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Jennifer Aniston bares all for GQ Cover

Jennifer Aniston bares all for GQ CoverWashington, Dec 11 : Wearing just a necktie, Jennifer Aniston has bared all for the latest cover of GQ magazine.

And accompanying the saucy January cover is a rather sassy interview of the `Friends' star, where she addresses rumours about John Mayer.

"I am not having his baby. And I have not popped the question," People quoted her as saying.

In the interview, the 39-year-old star has even poked fun at her recent swipe at Angelina Jolie

FICCI Warns More Production Cut And Retrenchment

FICCI Warns More Production Cut And RetrenchmentA survey conducted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) revealed that the global slowdown would continue to impact Indian economy.

Companies may employ various cost cutting measures including production cut, salary slash and retrenchment. Manufacturing companies can cut production up to 50 per cent following low demand in the market. Various manufacturing segments such as textile, leather and leather products reportedly have chalked out a policy for production cut for the period of November 2008 to March 2009.

England clears Mohali as second test venue

England clears Mohali as second test venueMohali, Dec 11: The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has given security clearance for Mohali as the venue for the second test in India.

ECB''s Managing Director Hugh Morris has confirmed Mohali as the venue for the second Test match and said that the England team is looking forward to play at Mohali.

"I would like to say a very big thank to the Punjab Cricket Association and previously to the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. The England team is delighted to be back in India," said Morris.

Philippine court offers reward for capture of judge killers

Manila  - The Philippine Supreme Court has set aside a fund to reward people who can provide information leading to the capture and conviction of killers and attackers of Filipino judges, a court official said Thursday.

Justice Presbitero Velasco, chairman of the Supreme Court's committee on security, said the high tribunal has approved a one-million peso (23,833-dollar) fund financed by from the Philippine Judges Foundation.

Under the programme, tipsters will be awarded 100,000 pesos for information leading to the identity of suspects in the killing or attacks on judges. Another 100,000 pesos will be given upon conviction.

The reward fund was set up amid unabated attacks on members of the judiciary.

Need To Improve Healthcare Infrastructure: IRDA

Need To Improve Healthcare Infrastructure: IRDAHealthcare insurance business could not be expanded as per expectations due to the inefficient healthcare infrastructure of the country. Public private partnership should be encouraged to cover the large Indian population under health insurance cover. There is an immense need to improve the government health institutions and traditional health schemes. These views were expressed by the chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Mr. J. Hari Narayan, who was speaking at the Health Insurance Summit 2008 organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

38pct adults, 12 pct kids use complementary and alternative medicine in US

Washington, December 11 : A nation-wide survey commissioned by the U. S. Government has revealed that about 38 per cent of adults in the country, and 12 per cent of children use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products. It involves treatments with herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic, and acupuncture that are not generally considered to be part of conventional medicine.

The new findings attain significance as they emerge from the first ever survey to include questions on children''s use of CAM.

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