Washington, Mar 14 : Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz is in talks to star in Italian director Sergio Castellitto's film `Venuto al Mondo' (Into the World).

Washington, March 14 : After studying one million Swedish men, Wellcome Trust researchers have come to the conclusion that there is a strong link between cognitive ability and the risk of death.

Dr David Batty, a Wellcome Trust research fellow at the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, says that a lower IQ seemed to be strongly associated with a higher risk of death from causes like accidents, coronary heart disease and suicide.

He said that the study suggests that government initiatives to increase education opportunities may also have health benefits.

For their study, the researchers analysed data from one million Swedish men conscripted to the army at the age of 18.

Washington, Mar 14 : According to Jessica Simpson, women who're in abusive relationships should "run so far away."

While at a concert in Phoenix, the 28-year-old singer, who has admitted she was in an abusive relationship, doled out the advice before belting out the ballad, "Remember That," which features the lyrics: "It doesn''t matter how he hurts you/With his hands or with his words/You don''t deserve it."

"In love, we all go through a lot of things, and a lot of things unfortunately make us stay there [in the relationship]," Us magazine quoted her, as telling the crowd at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion.

Washington, Mar 14 : Brazilian model Adriana Lima's basketball star hubby Marko Jaric has been cleared of the charge of sexually assaulting a woman.

Jaric, 30, a Serbian currently playing for Memphis Grizzlies, was being probed after it was alleged last week that he had assaulted a woman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

As per Sports Illustrated, the basketball player insisted that the accusations were "100 per cent false".

New York, Mar. 14 : Most Pakistanis believe that the consequences of religious extremism are going to be terrible for their country and people, a new survey has revealed.

According to a poll conducted by Pew Global survey (IRI) global research in 2008, 72 percent Pakisatnis said they were concerned about Islamic extremism in their country, while 54 per cent said they were very concerned about it, the Dawn reports.

Pakistanis' concern rated highest in percentage among the eight countries, which were surveyed. The question was asked to the citizens of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Lebanon, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Turkey.