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New pill that ''trains people to eat less'' to hit UK shelves

 New pill that ''trains people to eat less'' to hit UK shelvesLondon, Apr 27 : Want to get rid of those extra pounds but cannot do away with that craving to gulp down your favourite food? Well, then it's time to resort to Appesat-a new diet pill which `trains' people to eat less.

Set to go on sale this week, Appesat, which is made from extracts of seaweed, works by expanding in the stomach and stimulating hunger sensors in the stomach wall.

The sensors then send a message to the brain saying the stomach is full.

Brit racer Button burns his left buttock during Bahrain race

Brit racer Button burns his left buttock during Bahrain raceLondon, Apr. 27 : British racer Jenson Button has hailed latest win Bahrain, his third win in four races, as the best of the lot despite suffering a burnt buttock in the searing heat of his Brawn GP cockpit.

Button's victory on the sizzling Sakhir track - where temperatures topped 120 degrees - doubled his championship lead to an incredible 12 points.

Recession takes toll on ‘wealthiest of the wealthy’; Lakshmi Mittal loses £23.5 billion

Lakshmi MittalCiting the 'Sunday Times Rich List,' the Daily Telegraph reports have it that the financial meltdown has taken its toll on even the 'wealthiest of the wealthy!' Going by the most-recent estimates, UK's wealthiest 1,000 people have had more than half their collective wealth obliterated due to the recession - the cumulative wealth figures, that stood at £412 billion in 2008, have plunged to almost £200 billion.

Has John Mayer moved on from Jennifer Aniston?

Has John Mayer moved on from Jennifer Aniston?London, April 27 : John Mayer, who is recently parted ways with Jennifer Aniston, is being linked to a 23-year-old aspiring actress Marie.

Mayer and Aniston broke off last month (Mar09) after months of speculation about the state of their love affair.

And now, rumours are abuzz that the 31-year-old rocker has found love in part-time cocktail waitress Scheana Marie, who recently landed a small part in the Jonas Brothers upcoming Disney Channel TV show.

Mayer met Marie in 2008 while she was serving drinks at the Beverly Hills cigar club Grand Havana Room.

Sharon Stone’s ‘top-secret’ case unsealed

Sharon Stone’s ‘top-secret’ case unsealedLondon, Apr 27 : The details of the civil lawsuit filed against Hollywood star Sharon Stone have been released for public after a judge "inadvertently" cloaked the case in secrecy.

The lawsuit against the actress that had been conducted in secret turned out to be a routine dispute over legal fees of 73,793 pounds, reports the Daily Star.

The routine contract dispute was kept from public view after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis "inadvertently" granted both sides'' wish to have the records sealed.

Ancient Mediterranean mystery of Malta solved

 Ancient Mediterranean mystery of Malta solvedLondon, April 27 : A team of researchers at the University of Portsmouth, UK, has claimed to have solved the ancient Mediterranean mystery of how 2 feet deep tracks were cut into the rock of Malta.

According to a report in The News, the research team was led by Professor Derek Mottershead, of the university's geography department, who followed generations of scholars to unravel the mysteries of the Maltese landscape.

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