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Gaddafi died of gunshot wound: Autopsy

New Delhi: Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi died of a gunshot wound to the head, confirmed an autopsy report on Sunday. The autopsy was carried out in Misrata and sources are now saying that the body will be returned to the commercial freezer in the city where it was put up for public display earlier. Libyan forensic doctors carried out an autopsy overnight on the body of Gaddafi, who was killed...  

Lost Hitchcock film takes a bow in Los Angeles

Los Angeles: Suspense master Alfred Hitchcock died in 1980 but that hasn't stopped him from adding a new title to his filmography. 'The White Shadow', produced in 1924, is the earliest known film bearing his creative touch. The long lost film was unveiled to audiences on Thursday night at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills with a screening attended by the stars of two Hitchcock...  

Is one in 25 bosses a psychopath?

London: For occupying high positions in any company, many individuals are viewed as highly successful people worth being role models. A study, however, says business leaders are four times more likely to be psychopaths than ordinary people. One in every 25 company high-flyers is believed to be having mental disorder but disguises it through their high status, charm and manipulation at the workplace. It's only favourable environmental factors - such...  

Passive smoking causes psychological disorders

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, approximately five-and-a-half million kids live in households in which someone smokes. Previous studies have shown that secondhand smoke exposure in kids can cause respiratory diseases, sids, and higher rates of asthma. Now two new studies in this week's edition of pediatrics, find secondhand smoke appears to have a big affect on the way youngsters behave. Investigators from Harvard and the tobacco free research...  

People get harsher when watched, study says

Washington: People are more likely to condemn the bad behavior of others when they sense someone else may be watching, according to a new study. An international team has confirmed the prediction that participants who believed they were being watched, though possibly not conscious of that thought, would express greater disapproval of moral transgressions, than those did not. The increased expression of disapproval is attributed to people's sensitivity to perceptions...  

Elderly tend to be bad liars, study says

Sydney: Older people cannot lie as convincingly as younger people and are worse at detecting when others are lying, a study says. Psychology researchers Ted Ruffman, Janice Murray and Jamin Halberstadt, from the University of Otago in New Zealand, compared young and older adults' skills at deception as judged by listeners within and outside their age group. The study involved 60 participants being shown video clips of 20 people expressing...  

Feeling unsafe? Your gut feeling may be right

Washington: You find yourself in the middle of a bunch of streets and buildings in an unfamiliar neighbourhood. Giving the environment a quick once-over, you make a snap decision about whether you're safe or not. Chances are, that 'gut' call is the right one. Binghamton University evolutionary biologists Dan O'Brien and David Sloan Wilson set out to test whether we do indeed have the capacity to judge urban neighbourhood safety...  

Moms killing kids not nearly as rare as we think

New York: "How could she?" It's the headline du jour whenever a horrific case emerges of a mother killing her kids, as Lashanda Armstrong did when she piled her children into her minivan and drove straight into the frigid Hudson River. Our shock at such stories is, of course, understandable: They seem to go against everything we intuitively feel about the mother-child bond. But mothers kill their children in this...  

Noida: Will Sonali Behl recover from trauma?

Noida: Days after the Behl sisters were rescued, 43-year-old Sonali remains critical. Her elder sister Anuradha died on Wednesday. One overpowering question remains - how could two women who seemed to be leading a normal life just months ago become like this? Several questions revolve around their brother Vipin who had left home in 2007 after he got married. Anuradha's lawyer Rajneesh Yadav told CNN-IBN that she wanted Vipin to...  

Batcha's autopsy doc files nomination for polls

New Delhi: Dr V Dekal has filed his nomination as an independent candidate from Maduravoyal constituency for the Tamil Nadu polls. Dr V Dekal, a forensic surgeon, had conducted the postmortem of A Raja's aide Sadiq Batcha. The Tamil Nadu government had earlier rejected the resignation of the doctor who had conducted the postmortem on the body of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former Union Telecom Minister A Raja....  

Batcha autopsy doctor's resignation rejected

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government has rejected the resignation of the doctor who had conducted the postmortem on the body of Sadik Batcha, a close aide of former Union Telecom Minister A Raja. Batcha, who was under the CBI scanner, was found hanging at his house here on March 16 with his wife claiming that he had committed suicide "unable to cope with the 2G probe." The Directorate of Public...  

Women more likely to have 'romantic regrets'

London: Women are more than twice as likely as men to have regrets about their romantic life. When it comes to admitting regrets, romance happens to be the most common source of nagging anxiety, particularly among women, according to an American researcher. In the field of romantic relationships, everyone seems to have made decisions they had come to regret, says Neal Roese, professor of marketing at Northwestern University's Kellogg School...  

Sleepless nights can trigger risky behaviour

Washington: A sleepless night can not only make us cranky and moody but also trigger euphoria, potentially leading to poor judgment and addictive behaviour. Researchers at the University of California and Harvard Medical School studied the brains of healthy young adults and found that their pleasure circuitry got a big boost after a missed night's sleep. But that same nerve cell pathway that stimulates feelings of euphoria, reward and motivation...  

Bottling up emotions can make you aggressive

Washington: Ever wanted to yell at your difficult boss, but swallowed your anger? Researchers say such acts of suppressing your emotions can actually be counterproductive, as it can provoke more acts of aggressiveness. The study, by the universities of Texas and Minnesota, can have an important bearing on reducing violence and helping law enforcers and soldiers cope with long hours and stressful situations. The psychologists found that subjects who were...  

When a couple, men, women don't think differently

Sydney: Men and women do not think, react and behave differently in a relationship, an Australian study has found. The study by Deakin University of Melbourne among 75 couples aged 19-63 and together for an average of 15 years, has found no evidence of gender differences, the Herald Sun reported. A team headed by researcher Gery Karantzas asked the couples about their relationship satisfaction, attachment style, trust, level of support,...  

Angry? Say a prayer to stay calm

Washington: Praying may be the best antidote to anger, especially after someone has left you fuming. A series of studies showed that people who were provoked by insulting comments felt less anger and aggression soon after they prayed for someone who has offended them. The benefits of prayer probably occur because the act changed the way people think about a negative situation, said Brad Bushman, study co-author and professor of...  

Doctor who performed Batcha autopsy to contest

Chennai: The doctor, who conducted autopsy on the body of former Telecom Minister A Raja's aide Sadiq Batcha, has resigned but said it has nothing to with the case as he plans to contest elections. Though reports of his resignation came days after the death of Batcha on Wednesday last, Dr V Dekal said he had put in his papers in the first week of March as he had intended...  

Self-control can provoke anger

Washington: Self-control is more likely to make you behave aggressively towards others. This is often seen with people on diets, who are prone to irritability and anger, says a new study. "We set out to examine whether exerting self-control can indeed lead to a wide range of angry behaviour and preferences subsequently..." study authors David Gal of Northwestern University and Wendy Liu of University of California write. Researchers found that...  

Watching Japan coverage can be traumatic

Sydney: Round the clock media coverage of the Japan earthquake disaster could put people at greater risk of developing traumatic reactions, says a clinical psychologist. Ian de Terte from the School of Psychology, Massey University, specialises in vicarious trauma - where people are exposed to traumatic incidents through secondary means, like having personal involvement with victims or following news reports of devastating and tragic events. This can apply to emergency...