Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police detained a female shaman accused of stealing 11,000 ringgit (3188 dollars) in cash and jewellery from her patients during treatments, news reports said Wednesday.

The 20-year-old shaman is popular for her treatments for marital problems and specific diseases, said northern Pahang state's deputy police chief Mohamad Haris Daud.

"The victims aged 30-40 years claimed that they were asked to lie down and place valuables near their heads," the Star newspaper him as saying. "On returning home, they were shocked to find the money and jewellery missing from their bags."

London - Liverpool moved on Wednesday to dismiss speculation that misfiring forward Robbie Keane will leave the club in the January transfer window.

Former Liverpool player Mark Lawrenson, now a BBC pundit, said that the club captain Steven Gerrard had told him he thought the Republic of Ireland international could be sold.

But Liverpool issued a statement denying Lawrenson's claim.

"Mark Lawrenson's remarks are his interpretation of a private chat between the two of them," it said.

New York, December 17 : Queen Elizabeth has reportedly set yet another example to beat the economic slump by asking her staff to turn off the lights in empty rooms of Buckingham Palace.

According to British news outlets, the monarch is to continue her efforts to show support through recession and had allegedly ordered chefs to reuse leftovers from banquets.

The Royal had previously urged her grandsons to avoid any public displays of extravagance amid growing unemployment and economic strife, reports the New York Post.

Washington, Dec 17 : Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have revealed that they want to have as many kids as possible.

The couple has three adopted kids, Maddox, seven, Pax, four and Zahara, three, as well as three biological offspring Shiloh, two, and baby twins Knox and Vivienne.

Pitt has admitted that being with so many kids does becomes chaotic at times wouldn''t change the make-up of his family for anything - because the six children bring them so much joy.

Wellington - New Zealand's newly elected centre-right government on Wednesday ditched a three-month old measure that would have forced oil companies to sell biofuels to combat climate change.

The government, elected last month, repealed the controversial measure adopted by the ousted Labour Party-led administration in October, by 62 votes to 59 in parliament. Two of the ruling National Party's allied parties joined the opposition in voting against it.

Washington, Dec 17 : A couple from New Jersey, who wanted to get a birthday cake for their 3-year-old son, were told by a store that it would not inscribe on it the kid's name, Adolf Hitler.

Deborah Campbell and her husband Heath Campbell were furious over the refusal of the ShopRite at a supermarket in Greenwich, New Jersey, to put in "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler" on the cake.

When the 25-year-old mother called up and told the bakery department she wanted her son''s name spelled out, she was told to talk to a supervisor, who denied the request.