London, Nov 13: Swiss researchers have identified that songbirds learn to sing from a hymn sheet in their head.

The boffins discovered a region of the Zebra Finch brain, which they reckon has an internal recording of how the birds ought to be singing.

According to the journal Nature, a separate region seems to enable the birds to identify mistakes in their songs, the researchers said.

The finding could help shed light on how humans learn to speak, said Zurich University boffins

London, Nov 13: Mitch Mitchell, the British drummer for the legendary Experience of the 1960s and the group''s last surviving member, has been found dead in his US hotel room early Wednesday.

The 61-year-old was found in the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon.

Although a medical examiner claimed that the death appeared to be from natural causes but that there would be an autopsy.

Hendrix died in 1970 and the band''s bassist Noel Redding died in 2003.

London  - Tottenham's dramatic improvement under Harry Redknapp continued Wednesday, as they beat Liverpool 4-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup.

Chelsea, though, were dumped out of the competition on penalties by Championship side Burnley.

Tottenham have won five and drawn one in their six games since Redknapp replaced Juande Ramos as manager two and a half weeks ago.

They had already become the first team to beat Liverpool this season with a 2-1 league victory, but Wednesday night was even more dramatic.

London - The global economic downturn must not be used as an excuse to delay urgent action on tackling climate change and securing energy supplies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned Wednesday.

The call came as the Paris-based IEA published its annual World Energy Outlook in London which predicted that, at current trends, carbon dioxide emissions would rise by

London - Gender inequality remains widespread and deep-rooted in many cultures despite manyfold declarations in support of women's rights, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a report published Wednesday.

The report, presented in London, said development strategies which were sensitive to cultural values could reduce "harmful practices" against women and promote human rights.

"Human rights are everybody's work, and being culturally sensitive and understanding the context is everybody's business," said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA.

London - The British economy is already in recession and will shrink by as much as 2 per cent by early 2009, the Bank of England (BoE) said Wednesday.

The bank's quarterly inflation report, presented by central bank governor Mervyn King Wednesday, said the economic landscape had changed "dramatically" since August.

Interest rates could tumble to record lows next year, and perhaps to 1 per cent by 2010, as policymakers attempted to ward off a severe and prolonged recession, the report said.