UK offers eight-million-dollar aid for Nepal peace process

Kathmandu, Sept 19 : The United Kingdom has pledged an aid of eight million dollars for the peace process in Nepal.

Visiting British International Development Minister Shahid Malik offered the aid to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today.

During his meeting with Koirala at Baluwatar, Malik described the Maoist decision to quit government as unfortunate, and stressed the need for political consensus.

Koirala’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Dr Suresh Chalise told this to reporters after the meeting.

Case against Madeline McCann’s parents ‘on verge of collapse’

London, Sept 19 : The case against the parents of Brit toddler Madeleine McCann is likely to be dropped, following new evidence.

Kate and Gerry McCann have admitted that their four year-old daughter’s DNA was found in a car they hired 25 days after she went missing in May this year during a holiday in Portugal.

However, it looks like Madeleine’s DNA was transferred into the car when the McCanns hastily left their apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz.

They were moving into a nearby apartment and did not want to reveal the location.

‘Mel B left baby with me for four days when she eloped,’ claims maid

New York, Sep 19 : Melanie Brown reportedly left her 2-month-old daughter with her cleaner for four days when she eloped with Stephen Belafonte.

The Spice Girl’s former housekeeper, Tonia Lamere claims that the singer left young Angel Iris with her while she fled to Sin City with Belafonte.

"One evening of baby-sitting turned into four days!" the New York Daily News quoted Tonia, as telling Star magazine.

"The child was sick, there was no nanny, and when Mel called, she never even asked about the baby,” she added.

Vanessa Hudgens has a secret crush on Matt Damon

Washington, Sept 19 : Actress Vanessa Hudgens’ has revealed her secret crush on actor Matt Damon.

In a recent interview on The Tyra Banks Show, the High School Musical star avoided questions about her relationship with costar Zac Efron by asserting that she "loves" Damon.

"I was 14 years old and I met him," People quoted Hudgens, as saying.

"I completely freaked out. Like, I did to him what my fans do to me. I was like, 'Ohmigosh, I love you so much, can I have your autograph,'" she added.

‘I’m one of the largest actresses around’, claims Keira

London, Sep 19 : Keira Knightley has worried fans with her extremely thin frame. However, she insists that she in one of the “largest actresses” in tinsel town.

In a recent interview, the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actress bizarrely claimed that she was ‘twice the size’ of most of the women in Hollywood.

"I'm twice the size, height and everything else of most of the girls going in to see the director for a part,” the Mirror quoted her, as saying.

‘Wigs, baseball caps’ clad Jacko clan meets ‘Lion King’ cast

New York, September 19 : Pop singer Michael Jackson’s children were disguised in wigs and baseball caps when he took them to see ‘The Long King’ at the Minskoff Theatre on Sunday.

"All of a sudden, Michael Jackson appears with his three kids - who all had wigs and baseball caps on," the New York Post quoted Aspen magazine fashion editor Sue Hostetler as saying.

Hostetler was backstage at the time of Jackson’s entry with his kids.

She revealed that the singer introduced his children as Paris, Prince and Blanket to the cast.

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