Wellington  - New Zealand prime minister-elect John Key named his first cabinet on Monday, saying it was focussed on growth and prosperity for all, despite the current international financial crisis.

"The growth outlook is weak and international and domestic difficulties abound," he said. "This government will concentrate on boosting economic growth because that is what will lead us out of these challenging times."

New York, Nov. 17: Louisiana’s Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal is of the view that there is something wrong with his Republican Party, and that it needs to do three things to get back on track.

Kathmandu  - Nepalese politicians Monday vowed to draft the country's new constitution by May 2010.

The announcement came after the country's powerful constituent assembly adopted a programme of schedules to draft the constitution showing rare signs of cooperation among the political parties on Sunday.

Chairman of the assembly Subash Nembang said the schedule lays out plans spread over 82 weeks leading to the formal promulgation by May 2010.

With effect from 24 November 2008, the termination of ICANN-accredited registrar EstDomains will go ahead.

ICANN sent a notice of termination on 28 October 2008, to EstDomains, Inc. (EstDomains) based on an Estonian Court record reflecting the conviction of EstDomains' then president, Vladimir Tsastsin, of credit card fraud, money laundering and document forgery.

New York - The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, brought in 70.4 million dollars in its North American debut weekend, a record for the 47-year-old series detailing the adventures of British secret agent 007.

The film, the second Bond movie starring Daniel Craig, not only beat industry expectations by 10 million dollars, but overshot 2006's Casino Royal by 30 million dollars. Until now, the most successful Bond opener brought in 40.1 million dollars with Die Another Day in 2002.

Chicago, Nov. 17: The Obamas’ have said that while they have promised their two daughters a dog as their gift for their father winning the U. S. presidential elections, they will wait to induct the pooch till late winter or early spring.