Washington, November 6: American scientists have discovered proteins that point to “cross-talk” between the body’s immune system and the self-cleaning system, by which biological cells rid themselves of obsolete or toxic parts.

The finding by researchers from the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) attain significance as it has long been though that a link between the two systems may yield new weapons in the fight against tuberculosis and other deadly infectious diseases.

Islamabad, Nov 6 : New US President-elect Barack Obama has hinted at appointing his partyman and former president Bill Clinton as a special envoy on Jammu and Kashmir, saying he had an experience of dealing with the problems in the Indian subcontinent.

Obama reportedly said this in an interview with Time magazine.

Clinton had played a role in ending the Kargil crisis in Kashmir in 1999.

Nagpur, Nov 6 : India has won the toss and elected to bat in the fourth and final Test in Nagpur against Australia on Thursday.

Security measures have been tightened at the Vidarbha Cricket Association ground, which will host the match, with closed circuit cameras and hundreds of policemen swarming around the venue.

" Around 650-700 policemen, including two officials of the level of Superintendent of Police, will be on guard in areas adjacent to the stadium. The stadium will be monitored by CCTVs and 200 plainclothes policemen are being deployed.

Chicago - A humble, 19th-century brick house nestled within a modern university campus just west of downtown Chicago stands as the only physical legacy of social activist Jane Addams' work with the immigrant communities that gave the city its ethnic flavour.

Buenos Aires, Nov 6 : The Argentinean Football Association (AFA) last evening officially appointed veteran football great Diego Maradona as the next coach of the national side.

AFA president Julio Grondona formally announced Maradona’s name for the post, saying he was “extra special”.

Hong Kong - Hong Kong's population crisis is likely to worsen as a survey showed Thursday that nearly four in 10 women want only one child or no children at all.

The study by the Hong Kong Family Planning Association found a growing trend toward childlessness in the wealthy city, which already has one of the world's lowest birth rates.

Twenty-six per cent of 1,500 women interviewed said they wanted only one child compared with 10 per cent in 1992, and 13 per cent said they wanted no children, compared with 5 per cent in 1992.