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Seoul - It was not known whether reigning champions Italy were trembling on Wednesday night when North Korea qualified for the 2010 football World Cup.

North Korea's only previous participation at the finals dates back to 1966 in England, where they upset the Italians 1-0.

While the eliminated Italians were greeted with rotten eggs and tomatoes thrown by angry fans on their shameful return home, North Korea led 3-0 against Portugal in the quarter-finals before losing 5-3.

Karan Vasudeva who shot under-par card of 70 has jumped into a four-shot lead at the half-way stage of the LG Southern India Amateur which is played at the par-72 KGA Course in Bangalore.

Moin Malak who was leading yesterday shot a card of 10-over par 82 while Rashid Khan shot 9-over 81 and slipped to the ninth position. Karan with a total of level par 144 was leading while Angad Cheema was at second place with a 36-hole total of 4-over 148.

Washington, June 18 : A new study has confirmed what many people already knew: living near fast food restaurants can raise your chances of becoming obese.

While writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health, boffins have shown association between the ''Retail Food Environment Index'' (RFEI) and levels of obesity.

The 16 member Indian team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the West Indies tour has been announced by Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) yesterday at Mumbai while Chief selectors of the Cricket Selection Committee K Srikant and Venkat Raja joined the meeting through teleconferencing from London.

S Badrinath, Ashish Nehra, M Vijay and Abhishek Nayar have been included in the Indian squad for the West Indies tour in which Nayar is the only new face in the Indian team who has been selected for his brilliant performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL-2).

Islamabad - Missiles believed to have been fired by US Predator drones hit Taliban hideouts in Pakistan's lawless region near Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least five people, officials said.

The suspected US airstrikes targeted a militant training facility and a house near Wana, the main town of South Waziristan tribal district, a security official said on condition of anonymity.

"At least five people were killed at the camp while casualties at the other site were not known," the official said.