London, Jan 6 : Budget hotels in the UK have been found to be contaminated with blood, mould, urine and even faeces, an investigation has revealed.

In fact, the "most disturbing" discovery was made in a room at the Ibis hotel on Charles Street in Manchester-there the mattress was so badly soiled that the cover had started to fray and mould had begun to grow.

The investigation by the consumer group `Which?', during stays at the UK''s five most visited budget hotel chains, also found food debris and stray fingernails lying on the floor, and duvets with suspected blood stains.

The five hotel chains investigated were -Travelodge, Premier Inn, Jurys Inn, Ibis and Comfort Inn.

Washington, Jan 6 : Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered how metastatic cancer cells select their next site of infection.

Cancer biologist Amato Giaccia, PhD., the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor and professor of radiation oncology at Stanford, is the senior author of the research,

London, January 6 : Turkey has decided to restore the citizenship of its first and foremost modern poet, Nazim Hikmet.

The playwright, regarded throughout the world as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, had his citizenship taken away from him following his Marxist beliefs in the 1950s.

The poet, who spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile, subsequently became a Polish citizen.

During the 1930s, Hikmet had revolutionised Turkish poetry, which has been translated into more than 50languages.

Islamabad - A bomb disposal expert was killed on Tuesday while trying to defuse a home-made explosive device planted in a market in Pakistan's north-western town of Bannu, police said.

The blast occurred in Peepal Bazaar where shopkeepers had informed the police about the presence of a remote-controlled bomb.

"Inspector Rehmatullah Khan was handling the bomb when it detonated, killing the official," a local police officer, Mohabat Khan, said.

No one else was injured as the bomb disposal squad had cordoned off the site, Khan added.

Sydney - Only hours after a first-round upset in Brisbane on Tuesday, Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic was set to head to Sydney to tune his tennis at the Medibank International.

The world number three was granted a late wildcard into the men's and women's event which starts on Sunday, one week prior to the Open.

The Serb crashed out 6-4, 6-4 to Ernests Gulbis in his opening match of the season in Brisbane but was saved by the free entry in Sydney.

Chennai, Jan 5 : Consim Info Pvt Ltd, formerly known as BharatMatrimony Group, has announced the launch of the world''s first matrimony channel on the internet, BharatMatrimony. tv.

The pioneering website features exclusive and exciting videos that will create an engaging, informative and compelling experience for audiences across the globe.

BharatMatrimony. tv will also produce capsules covering news, events and developments in the world of marriages. Video clips featuring weddings of topnotch celebrities, fashion, style and bridal wear are also available.