Islamabad, Feb. 13: Pakistan may have acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that parts of the Mumbai terrorist attacks were planned on its soil, but officials in Washington are seeing the development as a political salvo aimed at easing tensions with India.

The New York Times quoted an official of the US State Department as saying that the acknowledgement by Pakistan was a "political decision" to ease tensions with India.

Washington, Feb 13 : The most detailed map of the Moon ever created has suggested that there is little water inside the lunar surface.

Developed by an international research team, the high-resolution map is also revealing secrets about the Moon's interior, and hinting about Mars's interior as well.

"The surface can tell us a lot about what''s happening inside the Moon, but until now mapping has been very limited," said C. K. Shum, professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University.

New York, Feb 13 : Korean-American comedian Margaret Cho has rebuked Miley Cyrus by posting a mocking song on her blog titled `Oh Miley', after photos emerged in which the `Hannah Montana' actress can be seen making fun of Asians by slanting her eyes.

Livid over Cyrus' audacity to mock Asians by pulling her eyelids to slant, Margaret has branded her a `disgrace' in her song.

"I am so upset by Miley Cyrus, I think it warrants a song," the New York Daily News quoted Margaret as stating on her blog.

Washington, Feb 13 : German model Heidi Klum has posed naked for the March issue of men

Washington, Feb 13 : British actress Kate Winslet has revealed that she had no idea how much her role in blockbuster movie Titanic had made her famous, until she met a half-blind man in the Himalayas.

Winslet, who starred in the movie alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in 1997, was on a walking trip around the Indian mountain range when an aged local man approached her.

Washington, Feb 13 : Children who use gestures more as toddlers have a good vocabulary, and are better prepared for school, according to a new study from University of Chicago.

The researchers found that children who convey more meanings with gestures at age 14 months have much larger vocabularies when they enter kindergarten.

Susan-Goldin Meadow, who co-authored the study, said the research showed that the differences particularly favoured children from higher-income families with well-educated parents.