Kaka may join Man United this mth

Monitoring Desk LONDON: Brazilian superstar Kaka is likely to join Manchester United in a shock loan deal this month which could lead to a permanent 50 million pounds move. The Brazilian superstar midfielder has been heavily linked to a move to Inter Milan with Real Madrid wanting 50 million pounds.
Chelsea, too, is seriously interested in grabbing the playmaker who has now fully recovered from an ankle injury after surgery, the Daily Star reports.

The link has already been established with Kaka, winning a Champions League trophy with Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti when they worked together at AC Milan.
According to reports in Spain, Manchester United have now emerged as clear favourites with Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho happy to do business with his old sparring partner Sir Alex Ferguson.
Mourinho would prefer sending Kaka to United rather than his previous club Inter. Ferguson has insisted he will not be buying in the transfer window but a loan deal for Kaka would be the perfect solution.

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Pollutants in boys’ blood tied to lower growth

Boys exposed to unusually high levels of environmental pollutants are smaller than their peers, a new study reports. After following nearly 500 boys for three years, an international group of researchers found that those with the highest levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in their blood were nearly three centimeters (more than an inch) shorter than boys from the same region with the lowest amount of PCBs in their bodies.

Boys with the highest exposures also averaged two points lower in body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight relative to height. The authors found a similar pattern in boys with the highest exposure to the pollutant dioxin. “You’re always a little surprised to see such a dramatic effect,” study author Jane Burns of the Harvard School of Public Health told Reuters Health, but the findings are “consistent” with some other research about the effect of these chemicals.

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Governors’ appointments challenged in Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: PML-N has challenged the appointment of all the four provincial governors in Supreme Court. According to media reports the petitioner Senator Zafar Ali Shah from PML-N had taken plea in his petition that incumbent four governors were appointed by the former president Pervez Musharraf while such powers had been transferred to prime minister following the implementation of 18th amendment.

President has to appoint the governor in consultation with the prime minister, therefore the induction of sitting four governors is illegal and unconstitutional, he added. The appointment of governors be declared null and void and they be restrained from performing their duties, he said. Federation, provincial governments and all the four governors have been made respondents in the petition. -Online

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