Berlin - Germans cannot be indifferent to anti-Semitism, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday at a Berlin ceremony to recall a 1938 pogrom against Jewish residents of Germany.

"Indifference is the first step towards endangering essential values," Merkel said during Germany's national memorial ceremony at the old synagogue in Berlin's Rykestrasse.

"Germany needs a climate that encourages moral courage," Merkel said. "Xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism must never be given an opportunity in Europe again."

She said this was just as true in Arab nations and in other parts of the world.

Kabul/Madrid - Two NATO-led Spanish soldiers were killed and four were wounded when a suicide bomber attacked their convoy in Afghanistan's western Herat province, Afghan and Spanish officials said Sunday.

The bomber rammed his explosives-laden van into a convoy of Afghan and NATO soldiers in the Shindand district on Sunday morning, Abdul Raouf Ahmadi, spokesman for police forces in western Afghanistan, said.

"According to our information two NATO soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in suicide attack that happened in Azizabad area," Ahmadi said, adding that an Afghan passerby was also wounded.

Madrid - Just how good will Josep Guardiola's Barcelona side become?

How many trophies will they win this season?

Will they reach the total of 100 goals in La Liga?

These are the questions being asked on Sunday - in Spanish newspapers, radio chats, blogs and bars - after Guardiola's slick side slaughtered hapless Valladolid 6-0 on Saturday.

Barca are the form team of Planet Football at the moment: solid in defence, exquisite in midfield - and devastating in attack.

Valladolid were torn to shreds despite the absence of Andres Iniesta, out for six weeks with a calf injury.

Melbourne, Nov 9 : The venue is an important part of a marriage, but now more and more couples are opting for a no-fuss wedding, choosing to tie the knot in a registry office.

This new trend has seen the Brisbane registry office become one of the most popular wedding venues in the state.

With the financial crisis going on, the registry office is fast becoming popular as a wedding venue for couples who want to save cash, seeing about 1300 couples wed at the inner-city venue during the past financial year.

In just the past four months 522 couples have pledged their marital vows there, increasing the number of marriages to 111 more than the same time last year.

London, Nov 9 : Staff at a Brit town hall have been banned from using the phrase "Singing from the same hymn sheet" as it could upset atheists.

Employees of the Salisbury council have been told that the religious implications of the saying, which has been in common phrasing for centuries, could offend non-believers. 

"Avoid office and council jargon wherever possible, including phrases such as ''moving forward'' and ''singing from the same hymn sheet''," the Telegraph quoted the Salisbury council as advising.

Besides the religious sounding phrase, other phrases like ''colour blind'', ''black'', ''British'', ''West Indian'' were also asked to be avoided as they could offend people.

London, Nov 9 : British/Canadian actress Kim Cattrall claims that US President-elect Barack Obama had come on to her during his campaign.