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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he intends to carry on as long as he remains healthy.

At 68, he is heading into his 24th season at Old Trafford where he has won 11 Premier League titles and two European Cups.

The short-term aim is to wrest the crown back from Chelsea after they pipped his side at the post last season.

He said: "A lot of factors come into most important things. I'm at the right club, it's a fantastic club, it demands a challenge all the time.

"Every day, every year there's the challenge of being at the top and that helps me. I think you need good natural energy and I've been blessed with that.

"I'm very fortunate about that so I'll keep going as long as my health keeps going. The same applies to every person. I'm 68 and so far my health's been standing up.

"If I have my health I can carry on. There will be a point when I do quit but I have absolutely no idea when that is.

"I tried that a few years ago and it was an absolute disaster. Agony. My wife made me change my mind and she was dead right.

"I think she was soon fed up with me in the house. Now when the time comes I think the club should be okay."

In an interview with CNN, Ferguson also defended the owners, the Glazer family, who have found themselves a target from the Green and Gold protest movement.

While United are the number on football club in the world on the Forbes Rich List with an estimated value of 1.84billion US dollars (£1.18billion), the debt is over £700million and that concerns supporters.

Ferguson said: "The debt has come through by the club being bought out by an owner. You know full well that when a business is bought it's usually bought with debt.

"Because it's a football club it seems to attract a more negative reporting from the media and from the fans. But Manchester United football club, when it went plc, it was always going to be bought.

"It was inevitable.

"So when a particular family like the Glazers have bought it, it's unfair they come in for criticism because anybody could have bought it.

"I have to say they've done their job well. They support myself, the manager, they've supported the players. I've never been refused when I've asked for money for a player.

"So what can I do other than carry on the way we're doing it and the way I'm allowed to carry on, I've no complaints."

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Miranda Kerr (who's quite pretty and who's modeled in a trillion Victoria's Secret fashion shows and appeared in countless lingerie catalogs but who kind of looks like Oblina from Ahh! Real Monsters!) is pregnant! She just married Orlando Bloom two nanoseconds ago, and now we might know why! It's because she's about to bless the universe with a model pirate! (Get it?! It's not even Friday!) She's telling all her model friends, one of whom said, "She poses in lingerie. It'll be obvious soon enough." Subtle!

Do you know who else is pregnant? Christina Applegate! She and her fiancé Martyn Lenoble dated two years before becoming engaged this past Valentine's Day, and are now making late night runs to Chipotle. The two met after Christina had a double mastectomy, from which Martyn helped her recover. She's said "'m very grateful to Martyn for coming along at a time that he did because he's been my rock through all of this. He gave me something to really want to live for and something to smile about," which is quite nice now because she's pregnant, and that's a little thing we in the English language like to call "forshadowing."

But do you know who else is pregnant? Emily Procter! In the past, she's been quoted saying she "can't wait" to get pregnant, so it's sweet that she and her partner Paul Bryan, are finally expecting. E Online reports Procter already knows the sex of the baby, but isn't telling which is not really that much fun for us. But she's the one who's going to have the stretchmarks, so maybe keeping it a secret will cancel out the unpleasantness that's expected in that area. As for her job on CSI: Miami, the writers aren't planning on incorporating the pregnancy into the show. So bring on the briefcases and random pillows that don't belong to a sofa or a bed!

And finally, Doutzen Kroes is also pregnant. She's a Victoria's Secret model also, and like the rest of them, she's totally thrilled! She and fiancé DJ Sunnery James are only three months in and their heads are already "in the clouds." Kroes plans to keep modeling until she's closer to her due date because Heidi Klum and Adrianna Lima made it the only thing to do that's cooler than embroidering "pink lady" on to the back of a member's only jacket.

After Sherlyn Chopra, it’s Mallika Sherawat who has posted nude picture on twitter. Undoubtedly, Mallika Sherawat is bold and hot. She has shed her inhibitions several times in Bollywood movies but this time, she went topless for the Hollywood flick, ‘Hissss’ where she is playing a snake woman.

