• Charles Camilla wedding officially announced legal
• Brit officers get promoted for abusing Iraqi prisoners
• Naomi Campbell blames cocaine for her tantrums
• 20th May is the most unforgettable wedding day
• Paris Hilton's 'topless lesbian' pics on web
• Keira Knightley gets tongue tied in front of other stars
• Scarlett Johansson had a crush on David Hasselhoff
• Splitsville for Slater
• Di Caprio, Depp voted best actors of generation
• South Indian pedigree attracts Westeners
• World's shortest woman in Pak
  

Charles Camilla wedding officially announced legal (Go To Top)

London: The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles has finally been declared legal. According to The Sun, Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer rejected claims that the civil ceremony would be invalid. He said the Government was "satisfied" that it is lawful for the couple to marry by a civil ceremony in accordance with Part III of the Marriage Act 1949. "We are aware that different views have been taken in the past; but we consider that these were over-cautious," he added. He also noted that the Human Rights Act requires legislation to be interpreted where possible in a way compatible with the right to marry and to enjoy that right without discrimination. "This, in our view, puts the modern meaning of the 1949 Act beyond doubt," he stated.

Brit officers get promoted for abusing Iraqi prisoners (Go To Top)

     London: It's bizarre to say the least, but it pays to order the abuse of your prisoners, at least in the UK. Corporal Daniel Kenyon and Lance Corporal Mark Cooley may have been convicted for abusing Iraqi prisoners after two trials, but their superiors, who passed those orders have been promoted. Acting Major Dan Taylor and Lt. Colonel David Paterson have been promoted, though they gave the orders to work the Iraqi prisoners"hard." Taylor, according to The Sun, escaped a court martial when a senior officer wrote to him saying it would "not be in the interests of the service or public" to call him to account, and now he has been confirmed in his rank. Lt. Col Paterson, on the other hand, has been made a full colonel even after telling a court that he had sanctioned "Operation Ali Baba" on the basis that the civilians had to "clear up the mess they created". Other promotions have followed for soldiers involved in the case. Sergeant Major Wilton Brown, who allegedy gave a direct order to "beast" prisoners, has since been promoted to Regimental Sergeant Major of a West Midlands Territorial Army unit.

Naomi Campbell blames cocaine for her tantrums (Go To Top)

     New York: Catwalk Queen Naomi Campbell, who was forced to admit in London High Court three years ago that she had used illegal drugs, blames her violent temper on her past cocaine abuse. "You become short-tempered. You know? Your little charm goes. The little glow in your face goes. It's a very nasty drug," the New York Post quoted the British supermodel as saying on US TV show Prime Time Live. "I think what is very scary about cocaine is that you start to feel too confident and you start to feel indispensable, although none of us are indispensable," said 34-year old Campbell, while adding that she first took cocaine at the age of 24. Campbell's erratic behaviour had recently become out-of-control, as she was reported to have spitefully attacked several of her staff.

20th May is the most unforgettable wedding day (Go To Top)

     London: Couples in Holland want to get married on May 20 for the date is an easy one for men to remember. "Men are not very good at remembering dates but 20 05 2005 is an easy one for them, and women in particular are signing up to get married on that day as a result," Ananova quoted a spokeswoman for the municipal council in Almere where marriages are registered. She added that it was also a popular date because not only did it mean men were more likely to remember their anniversary but it also looks good on wedding invitations. 05 05 05 comes second on priority, but the spokeswoman said that unfortunately most councils across the country were closed for the Ascension Day holiday.

Paris Hilton's 'topless lesbian' pics on web (Go To Top)

     London: After Paris Hilton's phone book, it's now her lesbian photographs that have been put on the Internet. The photographs, which show the hotel heiress cuddling and kissing MTV star Eglantina Zingg, were stolen form her mobile, and quickly became some of the most downloaded images on the web. Meanwhile, Paris is very much upset about the matter and calls it a terrible invasion of privacy. "I can't believe it - it's a terrible invasion of privacy. Eglantina and I were joking around. It wasn't sexual," the Sun quoted Paris, who is seen showing her nude bum in some of those photographs, as saying. Last week, the hackers had cracked the security code on Paris's mobile and her address book, full of celebrity phone numbers and e-mail addresses, was posted on the Internet.

Keira Knightley gets tongue tied in front of other stars (Go To Top)

     London: British beauty Keira Knightley has revealed that she is still star struck and gets tongue tied when she meets other stars. "George Clooney produced my latest film, The Jacket, and he was only there for one day. I think I managed to say hello and goodbye," she was quoted by B magazine as saying. The 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' star also gets very nervous while wearing expensive jewellery to a premiere. "I have to tell myself 'This cost a tenner in Topshop,' otherwise I freak out," she said.

Scarlett Johansson had a crush on David Hasselhoff (Go To Top)

     London: 'Lost In Translation' star Scarlett Johansson has confessed that she loved working with Baywatch hunk David Hasselhoff, because she had a crush on him, when she was a teenager. Johansson got an opportunity to work with Hasselhoff in the Spongebob Squarepants film reports Contactmusic.com. "I so fancied him when I was young, that to see my name on the credits next to his makes me go all girly. He was a hunk back in those days," Johansson was quoted as saying.

