Lahore, Jan 12: The sacking of Pakistani National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani by the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani confirms reports about difference in the PPP-led government. Gilani's moves could also be interpreted as cozying up to the Army while distancing himself from the US.

This is not quite in consonance with the policy being formalized for President Aisf Ali Zardari by the Haqqani-Durrani duo with the tacit backing of Washington.

London, Jan 12 : Ex-Beatles drummer Ringo Starr has taken a vow of silence on the Internet following a public backlash, after he declared on his website that he would no longer autograph merchandise three months ago.

Starr had grumpily announced in October that he would no longer sign autographs, and now he has removed himself from the net where he has been updating his fans with short films on his official site.

Washington, Jan 12: American rapper Curtis James Jackson III or 50 Cent, as he is known, has slammed his singing rival Kanye West in a new song by poking fun at him.

Jackson was a little peeved with West, who released 808s and Heartbreak last year, and then came out with a new sound that did not follow his rap tune.

He criticised West''s change of tune at the time, and has now put his feelings about the latter's music in a new track called Heartless Monster.

Jerusalem, Jan. 12: Israel has claimed that the military wing of Hamas is close to being destroyed.

The country's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, and intelligence chiefs gave a series of positive briefings to a cabinet meeting that agreed to give the military more scope to confront Hamas in the urban battlegrounds of the Gaza Strip, reports The Telegraph.

Cairo - The Egyptian government said Monday that it had made progress in its talks with the militant Palestinian Hamas organization, the official MENA news agency reported.

London, Jan 12: Here is a golden chance to make 150,000 dollars in just six months, for which all one needs to do is to become the caretaker of the Great Barrier Reef and explore the crannies, both on land and underwater.

Queensland Tourism is offering an opportunity to work as the caretaker on Hamilton Island of the Great Barrier Reef with such a handsome salary.

Caretaking duties will not include litter-picking and sieving leaves and other detritus from the pool. The work would instead be more adventurous.

Island bosses insist that the eventual incumbent will be paid to explore the crannies - both on land and underwater - of 600 islands, and report back through a fortnightly Internet diary with photos and video.