The picture shows Mallika covering her boobs with long tresses. The film is yet to hit the theatre but the film has already caught many eyeballs for the ‘Murder’ girl's sexy move. The first look of the film that showed her getting into snake get-up was quite captivating. Then she walked the Cannes film festival with snake spiraled around her neck.

With the bare picture on twitter, she posted a tagline, "Is it too much?"

Directed by Jennifer Lynch, the film also stars Irrfan Khan and Divya Dutta.

Chandigarh, July 29 (IANS) A whole lot of independent cinema and a variety of mediums have made this a very good time for actors of all ages, especially those looking for meaningful roles, says respected film and theatre artist Shabana Azmi.

'Earlier we only had films or theatre, but now we have so many mediums for an actor; it is in fact a very good time. Actors of all age groups are getting meaningful roles and a good audience. Earlier there were very few roles for actresses above the age of 30 years, but now the scenario has changed,' Shabana told IANS in an interview here.

'Now there is a lot of independent cinema, giving many opportunities to artists of all age groups to play more realistic characters,' said the actress known for her power-packed performances.

Shabana, 59, who is married to poet-lyricist-scriptwriter Javed Akhtar, was here to take part in the Chandigarh Theatre Festival. Her play 'Broken Images', which was enacted Monday evening, received a huge response.

A five-time National Award winner, she is among the few Bollywood actors who have successfully featured in experimental as well as mainstream cinema.

Her films range from 'Ankur', 'Nishant', 'Arth', 'Masoom', 'Godmother' and 'Fire' to 'Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd', 'Sorry Bhai!' and 'It's A Wonderful Afterlife'. She has also dabbled in international films.

Speaking about her experience in theatre and films, she said, 'In cinema and theatre we get a different sense of satisfaction.

'In theatre, there are no retakes and films do not allow you to fake. Performing in theatre is always difficult as there always remains scope for error. Theatre demands a lot of patience and concentration. Besides entertaining, it is also a good medium of change in society.

'We have put in a lot of hard work in 'Broken Images' and audiences are appreciating it. We will take this play to the US in October and then to London,' stated Shabana.

About her dream role, Azmi said, 'There is no such role. But, yes, if I get a chance then I would love to play a historical character like Cate Blanchett in 'Elizabeth'.'

Born to poet Kaifi Azmi and stage actress Shaukat Azmi, Shabana is also very enthusiastic about her mother's biography 'Kaifi Aur Mein'.

' 'Kaifi Aur Mein' has been carefully constructed by (husband) Javed Akhtar, taking instances from my parents' life. It is very overwhelming for me to portray the character of my mother on stage. Even Javed shares the stage,' said Shabana.

'Many producers have expressed interest in it, but right now I cannot disclose anything more. The book has been also translated into English, namely 'Kaifi And I' and has been selected by 14 different universities in the US as part of their curriculum of South Asian studies,' said Shabana.

Shabana, who also runs an NGO for the welfare of slumdwellers, feels strongly against social evils like female foeticide.

'Both Punjab and Haryana are progressive states that are seeing development in all fields but the sad part is female foeticide is still in practice here. It is shocking that the desire for a male child is so great that people are killing the girl child. It is cold-blooded murder,' she said.

She said, 'We all have to stand together against this and stop seeing girls as a burden.'

'The number of maternal deaths of women every week in India is more than the total number of women dying in entire Europe in one year. We talk about GDP and economic growth, but all these figures will be wasted if we do not work on our human development index,' said Shabana.

Bengaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka will announce the Second PUC Supplementary Examination Results 2010 on July 30 at 9:00 AM IST.

One afternoon in 2008, as Glenda Hey, 61, was going about her business as a receptionist with the Oklahoma City Police Department, she noticed a faxed offer she couldn't refuse. "I just happened to pick it up," says Hey, who at the time was struggling to afford $545 a month in health insurance premiums. "The price jumped out at me." Health insurance for hundreds less—a deal that was about to expire. After filling out a brief application that asked for her bank account details, Hey was told her policy would start on Jan. 1, 2009.

