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Forward-facing buggies may cause psychological damage to babies

London, November 21: A new study suggests that babies may face lasting psychological damage if they are pushed in buggies facing away from their parents.

Conducted by Dundee University researchers, the study has found that that babies pushed in the more popular forward-facing models were left "emotionally impoverished", and appeared to suffer more stress than babies facing their parent.

The researchers said that such infants were also found to be significantly less likely to talk, laugh and interact with their parents.

The study involved almost 3,000 pairs of parents and babies. In one experiment, 20 babies were pushed for a mile, half the journey being spent in an away-facing buggy and the rest in a toward-facing one.

Rare snap of the Queen in flares up for grabs

London, Nov 21: An unseen photo of the Queen wearing flares on a beach in the 70s is all set to go under the hammer at a London auction.

Prince Wills heads to the Caribbean for secret Navy training mission

British royal Prince WilliamsLondon, Nov 21: British royal Prince Williams is heading to the Caribbean region for a secret training mission with the Special Boat Service (SBS).

The 26-year-old heir-to-throne will experience how the unit — the Navy version of the Special Air Service — tackles drug runners and pirates.

According to the sources, Williams has flown to Barbados and will spend at least ten days with the SBS.

However, the details of his deployment have been kept a secret for security reasons.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra named 'World's Best'

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra named 'World's Best'London, Nov 21: The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the best-known and most respected symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, has topped a new poll of the ''World''s Best Orchestra''.

The orchestra is named for the Concertgebouw (concert hall) in Amsterdam, from which it is based, reports Times Online.

Its ''Royal'' title was conferred upon the orchestra in 1988 by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Human right laws prevented Britain from deporting 19 terror suspects

London, Nov 21: British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has admitted that human right laws have prevented Britain from deporting 19 terror suspects in the last three years.

Jacqui Smith told MPs that proceedings were commenced to remove the suspects on “national security grounds” but were later discontinued, The Telegraph reported.

The cases were dropped because of fears they were not compatible with the UK’s international obligations - including the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

It is another embarrassment for the Government, which has suffered a series of human rights defeats surrounding extremists and foreign criminals, the paper said.

‘O54MA’ car no. plate banned in UK over ‘OSAMA’ resemblance

London, November 21: Licensing chiefs in Britain have banned all car registration numbers that resemble words associated with terrorism.

The authorities took this decision after spotting hundreds of potentially offensive plates, including one with the number O54MA that could be read as ‘OSAMA’.

There were also numbers plates like HO57AGE that resembled the word ‘HOSTAGE’, BU58OMB that could be read as ‘BUS BOMB’, MA56ACA appearing like ‘MASSACRE’, and HE58OLA that was quite near to ‘HEZBOLLAH’.

The DVLA has made it clear that anything including JEHAD or HAMAS will also be out.

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