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London, Jun. 6 : Caroline Flint, who resigned as Britain's Europe Minister, has accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of using his women ministers as mere `female window dressings.'

"Several of the women attending Cabinet, myself included, have been treated by you as little more than female window dressing," Flint wrote in her resignation letter.

New Delhi, June 6 : The reappointed Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, on Saturday said the commission would focus on infrastructure development and inclusive growth.

"President''s address has given much emphasis on infrastructure... when we say growth it is inclusive growth. We will have to strengthen the infrastructure," he told reporters after the Prime Minister''s Office (PMO) cleared his reappointment as Plan panel's chief.

Kuala Lumpur, June 6 : A sexagenarian man in Malaysia has been pronounced "grandfather of all devils" after he allegedly raped his five-year-old granddaughter with three others for almost three weeks.

A tabloid called Harian Metro reports that joining him in the alleged crime was his adopted son, who lived with him in Langkap, Teluk Intan,

London, Jun 6 : American musician Marilyn Manson has revealed that he was so addicted to drugs that when his tour manager refused to get him any he broke down and cried.

Manson's former friend, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, had recently branded him a "dopey clown" over his drink and drug addiction.

And the goth-rocker himself revealed that he is still struggling to stay clean, relying on his tour manager, known only as Steve, to keep him drug-free.

New York, Jun 6 : Queen of pop Madonna's backup entourage has been deemed as `horrible' by an employee working at the hotel they are staying in.

The source, who describes himself as a "front of house employee" at the Bryant Park Hotel, claims that Madge, whose Sticky and Sweet Tour is on hiatus, booked 28 rooms for her dancers, roadies and techies.

"They are horrible," the New York Post quoted a source as alleging.

Jerusalem, June 6 : Israel will eventually have no other option but to accept a two-state solution because the United States will not give up on this issue, according to Israel Radio.

Israeli officials said if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agrees to adopt the road map peace plan, he will prevent the Obama Administration from pressuring Israel to accept the establishment of a Palestinian state under other circumstances.