Tokyo - Tokyo stocks surged nearly 8 per cent Wednesday, on the back of Wall Street's overnight rally and the dollar's advance against the yen, sending the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average above 8,000.

The Nikkei rose 589.98 points, or 7.74 per cent, to end at 8,211.9.

The broader Topix index of all first-section issues was up 46.29 points, or 5.9 per cent, at 830.32.

The Tokyo market sentiment was buoyed also by speculations that the Bank of Japan is considering an interest-rate cut to help stabilize the market.

London, October 29 : Madonna used to control Guy Ritchie with a ‘marriage contract’, it has emerged.

The Brit director had to apparently alter his behaviour as per the ‘contract’ that included instructions deciding their number of dates and times of sex.

The 40-year-old was further asked to ‘work to enrich his wife’s emotional and spiritual well-being’ while being ordered ‘to resolve conflicts in a constructive way’.

Jakarta - Indonesia's anti-corruption court on Wednesday sentenced a former central bank governor to five years in prison for misappropriating millions of dollars in bank funds.

The court also ordered Burhanuddin Abdullah to pay a 250-million-rupiah (25,000-dollar) fine.

Abdullah was convicted of using a foundation linked to Bank Indonesia to pay bribes of about 10 million dollars to members of parliament deliberating amendments of the central bank law in 2004 and to cover the cost of legal assistance for former senior bank officials.

Abdullah, who was replaced in May after his five-year term as governor expired, was arrested in April by the country's Corruption Eradication Commission.

London, Oct 29: Guy Ritchie has turned down Madonna’s 20million pound-divorce offer, according to reports.

The breakdown in the marriage of 50-year-old Madonna and her film director husband was first made public two weeks ago.

Madonna’s biographer, J. Randy Taraborrelli, claimed that the singer and her filmmaker husband were "no closer" to reaching any agreement.

While the Material Girl wants her children— Rocco, seven, and adopted David Banda, three— to be based with her in the US, Ritchie wants them educated in England.

Washington, October 29 : When it comes to decision making, stressed out older adults are more likely to alter their behavior than their younger counterparts, reveals a new study.

According to Mara Mather of USC Davis School of Gerontology, older adults (65 to 89) tend to alter their behaviour more than the young adults (18 to 33) when stressed – especially when situational risks are involved.

Mather and her colleagues Marissa Gorlick, of the USC Emotion and Cognition Lab, and Nichole Kryla-Lighthall, a USC doctoral student, asked adults, both young and old, to play a driving game relating to real-life situations involving common risks.

London, Oct 29 : The first ozone measurement taken on the summit of Mount Everest has revealed surprisingly high levels of ozone, which scientists involved in the expedition suggest might have originated from urban pollution.

According to a report in Nature News, the measurement was made by British climber Ian Wade, part of the Karrimor 2005 Everest Expedition, who carried an ozone meter the size of a pack of cards to the mountain’s peak, more than 8,800 meters above sea level.

John Semple from the University of Toronto, Canada, who was team doctor for the expedition, said that Wade had to memorize the measurement.