Washington, Nov 10 : A new study has revealed that women with a history of serious mental illness are much more likely to have babies that are stillborn or die within the first month of life.

For the study, researchers at the Centre for Women''s Mental Health at The University of Manchester examined almost 1.5 million births in Denmark between 1973 and 1998, including 7,021 stillbirths.

The risk of stillbirth and newborn deaths from any cause was at least twice as high for mothers admitted with a serious psychiatric illness than for women with no such history.

Singapore  - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has proposed the creation of an integrated Asian stock market, its chief executive officer Hsieh Fu Hua said Monday.

He called on the ASEAN Exchanges and Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) to forge links that can be extended to the entire Asia-Pacific region.

"These multilateral gateways in trading, clearing and settlement will then help us create a single and more significant Asian marketplace," he said at the 12th general meeting of the Asia-Pacific Central Securities Depository Group in Singapore.

London, Nov 10 : The first global marine-life census has led to the discovery of more than 200 new marine species, including giant sea stars that can grow up to 60cm across.

According to a report in Nature News, the findings, which come from the 2,000-strong international marine-scientist team, will be released at the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity in Valencia, Spain on November 11-15.

Other new species discovered include a type of giant bacteria living in the eastern South Pacific that can grow several centimeters long.

The researchers said that the bacteria could be “living fossils” that developed in the earliest ocean when oxygen was either absent or much diminished, living on hydrogen sulphide.

London, Nov 10 : British actress Sienna Miller has confirmed her split from married oil heir and actor Balthazar Getty.

The actress confirmed her new single status at the Hollywood Dominoes: VIP Launch.

She told Us Weekly magazine that it’s better to not have a relationship that is constantly under media spotlight.

“I’m single at the moment, and I’m completely happy with that,” the Sun quoted her, as telling the magazine.

“It’s nice not to have a relationship that is constantly scrutinized and discussed.

Washington, November 10 : An American research team has shown that headphones for MP3 players can interfere with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) if placed within an inch of such devices.

Researchers at the Medical Device Safety Institute at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, presented their findings at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2008.

Jakarta  - At least eight people including a two-year-old child were killed and three others remained missing after a passenger boat capsized in eastern Indonesia, media reports said Monday.

The accident occurred on Sunday evening near Kupang, the capital of East Nusa Tenggara, and was caused by strong wind, the state-run Antara news agency reported.