Manila - Fifteen people were killed in the southern Philippines when a 10-wheeler truck slammed into a passenger van after its front wheel exploded, police said Thursday.

The accident occurred Wednesday in the town of Dangcagan in Bukidnon province, 855 kilometres south of Manila, said the town's police chief, Inspector Teresita Taperla Salana.

Salana said the truck's front wheel exploded as it was negotiating a curve in the village of Poblacion.

Lahore, Nov 6 : The PCB is learnt to have banned its star batsman Mohammad Yousuf after he announced joining the Indian Cricket League (ICL), considered as “rebel” to BCCI-promoted Indian Premier League (IPL).

Yousuf (34) had left for India on Monday without informing the PCB about his decision to join the ICL. His name was included in the 15-member squad for a three-match ODI series against the West Indies starting next week in Abu Dhabi, but was dropped when it was revealed that he had joined the ICL.

London, Nov 6: Teenage boys think it is perfectly all right to get a girl drunk to get them into bed, a new UK research has found.

For the study, the researchers analysed the attitudes of 35 boys and girls between 14-16 years of age, who had gone to clinics for contraception in areas with high teenage pregnancy rates.

In fact, a large number of boys use aggressive language when talking about relationships, the study found.

And if a girlfriend is being too promiscuous, many boys have admitted that they would not mind harming her, the shocking study has found.

However, when it came to girls, they were found to have an upper hand in the awareness of the complex nature of relationships.

Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou met Thursday with Chinese envoy Chen Yunlin for five minutes to express his appreciation for Chen's efforts in promoting exchanges between the two rival sides on the Taiwan Strait.

The historic meeting was held amid protests by hundreds of Taiwan independence supporters, who shouted from the other side of the heavily barricaded meeting venue, "Taiwan is Taiwan, China is China," and "No selling out of Taiwan."

Recent study by Irina Strigo of the University of California San Diego and colleagues showed that individuals suffering from depression react more strongly while anticipating pain.

Researchers found that people with depression had more activity in brain regions involved in emotions when they anticipated or experienced pain.

The study included 15 people in their mid-20s diagnosed with major depression but not taking medication to treat it and 15 similar people without depression.