Brisbane, Australia - Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga recovered from a horror start to impose his game on fighting Finn Jarkko Nieminen for a 0-6, 7-6 (7-1),
7-6 (7-5) win into the quarter-finals of the Brisbane International on Wednesday.

The Frenchman looked like becoming an upset statistic like top seed Novak Djokovic the day before. But he took the contest in hand against 41st-ranked Niemimen, who won their only other encounter a year ago when the event was played in Adelaide.

London, January 7 : Enraged Lisa Marie Presley has expressed her fury at those trying to claim that her devastated pals John Travolta  and his wife Kelly Preston suspended their son's medication following their religion's anti-medicine theories.

The couple's 16-year-old son, Jeff, who began suffering from seizures at the age of two, was found unconscious in a bathroom in the family's holiday home in the Bahamas.

The youngster had later been taken to Rand Memorial Hospital, Freeport, where he was pronounced dead on January 2, and subsequent autopsy revealed `seizure' as the cause of his death, reports Sky News.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police have detained 13 people believed to be part of an international drug syndicate, a news report said Wednesday.

A Singaporean and Filipina woman, a Pakistani national, seven African men and three locals were all detained Monday at several locations including the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, said Zul Hasnan Najib Baharuddin, director of the Federal Narcotics Department.

The Singaporean national was about to board a flight to Hainan, China, when airport police discovered heroin concealed in her bag, he was quoted as saying by the official Bernama news agency.

New Delhi, Jan 7 : Continuing its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, India briefed more envoys on the recent Mumbai attacks in New Delhi on Wednesday.

A group of diplomats from various countries including the United States of America, Britain, Croatia and Switzerland met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

The envoys of Sri Lanka, Turkey and the Arab States, who were briefed on Tuesday, have condemned the terror attacks, which shook the Mumbai in November 2008.

Vienna - The price for oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countri

New Delhi, Jan 7 : The Government on Wednesday said that it might reduce the petrol and diesel prices in the next two to three weeks.

"We will try to reduce the prices of petrol and diesel in the next 2-3 weeks," Petroleum Minister Murli Deora told media persons at the AICC Headquarters here.

The government also said it may cut the price of cooking gas.

"There was loss on that count to the government," he said. However, he hinted at a reduction of Rs 20-25 per cylinder.