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Miley Cyrus not moving in with beau Justin Gaston

Miley Cyrus not moving in with beau Justin GastonNew York, Mar 12: Teen starlet Miley Cyrus has laughed off reports stating that she is planning to move in with beau Justin Gaston.

In an interview to Detroit''s "Mojo in the Morning" show on WKQI, the Hanna Montana star said she’s not ready for a live-in relationship because loses a her temper easily.

"I get annoyed really easily," the New York Post quoted Cyrus as saying.

Fresh water supply pressured by growing population, social demands

New York  - The world's fresh water is a finite commodity, but growing demands for it are tearing the world apart between those who call for a human right for water and others who uphold water privatization in order to better serve communities around the world.

Next week in Istanbul, the Turkish government will host a World Water Forum to discuss the increasing problems of fresh water in a world where the population is growing and consumers in developing countries are driving more demands on water.

Activists called for enabling water access as a human right, claiming that the forum is geared to strengthen water privatization at the expense of those deprived of access to daily fresh water.

US, world stocks continue rally on positive bank reports

US, world stocks continue rally on positive bank reports New York  - US stocks finished their biggest two-day rally since New Year's on Wednesday, inching upwards as JPMorgan Chase & Co joined Citigroup with an optimistic report on profits and sparked further speculation that the financial crisis may be waning.

JPMorgan Chase shares climbed 4.6 per cent after CEO James Dimon said that his bank, too, was profitable in January and February, the Wall Street Journal reported.

EMBARGOED for release after 2200 GMT

EMBARGOED for release after 2200 GMTNew York  - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates regained the top spot on Forbes' annual list of the world's richest people released on Wednesday as investment guru Warren Buffett and Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim each lost 25 billion dollars.

Gates lost just 18 billion in the financial apocalypse that hit world markets last year and is now worth 40 billion dollars compared to Buffet's 37 billion dollars and Slim's 35 billion dollars.

World to have 7 billion people by 2012, most in developing nations

World to have 7 billion people by 2012, most in developing nations New York  - The world population is expected to reach 7 billion by 2012, from the current 6.8 billion, with the additional population increase coming mostly in developing countries, the United Nations said Wednesday.

By 2050, the world population is projected to reach over 9 billion people based on an annual average gain of 78 million people. Most governments depend on UN studies in world population to map socioeconomic policy.

US stocks with in biggest '09 gain on upbeat Citigroup report

US stocks with in biggest '09 gain on upbeat Citigroup report New York  - US stocks posted their largest rally of the year on Tuesday, following the lead of European markets after troubled banking giant Citigroup Inc said it was experiencing its best quarter since 2007.

Citigroup's chief executive Vikram Pandit said in an internal memo that the company was profitable in the first two months of 2009 after five straight quarters of losses, Bloomberg News reported.

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