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London, June 21 : British tennis star Andy Murray is confident of a good show at this year’s Wimbledon and is optimistic about his chances of claiming the first grand slam title.

“I feel like I''m better equipped to win a grand slam this year than I was last year. And yeah, I think I have a chance of winning, but I understand how difficult that is to do,” the Telegraph quoted Murray, as saying.

However, he insists that the absence of defending champion Rafael Nadal does not guarantee an easier run to the final at the All England Club.

London, June 21 : An imminent departure of Cristiano Ronaldo has thrown Manchester United’s Asian tour into chaos, as some of the fans in the Far East have even asked for their money back.

Manchaster United is due to play in Malaysia, Indonesia, Korea and China next month in lucrative pre-season friendlies.

But, the 80-million-pound-man Ronaldo, who is planning to leave for Real Madrid, is unlikely to be touring with his current teammates.

Tehran/Berlin - Iranian state television reported Sunday that there were 13 dead in Saturday's street clashes between government security forces and opposition demonstrators.

In some of the first details emerging to the outside world- amid an ongoing official clampdown on press reporting - reports also said that two petrol stations were burned down and that a military barracks had been attacked.

Tel Aviv - A new Tel Aviv vegan bar run by anarchists bans products made in settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and denies entry to Israeli soldiers in uniform, the Ha'aretz daily reported Sunday.

The bar does not seek to make a profit and its founders, an "anarchist collective", say they hope it will bring together left-wing activists, environmentalists, and other such folk, under the banner of cheap drinks and fair trade products.

Baghdad - Iraq will continue to press its neighbours and the world to forgive billions of dollars in debt accrued by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi lawmaker said Sunday.

"The Ministry of Finance and the parliament will move to close the file of Iraq's national debt completely by asking countries to cancel 100 per cent of it," Iraqi legislator Ahmed al-Alwani told Baghdad's al-Sabbah newspaper in remarks published Sunday.

London, June 21 : Massive irregularities have been unearthed in Britain’s immigration system with a shocking disclosure that more than one in every three successful visa applications from Pakistani citizens “lacked credibility”.

According to a secret internal report, which has been now leaked to The Sunday Times, travel permits were given to thousands of Pakistanis to visit Britain without even the most basic checks and investigations.