London, Mar 26 : Claudia Schiffer certainly has a taste for her native Germany, for the supermodel travelled almost halfway across London just to stock up on her favourite Teutonic treats.

The catwalk queen, who grew up in Rheinberg, near Dusseldorf, still finds herself craving for the treats of her Fatherland.

And, thus, the long-legged beauty, who now lives in trendy Notting Hill with her husband Matthew Vaughn, trekked to the Backhaus German deli in Richmond to stock up on her favourite supplies.

Washington, Mar. 26 : The United States is no mood to discontinue the Predator drone attacks in along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as it is busy in preparing a list of new targets for the strikes.

According to US officials, the list is being prepared as a part of the Obama Administration’s decision to revamp its strategy for the region.

Pakistan has repeatedly said that the drone attacks are proving counterproductive in the ‘war on terror’ as it has resulted in killing of several innocent people in the tribal region along the Afghanistan border.

Washington, Mar 26 : Positive depiction of alcohol consumption in TV shows undermines its negative depictions, according to a new study.

Study leaders Dale W. Russell and Cristel A. Russell, at the Prevention Research Center, claim that television series often portray mixed messages about alcohol, but the positive and negative messages are shown differently.

They have revealed that their study was based on a content analysis of prime-time television series from the 2004-05 season.

Washington, Mar 26 : Catheter technique is less invasive and risky than traditional brain surgery that involves cutting a large opening in the skull, according to new generation of neuroscientists.

Neuroscientists these days are increasingly using catheter technique to repair aneurysms, open clogged arteries, extract blood clots, and repair blood vessel malformations in the brain.

The technique is also used to opens blocked carotid arteries in the neck.

London, Mar 26 : Jade Goody's husband Jack Tweed is getting his dying wife's last message tattooed on his rib cage or across his heart which reads: "Call Me And I Will Answer."

Heartbroken Tweed is considering getting Goody's last message tattooed on his body in an old English script style.

The couple's bridesmaids have also agreed to have the body art done.

London, Mar. 26 : Manchester United and England star Rio Ferdinand has said that though he is a millionaire, he finds fame and fortune boring, and prefers slippers and Corrie to a night of partying.

England hero Rio, 30, who rakes in 120,000 pounds a week, said: "People have a vision of what footballers do in their spare time and it's nothing like that. I'm not in nightclubs every night, that's for sure.