Washington, Oct 30: A new study has suggested that kids who are breastfed are less likely to suffer from behavioral or mental health issues than those who are not nursed.

The research has been presented at the American Public Health Association’s 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego.

To reach the conclusion, the research looked at whether breastfeeding is

associated with decreased behavioral problems and psychiatric illness during childhood.

Singapore- Shares prices were lifted almost 8 per cent at the Singapore Exchange Thursday, but analysts kept a cautious undertone.

The market rode on renewed confidence injected by the US Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates and work at a multi-billion dollar currency swap pact, which is to include Singapore.

The Straits Times Index (STI) began a climb back from the start of the opening bell at the exchange. It rose 130.71 points to close at 1801.91, up 7.82 per cent.

The Singapore bourse recorded a high level of activity with volume rising to 1,822.6 million shares. The day ended with 406 counters recording gains and 151 finishing with losses.

Dusseldorf - International retailer METRO reported good third-quarter growth on Thursday, buoyed by a strong performance in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.

Sales and profits were up by more than 6 per cent despite indications that the global financial crisis was having an affect on consumption, the Dusseldorf-based company said in a statement.

"METRO Group showed strength in a difficult environment," said Eckhard Cordes, the group's chief executive officer.

Bangkok - Thai shares rose 6.29 per cent Thursday as domestic investors snapped up bargains.

Washington, Oct 30: Archaeologists have discovered a 3,000-year-old temple featuring an image of a spider god in Peru, which may hold clues to little-known cultures in the ancient past of the country.

People of the Cupisnique culture, which thrived from roughly 1500 to 1000 B. C., built the temple in the Lambayeque valley on Peru''s north coast.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the adobe temple, found this summer and called Collud, is the third discovered in the area in recent years.

"The finds suggest that the three valley sites may have been part of a large capital for divine worship," said archaeologist Walter Alva, director of the Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum.

Zagreb - Croatian police have arrested 10 people suspected of taking part in the killing of journalist Ivo Pukanic, and were continuing the investigation with forces in neighbouring countries, a police spokesman said Thursday.

"They are dangerous members of the criminal milieu ... with the gravest crimes in their records," police spokesman Krunoslav Borovec told a press conference.

"We are continuing to collaborate with police in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina," Borovec said. Two of the suspects are Serbian nationals.

Several of the arrested suspects were prominent figures from the powerful Balkan underworld, local reports said.