BANGKOK (AFP) - Philipp Petzschner sprang the first upset of the Thailand Open with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) defeat of error-prone Russian Marat Safin on Tuesday. The world-ranked 131 German reached the second round at the ATP level for the fourth time this season as he caught a frustrated Safin ...

JAIPUR (AFP) - Paceman Brett Lee said on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming Test series that Australia would not be intimidated in cricket-mad India despite the lack of experience in the touring squad. Skipper Ricky Ponting and batsmen Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke and Simon Katich are the only ...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday stressed the need for "global leadership" as he pressed world leaders not to pursue narrow national interests in the face of hard economic times. "I see a danger of nations looking more inward, rather than towards a shared future," he said ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Dark thriller "Lakeview Terrace," starring Samuel L. Jackson as a cop who torments his neighbours, topped the North American box office over the weekend, final figures showed Monday. The film, also starring Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington as the inter-racial married ...

LONDON (AFP) - Global equities were hit Tuesday by growing doubts about prospects for a US bailout package aimed at rescuing battered financial institutions and averting economic meltdown. US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged Congress on Tuesday to ...