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London, Nov 22 (ANI): A Brit woman, who shed 10 stone from her 21 stone weight, has decided to get married again so she can have the perfect wedding pictures.

Achin (Afghanistan), Nov. 22 (ANI): Hoping to spur-up a large-scale tribal rebellion against the Taliban in Afghanistan, American and local officials have started supporting independent militias which are defending their neighbourhoods from Taliban insurgents.

London, November 22 (ANI): A web video showing a drunk wedding guest wrecking a marquee and injuring the bride in the process has turned out to be a fake, it has emerged.

London, Nov 22 (ANI): Prince William surprised planners on his royal visit to Australia and New Zealand by telling them - "Just call me Will, mate."

London, Nov. 22 (ANI): The Conservative party is ahead of the Labours just by six points, according to a new poll.

Adelaide (Australia), Nov.22 (ANI): South Australian Premier Mike Rann has opted to remain silent and out of the public eye over allegations that he had secret intimate meetings with a married Parliament House barmaid.

London, Nov. 22 (ANI): Colleges in London and Birmingham are selling British Home Office-regulated English and Citizenship certificates to immigrants who don't understand and speak English.

London, Nov. 22 (ANI): Nearly a third of the large country houses sold in Britain in the past four years have been bought by foreign buyers, a new research has revealed.

London, Nov. 22 (ANI): The British mission in Iraq faced "critical failure" because former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled the nation by claiming that Britain's objective was "disarmament, not regime change" and that concealment constrained the planning process for the military action, according to secret government reports.

London, November 22 (ANI): A new book has revealed that European thinker Jean-Paul Sartre used to have hallucinations of lobsters, which once even chased him down the Champs Elysees.

Islamabad, Nov.22 (ANI): The list of political leaders and other prominent personalities who benefited from the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) has been made public.

Lahore, Nov.22 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) would not create a hindrance in former President General Pervez Musharraf's high treason trial under the Article Six of the Constitution and would support any political party that takes the initiative in this regard, Pakistan Industries and Production Minister Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has said.

Islamabad, Nov.22 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said troops will remain in the Swat Valley until all militants are flushed out.

Geneva, Nov.22 (ANI): In July 2005 and in the months and years that followed, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, was feted as the visionary architect and driving force of the landmark US-India civil nuclear cooperation deal.

London, Nov 22 (ANI): Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator, had 14 lovers at the same time, the diaries of his long-term mistress reveal.

Geneva, Nov.21 (ANI): United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders and cadres will be given safe passage and a chance to return to mainstream society only if they give up the path of violence and unconditionally lay down their arms, sources here have said.

Geneva, Nov.22 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is likely to use his four-day visit to Washington commencing from today, to firmly and emphatically reiterate and re-emphasise to the American leadership, that New Delhi does not see a role for China in South Asia, nor will it tolerate attempted third party guardianship initiatives in the region by Beijing.

Geneva, Nov.21 (ANI): With India raising strong objection to the U.S. suggesting a role for China in South Asia, Beijing seems to be backing away from mediating between India and Pakistan.

United States/ India, November 21 (ANI): The Obama White House is getting prepared for its first full state visit when US President Barack Obama will host India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh's three-day state visit starting on Nov. 23 is being seen as a touchstone of Obama's intention of sustaining a relationship that deepened under his predecessor George W. Bush.

New York, Nov. 21 (ANI): Prior to going on a killing spree at the US military base, Fort Hood gunman Nidal Malik Hasan had several e-mail exchanges with a radical al Qaeda imam discussing the heavenly rewards he would receive in paradise, investigators said.