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London, Nov 12 : The stunning watch hailed as 'the Holy Grail' of time pieces, as it is said to be the world's most complex watch, has been recently sold for record 15.1million pounds.

Wealthy collectors descended to the auction in Geneva, Switzerland to make their bid for the Henry Graves Supercomplication, the Daily Express reported.

Made by Patek Philippe, the watch which was assembled entirely by hand was offered with an estimate of 10 million pounds and created a new world record with the auction house breaking out in applause.

Washington, Nov 12 : Britt Robertson has bagged a major role in upcoming Eddie Murphy starrer film ' Cook.'

The project, which would be helmed by Bruce Beresford, would center on a cook named Henry Church, played by Murphy, who's hired by a dying man to make meals for his girlfriend and his daughter after his death, and though he agrees to care for them for six months, he ends up ingrained in their lives for the next 15 years, Deadline. com reported.

Robertson, who most recently starred in 'Tomorrowland' and the Nicholas Sparks drama 'The Longest Ride', would fill the role of Charlotte in the project which was penned by Susan McMartin, based on her own experience.

Astana (Kazakhstan), Nov 12 : In a surprise and before time state of the union address, Kazakhstan's President, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has announced a new economic policy that heavily places emphasis on massive state investment in infrastructure over the next several years.

Washington, Nov 12 : Yahoo has confirmed that it acquired a video advertising startup company called BrightRoll for 640 million dollars in San Francisco.

Brightroll helps customers buy and sell video ads on websites, mobile devices and connected televisions.

Current President and CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Meyer said that Brightroll could take over the Web banner ads through its video advertising, reported CNET.

Meyer said in a blog post that the San Francisco startup company could help Yahoo transform and modernize display business and return it to growth.

Sydney, Nov 12 : Australia ODI team vice-captain George Bailey has backed his skipper Michael Clarke, saying that the recent criticism of their number one batsman was completely unwarranted and pointed to the captain's proven record of leading from the front.

Australia has given Clarke its emphatic backing as they announced their World Cup campaign under way in Perth. The chance to go head-to-head in a five-game series with World Cup favourites South Africa starting on Friday is being treated by Australia as a selection audition of the highest importance.

Washington, Nov 12 : A robot, owned by Google's Boston Dynamics, can mimic a pose from the movie 'Karate Kid,' it has been reported.

The robot, dubbed as Atlas, showed off its incredible moves in a video posted online, ABC News reported.

Standing in for Mr. Miyagi was the team at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, which programmed Atlas to take on some of the famous moves the sensei taught 'Karate Kid' Daniel LaRusso.

Atlas balances on one foot atop cinder blocks and slowly raises and lowers its arms. The humanoid robot then brings the arms to its "hips" and full extends its leg.