London - The British government confirmed Friday that Russia has accused one of its diplomats the embassy in Moscow of spying in what was seen as a further sign of tension in relations between the

London, July 11 : Only one in three Scots is in favour of independence from United Kingdom, according to a poll.

Despite the best efforts of Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond, a YouGov survey for the Daily Telegraph reveals that a majority of voters favour the status quo delivering a blow to those who want to break up the Union.

The “No” vote has a clear 12 point lead over the “Yes” vote, with 48 per cent against independence, 36 per cent in favour and 14 per cent unsure. Some previous polls have shown a much narrower margin between the two camps.

In a previous YouGov poll, when a third option of increased powers for a devolved parliament was included, only 19 per cent backed independence.

London - A senior British Conservative politician who gave up his parliamentary seat in protest at the government's allegedly anti-liberal terrorism laws comfortably regained his seat in a by-elect

London, July 11 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s struggle to convince Americans that he understands their economic concerns has suffered a huge set back when his senior economic ad

London, July 11 : Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter as a captive in a cellar dungeon for 24 years, has made a request officials to allow him to leave his prison cell after admitting that he can no longer stand being caged.

The 73-year-old devil had kept daughter Elisabeth locked in a windowless cellar in Amstetten, Austria, and fathered her seven children before being caught by police.

Now, after just two months of incarceration and despite his fear of being attacked by fellow prisoners, he has demanded his right to 30 minutes exercise every day.

Fritzl has now twice had half-hour walks, protected from other inmates by a close guard of prison officers.

London, July 11 : Stanford researchers have found that it is possible to look at tiny fibres of working muscles in live humans with the aid of an unusual microscope that has a tip the size of a needle, without causing much of discomfort to the patient.

The researchers say that the microendoscopy technique for viewing sarcomeres, muscle fibre about three millionths of a meter long, has advantages over methods like muscle biopsy wherein a portion of the muscle is removed for examination.

A research article on this study describes sarcomeres as the basic contracting engines of muscle that generally pull in a coordinated fashion, allowing people to walk down the sidewalk or throw a sinking curveball from the pitcher''s mound.