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Fergie gains 13lbs for prostitute role in new film

FergieNew Delhi, November 12 : Fergie, who is set to star alongside Nicole Kidman in the musical film ‘Nine’, has put on 13lbs for her role as a prostitute.

The ‘Black Eyed Peas’ vocalist, who will be playing Saraghina, said that she deliberately replaced her habitual eating routine with greasy treats to gain those extra pounds, reports China Daily.

She said: “I''ve actually gained 10lbs! No, really - for the film, ''Nine''. Actually, 13 to be exact. I ate everything! Fish and chips. Everything fried - things I don''t normally eat.”

Amy Winehouse says meeting prison-returned hubby would be ‘overwhelming’

Singer Amy WinehouseLondon, November 12 : Amy Winehouse, who is yet to meet hubby Blake Fielder-Civil after his prison release and rehab check-in, has revealed that she expects the reunion to be ‘overwhelming’.

The Grammy Award-winner, who reportedly fumed over her beau for calling his ‘other woman’ Sophie Schandorff first post his jail release, said that they are an extremely emotional couple.

“We’ll probably sit on the couch and look at each other and cry when he gets back. We’re very soppy,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

Dixit says Commonwealth Games preparation is in full swing

Star News predicts Shiela Dixit might get a third chance as Delhi CMNew Delhi, Nov. 12 : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit on Wednesday said that the preparations for the Commonwealth Games is in full swing and promised that facilities for the games would be ready well before the event gets underway in 2010.

Taiwan ex-president Chen detained, faces graft charges

President Chen Shui-bianTaipei - Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian was remanded into custody Wednesday after his arrest on graft allegations, becoming the first former president to be detained in Taiwan's history.

He is now known as 2630, a number he would be referred to so long as he is kept at the Taipei Penitentiary.

Like what other Taiwanese detainees have encountered, he was made to strip and given a thorough bodily search before putting on clothes for detainees, a penitentiary spokesman said.

Women prefer masculine mates when close to ovulation

Women prefer masculine mates when close to ovulationWashington, November 12 : Researchers at Indiana University''s Kinsey Institute have for the first time shown differences in brain activity as women considered masculinised and feminised male faces, and whether the person was a potential sexual partner.

The researchers claim that they have identified regions of the brain that respond more strongly to masculine faces.

According to them, the differences between women’s preference of masculinized and feminised faces appeared strongest when they were closer to ovulating.

Somali insurgents take port town without fight

SomaliMogadishu - Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has taken over the port town of Merka, 90 kilometres southwest of the capital Mogadishu, after government forces abandoned their posts overnight, residents said Wednesday.

"Heavily armed Islamists entered Merka without any resistance," Aweys Dahir, a resident in Merka, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa by telephone. "They have already set up two bases in town and are patrolling the streets."

The fighters also took over two other towns in the region.

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