Washington, Nov 16 : It is possible to teach preschoolers the pre-reading skills they need for later school success, while at the same time fostering the socials skills necessary for making friends and avoiding conflicts with their peers, suggest researchers.

In the current study, the researchers suggest a new program that can teach preschoolers reading skills along fostering social skills.

In the new program known as the REDI (Research-Based, Developmentally Informed) Head Start program, the researchers combined a program that fosters social and emotional development (Preschool PATHS) with curriculum components that promote language development and pre-reading skills. 

Bara (Pakistan), Nov 16 : The Pakistan unit of the Taliban, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has denied that it was involved in kidnapping for ransom, killings of innocent people, bomb blasts a

Melbourne, November 16 : Daniel Craig, who greeted the cheers of excited fans as he stepped out on the red carpet at the Sydney premiere of his latest Bond flick ‘Quantum of Solace’, said that he would be more than happy to do a 007 film Down Under.

The James Bond star, who made his Bond debut with ‘Casino Royale’ in 2006, said the best part to being the secret agent was having the privilege to film at exotic locations.

"Doing these movies, they are incredible. It''s very rare air to make movies of this size and the locations we go to,” News. com. au quoted him as saying.

The Brit was accompanied by the latest Bond girl Olga Kurylenko at the premiere.

London, Nov 16 : English fashion and glamour model Danielle Lloyd has once again ended up as the victim of a two timing love rat -and this time it is DJ Ironik.

Lloyd had been two-timed by footballer Jermain Defoe and another man who already had a partner and son at home.

Lloyd had begun dating DJ Ironik in July and there had even been hints of an engagement, but unknown to the model he was also making indecent proposals to wannabe model Lacey Taylor.

Taylor, 19, revealed her three months relationship with Ironik, whose real name is Michael Laurence, and the sex sessions she had with him behind Lloyd''s back, after she dumped him.

"Danielle''s welcome to him," News of the World quoted her as saying.

Washington, Nov 16 : Researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that a protein, known to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer, works in part by forcing cancer cells to eat themselves until they die.

Senior author Naoto T. Ueno, M. D., Ph. D. associate professor of breast medical oncology, said that the researchers also found that expression of the protein, known as PEA-15, is an independent indicator of a woman''s prospects for surviving ovarian cancer. 

An analysis of ovarian cancer tumours from 395 women showed those with high expression of the PEA-15 had a median survival time of 50.2 months compared with 33.5 months for women with low levels of the protein in their tumours.

Lahore, Nov 16 : A leading human rights activist in Pakistan has claimed that India will release another batch of more than 60 Pakistani prisoners, including women and children, on Wednesday. They will be handed over to the Pakistani border authorities, he said further while quoting official sources.

After the release of 28 Pakistanis from Indian jails, the Indian government had agreed to release more than 60 such prisoners in the 2nd phase in the coming week, The News quoted Ansar Burney as saying.