NEW DELHI - It was a misty Diwali morning for Delhiites Friday as the city saw a thin layer of fog. And the weatherman said it could get chilly by the evening.

WASHINGTON - The Deep Impact spacecraft Thursday passed within 700 km of comet Hartley 2 at a speed of 43,000 km per hour, in what astronomers said was the best extended view yet at that class of objects in the solar system.

BEIJING - China Friday launched a meteorological satellite into space from the country's northern Shanxi province, Xinhua reported.

KAMPALA - An outbreak of anthrax in a Ugandan national park has killed at least 100 hippos since early July, a national newspaper reported Thursday.

CHENNAI - An atmospheric depression over southeast Bay of Bengal, centred around 1,250 km from here, is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm and cross between Chennai and Ongole in Andhra Pradesh by Nov 7 evening or night, weather department officials said.