London, November 13 : Madonna has revealed that she thinks she must have been a ‘Japanese warrioress’ in her previous birth.
The ‘Material’ hit maker, who is fighting for the custody of her three children in a bitter divorce battle with estranged hubby Guy Ritchie, said that she had always been a fighter and thus, traces herself to a ‘Samurai’ past.
“I must have been Japanese in another life. I’m pretty sure I was a warrioress,” the Sun quoted her as saying on a TV show.
“I can’t explain it, I just know. I’m good at fighting — fighting with a big sword,” she added.
Chicago, Nov. 13 : The incoming Obama administration is still mulling over will be its “climate czar”, though many names are being bandied about.
Former Vice President Al Gore is being floated as a possible ''climate czar''. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nancy Floyd, founder and managing director of Nth Power, a green-tech venture capital firm, Dan Reicher, Google''s director of climate change and energy initiatives, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Kansas Governor. Kathleen Sebelius are some of the other names being touted around for the job.
Melbourne, Nov 13 : Paris Hilton has confirmed that she and her beau Benji Madden will host an online New Year''s Eve party in Sydney, Australia.
The hotel heiress and her rocker/DJ boyfriend have been invited to host the city''s New Year''s Eve celebrations, which will also serve as the launch party for new online social networking system Bongo Virus.
Madden will also DJ at the VIP bash, reports the Daily Telegraph.
New Delhi - India's inflation rate fell sharply to 8.98 per cent for the week ended November 1 from 10.72 per cent the previous week, raising hopes of further rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of India as industry figures indicated a slowing down of the economy.
The annualized inflation rate, which is linked to India's wholesale price index, had peaked in the week ended August 2 touching 12.91 per cent. The rate for the week ended November 3, 2007 was 3.35 per cent.
Washington, Nov 13 : When it comes to making rational decisions, feedback plays a key role, says a new study.
According to the researchers, majority of our choices fall into two categories: descriptive choice (based on what we are told) and experiential choice (based on our own personal experience).
Previous studies have shown that people will choose differently, depending on whether they are choosing based on experience or description.
In the new study sought to determine what causes people to choose differently in the two situations.
The research team from Indiana University were interested in testing if feedback in experiential choice is the cause of the different behaviour between the two choice situations.