London, November 15 : Using James Bond-style spy gear to help Chinese immigrants cheat on British citizenship tests has landed two men in jail.

The duo used hi-tech hidden cameras, transmitters and surveillance gadgets to tell right answers to the candidates sitting the Life in the UK test, which is the last step towards earning British citizenship and passport.

Those taking the test in Wimbledon library, south west London, were equipped with a hidden shirt buttonhole camera, microphone, and earpiece.

Los Angeles  - The Detroit Pistons made sure the Los Angeles Lakers would not go undefeated this season.

Rasheed Wallace had 25 points with 13 rebounds, and Allen Iverson also scored 25 as the Pistons snapped the Lakers' seven-game winning streak, with a convincing
106-95 road victory on Friday night.

Iverson didn't put much stock in sending the Lakers to their first loss of the season.

Washington, November 15 : Christina Aguilera is the latest celebrity to raise her voice against the ban on gay marriages.

Following the footsteps of Ellen DeGeneres, Brad Pitt, Josh Brolin, the stunner has insisted upon equal rights and freedom to marry for gay couples.

The singer spoke against the Proposition 8 bill, which had sought to make the same-sex marriages constitutionally illegal in California at the elections earlier this month, and had been voted into instigation by majority of conservative people.

Washington, November 15 : Madonna, who’s planning to move to America following her split with Guy Ritchie, has reportedly pulled her daughter Lourdes out of her London school.

The Queen of Pop, who is battling for the custody of her children in a bitter divorce with the Brit director, allegedly took Lourdes out of the Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle School in London earlier this month.

The megastar, married to the “RocknRolla” director for eight years, has been rumoured to leave her estranged beau’s native London to return to New York, reports the London Paper.

Tokyo  - Japan agreed to provide 2 billion dollars to launch a fund with the World Bank to help recapitalize struggling financial institutions, especially in developing nations.

The World Bank was expected to contribute 1 billion dollars to the fund, according to a statement released Friday at the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Washington.

The leaders of 20 developed and emerging economies gathered in Washington for a two-day summit to discuss ways to address the global financial crisis.