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| Thursday 5th of June 2008 / Celebrity news |
| BBC fuelling race attacks on Poles
London, June 5 (ANI): The British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) over coverage of the Polish immigrants has led to increased racial attacks on the community. |
| Now, an eco-friendly 24-carat gold bike, worth 9,500 pounds
London, June 5 (ANI): If owning the most luxurious brands of cars was not enough, the wealthier lot of society has a new vehicle to show off their money - a bicycle made entirely of gold. |
| Chef Tom Aikens under fire for 'smelly' fish and chip eatery
London, June 5 (ANI): Fashionable chef Tom Aikens' cordon bleu fish and chip shop has caused a bit of a stink among his Chelsea neighbours. |
| High heels putting 20,000 women a year in hospital!
London, June 5 (ANI): They might give you an extra edge over others, but like everything else, your favourite trendy high heels come at a cost: your health. |
| William Shakespeare first folio fetches 435,250 at auction
London, June 5 (ANI): A rare first folio of William Shakespeare's play has been sold for 435,250 pounds in an auction at Christies. |
| Sex in space would be 'a flailing exercise'
London, June 5 (ANI): An increasing number of couples expressing their desire to have sex in space have become a cause of concern for scientists, says a report. |
| Shaukat says Nawaz will soon pull the plug, go for fresh polls and form next govt.
London, June 5 (ANI): Former Pakistan premier Shaukat Aziz has predicted that PML-N leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif would soon pull out his party's support to the PPP-led federal government, to pave the way for fresh elections, which, according to him, Nawaz's party would sweep. |
| Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations' desk fetches £433,250
London, June 5 (ANI): A desk and chair used by noted author Charles Dickens while writing his book 'Great Expectations' has fetched 433,250 pounds at a charity auction in London. |
| Imran backs Pak govt's peace deals in tribal areas
London, June 5 (ANI): Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has defended the new PPP-led government's policy of signing peace deals in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, saying that incidents of suicide bombings had come down after the peace deals. |
| Lewis Hamilton's dad crashes 330,000 Porsche
London, June 5 (ANI): It seems that F1 star Lewis Hamilton's father needs to take some driving tips from his son. |
| Now, a 'tongue display' to help people with balance problems
London, June 5 (ANI): French researchers have invented a "tongue display" that can enable people suffering from balance problems recover their poise, or help those on wheelchairs avoid pressure sores. |
| Vettori plays down impact of high-tech bowlers' trousers
London, June 5 (ANI): New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori hgas played down the use of high-tech bowlers' trousers, specially designed to put the shine on the ball, for the third Test against England at Trent Bridge. |
| Wayne Rooney kicks off stag do with 16-hour bender
London, Jun 5 (ANI): It seems that English footballer Wayne Rooney had the time of his life at his stag party - with a 16-hour bender in bars and a nightclub. |
| French minister under fire in Muslim woman's virginity 'lie' case
London, June 5 (ANI): Socialists have attacked French justice minister Rachida Dati for her handling of the case of a Muslim woman whose marriage was annulled because she had lied about being a 'virgin'. |
| Elvis 'too masculine' to be a girl's name?
London, June 4 (ANI): A Swedish couple has got entangled into a battle with the authority that vets newborns' names over calling their daughter 'Elvis'. |
| Odd objects between Uranus and Neptune may shed light on early solar system
London, June 5 (ANI): Astronomers searching for distant supernovae to probe dark energy in the early universe have stumbled upon two relatively nearby objects between Uranus and Neptune that may shed light on the early solar system. |
| Britain's first-ever 'divorce fair' to make split-ups easier
London, June 5 (ANI): Britain's first-ever "divorce fair" is being held to help parting couples make their break-ups as trouble-free as possible - with the help of sexy pole-dancers. |
| Bruni fell for Sarkozy's physique and 'five or six brains'!
London, June 5 (ANI): In a new book, Carla Bruni has spoken out about falling head over heels in love with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, not only for his "physique," but also for his "five or six brains." |
| Gazza's breakdown similar to George Best's
London, June 5 (ANI): Troubled former England football star Paul Gascoigne's breakdown is a mirror image of George Best's battle with alcohol, said the late star's ex-wife. |
| Impossible to sign Ronaldo: Real Madrid
London, June 5 (ANI): Real Madrid has conceded that it will be next to "impossible" to sign ace Portugese striker Cristiano Ronaldo this summer unless he demands a move, something that they still hope he may be prepared to do. |
| 1980s hairstyle 'violates laws of nature'
London, June 5 (ANI): The 80s trend of getting lopsided haircuts may have been the 'coolest thing' back then, but a leading professor has pointed out that the hairdo goes against the evolutionary process. |
| Gorbachev asks for reburial of Lenin's body
London, June 5 (ANI): Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev has said that the embalmed body of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin should be moved from its mausoleum in Red Square and given a standard burial. |
| "Musharraf 'sold' innocent countrymen to be put in Guantanamo Bay jail"
London, June 5 (ANI): In a startling revelation, a top UK legal official has said that in exchange of millions of dollars, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf had allowed a large number of his countrymen to be put into the Guantanamo Bay prison during the past six years. |
| Annual poetry boxing tournament to get the Japanese talking!
London, June 5 (ANI): Two people enter the ring, the bell goes and they start fighting it out - not with fists and blows, but with fairytales, mini-dramas, poems. Welcome to Japan's annual poetry boxing tournament, a decade-old competition that pits opponents against each other in a ring armed with motor mouths instead of flying fists. |
| Brit author Rose Tremain scoops Orange fiction prize
London, June 5 (ANI): British author Rose Tremain has won the prestigious Orange Prize for women's fiction for her book, The Road Home, based on the life of an eastern European immigrant. |
| US secret deal to keep Iraq under control indefinitely revealed
London, June 5 (ANI): US President George W Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors in order to keep Iraq under control for an indefinite period. |
| British radical trained in Pak charged in US dirty bombing case
London, June 5 (ANI): A British resident imprisoned in Guantánamo Bay has been charged by the US for plotting the bomb attacks from secret training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
| Cristiano Ronaldo set to wed girlfriend?
London, Jun 5 (ANI): Football star Cristiano Ronaldo's wedding rumours have been fuelled further, after his girlfriend Nereida Gallardo was spotted flashing a diamond ring on her engagement finger. |
| World's largest boob job procedure banned over safety fears!
London, June 5 (ANI): A controversial procedure that gave porn star Maxi Mounds her record-setting breasts has been banned over safety fears. |
| Cell phone study finds humans move on mostly predictable lines
London, June 5 (ANI): A team of researchers from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, has worked out some apparently universal laws of human motion by tracking the signals from 100,000 mobile-phone users, who sent and received calls and text messages during the study. |
| Regular tipple may cut arthritis risk by 50%
London, June 5 (ANI): A regular tipple cuts the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis by up to 50 percent, according to a new study. |
| Scarlett's mother fears Goa Police cover up will lead to murder case collapse
London, June 5 (ANI): Following the Goa Police's version quoting forensic experts opinion that Scarlett Keeling was not raped before her murder (on Feb 18), her mother Fiona MacKeown has said in London that the latest development in the case has supported her fears that the case could collapse. |
| Dungeon dad may die before being tried for daughter's sex ordeal
London, June 5 (ANI): Austrian incest fiend Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven kids with her, might never face trial for his evil deeds, it has emerged. |
