The German celebrity and the supermodel, Heidi Klum has invited the displeasure of the Hindu leaders in America by dressing up as Hindu goddess Kali for a Halloween party. Her husband, singer Seal, dressed up as Indian mythical character, Angulimaal, at the party thrown in New York by Klum herself, and attended by many celebrities.

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Hamburg - There were victories for most favourites in Thursday's UEFA Cup group games, with Serie A clubs AC Milan and Udinese being two of six club with two wins from two matches.

Former Champions League winners Milan needed a goal four minutes into injury time from substitute Ronaldinho to break down the Sporting Braga defence.

The other Group E game saw German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg come from behind to beat Dutch club Heerenveen 5-1 in the so-called Group of Death.

London (dpa) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke with US president-elect Barack Obama on the telephone, Brown's offices said late Thursday in London.

In the ten-minute conversation, the two leaders discussed the financial meltdown, the deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the peace process in the Middle East.

In addition, Brown spoke to US President George W Bush and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Los Angeles - The gloomy economy has cast a financial evil spell even over Disney's magic kingdom.

The entertainment giant reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit fell 13 per cent as tourists stayed away from its worldwide resorts and advertisers cut back on television spots.

The company, which includes the ABC network and ESPN sports channels, said that net income declined to 760 million dollars, or 40 cents a share, from 877 million dollars, or 44 cents, a year earlier. The results included a 92-million-dollar loss from the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy.

New York - Wall Street suffered big declines again Thursday, heaping losses in share prices on top of Wednesday's sharp selloff.

The two-day losses on benchmark US stock indices is now the sharpest since 1987.

Thursday saw news of continued heavy job losses in the US economy.

"We're a long way from the end of the economic challenges," Mike Morcos, an investment manager at Old Second Wealth Management, told the Bloomberg financial news agency. "Earnings next year are going to be significantly lower, and estimates are going to continue to come down."