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Scientists grow eggs from five-year-old girls with cancer

Cancer CellsLondon, Oct 27 : Scientists from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre in Jerusalem have successfully grown eggs from tissue taken from five-year-old girls suffering from cancer.

The breakthrough offers a ray of hope to childhood cancer sufferers who are often left infertile by the treatment, and are compelled to rely on donated eggs and sperm or adopting to have their own family.

The problem is especially difficult for children who develop cancer before they reach puberty because they cannot freeze their own eggs and sperm.

The things celebs did before they became celebs!

Madonna Melbourne, October 27 : Not all celebrities are born with glamour, or at least such was the case with Madonna, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe to name a few.

While some of the A-listers had reasonably decent beginnings, some had to sustain themselves with filthy jobs before creating a niche for themselves, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Matthew McConaughey spent a year shovelling chicken manure, Mick Jagger worked as a porter in a mental hospital, Madonna used to serve customers at ‘Dunkin Donut’.

Austrian Airlines sale delayed, state might take over debt

Vienna  - Austria's government is set to extend the privatization process of Austrian Airlines AG and is ready to take over some of the carrier's debt, politicians and officials indicated Monday.

The state "might be ready to contribute financially in order to make the sale go through," Transport Minister Werner Faymann said.

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the sole remaining bidder, is offering only a symbolic price for the government's 42.75-per-cent stake in Austrian Airlines, with an option of paying more once the ailing carrier has recovered, according to Austrian media reports.

Myleene Klass hates parties

London, Oct 27 : English singer Myleene Klass admits that she hates celebrity parties because she doesn’t enjoy the company of other showbiz stars.

Fire shuts Ho Chi Minh City domestic air terminal

Hanoi - A fire Monday at Ho Chi Minh City's airport caused authorities to close its domestic terminal, but no one was injured, firefighters said.

"The blaze at Tan Son Nhat Airport started on the ground floor of the terminal building," said Lt Col Nguyen Van Bang, head of the Ho Chi Minh City Fire Department. "It took us more than 2 hours to extinguish it."

Authorities closed the airport's domestic terminal for 24 hours, beginning at 5 am Monday. The closure will be extended if the damage cannot be repaired.

All passengers at the domestic terminals were moved to the international terminal to continue their flights.

Anti-smoking groups slam ‘liquid cigarettes’

anti-smokingLondon, Oct 27 : Anti-smoking campaigners have come out in protest of nicotine-packed “fag-in-a-can” drink called Liquid Smoking, which has been introduced to beat the smoking ban.

The makers of the “liquid cigarettes”, which contains 15pct nicotine, claim it to be a “healthy” alternative.

Agitated anti-smoking groups say that it would glamorise smoking and encourage more people to get hooked to it.

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