Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) Smokers have fewer and flatter taste buds, says a study based on an analysis of tongues of 62 Greek soldiers. Pavlidis Pavlos l...More

New York, Aug 20 (DPA) The moving-picture newspapers out of the Harry Potter movies are being conjured up for real in the US. Thousands of readers in New...More

Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) Leading exercise and weight management experts have strongly objected to assertions that exercise can inhibit weight loss by over-stimulating the appetit...More

Washington, Aug 20 (IANS) There is no known cure for diseases such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's where the nerve system degenerates. But now there is hope as stem c...More

New York, Aug 20 (DPA) The US Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired employees of private security firm Blackwater to help hunt down Al Qaeda terrorists, the New York Times rep...More

London, Aug 20 (IANS) Kerry Katona, former pop singer of the girl band Atomic Kitten, receives $3,400-a-month maintenance by her ex-husband for their two daughters but she skimmed...More

Los Angeles, Aug 20 (IANS) Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz and actor Jason Lewis are in a relationship. Speculation about them started after they were spotted on a sushi date on Ve...More

Monterrey (Mexico), Aug 20 (EFE) The police chief of the Monterrey suburb of Apodaca in Mexico has said that his daughter, who was arrested in a shoot-out between soldiers and gun...More

Kabul, Aug 20 (Xinhua) A rocket fired by militants Thursday morning slammed next to a polling booth in Ghazni province in southern Afghanistan, police said. ...More

London, Aug 20 (IANS) Director Steven Spielberg's 1998 Oscar winning film 'Saving Private Ryan' was named the best war film of all time in a new poll. Th...More

Los Angeles, Aug 20 (IANS) Hollywood actor Bruce Willis and his model wife Emma Heming have been looking at expensive properties in Los Angeles to find a love nest. ...More

London, Aug 20 (IANS) Supermodel Kate Moss was shocked to see pictures of herself sunbathing in St. Tropez, France as she looked old and haggard. Dailyma...More

Melbourne, Aug 20 (IANS) An Australian court has issued a warrant for the arrest of Indian student Puneet who ran over a teenager while estimated to be travelling at almost 150 km...More

London, Aug 20 (IANS) Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has gone back to her old partying ways as she was recently spotted drinking at a pub with an ex-boyfriend. ...More

Dhaka, Aug 20 (IANS) Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the country's border guards whose troopers mutinied in February killing 73 people, will soon have a new name, uniform, insignia and a...More