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Harry Potter actors attend a photocall outside of St Pancras Station and hotel in central London July 6, 2011. The final Potter film, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part II will premiere in London on July 7. In the picture is (Front row, L-R) Evanna Lynch, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, (Back row) James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Domhall Gleeson (2nd R) and Matthew Lewis (R).Photo/AgenciesFilm farewells dont get much bigger than Harry Potter, and thousands of fans prepared on Thursday to say goodbye to their beloved boy wizard at the world premiere of the final movie in the record-breaking series.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 is the eighth instalment - and first in 3D - of a franchise that has generated more public excitement and media hype than any other in living memory.For Hollywood studio Warner Bros it has been a magic pot of gold, with the seven films released so far grossing $6.4 billion in ticket sales and billions more from DVDs and merchandise.For a generation of Potter fans, the movies have extended the wizarding world created by British author J.K. Rowling in her seven-book saga which began in 1997 and concluded in 2007.More than 400 million copies have been sold around the globe, making Rowling the first author billionaire and providing a huge support base upon which the films built.Weve grown up in the Harry Potter generation - I read the first book when I was five so now its weird that its coming to an end . like the end of childhood, said Rhys, an 18-year-old who braved the rain in Londons Trafalgar Square.Die-hard fans, some in full regalia from the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, have camped out since Monday to catch a glimpse of the stars as they walk the red carpet at the official world premiere.The young actors, cast in their roles aged between nine and 11, said they too were struggling to get to grips with the post-Potter world, despite being A-list stars with huge personal fortunes.After we finished (filming) a year ago now I have felt a little bit lost without it, really, and not really knowing what to do with myself, said 22-year-old Rupert Grint, who plays Potters main sidekick Ron Weasley.Its been such a constant part of my life and to suddenly have that come down to this one film, it is quite sad and Im really genuinely going to miss it and miss everyone.Daniel Radcliffe, 21, who has played Harry Potter throughout the last decade, was enthusiastic about the conclusion.I think of it as being light years ahead of any of the other films in the series, he told a London news conference on Wednesday via videolink from New York where he is appearing in a Broadway production.In terms of quality this is the best film weve ever made, so Im thrilled that were going out on this positive note.Whether critics agree remains to be seen, with most reviews coming out after the premiere.The movie opens in some territories on July 13, and in the key British and US markets on July 15.研究：女司机更容易出车祸 Women drivers ARE more dangerous behind the wheel 2011-07-11 09:13 Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists.Researchers looked at 6.5million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers.They also discovered that women have a tough time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads.The results are even more surprising given that men spend more time behind the wheel than women. On average, men drive 60 percent of the time, and women 40 percent.Michael Sivak, of the University of Michigan, said: The results indicate that in certain crash scenarios, male-to-male crashes tend to be under-represented and female-to-female crashes tend to be over-represented.Dr Sivak and his colleague Brandon Schoettle studied data from a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes in the US from 1988 to 2007.They had expected to find that accidents involving two male drivers would make up 36.2 percent of all crashes, while female/female accidents would account for 15.8 percent and male/female 48 percent.Instead, they discovered that accidents involving two women drivers were 20.5 percent, while male/male crashes were much lower at 31.9 percent.Accidents involving male and female drivers stood at 47.6 percent, as expected.The scientists also found that women were more likely than men to crash at a junction - their cars are often hit on the left-hand side when trying to make a right-hand turn, and vice versa.Dr Sivak said this might be due to height difference between the sexes.He said: There are three dominant driver-related factors, including the probability of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, ones own driving skills and the driving skills of the other driver involved.(Read by Lee Hannon. 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