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Sydney, Jan. 15 : Banned cyclist Lance Armstrong has confessed that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a person familiar with the situation has revealed.

Armstrong made the confession during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which is to be broadcast on Thursday.

According to news. com. au, Armstrong was stripped of all seven Tour titles last year after a voluminous US Anti-Doping Agency report that showed him as a `ruthless competitor, willing to go to any lengths to win the prestigious race'.

Washington, Jan. 15 : The US Department of Justice could join a lawsuit seeking to reclaim sponsorship money given to disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Armstrong's teammate-turned-whistleblower Floyd Landis filed the lawsuit in 2010, and the Justice Department has been examining the case since then, according to the Wall Street Journal.

New Delhi, Jan. 15 : National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon today briefed senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on the ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC).

Menon''s meeting with the senior BJP leaders took place at Sushma Swaraj''s residence here.

Amid escalating tension with Pakistan on the LoC, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh spoke to the senior opposition leaders earlier on Monday.

London, Jan 15 : William and Kate's baby could be born on grandma Princess Diana's birthday and even be named after her, it has been revealed.

Buckingham Palace yesterday announced that the couple's first child is due in July. Diana came into the world on July 1, 1961, the Mirror reported.

Officials also announced that Kate was continuing to feel better following the terrible morning sickness that forced her into hospital in early December.

She has had her 12-week scan and is believed to be around 13 or 14 weeks pregnant.

Washington, Jan 15 - Accusing the gun lobby of "ginning up" fears, President Barack Obama served notice that he may resort to executive orders to check gun rampant violence in the United States in the face of a powerful gun lobby opposing legislative action.

"I'm confident that there are some steps that we can take that don't require legislation and that are within my authority as president," Obama said Monday that marked one month of Newtown, Connecticut, shooting where 20 children and 6 adults were massacred.