But later that spring, when Hey experienced chest pain so severe that she was rushed to the hospital for five test-filled days, her finances took a devastating hit as she recovered. Even though $314 was being withdrawn from her account each month for premiums, she says, the company was refusing to pay the bill—which, at more than $31,000, totaled almost what she and her husband earn together in a year. After complaining to the state's insurance department, Hey heard some unsettling news. Nearly 70 other Oklahomans were in the same boat, one man with nearly $100,000 in unpaid claims. And the outfit they'd enrolled with appeared not to be licensed to sell insurance anywhere in the country.

Regulators now accuse the Tennessee-based entity, the American Trade Association, and affiliated firms of selling fake health insurance to at least 26,000 households in all 50 states; they raked in upwards of $14 million in premiums over a span of 16 months, according to court documents. More than a few of those dollars appear to have been spent on personal items such as cars, real estate, and loan payments, says Leslie Newman, Tennessee's insurance commissioner. At least 12 other states have taken action to stop the entities from operating. Although a Tennessee judge has ordered the liquidation of the companies, whose unpaid claims are estimated at more than $5 million, regulators aren't optimistic there will be much money left for victims like Hey, some of whose care has been covered by her hospital.

"They were using the money for their own personal benefit," contends Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland, who has been collaborating with other states to shut the firms down. Small claims were paid to maintain the appearance of legitimacy, she says, but when people developed serious health issues, like cancer, they were left with the bills. "As far as my clients are concerned, the facts that I have seen do not support that conclusion," says Nader Baydoun, an attorney who has been representing ATA and another company, Smart Data Solutions, throughout Tennessee's liquidation proceedings.

Hey's story is just one example of what regulators warn is a ballooning problem: health insurance scams. Given the economic slump, an unemployment rate around 10 percent with the attendant loss of health coverage, and rocketing monthly premiums, people desperate for protection are more likely to be baited by tantalizing offers through blast faxes, E-mails, or telemarketing calls. Indeed, bogus health plans are the biggest consumer insurance fraud to emerge from the recession, says James Quiggle, spokesperson for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, who cites a November survey his nonprofit conducted of 37 state fraud bureaus. "It's very dangerous out there," he says.

The recession isn't the only driver. Many Americans don't fully grasp the provisions of health reform, a vulnerability that scam artists are hurrying to exploit. Complaints in Missouri and elsewhere have described people going door to door posing as federal agents and peddling "ObamaCare" or other insurance policies supposedly made possible by the new law. In Illinois and Nevada, similar solicitations have been made by phone. "We hear of scammers saying, 'You got to buy now,' " or that everyone must be covered immediately lest they be fined, a requirement that won't take hold until 2014, says Scott Kipper, Nevada's immediate past insurance commissioner. Swindlers may even be using the threat of imprisonment for "noncompliance" as a scare tactic, some regulators warn.

"Unfortunately, this may just be the beginning of what may be a much more robust effort to take advantage of a comprehensive new piece of legislation," says Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. "A lot of people are eager to get some benefits and are not quite sure how to do that, [which] opens the door, I think, for some unscrupulous folks to—under the guise of 'I'm here to help you'—do all sorts of things." Soon after the bill's passage, Sebelius sent letters to all the state insurance commissioners and attorneys general to put everyone on high alert. "This is something that we're going to take very, very seriously," she says.

Democratic members of Congress seeking re-election this fall have been working overtime to fill their coffers for tough campaign fights. In fact, many have raised more money in this election cycle than ever before, in the face of what polls show is a growing anti-incumbent mood around the country.

But Democrats can't rest easy, particularly with their control of the House and, perhaps, the Senate now on the line. Republican challengers are narrowing the money gap in November's most contested races and widening their leads in open races. Second-quarter campaign fundraising reports show that, with their primaries behind them, challengers in the hottest Senate races are benefiting from the anti-incumbent sentiments, diminishing incumbents' monetary advantages.

In many of these races, incumbents are on pace to far exceed their previous fundraising totals. The GOP's No. 1 target, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, for example, has raised over $19 million in this campaign cycle, more than double what he raised in 2004. California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, facing millionaire businesswoman Carly Fiorina, has also raised $19 million, exceeding her 2004 final total of $16.7 million. [See who gives the most to Reid.]

