A well known newspaper in which the latest study was published reported, "The researchers scanned the brains of couples together for 20 years and compared them with results from new lovers."

Nearly 10% of mature couples displayed the same chemical reactions when they were shown pictures of their loved ones as those just starting out.

The news paper also reported that during when the initial research was conducted, it was found that the first stages of romantic love fade within 15 months and after 10 years it has gone completely.

Arthur Aron, a psychologist at Stony Brook informed, "The findings go against the traditional view of romance -- that it drops off sharply in the first decade -- but we are sure it's real."

If successful, the vaccine would not replace traditional treatment such as chemotherapy and radiation but could be an additional treatment for patients, said Laura Hutchins, the principal investigator, professor of internal medicine, and director of the division of hematology and oncology.

Thomas Kieber-Emmons, director of basic breast cancer research at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, said the vaccine was developed over a decade of study on the immune system. He said the key was understanding how different molecules work together to combat disease.

Breast cancer cells are covered with molecules, called antigens, that are capable of triggering the production of antibodies that fight breast cancer cells. But the carbohydrate antigens on cancer cells don't stimulate a strong immune system response.

Kieber-Emmons and his team came up with an alternative approach with a six-year, $2.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. They developed peptide antigens that mimic the carbohydrates.

A peptide is a compound consisting of two or more amino acids. The peptide-based vaccine tricks the body into producing antibodies that target both the peptides in the vaccine and the carbohydrates they resemble on the breast cancer cells.

The trials will be done in phases. The first phase will last four to six months, and involve women with cancer that is actively spreading and women whose cancer has come back after going into remission. The women will receive five doses of the vaccine.

The second phase will last about a year and include women who have had breast cancer but are in remission and considered at high risk of getting it again. The women will have to have been off chemotherapy for at least six months.

The number of patients participating in the study hasn't been determined.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Hispanic women and the second most-common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian and American Indian women. In 2004, 40,954 women died of breast cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control

s latest data. That same year, 362 men died of the disease.

Two other security guards of the bank were locked in their rooms while they were sleeping.

Police has recovered a bundle of Rs 2 lakhs and a rifle believed to have been used by the looters from the bank premises.

The District Police Office (DPO) has said police have intensified search in the district to nab the looters.

These include Google and China's top internet search engine, Baidu.

These websites could be closed down if they do not delete the offending material, according to one official.

China believes it has a duty to protect public morality.

Officials seem to be particularly concerned about pretty girls in suggestive poses that can be accessed through various websites.

They fear this and other "unhealthy" content could damage young people's physical and mental health.

The new campaign is being co-ordinated by a total of seven government ministries.

They have published the names of 19 offending websites that have so far ignored warnings to get rid of unsuitable content.

These websites are being told to clean up their websites - or else.

"We will continue to expose, punish or close down websites that have a lot of vulgar content," said one official, Cai Mingzhao, speaking on Chinese Central Television.

Officials also want the public to act as their eyes and ears in this campaign against sleaze.

But there is a fear the crackdown will not just be restricted to vulgar material.

The Chinese government keeps a firm grip on the internet, blocking certain websites and censoring some sensitive material.

This campaign could be used as an excuse to stifle political dissent in a country that allows little public criticism.

One of the websites that has been publicly criticised, Tianya, is popular with people who post their criticisms of the government.

Under an agreement between the two nations which took effect on January 1, the US military must now operate under the authority of the Iraqi government.

Although it will maintain its independent chain of command, it will be subject to Iraqi laws under certain conditions.

The accord also allows US troops to play an advisory role to the Iraqi military as they prepare to pull out out Iraqi cities in June and before leaving entirely at the end of 2011.

When the United States took over the Green Zone soon after the 2003 invasion, it closed off the 14.5 square kilometre (5.6 square mile) area on the bank of the Tigris in central Baghdad to most Iraqis and reinforced it with four metre high concrete walls.

Saddam Hussein's sprawling palace became the headquarters of the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority government when the dictator was toppled by the US-led invading force.

