So much is happening around Aamir Khan these days. The Crown Princess of Sweden- Victoria has invited him to dinner with her.

The 31-year-old princess of Sweden likes the work and contribution of Amir towards Indian cinema. It is reported that she has developed a special weakness after watching Amir's Tare Zameen Par, India's official entry to the Oscars this year. She will be

At the same time Aamir is all set to meet the princess. "It is a privilege to receive a special invitation like this." He said.
    

Ixtapa, a Mexican restaurant has been identified as the source of E. coli infection that affected 17 people in Snohomish County.

According to health officials 13 out of the total 17 victims had eaten at Ixtapa. The owners have voluntarily closed the restaurant after the reports. Snohomish Health District officials said that they were co operating with them to resolve the problem.

The place is being sanitized. The health officials are pinning down the exact cause of the infection.

Health District spokeswoman Suzanne Pate said, "It's like looking for a needle in the haystack.”

Manila - The United States Thursday pledged 40 million dollars to help save the Coral Triangle, the world's largest expanse of mangrove, coral reef and fish biodiversity, covering six nations.

US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney made the announcement at the on-going second Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) senior officials' meeting in Manila attended by representatives of East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands.

The CTI seeks to protect 6 million square kilometres of ocean and coasts that has been called the "Amazon of the Seas" for its biodiversity.

Nearly one fourth of the widely used new-generation biological drugs can cause serious side effects.  

Humiraand Remicade drugs for arthiritis; cancer drugs Rituxan and Erbitux, and the heart failure drug Natrecor were included in the list of these drugs.

The study has stunned the doctors who had been recommended these drugs considering them to be safer than other medicines.

The biological drugs are made from living material. They affect the body's disease-fighting immune system. Most of these drugs suppress the disease symptoms.

According to Dr Charles Bennett a Northwestern University drug safety expert, the mechanism of working can cause side effects.

Children who undergo surgery before 3 years and are exposed to general anesthesia, have a double risk of behavioral or developmental problems than other children.

According to lead author Charles DiMaggio, an assistant professor of clinical epidemiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons' Mailman School of Public Health in New York City,"There really is no hard evidence that there is any causal association between anesthesia and developmental outcomes in children, though research in rat models indicates that there may be some association between the types of anesthesia and neuronal [brain cell] level changes. The early concern is, could these data be extrapolated to humans?"

A woman chose to going to jail instead of paying $7.45 bill at Fort Pierce Waffle House restaurant.