Washington, Dec 9 : New analyses have suggested that climate change was responsible for the extinction of the cave bears, 27,800 years ago.

Weighing up to 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds), cave bears lumbered in and out of caves throughout Europe for tens of thousand years.

Then, for unknown reasons, they disappeared.

Scientists have long thought that the cave bears went extinct about 15,000 years ago. New analyses, however, suggest that these legendary animals actually vanished
13,000 years before that, and climate change was probably responsible.

Washington, Dec 9 : Brit actress Dame Helen Mirren has vowed never to leave Britain for Hollywood, as she just cannot bear the idea of being away from her native homeland.

Bangkok  - Laos has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean firm Boon Young to conduct a feasibility study on their construction of a new international airport for the capital Vienti

Kalyan (Mumbai)/New Delhi/Srinagar, Dec 9 : Muslims all over India celebrated Eid-ul-Adha on Tuesday that marks the end of pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Popularly known as Baqr-e-Eid, the festival is celebrated on the tenth day of Zil-Haji, the last month of the year according to the Islamic calendar.

Muslims in Kalyan city of Maharashtra gathered at mosques early in the morning and offered prayers.

"We have celebrated it peacefully. Though every year, it is done the same way just that the sacrifice made is part of the celebration of the festival," said Javed Ahmed, a devotee.

London, Dec 9 : Hollywood actress Charlize Theron has once again stripped down to her flawless body in the much-awaited flick ‘The Burning Plain’.

The ‘That Thing You do’ actress, who has earlier stripped down in flicks like ‘The Devil''s Advocate’, ‘Deception’, ‘Monster’ and ‘2 Days In The Valley’, is once again ready to entice all with the strip act, reports the Sun.

The Oscar winner will play Sylvia, who tries to find common ground with her parents after a chaotic childhood; Hollywood Kim Basinger will play her mother in the flick.

Washington, Dec 9 : English actor Daniel Craig has denied rumours about there being a sequel to Quantum Of Solace, and insisted the next James Bond flick will be totally different from it.

Quantum Of Solace was a major international hit, scoring high in box office charts the world over, but the James Bond star is adamant that his third movie as the secret agent will have a brand new storyline.