New Delhi, Nov 1 : The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a demonstration in New Delhi on Saturday protesting against the serial blasts that rocked Assam on October 30 leaving over 70 people dead.

The VHP activists blamed the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government for its failure to contain the militant attacks in the country.

Sao Paulo  - Fernando Alonso was fastest in the final practice session ahead of qualifying later Saturday for Sunday's Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix.

The Renault driver clocked a time of 1 minute 12.141 seconds in for the 4.309-kilometres lap at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo.

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren-Mercedes was second fastest, 0.071 seconds slower than Alonso, with McLaren teammate Heikki Kovalainen third quickest.

Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Hamilton's world championship rival, was fourth quickest on the circuit.

Ankara - Two people were injured in an explosion in the south-eastern Turkey city of Hakkari Saturday, a day before Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was scheduled to visit the city, the Anadolu news agency reported.

The cause of the explosion at the Hakkari offices of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) was not immediately known.

Tensions in the predominantly Kurdish-populated south-east Turkey have been high in recent weeks with a number of protests against the government ahead of local elections next year.

Moscow - Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi, speaking Saturday on the first full day of his visit to Russia, said the visit was giving a fresh impulse to relations between Moscow and Tripoli.

Cooperation in the energy sector was of particular importance at the moment, he was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying during a meeting with president Dmitri Medvedev.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was meanwhile quoted as saying talks on arms sales to Libya would take more time.

Guwahati, Nov 1 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi visited the victims of Assam blasts at a hospital in Guwahati on Saturday.

Dr. Singh and Sonia arrived in Guwahati this afternoon and drove straight to the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital to meet the injured in the serial blasts of October 30.

There was tight security around the hospital.

They will also visit Guwahati Medical College Hospital to know the well being of the injured admitted there.

Berlin  - Germany plans to contest an Italian court ruling in order to head off new claims for damages arising from Nazi atrocities during World War II, officials said Saturday.

"The government intends to obtain a clarification on the issue from the International Court of Justice," a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in Berlin.