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Amazon.com apologises for ‘embarrassing book cataloguing error’

Amazon.comLondon, April 14: Amazon. com has apologised for an error due to which the sales ranking were removed from tens of thousands of books, and it became difficult to search for tomes.

Making a statement on Sunday, the online retailer said that a "glitch" had caused the problem, and promised that the numbers would be restored.

However, sales numbers were still missing until Monday afternoon.

Hit by the error were recent works like Chelsea Handler''s My Horizontal Life, as well as classics like Gore Vidal''s The City And The Pillar and James Baldwin''s Giovanni''s Room.

Over 500 couples enter wedlock in Punjab

PunjabNoshera Dhala (Punjab), Apr 14: Over 500 couples tied the knot on Monday in a mass marriage ceremony held here on the occasion of Baba Jalan Dass Baisakhi Mela.

The organisers were praised for taking care of all expenses.

"Every person decides about his or her partner. Their names are registered only after the village head's recommendation. Later, the date of marriage is fixed," said Kanwerjit Singh, one of the organisers.

"Last year, we organised 175 marriages and this year around 500 marriages took place," he added.

Mel B turned to meditation to overcome split from Eddie Murphy

London, Apr 14: Popstar Melanie Brown has revealed that she turned to meditation after parting from former beau Eddie Murphy so that she could beat post-split blues.

The `Wannabe' hitmaker put the sour split behind her by exploring her spiritual side.

"I split up with him, I moved out to the beach and was happy... I was in England with my mum. I wasn''t depressed. I don''t think like that. After a break-up, I want to talk it all out and get my feelings out, so I never feel bad like that," the Daily Express quoted her as saying.

Melanie B revealed that she did not believe in crying over a split, as she thought it was utter waste of time.

Cheryl Cole’s brother in ‘car theft and crash’ soup

Andrew TweedyLondon, Apr 14: Pop star Cheryl Cole's troubled brother Andrew Tweedy found himself in soup one more time, after he stole a car and crashed it badly.

Tweedy and the Audi car's owner Lee were drinking at a mutual friend's house when the incident took place.

According to reports, Tweedy took Lee's car keys, ran away with the vehicle, and later sent the owner a message telling that the vehicle was with him.

"Lee, I have taken your car, sorry mate," the Sun quoted the message as reading.

Zac Efron keen to ditch teen icon image

Hollywood actor Zac EfronWashington, Apr 14: Hollywood actor Zac Efron, who acquired a huge fans base with the help of his stint in the High School Musical series, is keen to ditch his teen heart-throb status.

In a bid to move away from his teen icon image, he opted out of remake of Kevin Bacon''s Footloose for dark drama `The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud' - about a caretaker at a cemetery who has weekly meetings with the ghost of his deceased younger brother.

Though he opted out of the flick, Efron is aware that his decision may cost him his fanbase.

Soha’s unique streak continues

Though she made her debut with young heartthrob Shahid Kapur, Soha Ali Khan has mostly offbeat roles like the ones she played in ‘Antar Mahal’, ‘Ahista Ahista’, ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ ‘Dil Kabbadi’, ‘Dhoondte Reh Jaoge’ and even the commercially successful ‘Rang De Basanti’.

She could never really be the glam chick. The Oxford University and LSE-educated actress has mostly played simple girl parts, and students, journalists etc.

Now she’s concentrating on another different ‘wet’ role in the movie ‘Turn Mile’, a romantic tale set against the backdrop of the 2005 floods opposite Emraan Hashmi. The serial kisser and Soha will definitely make a unique pair.

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