When that body was dissolved in June 2004 the building became the US embassy, housing more than 1,000 staff.

The new purpose-built state-of-the-art ochre US embassy complex is located a few hundred metres (yards) from Saddam's palace.

The sprawling embassy is the biggest American mission anywhere in the world but the cost of running the new complex is expected to be so exorbitant that the US will be forced to rent out part of the space, according to a state department official.

Residents described scenes of carnage after the woman detonated the explosives at 11:15 a.m. on a cool, sunny morning. Dismembered bodies were strewn across a muddy road and near a covered market, the blast's force hurling some parts onto the roofs of nearby two-story buildings. Volunteers gathered bloodied pieces of flesh in black plastic bags.

In the ensuing, chaotic minutes, witnesses said, some peopled vomited at the sight and smell of blood. Numb, survivors and the wounded cried religious invocations to Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, whose death will be marked Wednesday, on a day known as Ashura, the most sacred day on the Shiite calendar.

"They are enemies of God, and they are many," Bashir Hussein Ali, a 36-year-old Baghdad resident, said at the site. "This comes from the hatred in their hearts."

"They'll find any way to hurt us," said a friend, 27-year-old Murtada Aziz.

The Interior Ministry said 40 people were killed, 16 of them Iranian pilgrims, and 72 were wounded. TheU.S.military put the toll at 36 killed and 36 wounded. Witnesses said the explosives were packed with ball bearings to kill as many people as possible.

Ashura culminates 10 days of mourning marking the death of Hussein and his band of outnumbered followers in a battle in A.D. 680 at what is now the city of Karbala. His killing solidified the division of the Muslim world into Shiites loyal to Hussein's family and orthodox Sunnis. The memory of Hussein's martyrdom and the emotions it evokes are comparable to sentiments in the Christian world that surround Christ's crucifixion.

"Each drop of blood that falls calls your name, Hussein," a banner at the scene read.

Pilgrims marking Ashura and other Shiite holidays in Iraq have long been targets of suicide bombings designed to ignite more sectarian tension. In 2004, during the first commemoration of Ashura after the fall of Saddam Hussein, suicide bombings killed more than 160 pilgrims in attacks in Karbala and at the same shrine attacked Sunday in Baghdad.

By most accounts, sectarian tension has declined in recent months. As a sign of that improved atmosphere, Iraqi officials, at the urging of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, had reopened the Bridge of the Imams on Nov. 11, rejoining Kadhimiyah, the neighborhood around the shrine, with the Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiyah, once an insurgent stronghold. The bridge had been closed since 2005, when a stampede, triggered by rumors of a suicide bomber, killed 800 Shiite pilgrims in one of the war's most horrific episodes.

Senior Interior Ministry officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said they had opposed the decision at the time, and on Sunday, they blamed the bridge's reopening for this attack and another one Dec. 27 that killed at least 22 people near a car garage.

"Intelligence shows that attacks are a consequence of opening the bridge," one senior official said. Although officials think both attackers used the bridge to enter the neighborhood, which is shrouded in security, the official said there were no plans to close it again.

At the scene, in a sign of the deep suspicion that still reigns, residents speculated on the assailant's identity --al-Qaeda, Sunni insurgents, Iranians and Americans. Many said they were dumbfounded at how a suicide bomber could pass through roadblocks that ban traffic around the shrine and police checkpoints where everyone entering is searched.

"All the guards do is talk on their mobiles," said a resident, Abu Hussein Tamimi.

He shook his head, then turned back to his bookstore, still open in the aftermath.

Even on its worst days, Baghdad remains a city remarkable for its resilience. In two hours, volunteers had swept away the corpses and washed the street of blood. To the cadence of drums and horns, processions moved down other streets toward the shrine and its four minarets. Traditional laments played from scratchy speakers along the road.

Tea and water were served free to pilgrims. Along the road, huge steel vats of harisa, a stew served on religious holidays, were cooked over wood fires.

