Washington, Oct 31: No matter when babies start talking, a new study has claimed that infants'' brains become acquainted with hundreds of words much before they start uttering them.

The report, published in the October issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, describes an increasing emphasis among researchers in studying vocabulary development in infants.

New Delhi, Oct 31: The Union Cabinet today cleared the long-pending Right to Education Bill.

"The Bill has been considered at several levels by the Group of Ministers (GoM). The Cabinet has approved the text of the Bill," Finance Minister P. Chidambaram told reporters here today.

In a major boost to education sector, Chidambaram said that it would be legally enforcible duty of the Centre and the states to provide free and compulsory education.

The text of the Bill will be released after the HRD Ministry has consultations with the Election Commission in view of the assembly polls in some states.

London, Oct 31: The James Bond premiere afterparty gained more momentum, when Grace Jones went crazy as a fan stepped on her fur coat.

The ex-Bond girl had everybody ogling at her when she blasted the poor guest, who accidentally stepped on the Diva’ fur coat in the VIP area of the Battersea Power Station bash.

Even Daniel Craig, who looked utterly bored throughout the evening, took notice of the drama, as at one point it looked like Jones was going to knock The Living Daylights out of the guest.

“The guy looked totally freaked out. He accidentally brushed past Grace and stepped on her fur coat which didn’t go down well,” The Mirror quoted a source, as saying.

London, Oct 31: New Bond babe Gemma Aterton has said that Daniel Craig should thank his stars to have a sex scene with her in the latest 007 flick ‘Quantum of Solace’.

Aterton said that Daniel was lucky to see her naked, for she doesn’t strip for every Tom, Dick and Harry.

"There are not many people I would strip off for. Daniel was a very lucky boy to see me naked,” The Mirror quoted Aterton, as saying.

Meanwhile, the stunner revealed that she that she was covered with gunge in one of the scenes.

Nairobi/Goma - Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a rebel offensive has forced tens of thousands to flee, were under way Friday as aid agencies warned of a looming humanitarian crisis.

A fragile peace is holding in the east of the country after rebel Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda on Wednesday evening called a ceasefire as his troops were on the verge of taking the major city of Goma.

Fighting had raged for four days, with the Congolese army being driven into full retreat.

UN peacekeepers also joined the battle, pounding Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) with helicopter gunships.

London, Oct 31: The latest babe to join Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Bunnies’ gang is Atomic Kitten singer Jenny Frost.

Frost has been signed in as the new face and body of Playboy lingerie in the UK, reports The Sun.

And in order to mark the occasion, the crooner flew to LA to meet the Playboy mogul at his infamous Playboy Mansion.

Jenny attended a fancy dress party at the mansion and was dressed as a ringmaster with a leather whip.