London, November 10 : An international team of researchers has found that simple decision-making tasks do not involve the brain’s frontal lobes, where many of the higher aspects of human cognition like self-awareness are thought to originate.

The team led by scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Italy’s University of Chieti instead says that the regions that decide are the same brain regions that receive stimuli relevant to the decision and control the body''s response to it.

While the same principle has been shown in primates, some researchers still believe that the brain has a general decision-making module that involves the frontal lobe independently of the neural systems for perception and action.

London - A report by the British intelligence services has claimed that "some thousands" of militant Islamists are active in the country, the Sunday Telegraph has said.

The document, which the paper describes as being drawn up by the intelligence service of the Ministry of Defence, the internal security organization MI5 and the police's Special Branch, identified the cities of London, Birmingham and Luton as particular centres of Islamist activity.

London, Nov 9 : A new research has suggested that people with persistent heartburn should be considered for early surgery to prevent a lifetime of popping pills.

The surgery involves wrapping a piece of the stomach around the oesophagus to create a new valve to prevent acid backing up from the stomach. 

It used to be done by opening up the chest cavity, but with the advent of keyhole surgery is now a lot safer.

In conducting their study, researchers at the University of Aberdeen coordinated a trial of laparoscopic fundoplication surgery for 800 patients at 21 hospitals throughout Britain. 

London, Nov 9 : Priests should be allowed to marry, according to a leading candidate to become the next head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

The Rt Rev Malcolm McMahon, Bishop of Nottingham, said that there is no doctrinal reason preventing them from getting married.

For centuries, Roman Catholic priests have been required to take a vow of celibacy, but Bishop McMahon argued that this now seemed unfair following the influx of married Anglican clergy. 

His comments are set to reignite the debate over whether the Church should put an end to the tradition in order to tackle the problem of shortage of priests. 

London, Nov 9 : Princes William and Harry have managed to raise just 1,500 pounds each for their much- publicised motorbike charity ride across Africa.

However, 83 other people on the same ride raised an average of 3,500 pounds each.

A representative for William and Harry confirmed that the charity donation was just 1,500 pounds each, but insisted the princes had raised the profile of the charity ride.

“The princes both donated the minimum required to take part but their presence on the ride, as with their support of other charities, raised its profile and we expect more riders to be taking part next year, so it raises more money indirectly,” the Mirror quoted the spokesman, as saying.

London - Ceremonies took place across Britain and Ireland on Sunday to remember the servicemen and women who lost their lives in armed conflict.

Queen Elizabeth II led Remembrance Sunday events by laying a traditional poppy wreath at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall.

Remembrance services, which take place on the Sunday closest to November 11, the date of the end of World War I, this year fall two days before the 90th anniversary of the end of that conflict.

Military performances are due to take place in London's Trafalgar Square to commemorate the anniversary.

The war dead were also commemorated in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast, as well as in other cities and towns across Britain and Ireland.