Washington, September 10: New evidence has emerged that suggests Neanderthals engaged in head-to-head combat with wooly mammoths and conquered the massive beasts. 

According to a report in Discovery News, the new evidence displays the strengths and weaknesses of Neanderthals, suggesting they were skilled hunters, though not as brainy and efficient as modern humans, who eventually took over Neanderthal territories.

Most notably among the new studies is what researchers say is the first ever direct evidence that a woolly mammoth was brought down by Neanderthal weapons.

Washington, September 10 : Tel Aviv University researchers have written a unique software program called the ‘Korset’ that can stop computer viruses from wreaking havoc on the servers running on Linux, the operating system used by the majority of web and email servers worldwide.

Avishai Wool, a professor in the university’s Faculty of Engineering, says that the new software can predict how any insidious program residing inside a computer for months or years after developing immunity to anti-virus solutions should behave in the future.

This advance is significant because most anti-virus companies often take days before their software updates can prepare one’s computer for the next attack.

Washington - The United States is intensifying its use of unmanned Predator drones in the hunt for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the mountains of western Pakistan, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing US and Pakistani officials.

The strategic shift reflected the US failure to develop meaningful human intelligence in the remote region despite placing a 25-million-dollar reward for information that leads to the death or capture of the terrorist network's leader, the newspaper reported.

New York - Seven years after the September 11 terrorist strikes, New Yorkers on Thursday will remember the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people with the destruction of the World Trade Center's twin towers.

The city will observe the anniversary with renewed calls for vigilance against the constant threats of new terrorist attacks. Names of the dead will be read yet again.

The presidential nominees of both US major parties, Republic Senator John McCain and his rival, Democratic Senator Barack Obama, plan to attend ceremonies at Ground Zero, site of the destroyed towers.

Los Angeles - Legendary performer Barbra Streisand and The Who frontmen Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey were among the recipients of the prestigious 2008 Kennedy Centre Honours, announced Tuesday.

Also on the list were country singer George Jones, choreographer Twyla Tharp and actor Morgan Freeman.

"Morgan Freeman's name is synonymous with great screen acting, and (he) is one of the most respected performers in American cinema," Kennedy Centre Chairman Stephen Schwarzman said in announcing the awards.

Washington - Azerbaijan made more pro-business reforms than any other country over the last year, while Singapore remains the best place in the world to run a business, the World Bank said Wednesday.

Azerbaijan helped Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics of Central Asia make more progress than any other region - more than 90 per cent of countries made improvements that made it easier to run a business.