Brussels - The European Union's economy is set to grind to a halt in 2009 and only start picking up in 2010, with a deep recession looming in Britain, the EU's executive said Monday.

According to the latest forecasts from the European Commission, the economy of the 27-member bloc is set to grow by just 0.2 per cent in 2009, while the 16 countries which use the euro are set for growth of just 0.1 per cent.

Growth in 2010 should pick up to around 1.1 per cent for the EU and 0.9 per cent for the eurozone.

Nagpur, Nov. 3 : Australia is seriously considering picking off-spinner Jason Krejza for the final Test against India to be played in Nagpur from November 6 to November 10.

The visitors seem to be desperate about retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which they won during the last series Down Under.

Unable to gain a regular game with Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield and slogged by an India second XI in a pre-series tour match, Krejza has now emerged as Australia''s last hope against a powerful Indian batting line-up.

Frankfurt - Shares in Commerzbank AG bounded ahead Monday after Germany's second biggest bank said it was tapping the government's bank rescue fund for an 8.2 billion-euros (10.6 billion dollars) capital injection after posting a third-quarter loss.

The announcement it was to receive aid from the 470-billion-euro fund to strengthen its capital base came as the bank unveiled a 285- million-euro net loss in the three months to the end of September in the wake of the world financial crisis.

The third-quarter loss compared to a 339-million-euro net profit in the same period last year.

London, Nov 3 (ANI): An archaeological dig has revealed traces of a 3,000-year-old later Bronze Age round house in Bognor Regis in West Sussex, UK.

According to a report in the Observer, a large extraction pit, containing a large amount of prehistoric pottery, was also uncovered in this area. The haul included the complete base of a pottery vessel.

The archaeological excavations were carried out last August during the early stages of work on the campus.

Carbonised remains in the pit may include seeds which will give archaeologists an idea about what prehistoric farmers were growing and eating.

On the future primary school site, remains of a later landscape were revealed.

Washington, Nov 3 : A new study has found that the human papillomavirus (HPV) aids in the progression of cervical and head and neck cancer cells by activating a cell signalling pathway that helps the cancers survive, grow and spread.

The research led by University of California, Los Angeles has shown that HPV allows infected cervical and head and neck cancer cells to maintain internal molecular conditions that make the cancers resistant to therapy.

New Delhi, Nov 3 : Here’s the secret of actress Reese Witherspoon’s svelte body — YogaHop.

The ''Walk The Line'' star has been following a new spiritual workout programme invented by her personal trainer Matthew Reyes, reports the China Daily.

"Most people think yoga is all granola and hippies, so I love to explain how YogaHop is not like that. Imagine all the benefits of Hatha Yoga, then add chart music that will have you bouncing into the poses," he told Hot Stars magazine.