Gorleben, Germany - Accompanied by a huge police escort, a convoy of trucks was to carry 100 tons of glass-encased nuclear waste Monday 20 kilometres across German countryside to a secure storage warehouse.

On Saturday and Sunday there had been mayhem in the district as violent protesters invaded tracks in a bid to stop a train bringing the waste from La Hague, France. Near the border, three protesters had chained themselves to concrete blocks under a track.

The train reached the railhead in the town of Dannenberg early Monday, 14 hours late, and cranes began carefully shifting the 11 containers onto the trucks.

London, November 10 : Mariah Carey, who recently met up with ‘X-Factor’ contestants to boost their confidence, had the staff sighing hands in frustration with her “diva” tantrums, according to sources.

The singer apparently arrived six hours behind schedule, followed by 25 flunkies, and complained that her dressing room was not of sufficient standards.

“I’d heard that Mariah was bad, but thought it was just rumours. Boy, was I wrong,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

London, November 10 : Ex ‘Atomic Kitten’ singer Kerry Katona has confessed for the first time that she is an ‘alcoholic’, and that she was constantly battling her booze addiction.

The pop artist, who won ITV1''s “I''m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!” in 2004, admitted that she had been struggling with her condition for some time.

Washington, Nov 10 : Veteran actor Jon Voight has expressed his desire to work with his daughter, Angelina Jolie, and son, James Haven, in a movie before he dies.

London, Nov 10 : Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie got a pretty loving hug by an adorable pand