Sana'a, Yemen - Yemen has agreed to host Somalia's former President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed who resigned last month amid an internal power struggle, but no asylum has been granted to him yet, a senior Yemeni government official said on Wednesday.

The official said the ex-head of state, who arrived in Sana'a on Tuesday, has not applied for political asylum in Yemen.

"He expressed his wish to live in Yemen, but no permanent asylum has been discussed yet," the official told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Gandhinagar, Jan 21 : The Special Investigation Team (SIT), re-investigating into nine post- Godhra riot cases is expected to submit its report to Supreme Court by February 15.

The Supreme Court formed the five-member SIT to re-investigate the Godhra train burning case and some post-Godhra riot cases.

Several prominent leaders like, Maya Kodnani of BJP and Jaydeep Patel of Vishwa Hindu Parishad are at the center of investigation, following many witnesses naming them in their statements in the Naroda Gam riot case.

Dusseldorf - Champions Bayern Munich will defend their Bundesliga title this season, all the German league's coaches say in a poll by Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Although Hoffenheim lead the table on goal difference over Bayern (both 35 points), none of the coaches predict the promoted side will stay the course.

Former Bayern coach Felix Magath, now in charge of Wolfsburg, said: "Bayern will win, despite their initial difficulties. They have the strongest squad and will profit from the experience they have playing for titles."

New York, Jan 21 : Pop star Shakira was left stunned when President Barack Obama remembered she

Portimao, Portugal - The mood has been sober during Formula One testing this week on the Portuguese Algarve with many of those involved in the sport more concerned about merely making it through the 2009 season than the upcoming battle for championship points.

"It's about surviving," said Renault team principal Favio Briatore candidly at the circuit in Portimao, where testing by five F1 teams continues until Thursday. "We have never had such a critical moment as this one."

Dubai, Jan 21 : Winner of Miss United Kingdom 2008 Lisa Lazarus has set her heart on Bollywood, and is even defending it from people who say that the Indian movie industry is second best to Hollywood.

Foreign actors, who set their sights on Bollywood, are said to be has-beens or Hollywood rejects, but Dubai-based Lazarus believes otherwise, and says that some people think so because they are jealous.

"I became aware of these misgivings only when I landed in India. But the way I see it, these are the thoughts of people who don''t understand Bollywood," the Gulf News quoted her as saying.