Surrogate baby is born in India to a British couple every 48 hours

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - A woman in Indonesia has become a history making mum after she gave birth to the country's biggest ever baby - weighing a whopping 19.2lbs (8.7kgs). The baby, who is still unnamed and is 62 centimetres (24.4 inches) long, was born by caesarean section Monday at a public hospital in North Sumatra province.

September 10th, 2009 SYDNEY - Dhara and Sudish Patel would have no difficulty in remembering the date and time of birth of their daughter who was born in the Australian city of Canberra at 9.09 a.m. on the ninth day of the ninth month of 2009.

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - When it comes to controlling emotions, baby chimps do it better than human babies, concludes a new study. The research, which investigated the facial expressions of young chimpanzees, may explain why some babies cry so much and are so inconsolable.

September 1st, 2009 LONDON - British telecom giant BT's plans to cut 2,000 call centre jobs in India to provide permanent positions for UK staff during the recession have taken a major hit, over worries whether British workers would put in the stifling hours. Keeping the recession in mind BT, which had moved 5,500 call centre jobs to India in 2003, had said that it was preparing to repatriate the jobs.

August 18th, 2009 LONDON - A baby boy born with multiple complex conditions is being kept alive on Viagra. Three-and-a-half weeks old Owen Bloomfield, born with his stomach in the chest, a hole in his heart and a rare lung disorder, is virtually living on the impotence drug.

August 11th, 2009 LONDON - A baby born with four arms and four legs in the Himalayas is being worshipped by people, who believe him to be the reincarnation of the Hindu god Ganesh. Villagers in the district of Ramechhap have said six-month-old Risab, who has a headless "parasitic twin" attached at the abdomen, is akin to the elephant god, Ganesh, whose various forms have between two and 16 arms, reports The Telegraph.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - After being regionally extinct for 28 years, the first baby rhinoceros has been born in Uganda and is being called Obama because his father is from Kenya while his mother was born in the US. The calf was born at the end of June at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

June 10th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Thomas Beatie, the transgendered man who created history last year by giving birth to a baby girl, has done it again. ABC News reported that Beatie gave birth to a son early Tuesday in Bend, Oregon, and that the child would be nursed by his wife, Nancy.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - A growing number of childless British couples are having surrogate babies delivered by Indian mothers, a newspaper reported. One leading obstetrician at a Mumbai hospital told the Evening Standard she delivers one baby to a British couple every 48 hours, in what the paper described as a 'surrogacy boom.' The paper said Wednesday couples were heading to India because of strict British laws, which outlaw commercial surrogacy, and the low cost of surrogate deliveries in India.

April 29th, 2009 LONDON - 'Sex And The City' star Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick are set to become parents again to surrogate twins. Contactmusic.com reports that the couple, who wed in 1997 and have a six-year-old son James Wilke, are expecting twin daughters.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - A 12-year-old British girl gave birth to a baby boy on April 24. The minor mum got pregnant after a one-night stand with an older lad, who is not her boyfriend.

April 12th, 2009 LONDON - Superstar couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie now plan to adopt their next baby from the Philippines. The couple changed their plans after they were not allowed to adopt a Burmese baby, reports dailymail.co.uk.

March 30th, 2009 LONDON - As England striker Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen prepare to welcome their first child together - bookies are betting on what would they call their little tot. Coleen, 22, is three months pregnant after they began trying for a baby at Christmas.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Thomas Beatie, the US 'pregnant man' who gave birth to a baby girl last year, is expecting another tot in June. The transsexual, 34, has shown off his new bump by posing with first baby Susan Juliette.

February 5th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is said to be preparing her body to get pregnant again. The actress gave birth to Brad Pitt's twins, Knox and Vivienne, seven months ago but sources say that the couple wants to have another baby soon, reported mirror.co.uk.