London, Nov 24 : Brit pop and R&B singer Leona Lewis is in talks to join rapper Jay-Z and Beyonce for a celebration concert in honour of U. S. President-elect Barack Obama.

The inauguration concert for Obama will be held in Washington DC on January 20, and a million people are expected to attend and witness the event.

“Various inquiries have been made to Leona’s people about her availability on January 20,” the Sun quoted a source as saying.

“She’s had such a successful past year that joining in the festivities in Washington would be the icing on the cake for her.

London, Nov. 24 : Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger has said that he may recall axed skipper William Gallas if he apologises to his team-mates.

Defender Gallas was stripped of the captaincy and left out of Saturday’s defeat at Manchester City.

However, the Daily Express quoted Wenger as saying: “Cesc Fabregas will be available and maybe Gallas. We can change a captain without making a political issue. Of course, he has a future here but the less we talk the better.”

London, Nov. 24 : Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, has raised a storm of sorts by backing a proposal to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor said that even those who “come here illegally” must be treated with “respect and justice”.

London, Nov. 24 : Fresh links between Iran''s Revolutionary Guards and al-Qaeda have been uncovered following interception of a letter from the terrorist leadership.

According to The Telegraph, the letter exposes the rising role of Saad bin Laden, son of the al-Qaeda leader, Osama, as an intermediary between the organisation and Iran.

Saad bin Laden has been living in Iran since the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, apparently under house arrest.

London, Nov 24 : In a collaborative study, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, have developed a new strategy to predict the immunity of a vaccine without having to expose individuals to infection.

The multidisciplinary approach, which involves immunology, genomics and bioinformatics, is a breakthrough in the development of vaccines.

London, Nov 23 : British TV chef Gordon Ramsay has been exposed as a love rat after he was caught cheating behind his wife Tana’s back with Jeffrey Archer''s ex, according to reports.

Ramsay, 42, who had portrayed himself as a family man, had begun his affair with blonde Sarah Symonds, 38, seven years ago, and he was spotted meeting her for sex at a London hotel next to his popular restaurant, Maze, three days ago, the sources revealed.

The chef, who became a multi-millionaire promoting “Brand Ramsay”, had always shown himself to be a loving husband and father of four, and had even made claims during the time he was sleeping with Symonds that Tana, 33, is “the only woman who can turn him on”.