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London, Dec 23 : With the recession taking its toll on Japanese workers, an unconventional form of anti-stress therapy is gaining popularity in the country - smashing plates against a wall.

Workers, suffering from recession blues, are flocking to The Venting Place in Tokyo where they pay to hurl crockery against a concrete wall.

Highly talented, confident about her singing and determined to win the title, Shini Kalvint, from small town Gwalior, has been voted out of the reality show ‘Indian Idol 4.’

Right from the auditions days, Shini, the only bahu on Indian Idol, was one of the top candidates for the most-coveted title ‘Indian Idol 4.’

After seeing all her power-packed performances, the judges including Javed Akhtar, Anu Malik, Sonali Bendre and Kailash Kher thought that Shini had an edge over other contestants.

But unluckily the voting pattern has ruined that faith.

London, Dec 23 : Russian magnate and Chelsea tycoon Roman Abramovich who is thought to be down to his last 7billion pounds has also ordered a pay freeze for staff on his 72million pounds floating palace Pelorus.

Crew of super yacht owned by mega-rich Chelsea tycoon Roman Abramovich are angry that that their bonuses have been frozen due to the ongoing financial crisis, but the Russian magnate didn't order cutbacks for his club footballers.

Abramovich axed Christmas bonuses for his super yacht crew after losing at least three billion pounds in the credit crunch, The Sun reported.

Washington, Dec 23 : A study has found that shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, are beneficial for native birds, bats and other creatures, maintain genetic diversity of native tree species, and, can act as focal points for tropical forest regeneration.

The study was undertaken by University of Michigan researchers Shalene Jha and Christopher Dick.

Jha, a graduate student whose main interest is insects, initially wanted to find out whether shade coffee farms nurture native pollinators such as stingless bees.

When she began her fieldwork in Chiapas, Mexico, she focused on a particular tree, Miconia affinis, which is pollinated by an unusual method known as buzz pollination.

London, Dec 23 : Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson had warned his players that they would blow their season if they failed to capture the World Club Cup.

Ferguson gave one of his classic motivational speeches to ensure their 12,000-mile round trip to Japan was worth it. They knew they could fall further behind in the title race and they would definitely add to their fixture backlog, so it had to be worth it, The Sun reported.