Tokyo, Apr. 16 : The US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke has said that the international community should ensure giving more financial aid to Pakistan, as the terrorist groups based on its soil are on the verge of carrying out attacks around the world.

Addressing delegates at the donors’ conference here in which countries have pledged five billion dollars for Pakistan as aid, Holbrooke said the world must keep supporting the country.

“The terrorists in western Pakistan are planning other attacks around the world. So, we should remind ourselves that the problem is far from over,” The News quoted Holbrooke, as saying.

Washington, Apr 18 : Hollywood socialite Kim Kardashian recently posted her own photos on her Twitter page revealing a bad sunburn, and she urged fellow Twitter users to help her get rid of it.

Kim, who slept wearing her sunglasses while sunbathing, has developed a total sunburn except the area covered by her huge sunglasses.

"PLEASE HELP ME! I am so sunburned! I fell asleep with huge glasses on yesterday! This tan line is not ok!!! I''m going to have to hide from cameras for days. I usually never get red, I always get dark. It hurts!" People magazine quoted Kim as stating on her Twitter page.

Washington, April 18 : A new study has suggested that increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) and decreasing oxygen in the oceans will make it harder for deep-sea animals to "breathe".

The study, by marine chemists at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), US, suggests that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next century.

These predictions are based on the fact that, as more and more carbon dioxide dissolves from the atmosphere into the ocean, marine animals will need more oxygen to survive.

Washington, Apr 18 : A connection between the laxity of a woman''s knee joint and her monthly hormone cycle has been found by University of Calgary researchers.

The research project - a collaboration between kinesiology, engineering and health sciences researchers - has found that not all woman experience knee laxity at the same time of their menstrual cycle.

Washington, April 18 : The faculty of a US university has determined that an overpopulated planet is the biggest problem that we face today, followed by climate change and a need for renewable energy resources.

According to a survey of the faculty at the SUNY (State University of New York) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), overpopulation is the world's top environmental issue, followed closely by climate change and the need to develop renewable energy resources to replace fossil fuels.

Washington, Apr. 18 : The United States on Friday admitted that there is a trust deficit with Pakistan, and added that both countries are working towards reversing it sooner than later.

US State Department spokesman Robert Wood told a regular briefing that both anti-terrorism partners are committed to deal with the issue of trust.