Kathmandu - The Nepalese government has begun formal negotiations with armed rebel groups in southern and eastern Nepal, a government minister said Friday.

Washington, Dec 12: Beyonce Knowles'' empowerment anthem for single women has been named the Best Single of 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine.

The singer''s catchy tune Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) has beaten Santogold's `LES Artistes' to claim the number one spot on the magazine''s top 100 hitlist.

`Time To Pretend' by MGMT came third while Blitzen Trapper's `Furr' landed the fourth spot.

Rounding off the top five was Lil Wayne's `Lollipop'.

The top ten Best Single of 2008 are:

1. Beyonce Knowles - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

2. Santogold - LES Artistes

3. MGMT - Time To Pretend

4. Blitzen Trapper - Furr

5. Lil Wayne - Lollipop

London, Dec 12 : Veteran actress Dame Helen Mirren, who recently grabbed eye balls with her bikini photographs, has admitted that she prefers wearing nothing at all.

Islamabad - A Pakistani man has recognized the lone arrested attacker in last month's Mumbai carnage, Ajmal Amir Kasab, as his son, a media report said on Friday.

"This is the truth. I have seen the picture in the newspaper. This is my son Ajmal," the man who identified himself as Amir Kasab told the English-language Dawn newspaper.

Washington, Dec 12: A new research has found that Earth-like moons with the potential to support life, can be found by looking at wobbles in the velocity of the planets they orbit.

The research was conducted by David Kipping, an astronomer from the University College London (UCL).

His calculations not only confirm if a planet has a satellite, but to calculate its mass and distance from its host planet, factors that determine the likely habitability of a moon.

Out of the 300 plus exoplanets (planets outside our Solar System) currently known, almost 30 are in the habitable zone of their host star but all of these planets are uninhabitable gas giants.

London, Dec 12 : Cancer-stricken Jade Goody has sparked rage among gay groups for saying she''''s worried that she will "look like a lesbian" if her hair falls out after chemotherapy.

The former Big Brother Star made the comment on her latest show `Jade on Living TV', which follows the mum-of-two as she battles cervical cancer.

While talking to the camera as she drives in her car, Goody joked that she''''s not being homophobic as her mum Jackiey Budden thought the same and she was a lesbian herself.