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London, Jan 12 : An Iranian government-affiliated arts bureau has planned to produce a film to offer the country's own version of the 1979 hostage crisis.

According to Iran''s semi-official media fir, the film named `The General Staff' will be produced by the state-affiliated Arts Bureau and directed by the Tehran-based film-maker Ataollah Salmanian.

The director said that the film, which will be a big production, should be an `appropriate response to the ahistoric film Argo.'

New Delhi, Jan 12 : To commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on Saturday, a number of functions are being held across the country.

President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the anniversary celebrations at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi and release a set of commemorative coins and stamps.

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi along with several Union Ministers will be present on the occasion.

Sydney, Jan 12 : US President Barack Obama has said that NATO troops will speed up the transfer of lead security responsibility to Afghanistan forces.

Obama said NATO forces would have a `very limited' role in the country after 2014 and insisted that Washington had achieved its prime goal of "decapitating" Al-Qaeda.

His remarks came after a meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Washington on Friday, News. com. au reports.

Los Angeles, Jan 12 : Singer Justin Bieber's childish and attention-seeking behaviour reportedly forced Selena Gomez to end their relationship, says a friend of the singer-actress.

The duo were together for over two years before their relationship hit a rocky end during New Year.

"Justin is super needy and can be a big baby around Selena. It is hard for him to make real friends because he likes the temporary attention of strangers, but didn't realise how it hurt Selena," radaronline. com quoted a friend as saying.

Washington, Jan 12 : A US judge has approved the exhumation of an Indian-origin one million dollars Chicago lottery winner, who was poisoned with cyanide before he collected his prize.

Judge Susan Coleman of the Probate Division in Illinois approved the county medical examiner''s request to exhume the body of Urooj Khan at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.

Khan, 46, died July 20, 2012, from what was initially believed to be natural causes.

Los Angeles, Jan 12 : Singer Beyonce Knowles says she is a "powerful" lady.