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New York - US investment bank Goldman Sachs said Tuesday it would raise 5 billion dollars in new capital through the offering of 40.6 million new shares of stock. The funds would be used to repay part of the 10 billion dollars in government loans the firm received in October.

Goldman Sachs surprised analysts with quarterly profits announced late Monday that rose 13 per cent to 1.7 billion dollars in the first quarter despite the global financial crisis. Other major banks and investment firms are to report quarterly earnings in the coming days.

New York, April 14 : `Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus finds Disney's animated classic Alice in Wonderland `perverted'.

The 16-year-old linked the movie, based on Lewis Carroll's books, with stimulant Ecstasy, saying she found the association on the Internet.

"It''s such a perverted movie. It''s all about Ecstasy. I swear! Look it up online," the New York Post quoted her as telling Teen Vogue.

New York - The YouTube Symphony Orchestra, made up of 90 outstanding musicians chosen via online audition videos they posted on YouTube. com, held its first rehearsal Monday in New York ahead of its official debut Wednesday night at New York's Carnegie Hall. The orchestra was selected by its artistic advisor Michael Tilson Thomas, and the programme will include works by Gabrieli, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Villa Lobos and John Cage.

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New York - The United Nations Security Council Monday spoke with one voice to condemn North Korea for launching a missile, and found the April 5 firing of the rocket violated a 2006 resolution. The so-called presidential statement fell short of full resolution status because of opposition from China and Russia, which hold two of the five veto votes on the 15-member council.

But it was adapted unanimously, a pre-requisite for issuing a presidential statement.