MORE than 60% of women in relationships do not feel comfortable eating in front of their partner and almost half get shy when undressing, new research suggests.

Lebanese, Israeli and UN officers have met on the border to discuss the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army in the war-ravaged region, a UN spokesman said.

A former Yugoslav army general charged with destroying much of the ancient port town of Dubrovnik during the Croatian war today boarded a flight to The Netherlands to answer to the UN war crimes court.