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Filming for ‘New Moon’ to go on as scheduled

TwilightLondon, Apr 22 : Filming of American author Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ sequel ‘New Moon’ will be going on as scheduled despite the lawsuit that has been filed against her.

Meyer, 35, is facing legal action from her former college roommate, who alleges that the writer based the novels on a short story she wrote as a student.

As per reports, the lawsuit is said to have interfered with the filming of the second film, and Internet gossips also speculated that its shooting in Canada has been halted.

Coming soon: World''s first solar-powered mobile phone

Coming soon: World''s first solar-powered mobile phoneLondon, Apr 22 : A Japanese firm is launching a solar-powered waterproof mobile phone that can be entirely operated by exposure to sunlight.

The new phone is a sunlight-powered device, which will be sold by mobile phone company KDDI from June, reports The Telegraph.

Ten minutes of exposure to sunlight is sufficient for a one-minute call or to power the handset in standby mode for two hours.

Drinking alcohol during pregnancy weakens mum-child bond

Pregnant women who drink alcohol London, Apr 22 : Pregnant women who drink alcohol weaken the bond with their child, claim researchers.

What’s more, expectant mothers who drink take longer to recover after the birth, the study found.

The research, carried out by PhD student Eilidh Duncan at Aberdeen''s Robert Gordon University, looked at 130 first-time mothers with varying levels of alcohol intake, reports The Telegraph.

After births, Duncan reviewed issues like delivery type, length of hospital stay, pregnancy and labour complications, maternal attachment and post-natal drinking habits.

Uma Thurman ‘to marry multimillionaire beau this weekend’

Uma Thurman ‘to marry multimillionaire beau this weekend’London, Apr 22 : Hollywood actress Uma Thurman is set to exchange wedding vows with partner Arpad Busson this weekend, it has emerged.

According to the sources, the ‘Kill Bill’ star will wed Swiss multimillionaire in a low-key ceremony this Saturday, reports the Sun.

The couple was recently spotted at Cookie Magazine Smart Cookie Award where Thurman was honoured for her work with Room to Grow, a non-profit organization that helps children born into poverty during the first three critical years of their lives.

Vaughan says he''s as hungry as ever to play top-level cricket

Vaughan says he''s as hungry as ever to play top-level cricketLondon, Apr. 22 : Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has said that he is as hungry as ever to return to top flight cricket.

Anyone who thought Vaughan would be consumed by regret and self-doubt since tearfully resigning from the England captaincy last summer, needs to think again.

CO2 spewing rocks can influence destructive potential of mass extinction events

carbon dioxideLondon, April 22 : In a new research, scientists have determined that big volcanic eruptions don’t always fuel mass extinctions because the destructive potential of the blasts seems to depend upon carbon dioxide (CO2) spewing non-volcanic rocks in the region.

Earlier, geologists have found evidence of many huge ancient volcanic eruptions that seem to not be connected to mass extinctions at all.

Now, according to a report in Nature News, a team of researchers has analyzed just how much CO2 non-volcanic rocks around volcanoes might release if they are super-heated.

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