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Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80 percent: WHO

Aneez — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:01 +0000

Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, the World Health Organisation’s cancer agency said on Tuesday.

The review of 11 studies worldwide showed people who chewed tobacco and used snuff also had a 60 percent higher risk of esophagus and pancreatic cancer.

Angelina Jolie in hospital to give birth

Aneez — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:21:48 +0000

Angelina Jolie has been admitted to hospital in Nice, southern France, where she expects to give birth to twins, reports said on Tuesday. They said that the 33-year-old Oscar winner, whose partner is Brad Pitt, was admitted to the Lenval Hospital...

Denmark is the world's happiest country

Aneez — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:17:39 +0000

Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers said on Monday. Zimbabwe, torn by political and social strife, is the least happy, while the world’s richest nation, the...

Fly me to the Moon: Japan firm offers weddings in space

Aneez — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:11:04 +0000

A Japanese firm on Tuesday began accepting reservations for couples who really want to make the big leap — by blasting into space to exchange their wedding vows. Each happy couple will spend 240 million yen (2.3 million dollars) for the...

Man in Australia sells 'life' for 383,000 US dollars

Aneez — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:53:16 +0000

A man in Australia who was selling his “life” over the Internet — including his home, job and the chance to meet his friends — said Sunday he had sold the lot for 399,000 dollars (383,230 US).

British-born Ian Usher, 44, decided to sell his house in the western city of Perth along with his car, motorbike, jet ski and all his other goods as a way of moving on after breaking up with his wife.

'Chak De India' takes top honours at Indian academy awards

Aneez — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:56:34 +0000

“Chak De India,” a sports film that plays with themes of religion and class, won top honours at the “Bollywood Oscars” late Sunday, snapping up the coveted best picture award.

The movie tells the story of a Muslim captain of the Indian field hockey team who leaves the game after being wrongly accused of throwing a World Cup match against Pakistan.

Japanese man finds woman living in his closet

Aneez — Fri, 30 May 2008 22:53:38 +0000

A Japanese man puzzled by food mysteriously disappearing from his refrigerator got a shock when he found out a woman had been living in his home for months without permission, police said Friday.

The 57-year-old man living alone — or so he thought — in the western city of Fukuoka installed a security camera and called the police when he saw images of someone walking around his home while he was out.

Fox News worker sues over bedbugs in NY office

Aneez — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:50:59 +0000

A Fox News employee who says she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after being bitten by bedbugs at work filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the owner of the Manhattan office tower where she worked.

Jane Clark, 37, a 12-year veteran of Fox News, a unit of News Corp, said she complained to human resources after being bitten three times between October 2007 and April 2008. She said she was ridiculed and the office was not treated for months.

Who needs sex when you can steal DNA?

Aneez — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:48:47 +0000

Tiny freshwater organisms that have amazed scientists because of their sex-free lifestyle may have survived so well because they steal genes from other creatures, scientists reported on Thursday.

They found genes from bacteria, fungi and even plants incorporated into the DNA of bdelloid rotifers — minuscule animals that appear to have given up sex 40 million years ago.

'Cursed' tomb of Shakespeare gets a makeover

Aneez — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:44:35 +0000

William Shakespeare’s tombstone is to undergo a makeover, the church where the grave is located said on Wednesday, though renovators will not risk the “curse” of moving the legendary English playwright’s remains.

The tombstone in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, west central England, is beginning to disintegrate.