Washington, April 6 : U. S. First Lady Michelle Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, will feature with her in the May issue of Essence magazine.

Marian joined her daughter for a joint interview and cover shoot for the U. S. Mother's Day issue of the magazine.

The interview was conducted in Michelle's East Wing Office at about a month after the inauguration.

The mother-daughter duo discussed family, life in the White House, and the importance of good role models.

Multan, Apr 6 : Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said no foreign military would be allowed to set foot in the country and law enforcement agencies will conduct anti-terrorism operations inside the country.

Qureshi told reporters here that during his recent visit to Washington, he had conveyed to the US that NATO would not be allowed to conduct operations in Pakistan. They have understood our point of view and accepted it, he added.

He said that the US has introduced a bill worth 10.5 billion dollars for Pakistan, which comprises 7.5 billion dollars as economic assistance and 3 billion dollars for military assistance.

Washington, April 6 : US engineers are developing the next-generation of firefighting equipment specially designed to work in microgravity to douse out fires in space stations.

According to a report in Discovery News, with a new spaceship under development, NASA is investing in next-generation fire-fighting gear that is specially designed to work in microgravity.

Washington, Apr 6: US National Security Adviser, Marine General James Jones, wants Pakistan and Afghanistan to help the United States approach moderate Taliban activists who are willing to lay down their arms.

Jones stressed the need for a greater cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the fight against terrorists, and said that President Barack Obama’s new strategy offers new hope for peace and security in South Asia.

Washington, Apr. 6 : Following North Korea's launch of its controversial Taepodong-II missile, a majority of American voters have said that they would support a military approach to eliminate North Korea''s nuclear capabilities.

According to a Rasmussen Reports survey released Sunday morning, 57 percent of all voters support such a response, while just 15 percent oppose it.

Washington, April 6 : Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a religious application that alerts Muslim mobile users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers called salat.

The application known as Sun Dial is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston.

"We have to understand religion because it''s such a central part of peoples lives," said Susan Wyche, doctoral candidate in the College of Computing and GVU Center at Georgia Tech.