Mexico City - The son of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim dismissed a report that his father was interested in buying the Honda Formula One team for the symbolic price of 1 dollar, the daily newspaper Reforma reported Sunday.
Reforma said it had received a statement dismissing the story from Carlos Slim Domit, son of the billionaire and second richest man in the world.
The Italian newspaper La Stampa reported earlier Sunday that Slim would have to invest some 300 million euros (421 million dollars) to finance the team next season
Honda announced earlier this month it was pulling out of F1 because of the escalating crisis in the automobile industry.
Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Israel on Sunday to do everything in its power to avoid civilian casualties in its military action in the Gaza Strip.
Steinmeier, in a statement released by his ministry, also called for an end to missile attacks on Israeli territory by militants loyal to the enclave's Hamas leadership.
The German minister discussed the deteriorating situation by telephone Sunday with European Union foreign policy supremo Javier Solana and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country takes over the rotating EU presidency on January 1.
Baghdad - At least six people were killed and 26 injured on Sunday in three separate suicide attacks in Iraq, police sources said.
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up in the middle of an anti-Israeli demonstration in the northern city of Mosul, killing two other people and injuring 16.
The demonstration was against the Israeli aistrikes on Gaza, which left around 300 dead. Most of the demonstrators were from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP).
Srinagar, Dec. 28 : The emerging trends of the Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly elections show that the National Conference (NC) and the People''''s Democratic Party (PDP) have taken early leads with 27 and 17 seats respectively.
The available trends at 12.30 p. m, however, are indicating a fractured mandate with the State Assembly poised for a hung Assembly.
Apart from the two leading parties National Conference (NC) and People's Democratic Party (PDP) Congress party was leading in 13 constituencies followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party in 11.
The available trends from 82 of the 87 seats showed NC (27), PDP (17), Cong (13), BJP (11) and others (14)
New Delhi, Dec. 28 : The Congress party will hold a meeting in the national capital today to take stock of the results of Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly Elections.
The trends indicate that there would be a hung Assembly and the State is heading for a coalition government. According to trends available in the afternoon, the National Conference is leading in 28 seats, the People's Democratic Party in 21, the Congress in 17 and the Bharatiya Janata Party in 11. Others, including independents are leading in ten constituencies.
Baghdad - At least six people were killed and 26 injured on Sunday in three separate suicide attacks in Iraq, police sources said.
