Watchdog blasts ‘X-treme Eating’ | BBC NEWS

“Chain restaurants in the United States are promoting dangerous “X-treme Eating”, a US watchdog has said.

They are serving up “ever-more harmful new creations,” the Center for Science in the Public Interest says. “

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NTT DoCoMo, Japanese mobile phone operator, will soon team up with McDonalds to offer electronic payments and special promotions for mobile users.”It gives both McDonald’s and DoCoMo the opportunity to track consumers and their eating habits. Cash is more likely to be used in small transactions. Electronic payments will allow user behaviour to be tracked and used for marketing purposes,” said Julie Ask, an analyst with research firm Jupiter to BBC NEWS

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A Squid with an estimated of about 39 feet long and weighing an estimated 990lbs has been caught by a fishing crew of New Zealand in the Antarctic waters.”I can assure you that this is going to draw phenomenal interest. It is truly amazing,” said Dr. Steve O’Shea, a squid expert at the Auckland University of Technology.

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Here is the full list of Oscars presented at the 79th Academy Awards, with the winners listed in bold:

Best picture

Babel

The Departed

Letters From Iwo Jima

Little Miss Sunshine

The Queen

Best director

Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima

Stephen Frears, The Queen

Paul Greengrass, United 93

Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel

Martin Scorsese, The Departed

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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asked the Italian PM Romano Prodi to remain in office after resigning last week over a vote on foreign policy.

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“On blogs everyone is allowed to write what they want. This proves how unintelligent the president and Al-Azahr are “Said kazia.Abdel Kareem Soliman,22, an Egyptian blogger blogging under the name Kareem Amer,has been sentenced for four years’ prison for insulting Islam and the president.Abdel Kareem Soliman has used his web log to criticise the country’s top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university and President Hosni Mubarak, whom he called a dictator.

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According to report Cisco and Apple will in a joint statement said that both companies could use the word iPhone on their products worldwide and that all lawsuits connected with dispute have been dismissed

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According to report Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has handed his resignation to the country’s president after losing vote from coalition partners.Several of Mr Prodi’s coalition partners opposed troop deployments in Afghanistan and plans to expand a US airbase in northern Italy.According to Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema, the Senate vote that the government should resign if it did not command majority support on foreign policy.Renato Schifani, Senate leader of the biggest opposition party, Forza Italia said “I have in my hand one of the most important newspapers in the country with a declaration by Foreign Minister D’Alema: ‘Resignation if we have no majority’,There is no majority any more … There is no Prodi government any more. The Prodi government has fallen in this chamber.”

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Steve Ballmer,Microsoft’s chief executive, said that open-source vendors must respect Microsoft’s Read the rest of this entry »

According to Report the US salon where pop star Britney Spears shaved her head has apparently set up a website,buybritneyshair.com, to auction her locks for more than $1m.The salon’s website created by Salon Owner Esther Tognozzi, offers bidders an “opportunity of a lifetime” and says a portion of the proceeds will be donated to various unnamed charities.Moreover the winning bidder will also get the hair clippers Spears used, a blue lighter she left at the salon and the can of Red Bull she was drinking at the time.The site adds that the successful bidder can pick up the hair from Esther’s Hair Studio in Tarzana, California.

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