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Gazza set for shock football comeback

Gazza set for shock football comebackLondon, Nov. 13 : Believe it or not, former England football star Paul Gascoigne is set for a shock comeback, playing in next season’s FA Cup.

Gazza, 41, is being lined up to appear in a team made up entirely of former Cup winners. He will join a host of former aces in a non-league side that will be entered for the game’s most coveted trophy.

China To Launch 2nd Lunar Probe ‘Chang’e 2’ By 2011

China To Launch 2nd Lunar Probe ‘Chang’e 2’ Before 2011 China has announced that the second lunar probe, named Chang’e 2, will be launched before the end of 2011.

According to an official, this experimental satellite will mark the beginning of the second phase of China’s lunar exploration program.

The State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense stated that Chang’e 2 will carry out several experiments, which will involve five core technologies including orbital adjustments and soft landings.

Angelina Jolie slams pregnancy claims

Angelina Jolie slams pregnancy claimsWashington, Nov 13 : Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has quashed claims suggesting that she is expecting another child with lover Brad Pitt.

American tabloids recently claimed that the actress is pregnant again – just three months ago the stunner gave birth to twins Knox and Vivienne.

However her spokesman has poured cold water on all the claims.

"This is not true,” Contactmusic quoted Angelina’s spokesman Geyer Kosinski, as saying.

Besides the twins, the star pair has three adopted children, Maddox, seven, Pax, four, and Zahara, three.

Oz cricket chief backs Ponting on Nagpur over rate row

Australian cricket captain Ricky PontingSydney, Nov. 13: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has received strong backing from Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland over the over rate debacle in the fourth Test against India.

Speaking at the launch of Ponting''''s Captain''''s Diary 2008, Sutherland backed Ponting''''s decision to bowl spinners and part-timers in a bid to reel back a slow over rate when wickets were needed to salvage the series, ultimately lost 2-0.

Humans may have prevented ‘super ice age’

London, Nov 13 : Based on a new climate model, scientists have determined that had humans not radically altered the atmosphere by pumping massive amounts of carbon dioxide into it, the future might have seen a super ice age lasting millions of years.

According to a report in New Scientist, Thomas Crowley of the University of Edinburgh, UK, and William Hyde of the University of Toronto in Canada developed the climate model.

CO2 levels have slowly fallen from around 100 to 50 million years ago, possibly due to the rise of the Himalayas.

As a result, Earth has gradually cooled, with permanent ice sheets starting to form in Antarctica around 30 million years ago and later in the Arctic.

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