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Hiddink challenges ManU to cope up with Premier League pressure

London, Mar 4 : Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has challenged Manchester United to cope with the Premier League pressure after his club’s gritty win.

The Blues are now four points behind the Manchester United after Didier Drogba’s winner saw off Portsmouth 1-0.

Hiddink insists that his side will keep United on their toes, and said: “It’s important to win. If we want to keep up the pressure we must win.”

Rafa Benitez also turned up the heat after goals from David Ngog and Yossi Benayoun helped Liverpool beat Sunderland 2-0 at Anfield, The Sun reported.

Racist play lands UK’s National Theatre in trouble

London, Mar. 4 : A controversial play about immigration has landed Britain’s National Theatre in the midst of an anti-racism row.

If the body continues to show “England People Very Nice, a new play by Richard Bean,” anti-racism campaigners are now planning to picket audiences arriving at the theatre and Travelex, one of the National''s main sponsors.

Last Friday, two protesters clambered on to the stage at the National''s Olivier Theatre and condemned Bean as racist.

For 10 minutes, playwright Hussain Ismail and teacher Keith Kinsella interrupted a talk that Bean was giving prior to a performance of the play, before being ejected by security guards.

Rosario Dawson’s mum punished her by licking her face

London, Mar 04 : Hollywood actress Rosario Dawson has revealed that her mother used to lick her whenever she misbehaved as a kid.

The `Kids' actress said that her mum Isabel licked the sides of her face in a bid to punish her, which actually worked.

"My mom licked me - that was her punishment. If I was a little uppity or if I didn''t listen or if she wanted to get my attention, she''d lick the side of my face or under my armpit," the Daily Express quoted her as telling the New York Times.

Sleepless in Seattle to be turned into Broadway musical

Sleepless in Seattle to be turned into Broadway musicalLondon, Mar 04 : Hollywood 1993 cult hit `Sleepless in Seattle' will soon be turned into a musical, as it is all set to make its Broadway debut.

The Tom Hanks- and Meg Ryan-starrer flick is being refurbished into a musical, reports the Daily Express.

Jeff Arch, who penned `Sleepless in Seattle', is working with composer and lyricist Leslie Bricusse to turn it into a song-and-dance production for the New York stage.

Katie Holmes: I’m not pregnant

http://www.topnews.in/files/Katie-Holmes.jpgLondon, Mar 4 : Katie Holmes has blasted reports suggesting that she's expecting her second child.

"I''m not pregnant right now," The Mirror quoted her, as telling the forthcoming April issue of Glamour magazine.

The actress is a mum to two-year-old Suri with husband Tom Cruise, which she describes as "an amazing experience".

"In an instant you become strong. You have to be a little bit wiser; it''s the most important job in the world," she added.

Britain asks Pakistan to dismantle terror infrastructure from its soil

Pakistan, Sri LankaLondon, Mar. 4 : Britain has asked Pakistan to dismantle the terror infrastructure inside its territory, and act sincerely against the terrorist groups operating from its soil.

Expressing concern over the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that a vast majority of Al-Qaeda operatives have taken refuge inside Pakistan.

"We know that the vast majority of Al-Qaeda fighters are now in Pakistan not in Afghanistan," Brown said.

Brown said that Islamabad must act sincerely against the outlawed organizations.

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