London, Feb 28 : Prince William’s ladylove Kate Middleton is set to win a controversial claim for alleged invasion of her privacy. Middleton had threatened to sue a photographer and two British picture agencies over photographs taken of her at Christmas. And now, she’s expected to receive at least 10,000 pounds in damages, plus substantial legal costs.
London, Feb 28 : Dozens of frozen brains kept for research on conditions including mad cow disease, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s melted after a freezer broke down. The organs were preserved at -80C but were found rotting in a pool of blood and ice at St Bernard’s Hospital in Ealing, west London. The mistake was blasted in a secret report into the incident obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28 : Malaysian women have emerged as the most ill-informed in a new survey on sex-related issues carried out across Southeast Asia. The Kotex BodyLife IQ survey was conducted on 1,800 women aged between 16 and 24 in Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries, reports the New Straits Times Online. It showed that a majority of women in Malaysia believe, among other things, that sexual intercourse during menstruation cannot lead to pregnancy, wearing brassieres can cause breast cancer and that they can enlarge their breasts by touching them.
Tokyo, Feb.28 : Japan has evacuated 320,000 people from its eastern Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures following a Tsunami alert triggered by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile. Warning sirens have been sounded in about 50 countries and territories along an arc stretching from New Zealand to Japan. Waves continue to pummel Chile and have rolled through into Hawaii, French Polynesia and the South Pacific as the tsunami moved at jet-speed across the vast ocean after Saturday’s 8.8-magnitude quake, which left at least 300 people dead.
London, Feb.28 : After the Iraq war, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was so deeply depressed that he told then Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown and Home Secretary John Prescott that he would quit No 10 the following summer. A new book by the Observer’s Andrew Rawnsley reveals that Blair’s physical and mental decline was so profound that he confided to friends that he “spaced out” several times during Prime Minister’s Questions and often woke up in the middle of the night with sweat trickling down the back of his neck. Rawnsley’s explosive account is in The End of the Party, which is published on Monday , extracts from which appear in tomorrow’s Observer.
London, Feb 28 : An iPhone application has been launched which promises to cut the risk in adultery by making text messages vanish without trace as soon as they have been read. TigerText enables the sender to set a lifespan for the message. Once this ends, the app erases the text from both the sender’s and recipient’s phones.
London, Feb 28 : In a new study, medical experts found that babies born to mothers who had taken methadone during pregnancy developed a range of visual problems. The research, carried out by doctors at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill and Princess Royal Maternity, found that the mothers of all 20 infants referred to a specialist clinic for vision defects had taken opiates during pregnancy, reports the Scotsman. This study is the first major investigation into how the use of opiates during pregnancy affects the development of vision in babies.
Christchurch, Feb 28: New Zealand claimed a sensational victory over Australia in a high-scoring Twenty20 International in Christchurch after the tied game was decided in a remarkable one-over playoff. New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum smashed an unbeaten 116 of 56 balls with 12 fours and eight sixes as the Black Caps scored 214-6 from their 20 overs. It was the equal-sixth highest team score in T20 Internationals and the highest conceded by Australia.
Dushanbe, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Polls opened Sunday in Tajikistan’s parliamentary election, with the ruling People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan led by incumbent President Emomali Rakhmon expected to consolidate its power in the legislature. The People’s Democratic Party is the largest among the eight officially registered political parties in Tajikistan, numbering 85,000 members. The party currently holds 52 of the 63 seats in parliament.
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