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UK science minister claims to have power ‘like a sixth sense''

Lord DraysonLondon, Nov 17 : British Science Minister Lord Drayson claims that he has a power "like a sixth sense”, which enables him to foretell some events even before they occur.

The multi-millionaire businessman and Labour donor also said that he believed in God, and thought that faith and science were compatible.

"In my life there have been some things I have known, and I don''t know why. I think there is a lot we don''t understand about human capability," the Telegraph quoted him as saying.

Sport TV’s Jeff Stelling wants to celebrate Xmas with Cheryl Cole

London, November 17: Sky Sports’ host Jeff Stelling says that he would love to spend time with ‘Girls Aloud’ singer Cheryl Cole on Christmas.

Brit school that banned Sikh girl from wearing bracelet asked to pay 76K pounds

London, Nov. 17 : A school in South Wales has been asked by a court to pay 76,000 pounds as legal costs to a Sikh girl who was banned from wearing a religious bracelet.

According to The Sun, fifteen-year-old Sarika Watkins-Singh won a High Court case after being suspended over the silver Kara bangle, which the school said broke its jewellery rules.

The Aberdare Girls School in South Wales may now have to pay her costs too.

Yesterday local Labour MP Ann Clwyd blasted governors for “wasting taxpayers’ money”. She said: “I told them they’d lose.”

In the wake of this verdict, schools in Britain will struggle to enforce rules about uniform, a teachers’ union has warned.

Bond girl Ursula Andress suffering from brittle bone disease

London, Nov 17 : Ursula Andress, who became an international sex symbol as the first Bond girl after emerging from the surf in a skimpy bikini in Dr No, is suffering from brittle bone disease osteoporosis.

The actress, now 72, was diagnosed with the life-threatening disease. eight years ago and says she “foolishly refused to take the diagnosis seriously”.

“The doctor told me to take a daily pill to help stop my bones getting any weaker and to take calcium to help keep them strong,” the Daily Express quoted her, as saying.

However, she didn’t pay attention to the advice and now the disease is ravaging her body.

“I don’t want to become a crippled old lady, bent double, who can only shuffle along.”

Carla Bruni blamed for Nicolas Sarkozy’s shift to the left

Carla Bruni blamed for Nicolas Sarkozy’s shift to the leftLondon, Nov 17: French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s supporters, who are worried about his inclination towards socialism, believe that his glamorous wife Carla Bruni is behind the shift towards the left.

Sarkozy, famed for his “zero tolerance” policing as interior minister, was once derided on the left as a dangerous right-winger.

But lately he has been showing signs of an ideological rethink— by attacking “fat cats” and the “dictatorship of the market”. He has pledged to create 100,000 state-subsidised jobs.

Helen Mirren slammed for calling female jurors less sympathetic towards rape victims

Helen Mirren slammed for calling female jurors less sympathetic towards rape victimsLondon, Nov 17: Hollywood actress Dame Helen Mirren has been slammed for claiming that female jurors are less likely to sympathize with female rape victims, as they tend to think the woman was “asking for it”.

The ‘Hamlet’ actress stated that the female jury is not adequately sympathetic towards women due to sexual jealousy, and a lawyer defending a man would want a jury constituting of women.

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