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Pamela Anderson to be the face of Vivienne Westwood creation

Pamela Anderson to be the face of Vivienne Westwood creationWashington, Nov 17 : After donning the famous red swimsuit in Baywatch, Hollywood actress Pamela Anderson is set to be the face of punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood’s creation.

The ‘Pammy On The loose’ actress has reportedly signed a 6-figure deal to be the face - and body - of British designer Westwood''s spring/summer creation due next year (09).

"Vivienne and a team of stylists and photographers jetted to Los Angeles last week to shoot Pammie in the new campaign,” Contactmusic quoted a source, as saying.

Iraq approves pact to ensure US troops are withdrawn in 3 years

London, Nov 17 : The Iraqi cabinet has reportedly approved a hard-fought security pact with the US, under which all American troops would withdraw from the country in three years, thereby putting an end to the US-led occupation of Iraq.

But, the security arrangement will have to clear its final hurdle that of being ratified by the fractured Iraqi parliament today. The agreement was discussed for months together, but nine cabinet members failed to turn up at the meeting in which the agreement was adopted, reported The Independent.

The deal with the US raises expectations that Britain is on the point of agreeing a similar pact on the withdrawal of its 4100 troops from southern Iraq, it added.

Tibetan exiles gather for a six-day meeting in Dharamsala

Tibetan exiles gather for a six-day meeting in DharamsalaDharamsala, Nov 17 : Hundreds of Tibetan exiles today gathered here for a six-day long meeting to discuss the future course of action after the failure of eight round of talks with China.

Tibetan exiles from across the globe have come for the special meeting called on by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader.

Why sharp memory remains intact in some elderly people

Washington, November 17 : Researchers at Northwestern University''s Feinberg School of Medicine have found in a study that the brain of the elderly people who have not suffered any memory loss contain many fewer fibre-like tangles as compared to the brains of those who had aged normally.

Lead researcher Changiz Geula, a research professor of neurology, calls such elderly people with laser sharp memory “super aged”.

He has revealed that the fibre-like tangles they observed consist of a protein called tau, which accumulates inside brain cells and is thought to eventually kill the cells.

Dozens injured in car bomb attack in southern Iraq

IraqBaghdad - Dozens of people were injured in a car bomb a

Canada spending millions of dollars in watching Qaeda suspects’ movements

Ottawa, Nov 17 : Canadian government is learnt to be spending between five and ten lakhs in keeping a vigil on suspected al-Qaeda members, who belong to other countries but have been released into Canadian communities.

They were not deported back to their home countries, because judges found that they would be at risk of torture in their homelands, and also that it would be inhumane to detain them indefinitely in Canada, said a report in the Globe and Mail.

In one case, federal department officials budgeted for six full-time agents to watch one released prisoner, at an annual cost of 868,700 dollars.

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