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After being denied an appeal on Friday to argue his case before the British Supreme Court, Gary McKinnon, who faces extradition to the United States for hacking into NASA computers, is making a last-ditch appeal to the country's Home Secretary Alan Johnson.

Shah Rukh Khan is both excited and nervous about My Name is Khan, which, he believes, is his biggest film till date. Khan essays the role of Rizvan Khan who has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism.

The American Psychiatric Association announced in February that the organization is revision the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV which helps health professionals identify mental health disorders. The fifth edition of the DSM will be officially released in 2013, but some of the new guidelines, especially for those that fall under the Autism Spectrum Disorders, propose that Asperger’s syndrome should not be a separate diagnosis from other autistic disorders generating a furry of comments and concerns.

Melody queen Asha Bhosle’s daughter Varsha Bhosle has been hospitalised after she made an attempt to commit suicide on Tuesday.

News about Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 contestant Poonam Yadav’s attempt to commit suicide on Saturday afternoon has left many shocked. Several rumors have been doing rounds since the unfortunate incident.

Russian woman Svetlana Pankrtova stunned the world for her longest legs of any woman recognized by Guiness World Records. British woman Mandy Sellars now also attracted the similar international attention for her own (gigantic) legs, but apparently the latter is not as lucky as the former. Mandy Sellars, 33, from Lancashire of England, suffers from an extremely rare disease called Proteus syndrome that left two of her legs weighing 92-98kg out of total body weight about 130kg.

Actor Gary Busey has apologised to television host Ryan Seacrest after gatecrashing his live red carpet interview with Jennifer Garner.

The Proteus Syndrome Foundation is a 501 (c)3 not-for-profit organization founded in 1993 and governed by a voluntary Board of Directors, most of whom are parents of a child with Proteus Syndrome. The main goals are patient and family support, public education, medical staff education, promotion and funding of research and ultimately the treatment and cure of Proteus Syndrome.

"My Name Is Khan" is about a Muslim who suffers from the Asperger syndrome, a form of autism that impacts social interaction abilities, and he is arrested as a suspected terrorist in post-9/11 Los Angeles after authorities mistake his disability for suspicious behaviour