Event : Katy Perry performs live on the "Today Show" at the Rockefeller Center
Venue & Location : New York City, USA
Event Date : 28.08.10
Credit: IANS-WENN

Jerusalem/New York  - Israel and the United States are closer to settling their dispute over Israeli settlement construction, Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.

He told Israel Radio that the dispute needed to be seen within a wider context, as part of a regional arrangement with the Palestinians and other Arab countries.

This was discussed during his four-hour meeting in New York with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell on Tuesday night, he said.

London, Feb 27: If you are one of those men who just can't get up from the bed to go for a run or hit the gym, here's the solution for you to reduce that protruding paunch and that too without the need of any work out-male girdle.

Available for just 49 pounds, Equmen''s Core Precision Undershirt for men is quite similar to women's shapewear or ''control pants'' to maintain a trim backside.

Next month onwards, the "core precision undershirt" for men will be available at Selfridges in UK.

Made of polyester, spandex and nylon, the girdles are designed to force men''s bodies to look leaner under a slim-line suit, or even to help correct poor posture.

According to the official reports, a Minneapolis man pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing the same bank three times.

Nathan Lamar Stewart, 21, admitted in U. S. District Court in St. Paul that he and two co-defendants -- Curtis Devone Williams, 24, and Michael Deon Hughes, 23, also both of Minneapolis -- held up the same US Bank branch in Minneapolis on three occasions, the FBI said in a release.

The trio got $5,710 in an April 13, 2009, takeover-style masked holdup, $4,371 in a May 8 heist and $5,341 in a July 28 robbery in which D'Arco Kellum, 22, also of Minneapolis, took part, Stewart said.

Srinagar, Aug 18: The civil lines area of Srinagar is under heavy security blanket in view of the proposed march by Hurriyat Conference’s Coordination Committee to the United Nations Military Observers Group office to present a memorandum over the alleged human rights violations in the Valley on Monday.

The security has been beefed up in all important installations around the area.

Event: 25th Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner to Benefit the Buoniconti Fund - Arrivals
Venue & Location: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Park Avenue at 50th Street / New York City, NY, USA
Event Date: 09/27/2010
Photographer: Charles Norfleet / PR Photos

Athens  - The Greek capital Athens was the scene of several more arson attacks, believed to have been carried out by leftist groups early Tuesday.

The attacks targeted, among others, the offices of the ruling New Democracy party, the country's main opposition Socialist PASOK party and the small ultra-conservative People's Orthodox Rally (LAOS) party.

Seville - Barcelona youngsters Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets have been called up for the first time as Spain coach Vicente del Bosque on Friday picked them for next week's friendly against England.

Pique, 22, has been in excellent form since rejoining Barca from Manchester United last July.

He has been a regular in the Spain Under-21 side for the past two years, and helped them Under-19 team to pick up the European crown in Poland in 2006.

Event : Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Celebrates 45 Years of "Days of Our Lives" - Arrivals
Venue & Location : Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre / North Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date : 09/28/2010
Photographer : Tatiana Beller / PR Photos

Beijing - China on Thursday defended its military suppression of democracy protests 20 years ago and rejected as "interference" US calls for the government to account for its action.

"We have made a clear conclusion on the political turbulence 20 years ago and I have explained that many times," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters when asked about the 1989 crackdown.

Event:Roberto Cavalli Dinner & "Cavalli Selection" Wine Launch - Inside Arrivals
Venue & Location:17 Berkeley Street / London, England
Event Date:5/29/2008
Photographer:© Solarpix / PR Photos

Event:   "Our Idiot Brother" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:   ArcLight Cinemas / Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date:   08/16/2011
Photographer:   Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Event : Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Celebrates 45 Years of "Days of Our Lives" - Arrivals
Venue & Location : Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre / North Hollywood, CA, USA
Event Date : 09/28/2010
Photographer : Tatiana Beller / PR Photos

U. S. prosecutors have said that a federal judge in Tuesday found a man charged with threatening to kill a Republican congressional leader is incompetent to stand trial.

The Philadelphia Inquirer has reported that assistant U. S. Attorney Robert K. Reed said Norman Leboon, 38, will be sent to a federal prison and mental health facility, where it is hoped by authorities that he can receive treatment and then be fit to stand trial for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Virginia.

Washington, Nov 18 : The memory of the first honeymoon has such a special place in people’s lives that they are reluctant to repeat it – thinking a repetition might taint the unforgettable moments.

That’s the conclusion of a new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, which found that people tend to treat their memories of previous special experiences as assets to be protected.

Islamabad: Foreign Secretaries Salman Bashir (Pakistan) and Shiv Shankar Menon (India) and their respective delegations today discussed the recent cease-fire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), and reiterated that both countries respected the sanctity of the cease-fire reached on November 25, 2003.

Briefing reporters after an hour-long restricted meeting between the Foreign Secretaries and the delegation-level talks that covered issues like cross-border terrorism, Kashmir, Siachen, Sir Creek and various CBMs like more cross-LoC bus services and people-to-people contacts,

Event:"Sweeney Todd" Paris Premiere - Arrivals
Venue & Location:Gaumont Champs Elysees Marignan / Paris, France
Event Date:1/16/2008
Photographer:© Solarpix / PR Photos