host a banquet in her honour on Friday.

On the same day, Arroyo, accompanied by seven cabinet ministers, will also call on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to hold bilateral talks.

London, Oct 4 : The ongoing inquest into Princess Diana’s death has further dismissed controversial claims about her being pregnant with boyfriend Dodi Al Fayed’s child at the time of her death, by revealing that she was on contraceptive pills.

Lord Justice Scott Baker said that while it may never be possible to prove “100 per cent” whether Diana was pregnant, the inquest jury would hear “intimate details of her personal life” which appeared to show she was not.

Sydney, Oct 2 : Australia Zoo director Terri Irwin has been honoured with the Business Woman of the Year award.

The widow of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin accepted the award at a ceremony in Brisbane.

Holly Kramer, from sponsor Telstra, said that the judges were impressed Terri’s
strong business expertise.

"The judges said Terri Irwin demonstrated strong business acumen across all criteria and commended her on her entrepreneurial achievements which she pursued from a young age," News.com.au quoted Kramer, as saying.

A human rights report has indicated that over four lakh children, mostly girls and under 18, are involved as child labour in India’s cottonseed fields. The report stated that around 4,16,000 children under 18, nearly half of which are less than 14 years, are doing work in the States of Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Kabul, Oct 2 : At least 11 people, including women and school children, have died in a suicide blast that took place near a bus carrying policemen in Kabul on Tuesday.

Washington, Oct 2 : US senator Barack Obama’s nine-year-old daughter shuns hotel heiress Paris Hilton.

Speaking on ‘The Tyra Bank’s show, the presidential candidate told the host that his wife and kids are very particular about where he stays during a tour of the country.

Obama said that his daughter Malia keeps up with news and she doesn’t approve of the former jailbird

"This isn't a Hilton hotel, is it," his 9-year-old daughter, Malia, asks him.