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a once-secret 1940s tunnel complex under the centre of london that housed military intelligence has been put up for sale.the complex was dug up in 1942.

british scientists have found the world 's longest insect:it is nearly the length of a human arm,and called 'chan's megastick'.

tokyo has unseated paris as the world's culinary capital,according to michelin guides,the french bible of fastronomy.eight restaurants in tokyo have recieved michelin's highest three-star rating.

steven spielberg has ended his involvement as an artistic advisor for beiging olympics because of china's close relationship with sudan where thousands have been killed in the darfur region.

china was under imperial rule for over 2000 years ,while india remained a british colony for over three centuries.china became a republic in 1912,where as india became indepndent in 1947.

aravind adiga ,winner of the man booker prize,is the third first time novelist to win the award ,after arundhati roy in 1997 and DBC pierre in 2003.at 33 he is the second youngest after ben okri,32.

about 252 million acres of transgenic crops were planted in 22 countries by 10.3 million farmers in 2006.these crops were herbicide and insect-resistant soybeans,corn ,cotton,corola and alfalfa.

booker prize winning arvind adiga novel 'the white tiger',is about the dark side of the new india.it takes the form of seven letters addressed by balram to the chinese premier on the eve of the state visit.the mordant sketches of milionaires and the unfortunates reveal the reality of contemporary indian society.