Tokyo, Apr 14 (ANI): Japan Atomic Energy Commission vice-chairman Tatsujiro Suzuki has said the country should thoroughly investigate the nuclear crisis in Fukushima in an internationally verifiable manner. “An independent third-party panel, rather than the government””s Nuclear Safety Commission, should study the accident””s causes and the series of crisis management steps... 

Washington, April 14 (ANI): Many people avoid dietary cholesterol for fear of increasing their risk for heart disease. However, experts from leading institutions have now dispelled some common myths surrounding dietary cholesterol – they found that such diets don’t’ increase the risk of heart disease. They also found that eggs contain higher Vitamin D levels and less cholesterol than thought. An... 

Seoul, Apr.14 (ANI): An American citizen, Jun Young Su has been detained in North Korea for his involvement in illegal missionary work in that country. Prongyang has informed Washington. Jun is reportedly being given necessary humanitarian assistance, including consular contact with Swedish Embassy officials. The U.S., which fought on South Korea”s side during the 1950-53 Korean War, does not... 

Karachi, April 14(ANI): Pakistan has released 89 Indian prisoners from the Malir District Jail in Karachi in a follow-up to the Interior/Home Secretaries’ meeting in New Delhi last month. The prisoners were put on buses and sent to Lahore, where they will be handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border. These Indian prisoners were arrested between September 2009 and January 2010, the Dawn... 

Washington, April 14 (ANI): A study has found that women feel more intense emotions than men when a conflict arises within the couple. Conversely, it is men –who mostly express “powerful emotions” as wrath or despise– who cause conflicts more frequently. Researchers from the Department of Social Psychology of the University of Granada, Inmaculada Valor Segura, Francisca Exposito y Miguel... 

London, April 14 (ANI): It is yet to be released to the public, but the movie on Prince William and Kate Middleton”s royal romance has already been branded ‘the naffest royal film ever made. Critics have panned the flick ‘William and Kate: The Movie’ for wooden acting, cheesy Mills and Boon-style dialogue and embarrassing bed scenes, reports the Sun. A trailer for the 3million dollars DVD,... 

London, April 14 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that middle-aged women are four times more unhappy than teenage girls with what they see in the mirror. The study, which was carried out online by Opinion Matters in January 2011 of 1,246 women, discovered that over 90 percent of women aged in their 40s and 50s are so unhappy with the way they look that they suffer from what experts have dubbed ”mid-life... 

Sanya (China), Apr 14(ANI): Ahead of the BRICS summit in China’s resort town of Sanya, where Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will be meeting Chinese President Hu Jintao, a senior Indian diplomat has said that new and renewable energy sources are expected to be one area where the two neighbours can cooperate to their mutual benefit. “We hope to discuss it at our first Strategic Economic... 

Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), Apr. 14 (ANI): Egyptian prosecutors arrested ousted President Hosni Mubarak while he was in his bed last night on charges of alleged corruption and abuse of power during his 30-year rule. According to the Daily Mail, the 82-year-old Mubarak was in hospital after a suspected heart attack, but Egypt’s prosecutor-general still went ahead with a 15-day detention order yesterday. The... 

London, Apr 14 (ANI): It has emerged that Catherine Zeta-Jones recently sought treatment for manic depression over the stress of husband Michael Douglas”s battle against cancer. “After dealing with the stress of the past year, Catherine made the decision to check into a mental health facility for a brief stay to treat her bipolar II disorder,” the Daily Mail quoted her publicist as saying. “She’s...