Washington, Jan 5: American actress Tara Reid checked out of the Promises Treatment Center in California on January 3.

Karachi, Jan 5: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to host Australia in a proposed one-day series in April at home, a board official has said.

The official said the PCB wants to resume international cricket in Pakistan, and added that a series against Australia will be a major step towards that direction.

He rejected reports that the PCB is planning to host the series that will include five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 game in Kuala Lumpur or any other offshore venue.

"We would only explore the option of a neutral venue if Australia expressed any security concerns," the official said on condition of anonymity.

Amritsar, Jan 5: The 343rd birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh Guru Sri Guru Govind Singh is being celebrated today with great fervour.

Devotees began thronging at the ''Golden Temple'' here to pray and to listen to Shabad Kirtans.

" We celebrate this day as ''Gurupurab''. A religious procession is taken out on this occasion, devotees sing religious hymns. It is a secular day and people from all walks of life take part in the celebrations," said Surinder Singh, a devotee.

Washington, Jan 5 : Rocker Jon Bon Jovi is all set to spearhead a fundraiser to help relieve Hillary Clinton''s debt after her presidential election campaign went awry.

According to reports, Clinton''s campaign debt stands at 6.3 million dollars.

Bon Jovi is said to have initiated a fundraiser aimed at raising cash to settle Clinton''s debt,

The `It's my life' hitmaker will perform in a show on January 15 in Los Angeles, reports Conactmusic.

London, Jan. 5: British citizens will soon have to subject their personal computers for a police check under new plans on electronic surveillance formulated by the European Union.

According to a report in The Telegraph, police will not need a warrant to bug computers in homes and offices in order to monitor website use and e-mail traffic.

The British Home Office is backing these surveillance-related proposals introduced by the EU Council of Ministers.

It would allow other European nations to request surveillance by British police.

Civil liberty groups have expressed concern over this development.

Washington, Jan 5: American actress/singer Jennifer Hudson will not be singing at U. S. President-elect Barack Obama''s inauguration, says her representative.

According to reports, the grieving star was to make her first public appearance ever since the murder of her mother, brother and nephew in October (08), at the event.

Rumours that the 27-year-old Hudson would be singing `The Star-Spangled Banner' at Obama''s inauguration have been dispelled by her representative.

"There is no truth to this," Contactmusic quoted Hudson's rep as saying.

Hudson will be making her first public appearance in February, when she pays tribute to Neil Diamond at the MusiCares Person of the Year event in Los Angeles.