London, November 19 : An Arab sheikh, who had sued Michael Jackson for breaching a record deal, has claimed that he paid a Brit motivational expert 175,000 pounds to help the singer regain his confidence.

Prince Abdulla Al-Khalif, of Bahrain, alleged that the King of Pop had suffered stage fright post his child abuse trial and needed “creative assistance” so that he could honour a deal to produce two albums, a musical and a book with the royal, London’s High Court heard.

London, Nov 19 : Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has hinted that their band might split by the end of next year.

The 31-year-old singer said that the group would be better off calling it a day in a couple of years’ time.

“I’m 31 now and I don’t think that bands should keep going past 33,” Daily Express quoted him, as saying.

“So we’re trying to pack in as much as possible. Up until the end of next year, we’ll just go for it in every sense.

London, November 19 : The World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in New York will see this week a presentation on how GPS systems can help track traffic snarls.

One of the two systems, which went into operation earlier this month with a service known as HD Traffic, will be showcased at the event.

Media reports suggest that this system can be helpful in improving traffic reporting, and the information generated by it may be used to route traffic, assist town planners and fine-tune future assistive driving technologies.

London, Nov 19 : Troubled popstar Pete Doherty has turned a striker for a pub foot

Beirut - Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband started official talks with Lebanese leaders Wednesday, saying he hoped that stability would prevail in Lebanon until the upcoming parliamentary election due in May 2009.

"The entire world is looking at the upcoming parliamentary elections where politics, not violence, should determine Lebanon's future relations," Miliband said after meeting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

London, Nov 19 : Hollywood actress Meg Ryan will soon be awarded with Germany’s Bambi Lifetime Achievement award for her sprawling Hollywood career.

Bambi Awards is an annual ceremony for the entertainment industry organised by Germany''s Hubert Burda Media group since 1948.

The ‘When A Man Loves A Woman’ actress has been named the winner of the lifetime achievement for best international actress (08).

The Bambi organizers nominated Meg as the deserving honoree because she "made film history" with her hit movie When Harry Met Sally - branding the actress as the
"queen of the romantic comedy".