India has refused to grant landing rights for German airline Lufthansa's A-380 aircraft in the capital New Delhi, a German daily said on Friday.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported in a

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has played down fears that a tax wrangle could jeopardise next month's inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix.

The Briton, who is chairman of the teams' associatio

Asian stocks fell on Friday as a $447 billion jobs package from U.S. President Barack Obama failed to entice investors back into equities amid concerns that political wrangling could see it watered do

The morale at Arsenal is high with the new players at the club ready to get the season up and running, manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday before his team look for their first Premier League win of t

Top-seed Caroline Wozniacki overcame a late wobble to defeat German 10th seed Andrea Petkovic 6-1 7-6 on Thursday and set up a U.S. Open semi-final showdown against her role model, Serena Williams.

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Top seed Novak Djokovic advanced to the semi-finals of the U.S. Open on Thursday when his Serbian Davis Cup team mate Janko Tipsarevic retired in the fourth set of their quarter-final match.

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A French court handed out a 6,000 euro suspended fine to John Galliano on Thursday after finding him guilty of anti-Semitic behaviour, marking the end in a fall from grace for the former head designer of fashion house Dior. For

Hungary has produced a provocative video advertisement to encourage more people to fill out its national census online next month.

In a video posted on social networking sites on Wednesday, a topless

Seven dogs starved of food and water for two weeks are suspected of eating their Indonesian owner after he returned to his hometown in Manado from a holiday, local media reported on Tuesday.

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Muammar Gaddafi was last tracked heading for Libya's southern border, the man leading the hunt for the deposed leader told the media, and French and Niger military sources said scores of vehicles carr