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A new study by researchers from the University of southern California (USC) has revealed that people get exposed to harmful air pollutants the most while travelling in their vehicles.

Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop per Child Foundation (OLPC) has started selling its famous $100 (XO) laptop computers for no less than $200 per piece.

The laptop computers are being made available in amounts of 10,000 and more through the OLPC Internet site at laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml).

Until now, the one constant in the journey of the $100 laptop has been the steady increase in prices: from the original $100 to the temporary $150 to the fresh $188.

Further, the XO laptops are slated to go into production in China next month, which is behind original schedule. Same with the quantities to be produced, which are way behind earlier projections.

London, Oct..30 : Already under fire for pushing through a cost-cutting exercise, BBC Director-General Mark Thompson is planning to launch 30 BBC digital channels around the globe.

New Delhi, Oct 30 : According to the statistics from China’s birth deformity monitoring centre, the birth defects in babies have increased by nearly 40 percent since 2001.

London, Oct 30 : London’s Heathrow Airport has been voted the world's least favourite airport.

In a survey of 2,500 travellers by the travel organisation TripAdvisor, Heathrow Airport came joint top with Chicago, reported The Telegraph.

The poll asked respondents to rate 36 airports in terms of how easy they were to navigate, cleanliness of their lavatories and the quality of their parking facilities.

The 20 worst performers are:

London, Heathrow Airport / Chicago, O'Hare International
New York, JFK
Atlanta, Hartsfield International
Los Angeles International
Miami International
New York, La Guardia
Paris, Charles de Gaulle
Dallas Fort Worth

London, Oct 30 : For many, learning a second language is no child’s play.