Rome  - Serie A leaders Inter Milan beat tail-enders Chievo 4-2 Sunday to open up a nine-point lead on pursuers Juventus and AC Milan, who were due to play a classic tie later Sunday in Turin.

A brace from Zlatan Ibrahimovic moved the defending champions on to 39 points from 16 games, while Napoli lie level with Juve and Milan on 30 after a 3-0 defeat of Lecce on Saturday.

Fiorentina beat Catania 2-0, Genoa and Atalanta drew 1-1 in a game that the hosts ended with 10 men against a nine-man Bergamo side.

Oslo - House fires claimed ten lives across Norway this weekend, according to authorities.

Four bodies of people aged between 17 and 22 were found in the remains of a burned-out single-family home on the island of Hery on Sunday. The deceased had been attending a party in the house. Authorities said there might be further bodies, since 20 people had attended the party. No cause for the blaze had been established.

Bangalore, Dec. 14 : The Vice-President of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, on Sunday stressed the need for inspiring teaching and creating role models.

Agartala (Tripura), Dec. 14 : Tripura capital Agartala recently played host to a two-day conference on Community-based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR).

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Tripura Government organized the conference jointly, which was attended by representatives from the government, engineers, army, paramilitary, police personnel, students, teachers and NGOs.

New Delhi, Dec. 14 : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to reopen the Nanded bomb blast case.

Talking to reporters on Sunday here, CBI Director Ashwani Kumar said: "We have reopened the Nanded investigations."

The decision to reopen the case was taken after some leads emerged during the investigations into the Malegaon case in which eleven people, including Lt Col Shrikant Purohit, were arrested.

The CBI has also taken into custody Rakesh Dhawde, one of the accused in the September 29 Malegaon blast.

Khundroo, Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec. 14 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that normalisation of relationship with Pakistan would depend upon Pakistan's stopping to provide a safe haven to militant groups.

Addressing an election rally, Prime Minister Singh said: "Our desire to normalise relations with our neighbour will not get fulfilled until our neighbour prevents its land from being used for terrorist activities against India."