Hamburg - Most women crave fuller hair, but in reality the dream of having flowing tufts is comparatively easy to achieve with the right cut and appropriate hair care.

Even fine, thin hair can be made to look like there's a plenty of it. Getting the right cut is the first precondition.

"Not much can be done to create volume with medium-length, fine

Hamburg - Lucky is the e-mail user who hasn't received solicitations for aphrodisiacs or online casinos - commonly known as spam. The single best way to avoid unwanted e-mails is to avoid giving out your e-mail address in the first place. That's easier said than done, however, especially since many online shopping transactions require an e-mail address.

One potential alternative are disposable e-mail addresses. As these are automatically deactivated after a short time, users can reveal them without worrying about increasing their spam load.

Hamburg - For centuries, astrologers studied celestial constellations in a bid to unravel the future. Thanks to modern technology, a glance at your computer screen suffices nowadays.

Beginners can check Astrology 2008 from Rondomedia publishing. Users enter the date, their location and, when possible, the exact time of their birth. Within minutes, the software performs its calculations.

The resulting graphic might not make much sense, but the program is accompanied by texts with more detailed data about personality, the future and relationships as well as finances and career. Charts are available showing on which days the signs are good and bad for love and emotions, strength, professional success and financial business.

Hamburg  - President Horst Koehler marked German Unity Day on Thursday with a call to the country to live up to its expectations in Europe.

Germany's national day, a public holiday, marks the reunification of the two Germanys 18 years ago.

"There is no reason for us to make ourselves bigger than we are, but not smaller either," Koehler said in an address delivered in the northern port of Hamburg, where the main celebrations were held.

Hamburg - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong may have to support his Astana team-mate Alberto Contador in next year's Tour, the team's cycling director Johan Bruyneel said.

"At the end of the day, the strongest rider will be supported, regardless of that person's name or what they've accomplished in the past," Bruyneel said on the team's website.

Contador won the 2007 Tour de France and followed that up by winning this year's Giro in Italy and Vuelta in Spain.

"Alberto is the best professional cyclist in the world," Bruyneel said. "The strongest rider will be supported."

Armstrong, 37, announced last month he was coming out of retirement to ride with the Astana team in 2009.

Hamburg - The state of Hamburg granted regulatory approval Tuesday for one of Europe's biggest coal-fired power stations, angering the environmentalist Greens Party which had campaigned for a gas plant instead.

Swedish-based utility Vattenfall has already begun construction of the 1,654-megawatt plant, which will burn imported hard coal and use river water for cooling.