International Pop Stars Lured By Bollywood

Music Speaks a universal Lingo. Be it from any corner of the world, melody, beats and rhythm find a note to connect with one and all.

Perhaps that's what tempts International Singing Sensations from across the border and the Seven Seas or down under to do their bit in Bollywood. More often than not, it's been a successful collaboration.

Inspired by this promising statistic, producer-actor Shah Rukh Khan has roped in American R & B singer / songwriter Akon to work his magic in the upcoming superhero fantasy, Ra.One.

A grand-scale adventure SFX, the Red Chillies production directed by Anubhav Sinha (Tum Bin, Dus, Cash) features Kareena Kapoor as SRK's leading lady with composer duo Vishal-Shekhar pitching in to helm the soundtrack.

The Grammy-nominated artist hit the popularity charts with singles like zingy Smack That (feat. Eminem) and I Want to Love You, to name a few.Read More Story,http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/mar/10/slide-show-1-international-pop-stars-lured-by-bollywood.htm

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Militants Attack US-Based NGO in Pak; 6 Employees Dead

Two Women were among the six injured persons, who were taken to a hospital in Oghi. Police said eight to 10 militants carried out the attack.

Law enforcement agencies sealed off the area and launched a search for the militants.

North West Frontier Province Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti Condemned the incident and expressed sympathy over the loss of human lives.

They said the government would compensate the affected families and reiterated his resolve to continue the fight against terrorism till the last Militant is eliminated.Read More Story,http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_militants-attack-us-based-ngo-in-pak-6-employees-dead_1357580

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Swedish Papers Publish Prophet Muhammad Drawing

At Least three Swedish newspapers have published a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body after an alleged plot to Murder the artist was unveiled in Ireland.

The drawing was published Wednesday in the papers Dagens Nyheter Stockholm and Malmo and the Expressen daily Sydsvenska Dagbladet.

Sydsvenska Dagbladet says it printed the controversial drawing as part of its news coverage of the alleged plot to kill its creator, Lars Vilks. Expressen says it printed it for its news value And to take a stance for the freedom of speech.

Irish police on Tuesday detained four men and three women in an alleged plot to kill the Swedish artist, who had received death threats from Extremists on his drawing was first published in 2007,Read More Story,http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gfyTngzJoXI5VLnRYFKryLwRumugD9EBME780

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Muslim Convert Colleen La Rose, aka Jihad Jane, Faces Terror Charges

An American woman who called herself Jane Jihad has been charged over an alleged plot to Murder a Swedish man.

Colleen Renee Larose, 46, from Phildadelphia, is also Accused of conspiracy Thurs provide support to terrorists, making false statements and attempted identity theft.

Irish police arrested seven people yesterday over an apparent plot to kill Lars Vilks, a Swedish cartoonist who had a bounty put on his head on depicting the prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog - though Vilks has not been named as Larose's alleged target.

Garda sources said the four men and three women were in their mid-20s to late-40s. Some of them hold Irish citizenship arrested and some are from the Middle East. Converts Thurs Islam were among them, the Irish police said.

Vilks's cartoon, Drawn in 2007, prompted al-Qaida Thurs place a $ 100,000 (£ 67.000) bounty is his head and offer a 50% bonus to anyone who slit his throat To ensure he was "slaughtered like a lamb."

At least three Swedish newspapers - Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Sydsvenska Dagbladet - the cartoon published today.

The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment must be Whether the two cases were connected.Read More Story,http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/10/colleen-larose-jihad-jane-charges

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16 and Pregnant Chelsea: 16 and Pregnant Season 2 Episode 4 Watch The Footage

MTV's 16 and Pregnant "reality show has touched many families who happen Thurs have to confront the issue of teenaged pregnancy in their families.

The documents show not just a girl who is in late stage of pregnancy but also highlights the issue that she has a Thurs confront during the pregnancy and after the delivery.

The girl herself being a child has to face a hostile world and if she is Made to Bear the kid singlehandedly it is double tragedy with her and the newborn child.Read More Story,http://www.khabrein.info/news/16_and_Pregnant_Chelsea__16_and_pregnant_season_2_episode_4_watch_the_footage_1268216640/

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Back To The Day Job For Oscar Winner Sandra Bullock as She Treats Her Stepdaughter at The Toy Store

She Also Thanked Monster Garage presenter her husband Jesse James for putting up with her throughout the awards season.

"This is a man who works 12 hours a day, manual labor," she said. "I have to pull him out of bed ... and say," Can you try on the Dolce suit? " she told Oprah Winfrey.

"He's like," Do I have to? " I'm like: "Yes. I do not want you to look like a bad waiter." He's amazing. "

The pair have endured a difficult 12 months together - they were locked in a custody Feud with his ex-wife, Janine Linde Mulder, over 5-year-old Sunny.

