New York, April 20: Former US President Bill Clinton has said that it is necessary to confront and resolve ‘Slumdog’ realities in India.

The 62-year-old had been reacting to drastic conditions in the country, the recent one being when father of ''''Slumdog Millionaire'''' star Rubina Ali Qureshi had allegedly decided to put her up on the black market for 300,000 pounds.

And it was to this incident, reported by News of the World, that Clinton offered his part of the solution.

New York, Apr 20 : C. I. A. officers used the waterboarding, the near-drowning technique, against 9/11 planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed 183 times, according to a 2005 Justice Department legal memorandum.

A CIA memo quoting Inspector General, says that intelligence officers used the waterboard at least 83 times during August 2002 against Abu Zubaydah.

New York, April 20 :  revealed how he recently played top pooper-scooper after taking the former First Dog, Barney, for a walk.

At the Boao Forum for Asia, a gathering for government, business and academic leaders, the ex- President of United Stated cracked jokes about his changed role and revealed he had even carried plastic bags to pack the terrier''s dropping.

"I was picking up what I had been dodging for eight years," the New York Daily News quoted him as saying.

New York, Apr 19 : A new biography of Paul Newman describes the Oscar-winner as a hot-headed alcoholic and a womaniser- a side of his personality not many are aware of.

Shawn Levy''s `Paul Newman: A Life', has revealed that Newman once used to wear a bottle opener on a chain around his neck, and gulped down "beer after beer after beer, a case or more a day," and then went on to have the hard stuff, usually scotch.

New York, Apr 19 : Nicolle Wallace, the campaign adviser of Sarah Palin, is through with politics.

Wallace, who was blamed for Palin's notorious 150,000-dollar clothes-shopping spree, told Marie Claire: "My professional life will never involve working on a campaign again."

Instead, the 37-year-old said she''s pursuing her "life''s ambition" with her Republican lawyer hubby, Mark Wallace, of starting a family - with the help of in vitro fertilization treatments, reports The New York Post.

New York, Apr 19 : After British singing sensation Susan Boyle won hearts on `Britain's Got talent', people are wondering if she should go in for an image makeover or remain the way she is.

In a recent interview with CNN, Boyle said that she is overwhelmed by her sudden fame.

"I''m gobsmacked, absolutely gobsmacked," The New York Daily News quoted her as saying.

Boyle said that she wouldn''t want the instant fame to change her, despite her appearance has been described as "dowdy" on the show.