Lusaka - Zambia's main opposition leader Michael Sata has strongly opposed a reported request by China to plant 2 million hectares of the jatropha plant in the southern African country for the production of biofuels.

During a discussion programme on local radio Thursday, Sata said such a move would disadvantage Zambians, who are scrambling for land to grow food.

New Delhi, Oct 20 : Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni Tuesday unveiled a plan for complete digitalisation of television in India with a likely approval of a satellite-based cable distribution platform soon.

"There should be a sunset hour for complete digitalization," Soni said at an interactive discussion on 'Government Regulation or Self-Regulation' that was organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here.

Before the year is out, the cabinet is expected to approve HITS (Headend In the Sky), she said.

Washington, Jan 8: A new study has demystified the annual migration of millions of monarch butterflies from the eastern North American to a cluster of pine groves in central Mexico.

Steven M. Reppert, MD, a University of Massachusetts Medical School Professor and Chair of Neurobiology, has said that the journey is driven by a complex molecular mechanism in a tiny cluster of cells in the butterfly brain.

Reppert’s earlier research had stated that the butterflies use a time-compensated sun compass and daylight cues to help them navigate to the pine groves.

London, July 30 : Playboy girls Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt dropped their layers for a kinky shower during the uncensored "Girls Next Door" shows.

The trio was said to have cleaned-up as showers of water poured down on them in the grotto at the Playboy mansion, reports The Sun.

The girls allegedly shared cheeky glances as they rubbed suds over their bare bodies in the tropical-style setting.

Sydney, Oct 23: The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have revealed that a search of Dr Mohamed Haneef''s apartment shortly after he was arrested from Sydney last year had found some “jihadist” materials, including a brochure from a proscribed terror organisation and an inflammatory lecture by an al-Qa''ida-linked preacher.

The revelations are contained in the Federal Police''s submission to the Clarke inquiry, which was published on the Internet today, reported news. com. au.

The AFP also revealed that investigators had found a brochure from an organisation the AFP said was "prescribed in a number of countries".

Washington  - Rising food and energy prices will be a top priority for the United States at the Group of Eight summit in Japan next week, US President George W Bush said Wednesday.

Bush said he will press the countries to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa, improve global health care, and will urge other leaders to explore ways they can assist in the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. The summit will also address global warming, he said.

A study by scientists at St. Louis University has shown that more children and teens are undergoing treatment for obesity related health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, and depression. The research, published in the US journal Pediatrics, also showed that children and teens between 5 and 19 have also shown an increase in drugs for asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which aren't related to obesity. Also children’s medical prescriptions for the most common form of diabetes doubled between 2002-2005

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Officials have said that a Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to intentionally vomiting on a father and his two daughters at a baseball game has been sentenced to jail.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Saturday that Matthew Clemmens, 21, was sentenced to 30 to 90 days in jail, two years' probation and 50 hours of community service on charges of simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment.

London - The wreck of a World War I German submarine buried in the English Channel between Britain and France since 1918 has been moved to deeper waters to prevent it posing a risk to large vessels passing overhead, it was revealed Monday.

The UB38 U-boat which had lain undisturbed off the coast of Dover, southern Britain, was moved earlier this month because of growing concern over the increasingly deep draught of modern vessels navigating the English Channel, one of the world's busiest waterways.

Islamabad, Dec. 18: The newly banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) has succeeded in drumming up some support among the local community due to the failure of the Pakistan Government to meet the basic amenities of the people.

According to a commentary in the News, the government run schools are inadequate for the needs of a large community, there by allowing terror groups like Jamaat-ud-Daawa to mask their true identity by showing their humanitarian face.

JuD and others like it have been able to move deep into society by engaging in all kinds of well-run charitable activity and thus creating the perfect platform to sway the minds of people towards their ideological philosophy.

Manila  - Two people were wounded in escalating clashes between Muslim rebels and government troops in the southern Philippines, a military official said Friday.

Colonel Marlou Salazar said the fighting erupted late Thursday when Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels attacked an army outpost in Guindulungan town in Maguindanao province, 960 kilometres south of Manila.

"Our men there defended our position," he said. "The rebels withdrew but their blocking force along the national highway strafed a cargo truck loaded with fish, wounding two civilians."

Eid Kabalu, MILF civil military affairs chief, denied that their forces initiated the fighting, describing the incident as a "mis-encounter."

Baghdad (Iraq), Sep 1 : Amnesty International on Tuesday said that even though Iraq has been free from Saddam Hussein''''s regime for six years, more than 1,000 prisoners are still facing death penalty in the country.

It said that Iraq's burdened justice system can barely cope with ordinary crimes, and punishment for crimes ranging from murder to the membership and support of armed groups are out of bounds for them.

London, June 17 : If a revolutionary project being trialled in Manchester, UK, turns out to be successful, then human sewage may soon power thousands of homes.

According to a report in The Telegraph, the 4.3 million pounds scheme will see enough methane gas from human waste to provide fuel for heating and cooking for up to 5,000 homes by 2011.

The project is the first of its kind in Britain and the biomethane is being hailed as a "fuel for the future" because of its green credentials.

It will be run from Manchester's Davyhulme waste water treatment works, which is Britain's second biggest sewage works, and the gas will be supplied through the local pipeline network.

New Delhi, Feb. 7 : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram for their bold initiative in tackling terrorism and improving the security scenario in the country.

Interacting with media on the sidelines of Chief Ministers’ Conference on internal security, Modi praised Singh for his inclusive approach on terror.

Modi also added that Chidambaram has been extremely swift and positive in tackling terror.