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London, Jun 6 : A 23-year-old American rancher, whose family was in financial difficulties after falling behind on their taxes, struck gold when he won a 232.1-million dollar lottery jackpot on June 5.

Neal Wanless, who lives on his family's 320-acre ranch near Mission, South Dakota, had bought the ticket from the nearby town of Winner late last month during a trip to buy livestock feed.

The family's mobile home had also been repossessed, and it was a stroke of luck that he won one of the largest undivided jackpots in US history.

Sydney, June 6 : Australian parliamentarians decision to meet the ailing Dalai Lama next month in Dharamsala is surely going to increase tensions between China and Australia.

It will be the first such visit by a delegation of Australian MPs, and is expected to prompt protests by a Chinese Government already annoyed that Australia is considering a request by the US to resettle a group of Chinese Muslim Uygurs being held at Guantanamo Bay.

The big news doing the rounds is that the Indian soccer skipper, Bhaichung Bhutia is all set to play for East Bengal in the forthcoming I-League season.

Sources asserted that the ace forward player just needs to complete all the required formalities with East Bengal.

Speaking on this, Subhas Bhowmick, coach, East Bengal said: "Bhutia is an Indian icon and still remains the best Indian striker. A player of his calibre is always welcome at East Bengal."

London, Jun 6 : Brit glamour model Katie Price a. k. a. Jordan and her hubby Aussie singer Peter Andre have vowed to never speak to one another again, and to only communicate through their lawyers, it has emerged.

Both are trying their best to hold things together, but the resentment between them is so that they cannot bear to be in the same room with one each other.

Washington, June 6 : The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a former US State Department employee, along with his wife, on alleged charges of spying for Cuba for nearly three decades.

Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife Gwendolyn Myers, 71, were accused of being dedicated and ideologically-motivated agents on behalf of Cuba.

According to an affidavit that prosecutors filed in federal court, the pair met directly with Fidel Castro at least once, around New Year's Day in 1995, Politico reports.