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Jack Tweed ‘headed for same jail as Boy George’

Jack Tweed ‘headed for same jail as Boy George’London, April 25 : Jack Tweed is reportedly headed to the same jail that holds Boy George prisoner.

Jade Goody's widower is allegedly being shifted to Edmunds Hill, Suffolk from Chelmsford jail, Essex after receiving threats.

The 21-year-old had been found guilty of attacking a taxi driver after losing his drunken temper over the fare and had been subsequently sentenced to 12 weeks in jail.

Men ‘are no more promiscuous than women’

Washington, Apr 25 : The long standing belief that men are promiscuous and females are selective when choosing a mate is a myth, claims a new study.

The research, published by Cell Press in the April issue of the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, suggests that human mating strategies are not likely to conform to a single universal pattern and provides important insights that may impact future investigations of human mating behaviors.

In 1948, Angus J. Bateman''s performed some now famous studies in fruit flies that showed that males exhibit greater variance in mating success (the number of sexual partners) and in reproductive success (the number of offspring) when compared to females.

US CENTCOM chief warns of more Mumbai-type attacks from LeT

US CENTCOM chief warns of more Mumbai-type attacks from LeTWashington, Apr. 25 : The commander of US forces in the Middle East has claimed that the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group is planning to carry out more attacks similar to one launched on Mumbai in November last year.

The Daily Times quoted CENTCOM chief General David Petraeus as telling lawmakers here: "We should observe that the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group that carried out the Mumbai attacks, we think they're trying to do more damage and they're trying to carry out additional attacks."

UTMB Researchers: Fat-Soluble Form Of Vitamin B1 May Treat Common Cause Of Blindness

UTMB Researchers: Fat-Soluble Form Of Vitamin B1 May Treat Common Cause Of BlindnessA new study has revealed that a type of vitamin B1 could become a new as well as effectual treatment for one of the world’s major causes of blindness.

University of Texas Medical Branch researchers think that 10 to 15% of blindness cases in the US take place because of uveitis, a swelling of the tissue positioned just below eyeball’s external surface.

Moreover, the researchers also said that it produces even higher rates of blindness all through the world.

Scientists grow blood vessels from kidney patients'' own cells

Scientists grow blood vessels from kidney patients'' own cellsLondon, Apr 25 : In a breakthrough study, California researchers have successfully grown blood vessels from kidney patients' own skin cells, a development that will increase the ease and safety of dialysis.

The researchers hope that the new technique can one day be used to grow internal organs as well.

It is the first complex bioengineered tissue part built without synthetic components.

Earlier, the bioengineers have only been able to grow sheet-like tissue such as skin from cells alone.

No evidence of India supporting terror in Pak: Holbrooke

No evidence of India supporting terror in Pak: HolbrookeLahore, Apr. 25 : US Special Representative on Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said there is no evidence that India is supporting violence in Pakistan.

"If the Indians were supporting those miscreants in Pakistan that would be extraordinarily bad, really dangerous, but they are not doing so. There is no evidence that Indians are support miscreants in western parts of Pakistan or in Balochistan," the Daily Times quoted Holbrooke as saying in an interview with a private TV channel.

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