Islamabad, Apr. 20 : With the Taliban establishing total control over the Swat Valley following inking a deal with the government to implement Islamic law in the whole region, fears have heightened that Islamabad could be the next target of the insurgents.

A report in the Washington Post suggests that the Taliban has arrived on the doors of the country's capital, and is on the lookout for a right opportunity to strike.

Washington, Apr 20 : Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat joined the league of Hollywood celebs including Kim Kardashian, Miley Cyrus, Victoris Beckham, David Beckham and Paris Hilton, after a Hollywood milkshake was named after her.

Mallika, who visited Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood, has been honored with her very own milkshake called the `Mallika shake', reports Contactmusic.

The Mallika shake includes blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and chocolate sauce.

Kingston - An armed man has taken some 150 people aboard a plane on the Caribbean island of Jamaica hostage, media reports said Monday.

The hostage-taking is believed to be taking place on an aircraft that had been scheduled to fly from the Sangster International airport in Montego Bay, to Halifax in Canada, the news channel CNN reported.

According to the online edition of local newspaper The Gleaner, at 11pm on Sunday (0400 GMT Monday) the gunman boarded the plane using false identification documents, proceeded to rob passengers on the aircraft, and is currently holding them hostage.

Washington, April 20 : A new study has determined that a widely discussed "atmospheric engineering" scheme intended to combat global warming could have unanticipated consequences in reducing the effectiveness of certain kinds of solar power around the Earth.

In the study, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Daniel M. Murphy examines a proposal to minimize climate change by enhancing the stratospheric aerosol layer, which reduces sunlight to Earth by scattering it to outer space.

London, Apr 20 : "Beer goggles" should not become an excuse for men getting a woman''s age wrong, and indulging in sex with underage girls, according to a study.

Scientists first identified the idea of "beer goggles" in the early 1990s when it was dubbed "alcohol myopia", which meant that most men overestimated women''s ages after getting drunk.

But, University of Leicester researchers have revealed that men tend to overrate a women''s age regardless if they are drunk or not.

Beijing - North Korea could restart its main nuclear facility within months, the UN's international nuclear watchdog said Monday.

North Korea must also be regarded as a nuclear power, Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in Beijing.

"North Korea has nuclear weapons, which is a matter of fact," ElBaradei said.

He called for a quick return to negotiations with the totalitarian state.

"We need to find a solution before they go into building their nuclear power arsenal," ElBaradei said.