London, Oct 30 : English actor Sir Michael Caine has been chosen to co-present this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert with actress Scarlett Johansson, the organisers have revealed.

Caine, 75, had previously appeared with Johansson on screen in 2006 film The Prestige.

“Caine has appeared in over 100 films and been honoured with numerous awards,” the BBC quoted the concert''s organisers as saying in a statement.

The event, which will honour this year''s Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martti Ahtisaari, will take place in Oslo, Norway on December 11 with Diana Ross headlining it.

Kabul  - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest inside a ministry in the centre of Kabul Thursday, killing five people and wounding six while four police officers were killed in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan, officials said.

Security guards at the Ministry of Information and Culture opened fire on the bomber but he managed to enter the building and blow himself up, said a ministry official, who did not want to be named.

Witness Mahmoud Jan said he heard sounds of small-arms fire after the blast.

Brussels - The European Commission on Thursday approved plans by Sweden and Portugal to protect financial institutions from the global credit crunch.

Sweden's plan involves the state providing up to 1,500 billion Swedish kronor (201 billion dollars) in debt guarantees to banks and other lenders.

Portugal's plan envisages similar state guarantees worth 20 billion euros (26 billion dollars).

Both schemes were approved by the European Union executive after they were found to be in line with the bloc's rules on state aid.

But while Sweden's was cleared within just three days of it being notified to the commission, the Portuguese plan had to be negotiated with officials in Brussels over a two-week period.

Washington, Oct 30 : British rock band ‘The Beatles’ are heading for a new venture following the announcement that MTV''s ‘Rock Band’ video game will be featuring their songs.

The band is licensing key songs for a video game that is set to appear for Christmas in 2009.

Sources have revealed that Sir Paul McCartney has already seen and approved a demo of the game, Fox News reported.

Rumours are rife that the ‘Rock Band’ game is very good, and that it should include classics like “Revolution”, “Helter Skelter”, and “Hey Jude”.

Washington, October 30 : Paris Hilton will no have her long-time manager Jason Moore to look after her affairs, for the two have parted their ways.

Moore, who had been managing the heiress’ professional life for 10 years, was said to have split following a threat from his wife for spending too much time with Paris.

“His new wife threatened to divorce him because he was always gone with Paris,” Contactmusic quoted a source as telling Us magazine.

However, Moore, who lost out his biggest client, denied the claims.

He insists: "There were a lot of reasons - both personal and professional - for the split, but nothing had anything to do with my marriage."