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Washington, Jan 12 : A US judge has approved the exhumation of an Indian-origin one million dollars Chicago lottery winner, who was poisoned with cyanide before he collected his prize.

Judge Susan Coleman of the Probate Division in Illinois approved the county medical examiner''s request to exhume the body of Urooj Khan at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.

Khan, 46, died July 20, 2012, from what was initially believed to be natural causes.

Los Angeles, Jan 12 : Singer Beyonce Knowles says she is a "powerful" lady.

London, Jan 12 : Social networking giant Facebook will ensure your messages will reach the inbox of the company''s CEO Mark Zuckerberg- but it will cost you.

The firm is asking users to pay 100 dollars for sending their messages to Zuckerberg, and some others selected members.

The charge is part of a test of a system designed by Facebook to both raise some revenue and reduce spam, the Telegraph reports.

Islamabad, Jan 12 : Disagreeing with the suggestion that India and Pakistan are exploiting an already explosive situation in the region, the US has said that both the nations are working for peace.

When asked to comment on reports that India and Pakistan were using recent clashes on the LoC to fan differences, the State Department's spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that `we're all for peace, and what's important is that the governments are talking'.

London, Jan 12 : Pakistan's minority Shia community has protested over what it the `lack of protection' in Quetta, and have refused to bury the people who were killed in a series of blasts.

Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi said it carried out the deadliest attack in Quetta on Thursday.

Members of the community on Friday laid coffins in the street, refusing to bury them, the BBC reports.

Los Angeles, Jan 12 - Musician Marilyn Manson has threatened to sue actress Seraphim Ward for spreading fake rumours about their engagement.

Ward had posted a picture of a ring on Twitter page last year in April and had written: "I am still speechless and in shock!" and her representative had even confirmed the news.

Manson had played down the reports then and has now involved his lawyers in the matter.