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Fattest UK teen loses 6 stone in just 10 weeks in US camp

Fattest UK teen loses 6 stone in just 10 weeks in US campLondon, Nov 17 : Weighing 33 stone, a schoolgirl, who was declared the fattest teenager in Britain, has lost six stone in just 10 weeks after enrolling into the world’s leading weight loss camp in the US.

Georgia Davis from Aberdare, South Wales, was the most obese girl ever treated at the Wellspring Academy.

And now, the 15-year-old has miraculously lost six stones in just ten weeks in the academy.

Suspected World War II bomb is blown up by police in Hong Kong

Hong Kong - Scores of office workers were evacuated from central Hong Kong Monday as police detonated a suspected Second World War bomb unearthed on a building site.

The bomb was discovered on the site of the new government headquarters next to Victoria Harbour on Hong Kong island on Monday morning, police said.

Bomb-disposal experts were called in, the site was cordoned off and a section of the busy harbour-side road closed down while the detonation took place. No one was injured.

Hong Kong was heavily bombed throughout World War II as British and Japanese armies battled for control of the strategically located former colony.

Transitional England and Germany lock horns in Berlin

footballBerlin - Another chapter in one of the oldest rivalries in international football will be written this week as England and Germany lock horns in an international friendly in Berlin on Wednesday.

The two nations, whose histories are inextricably linked by the 1966 World Cup final, won by England on home soil, have met 26 times in all, including the period when Germany played as West Germany.

Of those, England have won 11, the Germans have won 10 and there have been five draws.

Indonesian quake kills four, dozens injured

Jakarta - At least four people were killed, nearly 60 others wounded and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged after a powerful undersea earthquake struck off the Indonesia's North Sulawesi early Monday, officials said.

The 7.7-magnitude quake struck at 1:02 am (1702 GMT Sunday) with its epicenter in the sea about 138 kilometres north-west of Gorontalo on North Sulawesi, about 1,950 kilometres north-east of Jakarta. It occurred about 10 kilometres beneath the seabed.

The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 7.5 on the Richter scale.

Indonesia's National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) briefly issued a tsunami warning, but the alert was canceled after no tidal waves materialized, an official said.

UK science minister claims to have power ‘like a sixth sense''

Lord DraysonLondon, Nov 17 : British Science Minister Lord Drayson claims that he has a power "like a sixth sense”, which enables him to foretell some events even before they occur.

The multi-millionaire businessman and Labour donor also said that he believed in God, and thought that faith and science were compatible.

"In my life there have been some things I have known, and I don''t know why. I think there is a lot we don''t understand about human capability," the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

Philips confirm temporary production stop

PhilipsAmsterdam - Dutch electronics company Philips confirmed Monday it had stopped production of electric razors for six weeks, the Dutch ANP news agency reported.

A spokesman for the Eindhoven-based manufacturer of electronic equipment emphasized it was a "regular measure" always taken in the last months of the year to minimize Philips' remaining stock and resulting storage expenses.

However, the company also confirmed the stop had begun earlier than in other years. But it refused to say whether this was due to reduced demand.

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