London, Oct 26 : Bitter infighting between advisers to John McCain and his running-mate, Sarah Palin, has exploded into public view, with McCain supporters accusing her of being a “diva” and her own faction warning that they would not let her take the blame if the campaign suffers a heavy defeat.
Anonymous briefing and counter-briefing on Saturday suggested Governor Palin is “going rogue” and blaming many of the campaign’s senior advisers for her own plummeting poll ratings, the Independent reported.
London, Oct 26 : Senior Iraqi politicians have warned that a crucial deal between Baghdad and Washington governing the presence of American troops in the country is doomed to failure after eight months of talks.
“The Sofa [Status of Forces Agreement] is dead in the water,” said one Iraqi politician close to the talks, The Times reported.
He added that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki believed that signing it would be “political suicide”.
Vilnius - Lithuanians are voting in the second and final round of their 2008 general election on Sunday. Polls opened at 7 am and close at 8 pm.
Two weeks ago, the first round of voting in the largest of the Baltic states gave the opposition Homeland Union - Christian Democrats party a lead with 19.72 per cent of the vote and 18 members in the 141-seat parliament or Seimas.
London, Oct 26 : They say ‘eyes are windows of ones heart’. Well, it may be true with the new range of high-tech eye scans that can help detect brain tumours to heart disease.
According to health experts, the new generation of high-tech eye scans are capable enough to tell to you about potential health risks.
Tests offered to detect eye diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration, and some other conditions such as diabetes can also provide an insight into the patients’ health problems.
The eye has a huge potential as a means of diagnosing illness early where internal blood vessels and nerves can be viewed working undisturbed.
London, Oct 26 : Older mothers and fathers are more likely to have a child with autism, according to a new US study.
In the study, researchers found that first-born children of older parents were three times more likely to develop autism than later children of younger parents.
"The results provide the most compelling evidence to date that autism risk increases with both maternal and paternal age, and decreases with birth order," the Telegraph quoted researchers, as saying.
“The increase in autism risk with both maternal and paternal age has potential implications for public health planning and investigations of autism," they added.
London, Oct 26 : Bitter infighting between advisers to John McCain and his running-mate, Sarah Palin, has exploded into public view, with McCain supporters accusing her of being a “diva” and her own faction warning that they would not let her take the blame if the campaign suffers a heavy defeat.
London, Oct 26 : Senior Iraqi politicians have warned that a crucial deal between Baghdad and Washington governing the presence of American troops in the country is doomed to failure after eight months of talks.
Vilnius - Lithuanians are voting in the second and final round of their 2008 general election on Sunday. Polls opened at 7 am and close at 8 pm.
Melbourne, Oct 26 : Contr