Incumbents generally try to build up big campaign war chests to deter challengers or, failing that, to be ready to pay for an aggressive campaign. "Once a race gets close, the incumbent is already on the defensive," says Michael Malbin, executive director and founder of the Campaign Finance Institute, an organization affiliated with George Washington University in Washington, D.C. "Incumbents raise more in close races than in safe ones." [See which industries give the most to Boxer.]

And Senate Democrats are on the defensive. Among the 15 Senate races considered most in play, all threatened incumbents are Democrats. Those senators seeking re-election this year had a hefty lead in fundraising at the end of the first quarter, bringing in a total of nearly $56 million—about six times the $9.6 million raised by their Republican challengers. But in the second quarter, challengers stepped up their game, rivaling Democratic incumbents, with a reported $11.4 million to the Democrats' reported $12.6 million.

Most incumbents, with their fundraising head start and access to Washington's lobbyists, remain way ahead in terms of cash on hand. Reid, for instance, reports $8.9 million compared to GOP challenger Sharron Angle's $1.8 million. The question, says Malbin, isn't whether challengers can match incumbents dollar for dollar but if they can raise enough to cross the threshold amount needed for an effective campaign. [See a gallery of cartoons about the Tea Party.]

At this point, many challengers are putting up stiffer fights than their opponents are accustomed to facing. With more than three months still to go, challengers in some of the most contested Senate races have raised more money than the 2004 challengers to those incumbents raised in their entire campaigns. Nevada's Tea Party-backed Angle, who narrowly trails Reid in the polls, has raised more than $3.5 million, over five times the total for Reid's 2004 challenger. Perhaps more significantly, $2.6 million of Angle's donations came in the second quarter alone, a surge that topped Reid's $2.4 million in second-quarter receipts. Arkansas Republican John Boozman, who polls now put ahead of Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln, has received $1.5 million, more than eight times the total raised by Lincoln's 2004 challenger. In California, Fiorina's $10.6 million (half loaned from her personal accounts) is nearly $4 million more than the final total for Boxer's 2004 challenger. [See where Lincoln's campaign cash comes from.]

The partisan gap in fundraising decidedly favors the GOP in the 10 closest open-seat Senate races. Republicans in these battles ended the first quarter with a major fundraising lead and widened it considerably in the second quarter. GOP candidates had $65 million in receipts at the end of March, compared to around $35 million for Democrats. As of the end of June, that $30 million GOP lead had grown to $46 million. Furthermore, Republicans in those open races raised on average $2.2 million each in the second quarter, compared to the Democratic average of around $1.2 million.

New Delhi: The main opposition BJP and the Left parties have planned to intensify their protests against the Congress-led UPA government over the issue of rising prices on Thursday.

According to reports, senior BJP leaders including LK Advani, Nitin Gadkari and Sushma Swaraj will lead a protest march to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and hand over a memorandum to President Pratibha Patil over the issue.

The BJP leaders will also hand over 10 crore signatures collected from common people over the last few months against rising prices.

Meanwhile, the Left parties have planned to stage a sit-in inside the Parliament today to protest spiralling prices of essential commodities.

Confirming the development, CPI's D Raja and CPI M's Basudeb Acharia told reporters that they will hold the sit-in inside Parliament as the Left does not want to hold up the proceedings of the House.

The Left parties would soon chalk out their future course of action on how to take on the government on price rise.

Today’s protest by the BJP and the Left parties comes after Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar rejected the demand for Adjournment Motion and a voting on the issue.

The Speaker said price rise is a matter of concern and may be discussed in any form other than the Adjournment Motion.

"An Adjournment Motion is admitted on the failure of the government to perform its duty enjoined by the Constitution and the law…that is the not the case here," Meira Kumar said.

"I have heard them (the Opposition MPs). I appreciate the concerns of honourable members. It is a matter of concern to the Chair also… the House certainly needs to debate it but adjournment motion is not permissible," she added.

The announcement led to pandemonium in the House, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the Lok Sabha for the day. The Upper House, Rajya Sabha too was adjourned for the day over the same issue.