London, Dec 4 : Archaeologists have discovered a lost city carved into the Andes Mountains in Peru by the mysterious Chachapoya tribe, which is also known as the ‘cloud people’.

According to a report in the Telegraph, the settlement covers some 12 acres and is perched on a mountainside in the remote Jamalca district of Utcubamba province in the northern jungles of Peru’s Amazon.

The buildings, found on the Pachallama peak, are in remarkably good condition, estimated to be over 1,000 years old and comprised of the traditional round stone houses built by the Chachapoya, the ‘Cloud Forest People’.

London, Dec 4 : Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a previously unknown species of a flying reptile with a wingspan the size of a family car, which would have flown in the skies above Brazil 115 million years ago.

According to a report by BBC News, Mark Witton, a researcher at the University of Portsmouth has identified the new type of pterosaur as being the largest of its kind ever to have been discovered.

Witton estimated that the pterosaur had a wingspan of 16.4ft (5m) and would have been more than 39in (1m) tall at the shoulder.

The partial skull fossil, found in Brazil, is the first example of a chaoyangopteridae, a group of toothless pterosaurs, to be found outside China.

London  - Carlos Tevez scored four goals as Manchester United survived a late scare to beat Blackburn Rovers 5-3 on Wednesday night for a place in the semi-finals of the Carling Cup.

The Argentine also set up Nani for his side's other goal, and though Blackburn pulled back two late goals, United held on for a place in the last four.

Tottenham Hotspur joined them in the semi-finals after they came from behind to win 2-1 at Watford.

It took United more than half an hour to break Blackburn down at Old Trafford, but once they did the result was not in doubt, in spite of some late drama.

Tevez, out of favour in the Premier League of late, produced a virtuoso all-round performance.

London - Measures to tackle the economic downturn in Britain were at the heart of the ceremonial presentation by Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday of the government's legislative programme for the coming year.

The monarch, 82, outlined the programme in what is known as the Queen's Speech, a traditional ceremony in parliament accompanied by pomp and circumstance.

"My government's overriding priority is to ensure the stability of the British economy during the global economic downturn," she said.

The government was committed to "helping families and businesses through difficult times."

London - A one-week-old conjoined twin has died in a London hospital following emergency surgery to separate her from her sister, Great Ormond Street hospital said Wednesday.

Hope Williams, whose sister Faith is said to be in a stable condition, died because her lungs failed her, leading surgeon Agostino Pierro said.

The twins were born on November 26 to Laura Williams, who at 18 years of age was the youngest woman ever in Britain to give birth to conjoined twins.

London - A British doctor performed a life-saving operation on a teenage boy in the Democratic Republic of Congo by taking step- by-step instructions for the complicated surgery via text message from a colleague in London, it was reported Wednesday.

David Nott, a 52-year-old vascular surgeon who works for Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), found the 16-year-old boy with his left arm ripped off and gangrenous in the town of Rutshuru in October, British media reported.