Washington, Apr 26 : Salma Hayek and husband, French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, have tied the knot - for the second time -in a star-studded ceremony in Venice, Italy.

They originally got married in a civil ceremony at the 6th Arrondisement City Hall in Paris on Valentine''s Day, reports People.

This time around, Hayek, 42, wore a Balenciaga wedding gown by Nicholas Ghesquiere.

The cute pair exchanged vows at Venice''s opera house La Fenice.

Lahore, Apr. 26 : Pakistan Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Athar Abbas has said that the decision to initiate a military offensive against the Taliban rests with the political leadership of the country.

Responding to allegations that the army lacks will and capaability to take on the might of the Taliban, General Abbas said that the army certainly has the will to thwart any further advancement of the insurgents.

London, Apr 26 : Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is planning to marry his young lover Ekaterina Ivanova, it has emerged.

And he has vowed to hold on to as much of his 60-million pound fortune as he can in a "speedy" divorce from wife Jo.

Following the news, it has been reported that Jo and kids are refusing to talk to Ronnie, 61, who has told pals he has found "a new lease of life" with 20-year-old Ekaterina, reports The Mirror.

London, Apr 26 : Global financial catastrophe has not even spared the world's oldest profession in Germany. Therefore, the brothel industry in the European country has responded with an economic stimulus package of its own: modern marketing tools, rebates, discounts and gimmicks to boost falling demand.

Lahore, Apr 26 : Alarmed over thousands of Taliban militants pouring into the Swat Valley and spreading to other areas, leading US dailies have warned that Pakistan with its 176 million people and its pivotal position in the region is "more than likely to collapse into a growing civil war."

US special envoy to the region Richard Holbrooke does not mince words: "If the situation with Pakistan continues to deteriorate, success in the region will be very elusive."

Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu), Apr 26 : Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has expressed hope that the ongoing Sri Lanka crisis would come to an end "in another 24 or 48 hours".

Talking to reporters in Sivaganga last night, Chidambaram said Foreign Secretary Shivasankar Menon and National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan, who met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Friday in Colombo, had made a strict demand to stop the hostilities.