United Nations observers monitoring the turmoil in Syria suspended operations on Saturday in response to escalating violence which threatens to kill off a tattered peace plan brokered by international mediator Kofi Annan.

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi declared Saturday that the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation.

Wayne Rooney is finally ready to burst into life at the European Championship.

Barcelona have signed six-year-old Brazilian prodigy Artur Miani to the Catalan club's La Masia football program.

AITA picked Paes and Bhupathi for the London Olympics, rejecting Bhupati's insistence on being paired with Bopanna.

Heart, liver and kidneys of a brain dead child donor under six years of age were successfully transplanted.

Bhupathi and Bopanna lost their quarter-final match, while Paes and Anderson failed to clear the second-round hurdle.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and an investigation was underway in the matter.

Sixty-one others were injured in three road mishaps in different parts of Rajasthan.

The agency said on Friday that it sees Nokia's restructuring as necessary for it to return to profitability.