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Peshawar, June 20 : In yet another incident which proves that fissures in the Taliban are getting wider, the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud has rejected the calls of the Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar Akhund for halting terror strikes in Pakistan.

According to sources, Akhund had asked Mehsud to stop the terror acts in Pakistan and focus more on activities against the US led allied forces in Afghanistan.

Washington, June 20 : A new study has revealed that patients with severe to mild lower urinary tract (LUT) symptoms are at a greater risk of developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of cardiovascular risk factors.

"These findings have important diagnostic and management implications," said the authors.

London, June 20 : Jerry Hall, June Brown and Jill Halfpenny will be forming the new line up for the West End stage show based on the story of Calendar Girls.

Actress Hall, who stripped for the stage production of The Graduate in 2001, will portray the role of Miss September in the stage show, which tells the true story of a group of Women''s Institute members who stripped off for charity.

The 52-year-old will reportedly be sporting just a set of pearls while strategically standing behind a piano, reports The Telegraph.

London, June 20 : The health of `Dear Leader' Kim Jong-Il is rapidly deteriorating, and North Korea is trying to buy high-tech medical equipment from abroad to address the issue, according to latest reports.

South Korea's largest selling newspaper, the Chosun Ilbo, reports that North is seeking to bring in an emergency helicopter and other expensive medical equipment through China.

London, June 20 : More than a third of men still believe that housework is a job for the ladies, a new study has found.

The survey by cleaning experts Vileda of 1,853 men found although fathers and married men are the laziest, more than 70 per cent of all men do very little cleaning.

Another 38 per cent think domestic duties should naturally fall to women, reports The Daily Express.

London, June 20 : Glamour model Jennifer Ellison left many minds wandering after flaunting her curves in just a bra.