Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Feb. 19 : The Saudi Arabian Government and the country's investigators continue to see a jailed Muhammad al-Awfi, a one-time Guantanamo Bay detainee, as a major threat to world peace, even from prison.

According to Fox News, al-Awfi was captured by Yemeni authorities and transferred to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. He was an Al Qaeda field commander in Yemen after his release from a Saudi "rehabilitation" program.

Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Awfi lived quietly in Saudi Arabia for a year after his release from Guantanamo Bay in November 2007, but he re-emerged last month in a jihadist video that showed him in Yemen, wearing a bandolier of bullets and threatening the United States.

London, Feb 19 : Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Duke universities have linked mutations in two genes, IDH1 and IDH2, with the most common types of brain cancer and longer survival times.

The research team discovered variations in the IDH1 and IDH2 genes that are associated with three quarters of the most common types of cancer tumors, known as gliomas, according to the New England Journal of Medicine study.

It is hoped the findings could open the way to more successful treatment of the disease.

London, Feb 19: Researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London have shown the way meningitis bacteria masquerade as human cells to evade our body''s defences.

The Nature study could pave way for the development of new vaccines that give better protection against meningitis B.

Meningitis involves an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord as the result of an infection. The infection can be due to a virus or bacteria, but bacterial meningitis is much more serious with approximately 5 percent of cases resulting in death.

The most common cause of bacterial meningitis is the bacterium Neisseria meningitides. It comes in different forms, causing different strains of the disease.

Sony has added a new eco-friendly BRAVIA line-up, headed by the innovative WE5 series, a trendy and stylish designed LCD TV that stands apart from others.

As compared to its predecessor, the new stylish LCD TV consumes over 50% less power.

One of the most energy-efficient HDTV, the new BRAVIA WE5 series LCD TV’s are available in two screen sizes (40-inch, 46-inch).

The BRAVIA WE5 comes with a new micro-tubular Hot Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (HCFL) backlight that boosts efficiency without compromising superb BRAVIA picture quality.

London, February 19 : Jade Goody has sought to comfort her family by telling them they could turn to the sky and she would be the "brightest star up there" when cancer consumes her.

The `Big Brother' celebrity, who has been receiving treatment for cervical cancer, revealed she feared what lay ahead but was ready nevertheless.

The 27-year-old was seen preparing her sons Bobby, five, Freddie, four, and her partner of three years Jack Tweed for the tragic news.

Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 19 : Muslim clerics have come out in a big way to fight against polio in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh.

Health authorities say Muslims are apprehensive about administering polio drops to children because of some unfounded concerns.

They used an annual religious procession to convey messages on polio eradication with the help of banners and exhorted people to join the fight against the scourge.

The procession was named as ''Saabri Jhanda Jalus ir''.