"We've grown accustomed to it," said Hussein Abu Ali, serving tea near the shrine. His cousin Dhiaa Hussein, 20, was one of the guards killed Sunday morning. "Explosions, blasts, shootings and rockets, we don't have any fear anymore."

He poured a cup of sugar into the kettle, then put it back on the flame.

"We welcome anything that comes from God," he said.

"The SC has given an order. We are consulting with attorney general to find ways of implementing it. We will definitely follow the order," deputy prime minister and Home Minister Bamdev Gautam had told reporters.

The government had earlier said they defended their decision to appoint new priests at the temple. However, following fierce criticism from within and outside the country, the government has now decided to stick with the SC order in this issue.

Even the visiting Indian leaders of Samajbadi Party had raised the issue with the PM on Monday. "He has assured that the issue will be resolved as per the order of the court," SP general secretary Amar Singh later said.

PM Dahal also met with former prime minister and president of main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) Girija Prasad Koirala on Monday where he was told to tread carefully on issues concerning religion and faith.

Unidentified bodies of 2 males and a woman were recovered from Koshi River, about 250 miles southeast of Kathmandu, yesterday.

The boat which was carrying around 25 passengers had capsized after hitting a floating log at around 8 am Sunday. The boat was carrying mostly women and children.

Sixteen people survived the tragedy. Reports quoted eyewitnesses as saying that nine people swam to safety while, locals and police rescue teams helped another seven.

Five passengers are still missing. They have been identified as Jivan Rai, Mana Kumar Tamang, Nim Bahadur Tamang - all residents of Okhaldhunga district - Umesh Karki of Bhojpur district and Hari Pulami of Kakarbhitta.

Reports said Rescue teams from Nepal Police, Nepal Army, Armed Police Force have all but given up search for missing persons and are now concentrating on locating the bodies.

Meanwhile, the Sunsari District Administration Office has issued strict guidelines for the boat operating in the Koshi River.

This time onwards boats and ferries will only be allowed to operate from 10 am to 5 pm, licenses of the boats carrying people beyond its capacity will be cancelled and small boats will be banned from ferrying people across the river.

It was only last year when LG launched external boxes to allow you to download Netflix movies, but having this system built-in to a TV is a much better idea. This means less clutter and less wires, that should keep the wife happy then.

The new HD TV’s from LG will be on show at CES 2009, which is in Las Vegas this week. 2009 looks all set to be a great year for Netflix, as they are working on partnerships with other consumer electronics makers, so expect to see more TV brands with the same kind of technology.

Cold has mainly affected children and elderly persons.

Patients of pneumonia, cold, diarrhoea and asthma have increased at the hospitals lately due to cold, according to the Dhanusa district public health office.

Meanwhile, a prisoner died of cold at the Jaleshwor Prison last night.

The deceased has been identified as Kuldeep Paswan, 58, of Aurohi VDC-8 in Dhanusa district, the police informed.

Krishna Prasad Upadhyaya and Prem Sharma, both appellate court judges, have been named as permanent justices of the apex court while Rana Bahadur Bam, Mohan Prakash Sitaula, Girish Chandra Lal, Avadesh Kumar Yadav, Bipulendra Chakrabarti, Sushila Karki, Bharat Raj Upreti and Prakash Wosti have been named as ad hoc justices.

Bam, Sitaula, Yadav and Lal are appellate court judges and the remaining four nominees are senior advocates.

They will be appointed as SC justices by the President following a parliamentary hearing.

The agitators burnt tyres at the major thoroughfares to blockade traffic.

The agitators have demanded that Kirtipur locals be immediately provided with the compensation for their land which the government had acquired in the 1950s for TU. They have also demanded job opportunities at the different vacant posts in the university.

The government had acquired some 1200 Ropanis of land for the country’s oldest university in 1956.

The locals had vandalised the TU central office yesterday as the university administration said that it could not address their demands.

Following the vandalism, regular educational activities at the university have been closed indefinitely.