Title Song - Anjaana Anjaani (2010) .fT Ranbir And Priyanka

Zardari to meet UK PM today

Updated at: 0846 PST,  Friday, August 06, 2010  LONDON: President Asif Ali Zardari will hold a formal meeting with UK Prime Minister David Cameron today (Friday), Geo News reported. 10-Downing Street spokesman in London deemed the meeting between two leaders will prove to strengthen Pak-UK ties coupled with bringing stability and prosperity in Pakistan. Spokesman said the meeting would also discuss the biggest human crisis wreaked by floods in Pakistan, war on terrorism and bilateral trade relations between two countries. President Zardari is scheduled to hold separate meetings with UK’s Education and Foreign Secretaries. Zardari will also meet two representatives of Tori Party namely Sajid Javed and Abdul Rehman Chishty. However, Pakistani origin members Labour Party refused to meet President Zardari. Meanwhile, Cameron’s ruling party has sent denial over change in PM’s assertion regarding Pakistan, which stated that Pakistan was responsible for exporting terrorists into neighbouring countries. It may be mentioned that Chairperson Conservative Party and Pakistani origin lady Saeeda Warsi in her article defended PM’s anti-Pakistan statement.

Imran Khan sees people's revolution looming

Updated at: 0947 PST,  Friday, August 06, 2010  DALLAS: The chairman of Pakistan Tehrike Insaf has said today that president Zardari was enjoying on the people’s money. In the hotel in London in which he would stay during his tour of Europe, the rent of his room for one day is Rs 2 million, he said. Besides, another hefty amount of Rs.6 million is being spent on the ceremony to induct his son Bilawal Bhutto in Pakistan’s politics. He was addressing a fund raising mass gathering organized by Tehrike Insaf local chapter in American city of Dallas. He said that our country was undergoing a very critical situation and we are responsible for that, becuase the biggest criminal was no one else but the president of Pakistan himself, who has also employed a team of crooks and criminals in the cabinet and has imposed upon the people. He opined that the honorable nations under such tyranny conditions always agitate. However, under a persistent fear people refrain from entering politics. Pakistan politicians should deter of the point at which the nation starts revolution.

241 ballerinas set pointe standing world record

Updated at: 0953 PST,  Friday, August 06, 2010  NEW YORK: Hundreds of ballerinas of all ages gathered on Monday, in Central Park, New York, to set a new world record for standing on pointe. Led by a desire to leave their mark on the world of ballet dancing, 241 ballerinas from New York’s dance school attempted to set a new Guinness world record, by standing on pointe simultaneously. Most of them heard about the challenge online, and decided to “make history through dance” with other fellow ballerinas. At the signal of Craig Salstein, a soloist with the American Ballet Theater, the ballerinas attempted to stand on their toes. 230 of them managed to maintain their pose for 1 minute and 7 seconds, thus beating the old record set last year by 220 other ballerinas.

Scientists uncover 95 genes linked to high cholesterol

Updated at: 0918 PST,  Friday, August 06, 2010  LONDON: Scientists have cracked the genetic secrets of high cholesterol, paving the way for new drugs to beat heart disease. Britain's biggest killer, heart disease affects 2.5million people and claims more than 250 lives each day. The amount of artery-clogging cholesterol and other fats in the blood greatly affects the odds of heart attacks and other problems, but until now, little was known about the genes that control their levels. More than 100 researchers from 17 countries, including the UK, studied the DNA of more than 100,000 people of European ancestry. This flagged up 95 genetic changes linked to blood fats, or lipids, and heart disease, the journal Nature reports. Further experiments showed that many of the genes also contribute to heart problems in other ethnic groups from around the world. Working out exactly how these genes raise or lower cholesterol and other harmful fats could lead to new drugs that could benefit millions. Although statins are widely used to lower cholesterol, side-effects lead to many stopping taking them, and some doctors say that while the drugs benefit men, there is scant evidence they ward off heart disease in women. Researcher Dr Christopher O'Donnell, of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in the US, said: 'The new findings point us to specific genetic signposts that allow us to understand why many people from all walks of life have abnormal levels of cholesterol and other blood lipids that lead to heart disease. 'What's really exciting about this work is that we are moving from discovery to understanding brand new information about how genes alter the lipids that lead to heart disease.' Francis Collins, one of the world's leading geneticists, said: 'Genetic studies that survey a wide variety of human populations are a powerful tool for identifying hereditary factors in health and disease. 'These results help refine our course for preventing and treating heart disease, a health problem that affects millions.' Professor Peter Weissberg, of the British Heart Foundation, said that although much more work was needed to understand what the genes do and how they work together, such research is crucial in beating heart disease. He added: 'Although this is just the first step down a long road, the good news is that the more we understand about cholesterol regulation, the more likely it is that new drugs will be developed to prevent heart disease.'In Britain, there are around 230,000 heart attacks a year - the equivalent of one every two minutes. Around a third are fatal. Statins are prescribed to six million Britons judged to be significant risk of a heart attack or stroke, but there have been calls for everyone over the age of 50 to receive them. It is argued that wider access could save hundreds of thousands of lives while also saving the NHS billions a year.