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Kuwait, April 6 (IANS) In an unusual gesture, nearly half of Kuwait's cabinet turned up at the international airport to receive Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari Monday as he began his three-day visit to the oil-rich Gulf emirate. This is the first high-level visit from the Indian side to Kuwait, home to 580,000 Indians and 10 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, in nearly three ... Full story

London, April 1 (ANI): An artist has put up his version of Mona Lisa using burger grease for an American fast food company, looking to warn consumers against the amount of fat used in their competitor's product. Phil Hansen used grease from 14 burgers to paint an 11-foot canvas made from butcher paper. The minute-long Internet advertisement shows the 29-year-old squeezing the fat out of every bite, ... Full story

Paris - French-Dutch carrier Air France-KLM said on Wednesday that it had completed its takeover of 25 per cent of the capital of the Italian airline Alitalia. Air France-KLM is paying 323 million euros (436 million euros) for its share, but the company said it in a statement that the partnership would provide it "greater access to the Italian market." After coming close to bankruptcy last year, ... Full story

London, Mar 19 (ANI): Actress Eva Longoria Parker has revealed that she hated kissing co-star Teri Hatcher in a forthcoming 'Desperate Housewives' episode because she did not like getting close to anyone on screen. In an interview for British TV show This Morning, the 34-year-old star revealed that she had reservations about the scene. "I still hate it, it's really intimate. Even if it is Teri Hatcher, ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar.18 (ANI): Pakistan People Party (PPP) leader and former information minister Sherry Rehman Wednesday denied reports that she had resigned from the party. She told newsmen that she did want to create any kind of crack in the party. "PPP doesn't want to put any curb on media, she said, adding, she has not quit the party's position." ... Full story

London, March 18 (ANI): Cancer might have taken its toll on Jade Goody's health but seemed far from dampening her spirits, for the Brit reality TV star told her family and friends to arrange for one last party before she leaves them forever. The 27-year-old, whose rapidly worsening condition left medics to fear she has just few hours to live before cervical cancer brings ... Full story

London, Mar 18 (ANI): A celebrity tattoo artist has admitted to being HIV-positive, but insists that he has every right to keep quiet about it. Henry Hate, 40, said that he knew the risks involved, but the disease was not something he could tell everyone about. "I'm professional and know the risk factors involved. I take every precaution," the Sun quoted him as saying. "I don't think ... Full story

Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Michael Douglas's father Kirk was brought to tears after his superstar son presented him with an ice-cream cone at the close of the final night of his one-man show on March 15. The gift, which may have seemed odd for many, was a huge, symbolic gesture for Kirk Douglas, reports Contactmusic. The 'Wall Street' actor was performing on stage at the Kirk Douglas ... Full story

Munich, March 17 (ANI): The European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope has taken the best image ever of a strange and chaotic duo of interwoven galaxies. Known as Arp 261, the pair of galaxies has been imaged in more detail than ever before using the FORS2 instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The image proves to contain several surprises. Arp 261 lies about 70 million light-years distant ... Full story

London, Mar 17 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary David Miliband hopes that all Pakistani political parties would now come together to consolidate democracy and promote impartial justice in the country after the PPP-led Government decided to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. "I hope that all parties will now quickly come together around ... Full story

London, March 14 (ANI): Victoria Beckham has put many minds at work after being spotted looking a little bony. The former Spice Girl allegedly had her muscles protruding out of her neck as she stepped out of London's Claridge's hotel. The fashion icon was seen sporting a chic navy outfit and cap that was drawn to a close with strange goat leather shoes, reports the Sun. The 34-year-old ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi on Friday released a commemorative stamp on industrial Dr. K K Birla, who died on August 31, 2008 The stamp is of five rupees denomination. After paying tributes to the legendary industrialist, she said Dr Birla believed business was not only about profit but also about helping society. ... Full story

New York, Mar 13 (ANI): Pop princess Britney Spears is making a great comeback not only with her career but life also, and reports now suggest that she has been secretly dating her manager Jason Trawick. According to E! Online, Spears, 27, has been on a few dates with her long-time talent manager, Trawick, 37, reports the New York Daily News. Trawick has been present at the ... Full story

London, Mar 8 (ANI): A village, which has a cricket club, a shop and a large three-storey manor house, has been put up for sale for 22.5 million pounds. The historic village of 22 houses and cottages is located in the Test Valley, north Hampshire, near the borders with Berkshire and Wiltshire - a region officially designated by Natural England as an area of outstanding natural ... Full story

Washington, Mar.8 (ANI): Louisiana's Indian origin Governor Piyush `Bobby' Jindal is being likened to Kenneth, the dweeby page on "30 Rock." The politically devastating comparisons started popping right up after Jindal delivered the Republican response to President Barack Obama's address a joint session of Congress. And they've spread like wildfire on the Internet, says Politico. "Close your eyes and think of Kenneth from '30 Rock.' ... Full story

Islamabad, Mar 8 (ANI): Pakistan militants having close ties with al Qaeda were behind the attack on the Sri Lankan team outside Lahore's Gaddafi stadium, according to the investigations carried out by the government. "The indications are that it was one of our own home grown groups, with possible linkages abroad," said a senior government official having knowledge of the investigation. Police have rounded up ... Full story

Washington, March 7 (ANI): NASA's Kepler mission, which would search other Earth-like planets, has been successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, US, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II. Kepler is designed to find the first Earth-size planets orbiting stars at distances where water could pool on the planet's surface. Liquid water is believed to be essential for the formation of ... Full story

Washington, Mar.6 (ANI): As he introduced his new choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services this week, President Obama turned his head from right to left, but he was not looking at the audience. He was reading from two teleprompters strategically set up outside the tight television camera shot. When he was done, the teleprompters quietly began retracting down to ... Full story

London, Mar 6 (ANI): Most of the terrorists, who attacked the Sri Lankan team bus near Lahore's Gaddafi stadium, belonged to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), the banned militant groups having close ties with al-Qaeda. Pakistani security officials said that the gunmen who attacked Lankan cricketers have been identified and some key suspects have ... Full story

London, Mar 5 (ANI): Hugh Rodley, who has been nicknamed the "Lord of Fraud," has been convicted of plotting to carry out the world's largest ever bank raid. The fraudster, who called himself Lord Rodley after buying a title, was the mastermind behind a plan to hack into the computers of a City bank and transfer 229 million pounds to accounts set up across the world ... Full story