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POPSNKorea threatens nuclear, missile tests North Korea threatened Wednesday to conduct nuclear and missile tests unless the UN Security Council apologizes for criticizing its April 5 rocket launch. Pyongyang's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the country "will be compelled to take additional measures for self-defense, including nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests" unless the Council apologizes immediately.
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POPSAbhishek, Aishwarya off on wedding anniversary holiday Bollywood's most talked about married couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai won't be in India for their second wedding anniversary Monday. They have taken off on a week-long holiday to an undisclosed destination. "Last year Abhishek was slogging it out in Miami for 'Dostana' and Aishwarya joined him there for their wedding anniversary. This year they were again supposed to be working, though happily together, for the next schedule of Mani Ratnam's 'Raavan' on their anniversary," a source close to the couple told.
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POPSBen Kingsley's professionalism bowls over Big BBen Kingsley's professionalism bowls over Big B Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, who just completed shooting with Oscar winner Ben Kingsley for "Teen Patti", says the Hollywood veteran is extremely professional. In London to shoot for the last schedule of "Teen Patti", Amitabh completed five scenes at an "exotic casino" with the Oscar-winning star. "(It's)...a joy really to be working with a crew that respects efficiency and time and a colleague who is professional to the core," Amitabh wrote on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com.
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POPSSafina advances at Porsche Grand Prix Dinara Safina turned her first match as No. 1 in the world into a rout, overwhelming Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 on Tuesday to reach the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix. Safina, who is in the second week of her reign as the top player in the world, won the first nine games and finished the match with an ace in 51 minutes. She finished with five aces and never faced a break point.
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POPSPredicting accurately when a heart attack will occur Thanks to new research by Sharon Zlochiver, a biomedical engineer at Tel Aviv University (TAU), there's hope for potential heart attack victims. Zlochiver can not only predict when a heart attack will occur, but he can also help doctors and patients buy time before a deadly attack takes place. "Seventy percent of the heart is made up of myocytes, which are contractile muscle cells. The remaining 30 percent is mostly rigid structural cells called fibroblasts that work to hold the muscle in place," Zlochiver explained.
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POPSGeoffrey Palmer's heaven on earth Geoffrey Palmer believes that "if you can't fall in love with Venice, you're never going to fall in love". I first visited Venice many years ago – in 1949, to be precise. Someone had managed to scrounge their old man's car, and off a few of us went – leaving a friend and me in Venice. After a few days we hitchhiked home, which was quite arduous back then because there weren't many cars on the road.
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POPSConficker virus begins to attack computers malicious software programme known as Conficker is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, according to computer security experts. Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, was expected to wreak havoc on April 1 when it was due to be activated, but it failed to cause many problems. Internet virus experts, however, claim it is now quietly turning thousands of personal computers into servers of e-mail spam and installing spyware.
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POPSClooney pays tribute to Mia Farrow for her activism Hollywood star George Clooney has paid tribute to fellow activist Mia Farrow for fasting to bring attention to the ongoing problems in Sudan. The two stars have become leading celebrity campaigners about the genocide in Sudan. While Clooney has been filming interviews with terrified refugees and talking about his experiences among politicians in Washington, the actress has been living among those caught up in the conflict and now she's on hunger strike for them, reported femalefirst.com.
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POPSOsama ordered not to contact Britney Spears A court here has ordered a former confidante of Britney Spears to stay 100 yards away from the pop diva and her children. Osama 'Sam' Lutfi, who was at one time Spears's confidante, has been called a predator by Britney's father Jamie. Jamie has sought court intervention to restrain Lutfi from contacting his daughter. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Aviva Bobb Tuesday ordered Lutfi not to file any legal papers on her behalf.
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POPSBritish, French foreign ministers arrive in Colombo British and French foreign ministers arrived in Sri Lanka Wednesday on a day-long trip to discuss with Colombo the humanitarian situation in the island's north where troops are battling the Tamil Tigers who have been cornered into a small strip of coastal land. British Foreign Minister David Miliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met their Sri Lankan counterpart Rohitha Bogollagama at the ministry complex Wednesday morning to discuss the unfolding situation in the country's north.
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