London, Jan. 13 :  star Dimitar Berbatov's uncle is an exorcist, and he was shocked when he got to know the nickname of his nephew's football club.

Father Stoyan Berbatov drives out demons in spine-chilling ceremonies in Dimi's native Bulgaria, and he was shocked to discover the devilish nickname (Red Devils) of his famous nephew's new club.

Father Stoyan, who takes on the devil just like actor Max von Sydow in hit horror flick The Exorcist, reckons his nephew's rise to stardom has helped revive religion in Bulgaria.

Washington, Jan. 13 : Senate staffers have been warned not to sell their tickets for the January 20 inauguration of President Barack Obama, saying that if they do so, they would be committing federal crime.

According to the memo The JCCIC [Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies] considers the sale of tickets provided to Members, or distributed to Congressional staff for personal use, to be inappropriate and to give rise to an appearance of impropriety.

Dubai, Jan. 13: ICC General Manager - Cricket and former South Africa wicketkeeper David Richardson has congratulated the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for celebrating its Catch the Spirit week during the triangular one-day series in Mirpur.

London, Jan 13 : The Pope has ordered his bishops to thoroughly investigate claims by some people that they have seen visions of Jesus and the Virgin Mary.

The leader of the Roman Catholic Church plans to help his bishops in distinguishing between true and false claims of visions of messages, stigmata, weeping and bleeding statues and Eucharistic miracles.

Benedict XVI hopes to be able to cut down on an explosion in the number of bogus heavenly apparitions with new guidelines to help his bishops to root out frauds, reports the Telegraph.

Jerusalem, Jan 13 : The leaflets that the Israeli Air Force has dropped over Gaza during Operation Cast Iron warning civilians of impending air strikes and ground movements could help its army to argue that it has not committed war crimes in Gaza.

Amos Guiora, an expert on international law, operational counter-terrorism and the Middle East, said by dropping warning brochures, the IDF was "perceived as making an effort to reduce collateral damage," a condition required by international law.

Washington, January 13 : `Gossip Girl' actress Kelly Rutherford has been dubbed violent by her multi-millionaire ex-partner Daniel Giersch, according to reports.

The comment may further heat up couple's custody battle for their only child.

The four-month-pregnant starlet, who plays Lily van der Woodsen on the American TV teen drama, had knocked the legal doors for divorce and was presently locked in a custody battle for two-year-old son Hermes.