London, July 21 : Staff members on board the Royal Yacht Britannia were required to address the Queen or Queen Mother as "Your Majesty" initially, but otherwise as “Ma’am” to rhyme with “ham”, according to a rulebook published by the British Ministry of Defence.

The 200-page Precedent Book entitled ''Commonwealth Personnel'' also reveals that all other Royals were to be addressed as "Your Royal Highness", and thereafter as "Sir" or "Ma''am".

Servicemen with moustaches were deemed unsuitable to guard the Queen, say the documents.

London, July 21: A British chemical company has said that it has found a way to make fuel from household waste, and cars run on such fuel could be on the streets within two years.

According to a report in the Times, INEOS, the world’s third largest chemical company, said it aimed to produce commercial quantities of bioethanol fuel from biodegradable municipal waste by 2011.

The company has said that it had patented a method of producing fuel from municipal solid waste, agricultural waste and organic commercial waste.

The company claims that it can produce about 400 litres (90 gallons) of ethanol from one tonne of dry waste.

London, July 21 : Illegal immigrants might soon get British citizenship by just paying 200 pounds, if a bizarre policy of the Liberal Democrats is made into a law.

According to a party think-tank, the country''s half-a-million illegals should be allowed to sign up for an "enrolment period". 

The scheme could mean that anyone who manages to stay in Britain undetected for three months could pay 200 pounds to enroll, followed by five installments of 1,000 pounds over the following five years, as quoted in the Daily Star. 

Once they have completed their enrolment, which includes getting a job, paying taxes and learning English, they would be given permission to live here permanently.

London, July 21 : Want to snare billionaire? A Russian school is offering tips on how to seduce and bag the wealthy man of your dreams.

A popular school of seduction in the Moscow is teaching professional women how to attract men - preferably a richer one.

Evgeniya Steshova, who runs the crash course, said that girls want to meet good men with a high social standing and of course it doesn''t hurt if he''s a rich one.

The lesson starts with grading each other on the scale of five on perfume, manicures, hair, underwear and sex appeal.

Steshova advises to be at your best while trying to attract a man. Men react to women''s appearance.

London, July 21 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is studying a new scheme to encourage people to use environmentally friendly vehicles rather than those propelled by petrol or diesel — giving away electric cars for free or at a heavily subsidised price.

Senior Downing Street sources say that Israeli businessman Shai Agassi, 38, has proposed the plan to the PM.

If cleared, the scheme would require people to sign an agreement with a company to run the hybrid cars, and buy electricity to charge their batteries.

London, July 21 : An apparent set of ‘Siamese twin’ birds, which are conjoined, has been discovered in Arkansas in the US.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the pair of barn swallows, attached at the hip by skin and possibly muscle tissue, is being sent to the Smithsonian Institution for examination and confirmation.

The officials at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission have described the finding as incredibly rare.

“I can’t even say it’s one in a million – it’s probably more than that,” said Karen Rowe, an ornithologist with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. “There’s just very little to no records of such a thing,” she added.