London, Mar 25 : Brit girl group Girls Aloud celebrated the release of their 21st single, wearing sexy PVC and leather.

Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, all posed for the photo shoot in the sexy clothes to mark the launch of their single `Untouchable'.

The girls, who have been praised by rock legend Bono from U2, and who have now established themselves as the nation's leading girl group, have picked up a Brit Award, with four of their singles being No1 hits, and two albums topping the charts.

Washington, Mar 25: A team of scientists has developed a test that could help doctors precisely identify which breast cancer patients should receive aggressive therapy, thereby sparing many women at low risk for metastatic disease from undergoing unnecessary and potentially dangerous treatment.

Researchers developed the test based on an earlier finding that the co-mingling of three cell types can predict whether localized breast cancer will metastasize, or spread throughout the body.

Pattani, Thailand - The military on Wednesday deployed hundreds of soldiers and police to capture a suspected key leader of the separatist insurgency in southern Thailand.

The operation to capture Masoleh Dellamah was launched on the outskirts of Pattani, 680 kilometres south of Bangkok, but after a clash, Masoleh and his followers managed to escape into a nearby jungle, authorities said.

Reinforcements and helicopters were called in to help track down the insurgents.

Washington, Mar 25 : Brit singer Boy George is feeling the pinch after his clothing store had to be closed down due to heavy losses.

The pop star is currently serving a 15-month prison sentence for falsely imprisoning Norwegian Audun Carlsen at his East London apartment in April 2007.

Boy George, real name George O''Dowd, has been going through some tough times, with his B-Rude store in Shoreditch, east London closing down after recording a 130,000 dollars deficit.

Johannesburg - Madagascar's deposed president, Marc Ravalomanana, has based himself in South Africa, from where he travelled to Swaziland for meetings this week over his ouster from office, a Swazi official said Wednesday.

Swazi King Mswati III currently chairs the security organ or troika of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), of which the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is a member.