Washington, Dec. 10 : The world economy is on the brink of a rare global recession, the World Bank said in a forecast released Tuesday, with world trade projected to fall next year for the first time since 1982 and capital flows to developing countries predicted to plunge 50 percent.

According to the Spanish researchers, mixed nuts, with the Mediterranean daily diet, may help older people manage their metabolic syndrome, a group of related disorders included abdominal obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and abnormal blood sugar. “The results of the present study show that a non-energy-restricted traditional Mediterranean diet enriched with nuts, which is high in fat, high in unsaturated fat and palatable, is a useful tool in managing the metabolic syndrome,” they wrote in the Archives of Internal Medicine. 

Chennai, Dec 10 : The England cricket teams will donate half of their match fees from the first Test against India starting on Thursday to victims of last month''s attacks in Mumbai, opening batsman Alastair Cook said.

"To extend our sympathies to the families of those who have lost their loved ones in the Mumbai attacks and as a cricketer, we are here to win a Test match series in India. The England players will pay half their match fees from the first Test match to the families of the victims of the Mumbai attacks," said Cook.

Simmtronics Semiconductors Ltd, a maker of memory modules, motherboards and graphics cards, has forayed into the Netbook arena with the launching of its first ‘Netbook’, which will hit the Indian market this year.

The new Simmtronics Netbook, which is based on the power-savvy Intel Atom N970 (1.6 GHz, 2.5 Watts) mobile processor, comes with a 10.2 inch screen and guarantees low power usage through superior Intel SpeeStep Technology.

London, December 10: A documentary showing a retired university professor being actually helped by a Swiss euthanasia group to end his own life will be telecast for the first time on British TV this night.

Craig Ewert decided commit suicide after a motor neurone disease rendered him unable to breathe unaided.

He had paid 3,000 pounds for an assisted suicide with the Swiss-based Dignitas euthanasia organisation, which was captured by film cameras following him during his final days in an apartment in Zurich.

The resulting documentary, titled `Right To Die?', shows Ewert passing away with his wife Mary, 37, at his side. It is being broadcast tonight at 9pm on Sky Real Lives.

Srinagar, Dec 10 : The stage is all set for the fifth-phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir, which is scheduled for Saturday.

Polling will take place for 11 assembly seats in the districts of Kathua in Jammu region and at Shopian and Pulwama in the Kashmir Valley.

The 11 constituencies are Tral, Pampore, Pulwama and Rajpora in Pulwama district, Wachi and Shopian in Shopian district and Bani, Basohli, Kathua, Billawar and Hiranagar in Kathua district.

Of the 179 contestants, there are five women in the fray, in the three districts of Pulwama, Shopian and Kathua districts. 58 independents are also in the ring in this phase of elections.