Melbourne, Dec 11: Rumours of Aussie actress Abbie Cornish being pregnant with American actor Ryan Phillippe's child started circulating after she was spotted sporting a fuller figure.

Cornish''s expanding waistline, and her flying home to Australia on December 7 with Phillippe, has further fuelled the rumours, reports News. com. au.

And the 26-years-old actress' trip home is being seen as a visit to introduce the father of her unborn child to her family.

London, Dec 11: The news that prisoners in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp are being tortured by loud music being played over loudspeakers has enraged musicians and human rights groups.

Recent reports suggested that the prisoners were being made to listen to the songs `Baby One More Time' by Britney Spears, `Hells Bells' by AC/DC, and `Born in the U. S. A.' by Bruce Springsteen over and over again.

It is said that the songs are played into cells at high volumes for hours.

Human rights groups are worried that the continuous blaring of the loud music may cause the inmates long-term psychiatric problems.

Madrid/Barcelona - Nine people were injured overnight in Spanish demonstrations against the killing of a Greek student in Athens, police said Thursday.

Los Angeles - For one quarter, Carmelo Anthony went into attack mode, and then into the NBA history books.

Anthony erupted for 45 points, including a league record-tying 33 in the third quarter, carrying the Nuggets to a 116-105 home victory over the slumping Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

"That was one of the greatest quarters I've ever been apart of," said Anthony, who added 11 rebounds to his ninth career game of 40 or more points. "The most important thing is we won the game tonight."

Melbourne, Dec 11: Forget treadmills, long walks and calorie-restricted diets, a daily tipple and gardening are the keys to a long and healthy life, reveals an Australian research.

In the major study, researchers tracked 3000 people for two decades, and gave the best picture yet of how to ward off dementia and death in old age.

And the two best protectors are painless, according to lead researcher Professor Leon Simons of the University of New South Wales.

"We found one alcoholic drink per day could cut the risk of dementia by 34 per cent. So, a drink a day can keep dementia away," the Courier Mail quoted the expert, as saying.

Budapest - The management of Budapest's Ferihegy International Airport were hoping for less disruption on Thursday as airport workers went on strike for a second day.

"The unions will go ahead with the strike and reject the employer's ultimatum that the resumption of negotiations is conditional on us calling off the strike," said Zoltan Kovacs, strike leader and head of one of the two main unions representing workers at the airport, on Thursday morning.