Seven-year-old Heather McNamara was heading home on Tuesday, a month after surgery that temporarily removed organs from her digestive tract to allow removal of a tennis ball-size tumor.

Doctors were able to reimplant Heather McNamara's liver and large and small intestines.

According to her surgical team at New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, the operation - referred to as an "auto-transplantation" because the patient's own organs (instead of those from a donor) were reimplanted within four hours after being extracted -- is the first of its kind to be performed on a child.

PAK BREAKS CEASE FIRE

n a major ceasefire violation after a gap of few months, Pakistani troops fired throughout Friday night at Indian posts in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, leaving a soldier injured. A defence spokesman said on Saturday that Pakistani troops fired between 1500 to 2000 rounds at the Indian posts in Kamalkote area of Uri sector between 2200 hrs IST on Friday night and 0300 hers IST Saturday morning.

CONGRESS TO CNTEST 37 SEATS IN BIHAR

Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde said the party wants to leave three seats, two on which Lalu Prasad would contest and one on which Ram Vilas Paswan would contest.

HISTORY IN HAMILTON BY INDIANS

History in Hamilton as India win after 33 years
A masterly knock of 160 by the Master himself followed by some fiery bowling by Turbanator Harbhajan Singh in the match put India one ahead of hosts New Zealand in the three Test match series.

BJP DECLARATION FOR VARUN GANDHI

BJP said VARUN GANDHI as his candidatefrom Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh as he told the Election Commission that his election speeches - which have triggered a furore for their alleged hate content - were not intended to spark communal ill-will.

The BJP, while declaring Varun Gandhi to be their candidate for Pilibhit, also urged the poll panel to take back the notice served on the party over the speeches.

"Varun Gandhi is our candidate from Pilibhit. He is the declared candidate of the party," said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar amid speculation that the party had distanced itself from the young candidate.

THE POWER OF SHARIFF

The former prime minister emerges as the most powerful political player in Pakistan after winning a stand-off with Zardari. The hardest part is yet to come: Saving the country from collapse.

Line of worry
'Zardari has not spoken to me for over two months now'

* The Lahore Log: This was the mother of all deals
* Pak govt moves SC against verdict in Sharifs' case
* Gilani, Sharif for scrapping Prez's sweeping powers
* Sharif wins, Zardari reinstates judges

CRISP ZUCCHINI

Ingredients:

• 2 Medium zuchini, sliced into 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch thick slices
• 2 Cups cracker crumbs
• 2/4 Cup parmesan cheese
• 2 Large eggs, beaten
• Peanut oil for frying
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Paprika
Procedure:

• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add cracker crumbs, parmesan, salt and paprika.
• Beat eggs in a bowl.
• Dip zucchini slices in the beaten egg.
• Then coat it with seasoned crumbs properly.
• Heat oil and fry the slices till golden brown, turning once.
• Drain on paper towels to absorb oil.
• Fried Zucchini is ready to serve.