New Delhi, Sept 5 : The Centre on Friday said it is committed to strengthening of non-proliferation regime and again underlined the policy of no-first-use of nuclear weapons.

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a statement here that India would work with the international community to advance the "common objective" of non-proliferation.

New York, Sept. 5 : Republican presidential nominee John McCain’s clarion call for “Change, Change, Change” during his acceptance speech in St. Paul, Minnesota on Wednesday is all very well, but according to a New York Times editorial, he will have to tell the discerning American voter what he plans to actually do to get the corridors of power in Washington working again.

Washington, Sept 5 : Members of the band Heart have criticised presidential hopeful John McCain for using their hit song ‘Barracuda’ as his campaign''s theme song without their permission.

Republican leader McCain chose the track as the theme song for his running mate Sarah Palin, whose high-school nickname was "Sarah Barracuda", courtesy her forceful style of playing basketball.

Washington, Sept 5 : The wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has spoken in defence of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s daughter, insisting that candidate’s kids shouldn’t be involved in political discussion.

Palin was named Senator John MCCain''s running mate last week, just days before details of her 17-year-old daughter''s pregnancy was revealed - leading to media frenzy.

Lisbon - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she was "very satisfied" with the European Union and United States sending a clear message of disapproval to Russia over the Georgia conflict.

The EU and US were achieving "results" in backing Georgia and showing Russia that "we do not accept this type of action," Rice said after meeting her Portuguese counterpart Luis Amado in Lisbon.

The US was satisfied with the EU's condemnation of Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Rice said.

St. Paul (Minnesota), Sept. 5: Her acceptance speech may have drawn 37 million television viewers, just 1.1 million less than those who heard Barack Obama speak in Denver on August 28, but Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has to now move onto the national stage and prove that she is vice-presidential material.