London, Dec 9 : Bored Brit housewives spend most of their leisure hours surfing the Internet, according to a new survey.

Digital World, Digital Life - a study into how people spend their leisure time, - found British housewives spend almost half their free time (47 percent) on the net, a higher proportion than workers, the unemployed and even students.

And British housewives are bigger users of the Internet than their counterparts in the 15 other countries.

The researcher, TNS, said UK adults aged 18-24 now spend 32 percent of their leisure time on the net, up from the national average of 28 percent.

London, Dec 9 : While expressing her happiness at getting back together with singer-songwriter John Mayer, Jennifer Aniston said that her beau is ''extraordinary''.

The former ‘Friends’ star was dumped by Mayer earlier this year, but the couple is now back together and that actress said that the relationship is stronger than ever.

"He''s a rare one. He is extraordinary and it is wonderful to watch him... the way his brain works and the way he thinks thoughts... it''s beautiful," the Telegraph quoted her, as telling the Mirror.

New York, Dec 9 : Looks like Mariah Carey''s wish for a baby is finally coming true, for the crooner was recently spotted coming out of a gynaecologist’s clinic happily, carrying what looked like a sonogram in her hands.

Carey sparked pregnancy rumours after she came out of a well-known ob/gyn''s office on North Crescent Boulevard.

"(She was) clutching what looked like a sonogram and being greeted by her entourage with cheers. She was ebullient,” the New York Post quoted a source in LA as saying.

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Washington, Dec 9 : Keanu Reeves has signed on to star in "47 Ronin," an epic period film for Universal Pictures based on the true tale of a band of samurai swordsmen who avenged the death of their master in 18th century Japan.

In "47 Ronin," Reeves will play one of the swordsmen; the group and their master are revered in Japan for their revenge attack on Dec. 14, 1702, reports Variety.

The film will tell a stylized version of the story, mixing fantasy elements of the sort seen in "The Lord of the Rings" pics, with gritty battle scenes akin to those in films such as "Gladiator."

Paris, Dec. 9 : British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has welcomed the launch of the international campaign for nuclear disarmament called "Global Zero".

In a statement released by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Miliband said: "In Paris today a new international campaign on nuclear disarmament is being launched. Global Zero will campaign for a world free of nuclear weapons. The UK already supports this aim, and the issue needs our urgent attention.