Frankfurt  - Protesters invaded the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Monday, chanting, waving banners and scattering leaflets.

Hamburg  - Lewis Hamilton heads into this weekend's final Formula One Grand Prix of the season at Interlagos in Brazil knowing a fifth-place finish will see him crowned the youngest ever F1 world champion.

Local favourite Felipe Massa of Ferrari is the main obstacle between Hamilton and the title, which could be the McLaren driver's regardless of what he does himself if Massa finishes third or lower.

Robert Kubica of BMW-Sauber is the only other driver in with a chance of the title but the Pole is nine points behind the McLaren man so needs to win the Brazil GP and hope both Hamilton and Massa finish out of the points.

Washington, Oct 27 : Ex-Aussie spin master Shane Warne hopes that leg spinner and Test captain, Anil Kumble would play in the third Test in New Delhi, starting on Wednesday at the Ferozshah Kotla ground.

Warne said Kumble, 38, deserved the chance to play in the last two Test matches, given that this could be his final series.

"Knowing what Anil is like, he''s very, very competitive - he''s a gentleman, but he''s very, very competitive deep down - and I''m sure he''ll fight back in this Test match and will be very dangerous," added Warne.

Moscow  - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet held talks with President Dmitry Medvedev and other top Russian officials at the Kremlin on Monday to boost trade and energy ties.

The talks including the head of Russian energy giant Gazprom Alexei Miller and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov were expected to touch joint development of Vietnam's offshore oil reserves.

"In the last years many good and successful projects have been realized between us. These have been in the oil and gas sphere, power industry and the mining sector," Medvedev told journalists ahead of the talks, news agency Interfax reported.

London, October 27 : Sir David Attenborough would not have expected that his visit to the zoo could coincide with staid frogs rekindling their desire and doing the needful.

Much to the surprise of the Reptile House keepers, the Mission Golden-eyed Tree frogs, that had seen three years without mating, produced between 40 and 50 offspring.

The keepers revealed that they had previously tried to get the carnivorous frogs in action but had failed though Sir David’s visit seemed to have brought back the charm amongst the amphibians.

Berlin - German business confidence plunged to its lowest level in more than five years in October, a key survey released Monday said, as the world financial crisis triggered panic selling on globa