New York - The two-month-old Somali government has taken steps to meet benchmarks that would allow the deployment of a UN peacekeeping operation in the troubled land known more for piracy than development, a Somali official said Friday.

Foreign Minister Mohamad Abdullahi Omaar told the UN Security Council in an open session that President Shiekh Shariff Shiekh Ahmed, elected on January 30, has taken security measures and steps to mobilize support for the peace process.

New York, Mar 20 : Actor Mel Gibson once ordered an X-rated sushi at eatery Nobu, as he wanted to send it to actress Rene Russo.

The revelation was made by Dalia Jurgensen, the executive pastry chef of Brooklyn''s Dressler, in her upcoming memoir, `Spiced'.

She has revealed that when she cooked at Nobu, Gibson, 53, wanted to send Russo an "obscene" dessert as a joke.

New York, Mar 20 : Broadway paid tribute to Hollywood actress

New York, Mar 20 (ANI): California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has showered praise on President Barack Obama while introducing him during a town hall meeting at the Miguel Contreras Learning Complex 2009 in Los Angeles.

Schwarzenegger, 61, was very impressed with the Democratic commander in chief, and his feelings were revealed on March 18 on the Politico Web site.

"I think he''s so smart," the New York Daily News quoted the Republican as saying.

New York, Mar 20 : Experts say that having emotional feelings for someone is the start of an affair, but actor Brad Pitt, who was married to actress Jennifer Aniston when he shot ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' with actress Angelina Jolie, has denied that he cheated on her.

Pitt, 45, has once again rebuffed allegations that he started his affair with Jolie on the set of ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' while he was still married to Aniston, and says that he was still filming the movie when he split up with her.

New York - US stocks fell for the first time in three days on Thursday as investors had second thoughts about Federal Reserve actions to shore up the US financial sector.

The Fed said Wednesday it would buy 300 billion dollars in long- term government bonds, an unprecedented effort to help drive investors back into the private sector, and will purchase another 750 billion dollars in troubled mortgage-backed securities at the heart of the financial crisis.