Tirana - Albanian rescuers recovered three bodies from the rubble of a collapsed building Monday, as meanwhile police took nine people into custody in connection with the accident.

A 12-year-old girl, her mother aged 38 and an elderly woman, 65, were killed Sunday afternoon when their five-storey building collapsed in Gjirokaster in southern Albania.

Though all of the tenants were accounted for, firefighters continued sifting through the wreckage. Reports said 20 people were injured.

Sofia  - Workers at the Kremikovtzi steel mill in Bulgaria launched a further protest Monday, demanding backlogged salaries and a programme to save the company from liquidation.

Apart from salaries unpaid since July, labour unions want the state, which holds a 25-per cent stake in the bankrupt mill and holds most of its liabilities, to step in and save it from liquidation.

The majority-71-per-cent stake belongs to Pramod Mittal, the brother of the Indian-born steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal.

Hamburg - Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has escaped the wrath of German football authorities following some outspoken criticism of a referee, but two others may not be so fortunate.

The German Football Federation (DFB) said its control panel would be investigating both Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp and Werder Bremen striker Claudio Pizarro following incidents in the weekend's Bundesliga matches.

Prague - The Czech Republic's inflation and jobless rates were down in October as the central European country braced for a fallout of the global financial crisis, government data showed Monday.

The annual inflation rate dropped to 6 per cent in October, from 6.6 per cent in September, mainly due to a slower rise in transport and food costs, the Czech Statistical Office said.

Analysts expect the country's inflation to drop by half next year, which would allow the central bank to further cut borrowing costs that have been the lowest in the European Union.

New Delhi, Nov 10 : The German wine-maker, Langguth Wine and Spirits, is looking for an Indian partner to set-up a joint venture in the country.

Helmut G Seibert, the Executive Director of the company reveals, "Yes, this is one point we are thinking at the moment. We look at the growing wine culture in India."

Though, he declined to reveal other details, "At the moment, this year…it''s little bit early to say anything more about it but possibly next year, we''ll be able to tell more on this."

Male, Nov 10 : Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari has arrived in Maldives’ capital Male on a two-day visit, where he will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected President of Indian Ocean Island Republic, Mohammed Nasheed on Tuesday.

Forty-one-year-old Nasheed was elected as the President of Republic of Maldives in the first ever multi-party Presidential elections held on October 28, this year. He defeated Maumaoom Abdool Gayoom, who was undisputed ruler of the Maldives for 30 consecutives years.

Today, Ansari will take part in the reception hosted by the Indian High Commission.