London, Nov 11: People who live close to pylons and high-voltage cables double their risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease and senile dementia, a shocking new study has claimed.

According to boffins, a direct link between the electromagnetic fields created by power lines and all types of dementia has been found.

The study has been conducted by doctors at Bern University’s Institute of Social and Preventative Medicine in Switzerland.

London, Nov 11: Diana’s chef, who worked for Charles and her for 13 years, has disclosed a collection of personal letters from the Princess of Wales— including a birthday card showing 24 condoms of all shapes and colours hanging on two washing lines.

Mervyn Wycherley revealed that when Diana was pregnant she craved for bacon sarnies and told how Charles’s bodyguards would radio ahead to ensure his boiled eggs were cooked at exactly the right time.

London, Nov. 11: UK Sport and Football Association officials are due to meet in the next couple of months to draw up the register – designed to thwart stars who take drugs like cocaine and performance-enhancing substances.

It will include at least 15 aces from England squads, ranging from senior level to youth team prospects. The rest of the list will be made up of the country’s top foreign stars.

According to The Sun, 30 of the Premier League’s top footballers are to be placed on a new “hit-list” in a bid to combat drug taking in the game.

Stock market analysts have maintained ‘buy’ rating on Hindustan Construction Company stock with a short term of Rs 68 in 2-3 weeks.

According to analysts, investors with a short-term horizon can purchase the stock around Rs 59 with a stop at Rs 55. If the stock market remains positive in the coming days, the stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 72 within the said time period.
 

Kolkata, Nov. 11:South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer has hailed US President-elect Barack Obama''s victory as an end of racism.

Gordimer, 84, is in India to deliver the second Nobel laureate lecture, an initiative of the Ministry of External Affairs to provide an opportunity for Indian academics and opinion makers to interact with Nobel laureates and also enable the Nobel laureates to be exposed to the emergence of a new India.

Washington, Nov. 11 : Losing Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who could seek re-election in 2010 or potentially run for president in 2012, has said that her future plans are in God’s hands.

"Putting my life in my creator''s hands -- this is what I always do," Fox News quoted her as saying.