Linde Mulder, a porn star turned producer of adult movies, wanted to be her weekly visitations include expanded Thurs overnight stays, but a court denied the request in December.Read More Story,http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1256839/Sandra-Bullock-comes-earth-Oscars-triumph.html

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Celebrity justice: Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade Over 'Milkaholic' in Talking Baby Commercial

Filed a Lawsuit Monday against financial giant E-Trade for its commercial about a "milkaholic" baby she claims is named for her - and wants $ 100 million for pain and suffering, reports the New York Post. The actress filed papers in Nassau County Supreme Court over the 30-second spot that opens with a baby boy apologizing to his girlfriend for not calling the night before. "That milkaholic Lindsay was not over?" she asks. A lawyer for Lohan says she's a one-name celeb just like Oprah or Madonna, and that the commercial is a "subliminal message." A spokesman for the agency that created the ad said "Lindsay" happened to be the name "of someone on the account team."Read More Story,http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/03/celebrity_justice_lindsay_loha.html

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Love Never Dies"

Tuesday Night in London, however, was Webber's his much-hyped return to the traditional stage. I joined hundreds of other eager fans theater for the premier of Phantom sequel, "Love Never Dies" in London's West End.

Love Never Dies picks up the Phantom's story 10 years on from where Webber's epic left off - despite the passing of 25 years in the non-theater time. The action moves to Coney Island from the great Parisian Opera house.

Now I am not one of them, but some Cynics might suggest this was a clever plot relocation, given that most of Webber's diehard fans are in the U.S., but the lack of that Parisian backdrop does not detract from what is no doubt the director and composer's greatest success to date.

Love Never Dies sees Christine, the love interest in the Phantom's legendary love triangle, invited anonymously by the masked-man to sing once more, with Raoul their child in tow.

A lot is riding on this continuation of a love story, Which has been in the making for more than 15 years.

"I find all my musicals very personal," Lord Webber told me. "They are like children and, yes, I do not worry and fret about every single.Read More Story,http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/10/entertainment/main6284435.shtml

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Iran's Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan, Gates Departs

With Careful timing that Gates described as "Clearly fodder for all conspiratorialists," Ahmadinejad arrived in Kabul just before Gates departed at the end of his own three-day visit.

Earlier this week, Gates Tehran Accused of playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, professing support for President Hamid Karzai's government while trying to Undermine the US-led military effort that protects it.

Thurs Reporters Speaking before departing on Wednesday, Gates said he had told Karzai in Washington wanted Kabul To Have the "good relations with all of its neighbors."

"But we also want all of Afghanistan's neighbors to play an up front game dealing with the government of Afghanistan."

Washington, Which will have 100.000 troops in Afghanistan by the end of the year, says it believes Iran provides some support for militants there, although not nearly on the same scale as in Iraq, another Iranian neighbor where U.S. troops are fighting.

The Afghan Insurgency is led mainly by Sunni Islamists, who are long Sworn Enemies of Shi'ite Iran.

Iran has a wide and growing influence in Afghanistan, especially in the west of the country where it has important economic ties.Read More Story,http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62917V20100310

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Champions League: Arsenal 5 Porto 0

It was the night on a collection of super heroes humiliated Hulk - and turned their Champions League rivals into green-eyed monsters. Arsenal Blew Away the baddest man in world football and his mates in Porto and left them very, very angry.

Angry Because they could not get near Arsene Wenger's super-slick band of footballing Aristocrats.

Angry BECAUSE THEY must have thought they had a chance against a side that was minus skipper and Playmaker Cesc Fabregas.

And Because The angry man who did the most damage was Nicklas Bendtner, a striker who was pilloried for blowing four gilt-Edged chances against Burnley at the weekend.Read More Story,http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/england/2010/03/10/champions-league-arsenal-5-porto-0-86908-22099434/

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Pakistan Ban Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf For Life

The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan indefinitely for behavior it says contributed to the national team's poor performance is its recent tour of Australia.

The PCB also imposed one-year bans are Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved on implementing the recommendations of an inquiry committee formed Thurs Evaluate Pakistan's Dismal Performance against Australia in December and January.

"Younis and Yousuf both can not represent Pakistan in any international games, but they can play in domestic cricket and compete in county cricket," PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said.

Both Yousuf and Younis were involved in infighting while on tour, "Which search resulted in bringing down the whole team, the PCB added in a statement. "Their attitude has been a trickle-down effect Which is a bad influence for the whole team," it said.

Naved and Malik were also fined two million rupees, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal was handed a fine of three million rupees and Umar Akmal, younger brother of Kamran, was fined two million rupees.Read More Story,http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/mar/10/pakistan-younis-khan-mohammed-yousuf-banned

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Runaway Prius Means More Bad News For Toyota

The Latest report of a runaway vehicle in San Diego County not only refocused international attention yesterday on the safety of vehicles made by Toyota, a giant automaker that once seemed to do no wrong, but also cast more doubt on its technological gem - the Prius.

Toyota is facing a new wave of scrutiny as more users of its products, including a Prius owner from Point Loma and a Lexus driver in San Diego, report problems and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chases more clues in an unfolding drama about cars that speed up abruptly.

The questions stem from mounting a scare Monday in Which James Sikes of Jacumba struggled to control his 2008 Prius for about 30 miles, at speeds up to 94 mph, before bringing the hybrid to a stop is the Interstate 8 in East County with help from the California Highway Patrol.

"It's another high-profile incident of Unintended acceleration that is going to Continue to Haunt Toyota's efforts Thurs-down play this situation," said Karl Brauer, editor in chief of Edmunds.com, an online automotive research company based in Santa Monica. "It's going to work against their claims that their vehicles are completely safe."Read More Story,http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/10/runaway-prius-means-more-bad-news-for-toyota/

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