Melbourne, Nov 3: Olympic golden girl Stephanie Rice’s name will now be seen in the skies over the Middle East.

London, Nov 3: If rumours are to be believed, Sienna Miller’s relationship with married American actor Balthazar Getty is on the rocks.

According to pals, Balthazar is stalling on his divorce to his wife Rosetta Millington, which is getting right up Miller’s nose.

And he is refusing to move with the actress to London because he wants to remain close to the three sons he has with Rosetta.

“They had such an animal attraction in the beginning. Now the dust has settled and they’re talking about the future, there are a couple of things they have been rowing about,” the Mirror quoted a pal, as saying.

Melbourne, Nov 3: Pop princess Britney Spears is reportedly back with her paparazzo ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib.

Reports about Spears getting back with Ghalib have been making their rounds after a source revealed it to the National Enquirer.

“Britney and Adnan are constantly on the phone or text messaging each other,” the Courier Mail quoted the source as saying.

“Britney gets excited when he calls or texts because he lavishes her with compliments.

“Adnan searches the Internet for photos of her and then calls and comments on her outfits and her hair, and she loves it.

“She also wears the promise ring he gave her when they were dating,” the source said.

London - Leading budget airline Ryanair said Monday the steep rise in the oil price had led to a 47-per-cent fall in net profits in the six months to the end of September.

The Irish carrier said net profits between April and September stood at 169 million pounds (277 million dollars).

Chief executive Michael O'Leary said he was confident the profits would recover if the oil price, currently at 80 US dollars a barrel, continued to fall.

"We have a significant cost advantage over our competitors many of whom have hedged fuel next year at significantly higher levels than current market prices," O'Leary said Monday.

Yangon - Trade between Myanmar and China increased 60 per cent in the past fiscal year, ranking China the second-largest trading partner for the country after Thailand, news reports said Monday.

Trade between Myanmar and China reached 2.4 billion dollars for the year that ended March 31, compared with 1.5 billion the previous fiscal year, Myanmar's prime minister, General Thein Sein, said last week in Nanning, China at a summit between China and the Association of South-East Asian Nations, of which Myanmar is a member

Hanoi - Heavy rains and floods in Vietnam have killed at least 49 people and left five missing since Friday, disaster centres reported Monday.

In Hanoi, state media said at least 18 people were killed in the heaviest floods to hit the capital since 1984. Among the dead were three children on their way to school who fell into sewers through drains that lacked protective covers.

Widespread power outages also struck the capital. All schools were closed Monday.

The central province of Ha Tinh reported 17 deaths with the rest of the deaths spread among other provinces in northern and central Vietnam.

Heavy rains continued to fall in Vietnam's northern provinces Monday morning.