Frankfurt - European stocks stormed out of the gate Wednesday after hopes of lower interest rates led to a surge in shares across Asia and on Wall Street.

Amid expectations of the US Federal Reserve delivering another hefty cut in borrowing costs Wednesday, Europe's blue-chip Stoxx 50 rose 6.5 per cent to 2,191 in early trading.

This was reflected across national bourses with shares in London gaining more than 5 per cent and Paris jumping 6.5 per cent as the morning session got under way. Stocks in Zurich were up 4.4 per cent.

In addition the European Central Bank is expected to cut the cost of money at its meeting set down for next week.

Washington, Oct 29: Hollywood actor Justin Long, who’s well known as Drew Barrymore''s ex-boyfriend, has revealed that he was once arrested in the middle of the night by cops who mistook him for an Asian criminal.

The Hollywood hunk was only released when he convinced the officers he wasn''t the man they were looking for.

"There was banging on the door at one in the morning. I woke up and opened the door and there were three police officers on my doorstep. They grabbed me, put me in handcuffs and arrested me,” Contactmusic quoted him, as saying.

"They were shining a light back and forth from my face to an ID.

London, Oct 29: Loved up Cheryl and Ashley Cole are planning to renew their vows two years after their glossy wedding, according to reports.

The couple''s marriage was rocked when it was reported that Ashley, cheated on his 25-year-old wife with a blond hairdresser in January this year.

After a media frenzy the Girls Aloud star and the Chelsea defender patched up the cracks in their relationship to and finally put their marriage back on the tracks.

Melbourne, Oct 29: While work and relationships are most synonymous with stress, experts have said that continuously the word "yes" down the phone to a voice-recognition system that fails to identify your voice is one of the greatest stress-trigger of the modern age.

Also included in the list is missing your train by seconds after waiting in a ticket queue.

According to experts, technology, greater traffic congestion and increased time pressures have dramatically changed the nature of stress.

Beijing - Richer, developed nations should lead the effort against climate change and help developing nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, China said Wednesday.

Longtime industrialized nations have a duty because of their historic responsibility for the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to provide cooperation, financing and technology transfers to poorer, developing countries, China's cabinet said in the White Book, their foremost policy document on climate change.

The vice chairman of China's top economic planning body said rich nations should commit at least 0.7 per cent of their gross domestic products to help poor countries fight global warming.