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‘Nine-Minute’ Cellulite-Eraser Serum To Hit Market Shelves In UK

‘Nine-Minute’ Cellulite-Eraser Serum To Hit Market Shelves In UKA miracle cream that claims to wipe out cellulite in just nine minutes will hit UK markets this week.

Priced at £68 per bottle, the serum called Adonia LegTone is made from plant stem cells.

Green Island Labs, the makers of Adonia LegTone, said that the product contains regenerative properties of plant extracts, which help tone up weak skin stem cells.

Scientists identify blood clotting ''on-off switch''

Scientists identify blood clotting ''on-off switch''London, Mar 7 : Researchers from University of Birmingham have identified a protein that appears to play a key role in forming blood clots.

Small cells called platelets circulate in the blood and respond to injury by becoming sticky and sending out tiny "arms" that latch onto other platelets and the surface of the injury, forming a clot.

Lead researcher Yotis Senis claim to have identified a protein called CD148 that controls the stickiness of blood.

Ashley Cole’s legal advisers say photog breached privacy law

Ashley Cole’s legal advisers say photog breached privacy lawLondon, Mar 7 : Brit footballer Ashley Cole's legal advisers claim that the photographer involved in the incident on March 5, which led to the arrest of the Chelsea left back, had breached the privacy law under the Human Rights Act.

Cole, 28, who earns 82,000 pounds a week, has threatened to sue The Sun for aggravated damages if the pictures showing him beside a beautiful blonde were published.

US and British diplomats frequent visitors to Myanmar opposition

Yangon  - Myanmar's state-run media on Saturday accused the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) of taking instructions from the United States and Britain, noting that the countries' embassy officials had visited the party's Yangon headquarters 21 times last month.

"During their visits, they met with central executive committee members of the party and gave large and small envelops and parcels to the latter," said The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece of Myanmar's military-run government.

Washington and London have made no secret of their support for the NLD, which won the 1990 general election by a landslide but has been blocked by the military junta from taking power for the past 19 years.

ROUNDUP: Lebanon's Hezbollah welcomes British initiative

Beirut - The Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah welcomed Friday the British government's decision to establish contacts with the movement's parliamentarians.

"This is a good step and our group welcomes talks with anyone who is not hostile to us," Ibrahim al Mussawi, Hezbollah's press officer, was quoted as saying on Lebanese radio stations.

Hezbollah politburo member Mahmoud Komati, stressed that the talks with Britain should not be done "secretly."

"If Britain wants talks with our movement, they should be done publicly," Komati said.

Amy Winehouse charged with assault after return to Britain

Amy Winehouse charged with assault after return to BritainLondon - Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse, who has just returned from a two-month holiday in the Caribbean to recover from her turbulent life in London, was Friday charged with assault by police in Britain.

The 25-year-old singer is due to appear at Westminster Magistrate's Court in London on March 17, charged with assaulting a woman at a charity ball last September.

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