Washington, Nov 15: Hollywood actress Charlize Theron has been appointed as United Nations Messenger Of Peace for her contribution in ending violence against women.

With the new title, the 33-year-old actress has joined in ranks of fellow actors George Clooney and Michael Douglas.

“You have used your voice, compassion and special relationship with the public to create a better world," Contactmusic quoted U. N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as telling Theron, while awarding her the title.

London, Nov 15 : A new research has determined that the rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) will make oceans more hostile to life, with the volume of oxygen-depleted ‘dead zones’ in tropical oceans set to expand rapidly by as much as 50 percent before the end of the century.

According to a report in Nature News, Andreas Oschlies of the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Kiel, Germany, led the research.

At depths between several tens and hundreds of meters, large parts of the tropical oceans are poorly supplied with dissolved oxygen, and are therefore hostile to most marine life.

London, Nov 15 : Cancer stricken Jade Goody is set to defy doctors’ orders by going on a Christmas holiday with her two kids.

The Big Brother star has been finding it hard to cope with the gruelling chemotherapy, but insists that it would not let it pound her.

Goody is planning to take two sons Bobby, five and Freddie, four for a holiday.

She has also allowed Living TV cameras into her home for a documentary after they followed her through her initial operation and recovery.

New York, Nov 15 : Ashley Dupré a. k. a. Kristen, who was the call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal, would be appearing for her first television interview on ‘20/20’ with ABC''s Diane Sawyer.

In the interview, scheduled for broadcast on November 21, the New Jersey runaway, who became a high-priced hooker, will most probably not be talking about Spitzer.

“People who think this is all about Eliot Spitzer are going to be disappointed,” the New York Daily News quoted an insider as saying.

“Diane has done extensive reporting on prostitution. This is another chapter in that reporting,” the insider said.

At least 17 workers were killed and dozens injured when a mound of earth collapsed on them.

The incident happened in Sukinda mining area of Jajpur district while they were extracting laterite from a quarry.

"A group of workers had gone to a quarry to extract laterite in a mining area located under Sukinda police station. A portion of the quarry suddenly collapsed on them," District Superintendent of Police D.S. Kutey said.

The exact number of workers at the open laterite mine in Jajpur district, about 150 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, was not known, Kuttey said.

The district administration fears that there could be two or three more people stuck under the debris.