Jacob Cherian - All Headline News ContributorLucknow, India (AHN)--Dozens of villagers in Lalitpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh are withdrawing their applications for work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme after rumors that they will be sent to "Iraq and Iran" for work.

Prime Minister John Howard apologizes to the widow of the first Australian soldier killed in Iraq after she was accidentally shipped a stranger's body, instead of her husband's. The enfuriated widow of Private Jacob Kovco phoned Howard after the morbid mix-up was discovered late Wednesday.

A former German solider is bringing some German cuisine to war-torn Iraq. Gunter Voelker's menu features sausages, schnitzel, sauerkraut and beer. Dining patrons also are treated to authentic folk music of the Rhineland.

New York, NY (AHN)-In an upcoming interview in the New York Times Magazine, 69-year-old former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright reveals that she works out three times a week "and can leg-press up to 400 pounds. " When asked if she expects to remarry, Albright did not seem to optimistic, quipping, "I'm intimidating, don't you think?"