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Le Corbusier, the creator of Chandigarh

Chandigarh, Oct 25 : Le-Corbusier, the Swiss-French architect, who designed Chandigarh in the 1950s has a museum dedicated to his name. Old Architects'' building in Chandigarh''s Sector 9, which was the office of Le Corbusier, has now been converted into a museum.

Called `Le Corbusier Museum and Research Centre'', it is the sixth such center in the world and the second in India after a museum in Ahmedabad.

Le Corbusier designed and constructed buildings throughout Europe and India and one each in North and South America. He was an urban planner, painter, sculptor, writer and modern furniture designer.

Oz priest denies Jesus was God

Melbourne, October 29 : An Australian priest’s denial that Jesus was God in a booklet has instigated a debate over bedrock Christian beliefs among parishioners of several parishes in Queensland and New South Wales.

Peter Dresser of Coonamble in the Diocese of Bathurst insists in the booklet being sold at two Brisbane parishes—St. Mary''s and the Wooloowin/Windsor/Kalinga Parish of outspoken Brisbane priest Richard Pascoe—that he does not think Jesus was God.

Katie Green bares all for Ultimo

London, Oct 29 : English model Katie Green, who was deemed ‘too fat’ by snooty modelling agencies, showed off her curves by posing nude for a photoshoot.

The 21-year-old Ultimo model bared all for a selection of sizzling naked pictures, reports the Sun.

Green, who’s a size 12, was left devastated when a top-modelling agency said she needed to lose two stone.

However, a few days later, her confidence received a big boost, when Ultimo signed her up.

“I really didn’t know where my career was going to go after the depression of being told I was too fat,” she told News of the World.

“But when you published my story, Ultimo contacted my agent to sign me up with a prestigious new contract.

Territorial Army soldier’s body with bullet injury found in Kupwara

Srinagar, Oct 29 : An army personnel’s body with a bullet injury was found in his unit in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara District, a police spokesman said today.

Vince Vaughn to star in ‘Sunny and 68’

Washington, Oct 29 : Actor Vince Vaughn has been roped in to star in Universal Pictures’ next venture titled ‘Sunny and 68’.

The film will be directed by Gavin O''Connor of the ‘Frontline’ fame.

The plot of the film revolves around Vaughn, who plays a superstar on the poker circuit whose alcoholism and recklessness cause him to flame out on national television.

Wiped out and owing 500,000 pounds to bookies, he heads home to upstate New York for the first time in 20 years, looking to take back cash he''d been sending his mother.

Becks eyeing £7m jet to be with family

London, Oct 29 : David Beckham is a true family man at heart. The soccer ace is planning to dish out 7 million pounds on a jet so that he can spend time with his family based in US while he plays in Europe.

The multi-millionaire soccer star is eyeing a top-of-the-range plane so that he can shuttle back and forth to US in between games, or even bring them to Europe.

Pals are urging the 33-year-old footballer to snap up a luxury Bombardier Learjet, and he is already in talks to sign a deal with AC Milan so that he can keep his fitness up while his American league shuts down.

Beckham’s friends believe that the only way for him to keep up with family life is to spend his extra earnings on a private jet.

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