A US educational organisation has cancelled an event planned for a Mahatma Gandhi biography that was banned in part of India after reviews hinted the father of the nation’s independence had a homosexual relationship.

WIKILEAKS chief Julian Assange said in an interview published yesterday he had signed deals for his autobiography worth more than €1.4 million.

Former US President Bill Clinton is set to publish his memoirs – called My Life – in late June, it has been announced.