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London, June 9 : Henry VIII has been immortalised in coins to honour five centuries since he became the King of England.

Image of the royal would appear on five new coins made in different metals from cupro-nickel to platinum.

While each coin would stand for 5 pounds, collectors will have to dig deeper into their pockets and splurge from 9.99 to 4,400 pounds to grab the limited edition money.

The Royal Mint''s Dave Knight said that the commemoration was inevitable.

Brussels - The head of the European Union's executive on Tuesday formally confirmed that he wants to hold onto his job for another five years.

"The President of the European Council (of EU member states) has today asked me if he can put forward my name for a second mandate ... I have agreed to this request," European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said after a meeting with Czech premier Jan Fischer.

New Delhi - India will meet Pakistan "more than halfway" if Islamabad cracked down on terrorist groups, Indian Premier Manmohan Singh said Tuesday in a message of peace after months of tension between the neighbours following the Mumbai terror attacks in November.

Speaking in the Indian parliament, Singh also condemned racial attacks on Indian students in Australia and said he will open a high-level dialogue with authorities in that country to provide adequate security to the students.

Guwahati, June 9 : Unidentified militants torched down at least 40 houses belonging to Dimasa tribals in the strife-torn North Cachar Hills district in Guwahati.

"A group of gunmen wearing black clothes and helmets struck Diduki and Lailing villages under Maibang and Mahur police stations on Monday night and set huts on fire. About 160 tribals are now homeless," a police spokesman said.

It was believed that security personnel had taken away the licensed guns of villagers on Sunday and the miscreants seem to have taken advantage of the situation.

Adelaide, Jun 9 : A man, who wanted to scare his former girlfriend into locking her doors at night, is said to have bound her arms and legs together before raping her with a large sex toy.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, then got a beer from the fridge and poured it on her body before apologizing and then driving her to work in Hindley Street, reports Adelaide Now.

The man pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of attempted rape, and one count of aggravated serious criminal trespass.

London, June 9 : Homer Simpson''s classic curse ''d''oh'' has been voted as the favourite catchphrase from a children''s TV programme in a new poll.

According to Thebabywebsite. com, the silly father''s trademark grunt, which even entered the Oxford English Dictionary in 2001, piped Fred Flintstone''s "yabba dabba doo".