London, Dec 12 : Queen of pop Madonna has ordered all of her ex hubby Guy Ritchie's things to be packed into boxes and taken out of their home.

Madge, 50, made sure that "every trace" of him was removed and told flunkies that she wanted all his "s***" out of the London house by the weekend.

Washington, Dec 12 : An orangutan's spontaneous whistling is offering researchers at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new insights into the evolution of speech and learning.

Dr. Serge Wich and his colleagues at Great Ape Trust have provided the first-ever documentation of a primate mimicking a sound from another species without being specifically trained to do so.

Washington, Dec 12 : Sky watchers around the world will witness tonight the biggest and brightest full moon of 2008.

According to a report in National Geographic News, although a full moon happens every month, the one that rises today will appear about 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than the other full moons seen so far this year.

This will happen because the moon will be much closer than usual. T

It will be at its closest perigee, which is the nearest that it can get to Earth during its egg-shaped orbit around our planet.

At its farthest from Earth, the moon is said to be at apogee.

Amas Bank (Switzerland) Ltd has acquired 40 per cent stake in PATCO Investments & Consultancy Services Private Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. PATERSON is a Chennai-based stock broking firm, while Amas Bank is a global banking entity of the trans-national Hinduja Group, founded in 1978 as a finance company and granted banking license in 1994. Amas Bank is headquartered in Geneva, having offices in Zurich, Lucerne, Basle, St. Margrethen, Dubai, London, Paris, New York and Mauritius.

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