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CALCUTTA, India - More than 60 people were injured and dozens of vehicles set ablaze in eastern India when an angry mob demonstrated after a radio host made derogatory comments about the winner of the popular television show "Indian Idol," officials said Saturday. The violence broke out Friday when supporters of Prashant Tamang , the recent winner of the TV singing competition, took to the streets of Siliguri, a town in the eastern state of West Bengal, to protest what they perceived as a radio show host's ethnic slur against Tamang, said state police official R.J.S. Nalwa. Tamang is an Indian citizen of Nepalese origin. The protesters apparently blocked a road and refused to let an ambulance carrying a patient pass, which led to clashes between Tamang's supporters and a group accompanying the ambulance, said Nalwa. Intervening police had to fire their weapons and use batons and tear gas in self-defence, said Nalwa. Twelve police officers were injured, he said. Autho

Gisele Caroline Nonnenmacher Bündchen (born July 20, 1980), is a Brazilian supermodel who has been acclaimed as the highest-paid model in the world. Since her introduction onto the fashion scene in the 1990s she has appeared in countless billboards and magazine covers, as well as numerous TV and print ads. Bündchen is currently the face of more than 20 brands from different countries such as United States, Russia, Brazil, Italy, France, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, South Korea, Germany and Switzerland. According to Forbes, she made $33 million in 2006, adding to her estimated $150 million fortune. She is currently listed in Guinness World Records as the "world's richest supermodel" .

ELSINKI — The luxury unit of Nokia has started selling a phone designed jointly with Ferrari for about 18,000 euros ($25,400) at its stores in London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore, it said on Thursday. The Vertu unit produced the Ascent Ferrari 1947 phone to celebrate Ferrari's 60th anniversary. "We worked very closely to develop this limited edition of 60 phones. Detailing on the phone is inspired by detailing on a number of Ferrari cars," said Vertu spokeswoman Elizabeth Maragh. Luxury goods segments are benefiting from fast economic growth in countries such as China, India and Russia, while Middle East markets have strengthened as a boom in commodity prices has increased incomes. Nokia and other cellphone manufacturers are increasingly teaming up with designers. Earlier this week Italian designer Giorgio Armani joined forces with Samsung Electronics to design a television and a mobile phone. Designers Dolce & Gabbana have teamed up with Motorola for a gold-col

Yes, they are dressed in black. Yes, they carried a sword and a dagger. However, unlike the reporter and cop in this video , those are who educated in the ways of the ninja know a ninja cannot be caught on tape. Two women disguised as ninjas and armed with a sword are being hunted by police after they held up a petrol station . Police said the two women tied up the cashier before escaping with cash, lottery tickets and cigarettes. Reports said one was carrying a samurai sword, while the other had a dagger. They were dressed all in black, apart from white gloves - but the way they moved around the shop indicated the ninja training only went as far as the costumes.

1010 bikini clad women posed on Sydney's Bondi Beach in an attempt to claim a world record for the biggest swimsuit photo shoot . Bondi lifeguards turned their ocean-front headquarters into a dressing room to allow each women to change into her bikini. The skimpy swim wear made its debut in 1946. Hoping it would be worn by beautiful "bombshells", the designers named it after Bikini Atoll, an atomic bomb test site in the Marshall Islands. The stunt was organized by women's magazine Cosmopolitan and a Razor company . Click on the images to get better picture.

DO some revision on the hottest guys in rugby union ahead of the World Cup. 1. Spunk ... Augustin Picot of Argentina 2. Hunk ... Brian Carney of Ireland 3. Hero ... Johnny Wilkinson of England 4. Tattooed ... Lote Tuqiri of Australia 5. Young ... Daniel Carter of New Zealand 6. Captain ... George Gregan of Australia 7. Tall ... Marco Bortolami of Italy, right

Apple has warned that anyone attempting to unlock their iPhone to use with an unauthorised mobile network could find their phones irreparably damaged . The company said that modified mobiles would become "permanently inoperable" once Apple updates were installed. It follows a flurry of hacks claiming to unlock the phone, which is tied into the US AT&T network and O2 in the UK. Apple has denied that it is "doing anything proactively to disable iPhones that have been hacked or unlocked".