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Aniston, Mayer ‘caught’ kissing

Aniston, Mayer ‘caught’ kissingLondon, Feb 19 : Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer have put all break-up rumours to rest after they were spotted sharing some intimate moments at an airport.

Mayer had taken her ladylove on a surprise beach break, which was his Valentine's gift for the `Friends' star.

The couple jetted off to the exclusive island of Eleuthera immediately after Jennifer's birthday party at her Beverly Hills mansion last week (Feb 11) where guests included Friends co-star Courteney Cox, 44, and singer Sheryl Crow, 46.

Sensex Up Marginally; Realty, Bank, Capital Good Surge

Sensex Up Marginally; Realty, Bank, Capital Good SurgeAfter opening with a small gain of 19.72 points, Indian equities continued to trade marginally higher with selective buying and selling seen across some of the pivotal stocks.
 
For the week ended Feb 7, 2009, India’s benchmark wholesale price index (WPI), inflation fell below 4% to 3.92%, as compared to 4.39% during the last week, mainly because of declining worldwide crude oil prices

The annual inflation rate was 4.98 per cent during the corresponding week of the previous year.

Civil society questions mandate of ASEAN human rights body

Civil society questions mandate of ASEAN human rights body Bangkok  - The establishment of a human rights body for the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year will be of little worth if it has no mandate to conduct independent fact-finding missions in the region, a leading civil rights group warned Thursday.

"The body should be able to conduct country visits where there are severe human rights violations and conduct fact-finding missions," said Yap Swee Seng, executive-director of the human rights group FORUM-Asia.

Brain scans can read people''s intentions

Washington, Feb 19 : Scientists can now easily tell what's going on in a person's mind, thanks to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that can accurately reveal what people are thinking.

In a new study, led by neuroscientist Frank Tong of Vanderbilt University, volunteers were shown two different patterns and were then asked to picture one or the other.

Using fMRI brain scans, the researchers predicted with 80 percent accuracy which of the two patterns each person was actively holding in memory 11 seconds later.

fMRI images reveal which groups of neurons are active by measuring blood flow.

Eggs ‘help reduce high BP’

Eggs ‘help reduce high BP’Washington, Feb 19 : Here's another reason for egg lovers to savour their favourite food - it helps lower high blood pressure.

Canadian researchers have found that egg proteins can help reduce BP in hypertensive patients.

Earlier studies have suggested that eggs provide high-quality protein for growth, muscle strength and energy and promote weight.

Its key nutrients also help reduce the risk of neural tube birth defects and promote eye health.

Facebook pleads to users not to leave over terms of use change

Melbourne, February 19 : Facebook is trying to woo back abandoning members after it made changes to its user Terms of Service (TOS) that have now been reversed.

The social-networking giant had come under fire after Consumer advocacy blog The Consumerist reported that the revised policy allowed the website to hold a perpetual license to use its members' uploaded content to promote itself, even after their accounts had been deleted.

Following the firestorm, the free-access site is now displaying an apology for the reorganized TOS, saying the changes made were a "mistake".

Facebook further assured its users that they held the ownership of material posted by them, reports News. com. au.

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