Splitsville for Slater (Go To Top)

     Washington: Christian Slater and Ryan Haddon have decided to split. Haddon filed for a divorce last Friday, a month after the couple had separated. Haddon reportedly was unable to adjust to life in London, where Slater was shooting for a West End adaptation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Slater is requesting a joint custody of the their two children- five-year-old Jaden and three-year-old Eliana. The rift between the couple took place soon after Haddon was arrested in Las Vegas for smashing a drinking glass on Slater's head during a quarrel. The gash required nine stitches, reports E-Online. While no charges were filed against Haddon, the incident was flashed on The Smoking Gun Website along with her police report.

Di Caprio, Depp voted best actors of generation (Go To Top)

     Washington: Leonardo DiCaprio, the Best Actor Oscar nominee this year for his outstanding role in 'The Aviator', and Johnny Depp, the Oscar-nominee "Finding Neverland" star have been voted the greatest actors of this generation. According to the GQ magazine, which has listed the Top 10 greatest Hollywood actors in its March issue, Depp has been described as a unique performer, perhaps one of the few actors who has been able to show off his versatility in offbeat flicks or big-budget studio franchises. According to Zap2it, the other Oscar nominees who have made into the GQ list are "Hotel Rwanda's" Don Cheadle and supporting actor nominee Clive Owen for "Closer." Russell Crowe ("Gladiator"), Benicio Del Toro ("Traffic") and Nicolas Cage ("Leaving Las Vegas"); "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'" rubber-faced star Jim Carrey; "Motorcycle Diaries" actor Gael Garcia Bernal; and "Chicago's" Oscar- nominated supporting actor John C. Reilly are the others named in the list.

South Indian pedigree attracts Westeners (Go To Top)

     Rajapalyam (Tamil Nadu): Westerners are now looking towards India to provide them with a perfect option for a pet. Pet lovers in France, Germany and Greece, are demanding one of the lesser-known and oldest Indian breeds of dogs, native to the town of Rajapalyam in Tamil Nadu. A pair of this adorable snow- white breed comes at a price of 4000 rupees, and they can adapt themselves to any climatic condition. Measuring four feet in height, the dogs with silky hair and a rosy nose are capable of very high speed. However, kennel owners say that they are unable to meet the rising demands for Rajapalyam dogs that are known to be efficient guard dogs. "We are getting a lot of enquiries but are not able to meet them due to financial problems we are not able to maintain more breeds. Right now we have only 10 breeds here. There is a requirement of at least 50 breeds but we are doing only 20 breeds per month. So there is a shortage," said Ashok Kumar, a local dog breeder. Generally a carnivore breed, it can also be raised on a vegetarian diet. The locals have established a co-operative, and interested families are given female dogs and the required expertise for large scale breeding of the dogs. Gaining in popularity, the Rajapalyam breed also features on a recently released postage stamp.

World's shortest woman in Pak (Go To Top)

     Karachi: Parents of Saba Kanwal, a 19-year Pakistani girl, claim that she is the world's shortest woman measuring 26.5 inches (67 cm). Weighing 6.5 kg only, Saba appears like a living doll. According to a news report in September 2004, a Chinese teenager Zhu Haizhen, 79 centimetres tall, was reportedly confirmed as the world's shortest woman by an official record association in Shanghai. Zhu Haizhen had been included in the Guinness World Records as the shortest adult woman in the world. Saba has six sisters and a brother. She is the youngest daughter in her family. "She is the shortest girl in the world. She is certainly a gift of God. Pakistan has the honour that it had the tallest man in the world. And now this shortest girl is also here in Pakistan", Manzoor Ahmad, Kanwal's father, a retired record-keeper from a bank who is hardly pulling on his family, told the press, proudly. Manzoor said that no one in his family had below average height. All his six daughters and a son are normal in height.

      Born in October 1985 in Orangi Town in a poor family in Karachi, Kanwal was such a tiny creature at the time of her birth that she could easily be held in the palm. Kanwal's mother Aasia Khatoon said: "At the time of her birth she hardly weighed a pound. I held her in my palm.......she was this much. When I saw her feet just drawn to this line of my palm, I measured her this way. Then I measured everything of her. Her fingers were like rice, white and unripe. I measured her foot that was hardly more than an inch. Her aunt put her finger-ring in her wrist like a bangle. She was so small that no clothes of her size were available. My sister-in-law stitched a dress for her, when I took it off after a couple of days, I washed it and kept it in a match-box." The mother further said that Kanwal's growth was very slow and sometimes it looked she was not growing at all. Unfortunately, Kanwal fell ill last year. She suffered from Pyogenic Meningitis as a result of which one of her hand and a foot were paralysed. Also her speech was affected by the disease. Aasia Khatoon added: "She is fond of wearing new dresses. She changes her dress four times daily, every time a new dress. She craves for shopping and going to markets. She wishes she had lot of money. She likes to have new bangles, shoe and everything."

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