Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Thursday ordered agriculture and health officials to closely monitor an outbreak of an Ebola virus strain in several pig farms in three northern provinces.

Deputy presidential spokesman Anthony Golez said Arroyo wanted agriculture authorities to prevent the Ebola Reston virus from spreading to other pig farms in the country.

Golez, a medical doctor, assured the public that the Ebola Reston virus found in the pigs was not harmful to humans.

London, Dec 11 : London Mayor Boris Johnson has the best ‘celebrity hair’ in Britain, says a new poll.

The 44-year-old politician was voted as having the ‘best celebrity hair’ by 1,300 people in a poll to mark Brylcreem National Men''''s Hair Week.

"I''''m baffled but delighted by this award. Thank you very much to everyone who voted for me,” the Telegraph quoted him saying.

"I''''m afraid that other people probably pay more attention to my barnet than I do and over the years I''''ve had various suggestions for what to do with it including a Mohawk.

Moscow - At least four construction workers died in Moscow when a derelict building the

New Delhi, Dec. 11 : Squarely laying the blame for last month’s terror attacks in Mumbai at Pakistan’s doorstep, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Parliament on Thursday that,” non state actors didn’t come from the heaven and the controllers and handlers of 26/11 were in the neighboring country at the time of incident.”

“We’ll tackle terror with patience, but nobody dare attack us .We will not be provoked into war, people expect India to act to protect itself. War is not a solution,” he said.

Kolkata, Dec. 11 : The Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India today decided to provide liquidity support to the housing and export sectors adversely affected by the recent financial market developments.

Beijing - The Chinese government has agreed to buy shares worth 3 billion yuan (441 million dollars) in each of two major airlines hit by the global economic crisis, the airlines and state media said on Thursday.

China Eastern and China Southern both said they had agreed to issue additional shares valued at 3 billion yuan via the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets.

The government bailout should "improve the carrier's financial condition and free up cash," the official Xinhua news agency quoted China Eastern spokesman Luo Zhuping as saying.