London, Nov 1 : Thanks to genetic modification, scientists have created the word’s first blue roses, which took nearly two decades of scientific research to develop.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the blooms are genetically modified and have been implanted with a gene that simulates the synthesis of blue pigment in pansies.

The blooms are genetically modified and have been implanted with a gene that simulates the synthesis of blue pigment in pansies.

The flowers, which were displayed at the International Flower Expo (IFEX) Tokyo, will go on sale commercially next autumn.

London, Nov 1 : The body of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was stabbed six times after he was executed, according to the head guard at his tomb north of Baghdad, who was one of the people that helped bury the corpse.

The head of Saddam’s tribe categorically denies the claim. The Iraqi Government similarly denies any mutilation took place after the dictator was hanged on December 
30, 2006, for crimes against humanity, The Times reported.

London, Nov 1 : A new research has determined that climate change is likely to disrupt food chains by favoring animals with short lifespans over often bigger rivals that are worse at tolerating temperature swings.

According to a report in New Scientist, researchers in Germany and Canada said that animals have widely differing “thermal windows” – a range of temperatures in which they best feed, grow and reproduce.

That means that climate change will not affect all equally.

New York - A UN General Assembly committee on Friday voted by a large majority to push for an arms trade treaty to control the sale of weapons around the world worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

The political committee, known as the First Committee, voted 145-2 to set up a working group that will push for an arms trade treaty that would establish common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional arms.

The United States and Zimbabwe were the only countries that voted against the decision to move on to a global treaty.

London - A 40-year-old woman was charged under the Terrorism Act in Britain on Friday, following raids on homes in Manchester, northern Britain, and in the Netherlands, police said.

Houria Chahed Chentouf, from Manchester, was charged with possessing a computer memory stick, allegedly for terror-related purposes.

The charges under the Terrorism Act 2000 relate to possessing an article which gave rise to suspicions that "the possession was for a purpose connected with the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism."