Washington  - US President George W Bush voiced his support for the democratic government of Lebanon free of Syrian influence during his meeting Thursday with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

"The United States is proud to stand by your side," Bush said. "Our mission is your mission: a country that is strong and capable, and a country where people can live in peace."

Washington, Sept 25 : Your address can reveal a lot about your personality, according to a new study, which suggests that specific areas attract particular personality types.

The study, by Markus Jokela and Liisa Keltikangas-Jarvinen from the University of Helsinki from the National Research and Development Center for Welfare and Health and Mika Kivimaki of University College London, was aimed to know if certain personality traits would influence migration patterns more so than others.

Washington, Sept 25: Researchers from Indiana University have found why kids who grow up in an aggressive or violent household are more likely to become violent or aggressive in future relationships.

The link between witnessing aggressive behaviour as a child and carrying it out as an adult has always been known but the association has not been very clear.

Washington, Sept. 25: North Korea is reported to be planning to resume the reprocessing of plutonium, perhaps as soon as next week, raising concerns in Washington.

According to the New York Times, the country is on the verge of restarting a nuclear weapons program whose shutdown had earlier been portrayed by the White House as a significant diplomatic achievement.

U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that the United States still hoped to preserve a hard-won agreement that called for the North to dismantle its nuclear reactor.

But North Korea has refused to resume talks, and no new ones are planned.

Washington, September 25: Texas A&M University chemists are working on a bacterial enzyme that can neutralize a deadly agent that can be used by terrorists for making chemical weapons.

Dr. Frank Raushel, one of the experts associated with the project, has revealed that this chemical agent is called the organophosphate, which started its journey as insecticides in the Thirties.

He has revealed that organophosphates made their way into the dangerous alleys of chemical warfare during World War II.

Washington  - US stocks were mixed on Wednesday with gains in high technology and a slower decline in blue chips and general stocks as gridlock continued in Washington over prompt passage of a week-old White House rescue plan for Wall Street.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress of "grave threats" facing the American economy and financial system, and of the consequences of failure to act.