Beijing - Vast "brown clouds" of pollution are making Asian cities darker, melting Himalayan glaciers and intensifying regional monsoons, a UN report said on Thursday.
A team of scientists highlighted the three effects after studying a "more than 3-kilometre-thick layer of soot and other manmade particles that stretches from the Arabian Peninsula to China and the western Pacific Ocean," the United Nations Environment Programme said.
New Delhi, Nov 13 : American pop princess Britney Spears is said to be working on a "top secret project" with her manager and choreographer.
Spears, whose new album ''Circus'' is scheduled for release on her 27th birthday on December 2, had released exclusive photographs of auditions she held for male backing dancers on her MySpace page, the China Daily reported.
The dancers are part of a "top secret project", and they have reportedly been recruited "in anticipation of next month''s ''Circus''".
Washington, Nov 13 : Fellowship Church pastor Rev. Ed Young is revving himself up for the sermon that he is going to preach this Sunday, with the topic being that married couples should have sex for seven days straight.
Grapevine-based pastor Young will be preaching the sermon while sitting on a bed at the church, and issue a challenge to his followers to stay in bed with their partner for seven days.
“I won''t be dressed in pajamas,” the Dallas Morning News quoted him as saying.