London, Nov 4 : Hollywood actress Kate Winslet, who struggled with her weight as a teenager, has graced the cover of the December issue of Vanity Fair magazine.

The ‘Revolutionary Road’ actress posed for one of the most authentic picture for the upcoming issue of ‘Vanity Fair’, and can be seen flaunting a buttery complexion and an incredible figure.

However, in the accompanying interview, the mother of two children, Mia, eight, and Joe, five, has accentuated the fact that her attractive picture will definitely cause hullabaloo among other mums.

Washington, Nov 4: Children who live in areas with higher annual rainfall levels could be more likely to develop autism – a brain development disorder that is characterized by impaired social interaction and restricted behavior – claims a new study.

The results raise the possibility that an environmental trigger for autism may be associated with precipitation and may affect genetically vulnerable children.

London, Nov 4 : A sheep has given birth to twin lambs at a refugee camp in the Middle East – one of which is born with two heads.

Although one of the twins is normal, the two-headed sheep has been branded a ‘holy lamb’ by its owner, who said the lamb’s birth is ‘God’s Will’.

"This year the sheep gave birth to twins. The first one was a normal lamb and with the second lamb the legs came out first. Then suddenly we saw two heads. That is God''s will,” The Telegraph quoted the owner Mohammed Moussab, as saying.

Manila - Two communist rebels were killed in a clash with government troops in an eastern Philippine province, an army spokesman said Tuesday.

Colonel Romeo Brawner said six other guerrillas were injured when soldiers raided their encampment in Las Navas town in Northern Samar province, 510 kilometres south-east of Manila.

Brawner said government troops seized the rebel camp which consisted of 30 bunkers and four thatched huts.

Washington, Nov 4: A new study has found that mushrooms growing in dry spruce forests covering Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia and other northern regions, can slow down climate warming in the regions.

When soil in these forests is warmed, fungi that feed on dead plant material dry out and produce significantly less climate-warming carbon dioxide than fungi in cooler, wetter soil.

This came as a surprise to scientists, who expected warmer soil to emit larger amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) because extreme cold is believed to slow down the process by which fungi convert soil carbon into CO2.

Washington, Nov 4: While health officers are taking up various worldwide projects to educate people on HIV and AIDS, a new study has shown that two-thirds of families with an HIV-infected parent have fears of HIV transmission in the home.

The collaborative study by researchers from UCLA, the RAND Corp., Harvard University and Children''s Hospital Boston has claimed that such fears originate mainly from lack of adequate information about the spread of the disease.