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New Delhi - Japanese auto major Nissan is recalling 9,000 units of its compact car Micra and mid-sized sedan Sunny in India to replace defective airbags as part of a global recall.

The recall will cover cars manufactured between 2008 to 2012 that use safety airbags made by its supplier Takata.

"Nissan plans to begin notifying customers soon. Nissan dealers will replace the driver airbag inflator with a correctly manufactured part at no cost to the customers for parts or labour," a Nissan India spokesperson said.

The global recall of 2,60,000 units by the Japanese auto major affects models, including Note, March/Micra, Sunny/Almera/Versa, Patrol and Cube.

Washington, Oct 25 - NASA scientists have recently identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn's moon Titan, that was similar to exotic clouds found far above Earth's poles.

Carrie Anderson, a Cassini participating scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and lead author of the study has said that the idea that methane clouds could form this high on Titan was completely new and nobody had considered that possible before.

The mysterious bit of atmospheric fluff, researchers have determined contained methane ice, which produced a much denser cloud than the ethane ice previously identified there.

Paris: Ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the French Open Super Series after going down to World No. 2 Shixian Wang of China in a hard-fought women's singles quarterfinal contest here.

Seeded fifth, Saina posed a quite a challenge to her Chinese rival but in the end it was a case of so close, yet so far for the Indian who lost 19-21 21-19 15-21. The battle lasted an hour and 10 minutes here last night.

Having lost the opening game, the world number six Indian bounced back to snatch the second but failed to sustain the pressure in the deciding game against a superior opponent.

New York: Gold edged lower on Friday and closed down for the week as rallying equity markets and strong U. S. economic data dented demand for the precious metal as an insurance against risk.

Sales of new U. S. single-family homes rose to a six-year high in September, but a sharp downward revision to August`s sales pace indicated the housing recovery remains tentative.

Bullion notched a 0.5 percent weekly loss, after two consecutive weekly rises driven by renewed worries about global economic growth.

London, Oct 25 - British number one Andy Murray recorded a hard-fought win over Kevin Anderson at the Valencia Open to boost his hopes of qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals.

Murray won 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semifinals, where he will face Spain's David Ferrer in a key contest in terms of ATP Finals places.

Top seed Ferrer beat Thomaz Bellucci 6-1, 6-2 and will meet Murray for the third week in a row on Saturday. The Spaniard is 10th in the Race to London, two places behind Murray, The BBC reported.

Washington - 'Twilight' star Kristen Stewart has revealed that she has decided to take a break from acting for a while.

Stewart, 24, has been promoting her latest movie 'Camp X-Ray', which has been playing successfully on the festival circuit all year. The actress says that she has made this decision in recent weeks after working constantly for the last two years, reported USA Today.

"I'm taking some time off because I've been working for two years. I'm an actor and that's my art form, and because I started that so young, I've always felt intimidated and insufficient when I think about other forms of art I want to create. I'm going to take so much time off," she said.