Nokia’s most advanced multimedia device N96, which has already made its debut in India and UK, has now been introduced in the US market.

The Nokia N96, which sports a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED Flash, offers a memory size of 16GB, which can be increased to 24GB with an optional microSD card, permitting users to store hours of media and entertainment on the go.

Madrid - The Spanish Interior Ministry has rejected a request for political asylum by Omar bin Laden, one of the 19 children of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, media reported Thursday.

The 27-year-old son of Osama bin Laden had argued that he did not feel safe in any Arab country.

Spain based its rejection partly on a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Interior Ministry sources were quoted as saying.

London - Liverpool will be hoping to regain top spot from Chelsea, for 24 hours at least, this weekend when they take on West Bromwich Albion in the latest round of fixtures in the English Premier League.

Rafael Benitez's side suffered their first defeat of the season last weekend when they went down 2-1 at Tottenham Hotspur and laboured to a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League in midweek.

But with Chelsea, who lead the table from Liverpool on goal difference, not in action until Sunday, the Anfield side know that three points will restore their place at the top and continue their impressive start to the season.

London, Nov 6 : Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton had an emotional homecoming at the McLaren headquarters where he expressed his gratitude to 1800 employee who contributed in shaping his future, and said he is not going to leave the F1 team.

“All of these trophies are your hard work. We’ve won together, we’ve lost together and now we are world champions,” The Telegraph quoted Hamilton, as saying.

Islamabad, Nov 6 : The brother of a Pakistani national imprisoned in India has made an appeal to his country’s President and Prime Minister to take up the case of his brother’s detention with the Indian government and make immediate efforts for his release.

Ihtishamul Haq Khokar told media persons in Islamabad that his brother Rizwanul Haq Khokar alias Bobi was jailed in India for the last 13 years, reported the Daily Times.

According to him, Bobi, a resident of Lahore, had gone to India on a valid visa, “but the Indian police arrested him and made fake cases against him in 1996”.

He was released in 1999 but again arrested and since then he was in prison, maintained the brother.

Herzogenaurach, Germany - Adidas, Europe's leading sporting goods manufacturer, withdrew its forecast for 2009 on Thursday after reporting higher turnover and stagnating earnings for the third quarter of 2008.

The brand with the three stripes said turnover from July to September was 3.08 billion euros (3.97 billion dollars), a growth of 4.8 per cent over the corresponding period a year ago.

Earnings before interest and tax came to 473 million euros, marginally higher than 2007's third-quarter figure of 471 million euros. Net income was 302 million euros.