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Breastfeeding beneficial despite presence of pollutants in human milk

Breastfeeding beneficial despite presence of pollutants in human milkWashington, Nov 9: Mothers reluctant to breastfeed their infants following the threat of the exposure to chemical agents measured in human milk might be putting their kids at a greater health risk, say researchers.

The researchers said that not breastfeeding an infant typically poses more of a threat than does exposure to any of environmental pollutants measured in human milk.

Tejas achieves another milestone -- night flying

Bengaluru, Nov. 9 : India’s Tejas Light Combat Aircraft achieved an important milestone when it took to the skies by night on November 7.

Pak Army should be subordinate to civilian government: General Kayani

Chief of Army Staff, General Asfaq Parvez KayaniLahore, Nov. 9: Pakistan’s defence forces should be subordinate to the political leadership, according to the country’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asfaq Parvez Kayani.

National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani revealed General Kayani’s views on the relationship between the defence forces and the civilian establishment in an interview to the Newsweek.

Scientists predict future impacts of climate change using oceanographic data

Washington, Nov 9: Ecologists and oceanographers have predicted the future impacts of climate change by reconstructing the past behavior of Arctic climate and ocean circulation.

The research team comprised of Charles Greene of Cornell University and colleagues, who reconstructed the patterns of climate change in the Arctic from the Paleocene epoch to the present.

Over these 65 million years, the Earth has undergone several major warming and cooling episodes, which were largely mitigated by the expansion and contraction of sea ice in the Arctic.

Zardari to Obama: Pak wants better ties with US

Zardari to Obama: Pak wants better ties with USI

Baz Luhrmann's Australia gets a happy ending

Sydney  - Hollywood actor Nicole Kidman's hunky new love doesn't lose his life in the final scene of Australia after director Baz Luhrmann bowed to pressure from Twentieth Century Fox to give the big-budget movie a happy ending, news reports said Sunday.

Luhrmann, who is racing against time to ready the epic for worldwide release on November 26, had initially killed off Hugh Jackman's character, identified only as the Drover, just before the credits rolled.

But the money men at Fox insisted on changes that transform "an action-filled tragedy" into more of a weepy romance, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

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