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Oprah loves Kate Winslet’s ‘real breasts’

Oprah loves Kate Winslet’s ‘real breasts’London, January 15 : Oprah Winfrey could not stop herself from repeatedly admiring her show guest Kate Winslet for having "real breasts".

The chat queen was full of praise for the actress who recently bared it all for `The Reader'.

"God bless your real breasts! I love the fact that you have real breasts. Because in all the breast scenes, your breasts do what real breasts do," the Sun quoted her as saying.

England celebrates exit of Oz batting bruiser Haydos

England celebrates exit of Oz batting bruiser HaydosLondon, Jan. 15 : As the English squad continues to struggle with sudden departures from their own ranks, sports blogs and newspapers are celebrating the exit of one of Australia's all time batting greats - opener Mathew Hayden.

Speculation is rife that Phil Jaques or Phillip Hughes would take Hayden's place, but "neither will give England''s opening bowlers quite so many sleepless nights as Hayden - Australia''s ship has lost its figurehead," declared London''s Telegraph.

The ‘wow’ of surprise quantified in new computer model

London, Jan 15: While all of us have experienced surprises in our lives, scientists have now created a computer model that has actually defined it-surprise is a change in expectation caused by the arrival of new data.

Making use of a rather aptly named unit of measurement- the "wow"- Pierre Baldi at the University of California, Irvine, and Laurent Itti at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles developed the model while investigating human attention.

According to a popular 1950s theory, what is unknown catches more of our attention till the time we understand it completely, for example our attention should hover over intricate patterns longer than over a plain surface.

Sir Roger Moore says late pal-actor David Niven’s wife ‘was a bitch to him’

Sir Roger Moore says late pal-actor David Niven’s wife ‘was a bitch to him’London, January 15: Sir Roger Moore has revealed in his autobiography that the wife of his late buddy-actor David Niven had been `a bitch to him'.

The former James Bond actor claimed in his memoir `My Word Is My Bond' that Swedish-born ex-model Hjordis marriage to Niven had been nothing less than hell for his friend.

British government approves third runway for Heathrow

British government approves third runway for Heathrow London  - The British government approved the construction of a third runway for London's Heathrow Airport, a controversial decision likely to trigger protests from environmentalists, a news report said Thursday.

Ministers gave the go-ahead the project, which is backed by many businesses and unions, saying it will create jobs and improve Heathrow's competitiveness, the BBC reported, adding that the Labour government was to officially confirm the decision later in the day.

Jaguar Land Rover cuts jobs at British plants

jaguar logoLondon  - Ailing British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is to axe 450 jobs, including those of 300 managers, as part of a cost- cutting scheme following a "severe reduction" in demand for new cars, the company said Wednesday.

The firm, which was bought by India's Tata group for 1.7 billion pounds (2.5 billion dollars) last year, employs a staff of 15,000 at plants in Britain.

"We don't expect sales conditions to return to normal levels for some time," chief executive David Smith said.

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