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British police face yet another probe into G20 summit behaviour

London - British police confirmed Saturday they were probing yat another case of possible excessive use of force in crowd control during the recent G20 summit in London.

A Scotland Yard spokesman declined to give details, but local media reports said it appeared to involve claims by a man who had been hit on the head and thrown to the ground by police.

Confirmation of the latest probe followed a report Friday that a second postmortem had revealed that man a who died after being pushed to the ground by police at the London summit died of internal bleeding, not a heart attack as previously said by police.

Two-goal Grafite keeps Wolfsburg clear of Bayern

Two-goal Grafite keeps Wolfsburg clear of BayernHamburg  - Brazilian striker Grafite scored both goals as leaders VfL Wolfsburg edged Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Saturday to stay three points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga.

A Luca Toni header gave defending champions Bayern a hard-fought 1-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld, while Mario Gomez struck a hat-trick as VfB Stuttgart ran out 3-0 winners at Cologne to move third.

Grafite hit the winner for Wolfsburg five minutes from time to give Felix Magath's side a 10th successive victory - equalling a record set by Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1987.

Middlesbrough deep in the mire after draw with Fulham

Middlesbrough deep in the mire after draw with Fulham London - Middlesbrough's hopes of avoiding relegation from the English Premier League suffered another blow on Saturday as they were held to a goalless draw at home by Fulham.

Victory could have lifted them out of the bottom three, but with Sunderland beating Hull City 1-0, they are now still four points away from safety, although they did move above Newcastle United into 18th place.

Djibril Cisse's goal, just before half-time, gave Sunderland all three points against Hull, who are now just two places above the bottom three themselves.

New and veteran performers chosen for German passion play

New and veteran performers chosen for German passion play Oberammergau, Germany - A psychologist and a press spokesman will portray Jesus in the next Oberammergau Passion Play, the play's director said on Saturday.

Frederik Mayet, 29, and Andreas Richter, 32, were selected from 1,800 villagers who applied to take part in the dramatic representation of Christ's suffering, death and resurrection.

The leading roles of Jesus, Mary and Judas are each filled by two actors for the five-month duration of the epic, which begins on May 15, 2010.

Dutch navy frees 16 Yemeni fishermen from pirates

Dutch navy frees 16 Yemeni fishermen from piratesNairobi/The Hague  - A Dutch naval unit Saturday freed 16 Yemeni fishermen and their vessel after boarding a boat used by Somali pirates to attack a tanker in the Gulf of Aden, a Dutch military spokesman said in The Hague.

He said nine pirates were briefly detained but then released after their weapons were seized. Pirates had been in a speedboat operating from the fishermen's dhow which they had been using as a "mother ship" after seizing it earlier in the week.

Grafite guns down Leverkusen to keep Wolfsburg on course

Grafite guns down Leverkusen to keep Wolfsburg on course Hamburg  - Brazilian striker Grafite scored both goals as leaders VfL Wolfsburg edged Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Saturday to stay three points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga.

A Luca Toni header gave Bayern a hard-fought 1-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld, while Mario Gomez struck a hat-trick as VfB Stuttgart ran out 3-0 winners at Cologne to move third.

Grafite hit the winner for Wolfsburg five minutes from time to give Felix Magath's side a 10th successive victory.

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