Only inspectors torture in India, government told ‘Slumdog…’ makers

LONDON - The co-producer of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ says one of the best things to come out of the Oscar winning movie is the debate on poverty and torture that it has sparked in India.

Real Madrid determined to recover from Liverpool defeat

MADRID - Real Madrid are determined to recover from Wednesday’s 1-0 Champions Cup home defeat against Liverpool by scoring their 10th straight win.

Guantanamo detainee back in Britain amid torture claims

LONDON - The first prisoner to be released from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, since US President Barack Obama ordered a review of all detainee cases, arrived in Britain Monday alleging that he was subjected to ‘medieval’ torture in which British intelligence services had been complicit.

Barcelona defender Abidal out for two months

MADRID - Barcelona’s Eric Abidal will be out of action for around two months, after tearing the abductor muscle in his right thigh in Saturday’s shock 2-1 defeat at home to local rivals Espanyol.

Espanyol stun Barcelona, Real Madrid thrash Betis

MADRID - Barcelona suffered their second league defeat of the season in the Spanish Liga when they went down 1-2 at home to lowly Espanyol .

List of Oscar nominees

LOS ANGELES - The Oscars will be announced here Sunday night (Monday morning in India). The following is a complete list of Oscar nominees:

Best picture Oscar nominees

LOS ANGELES - The Oscars will be announced here Sunday night (Monday morning in India). The following have been nominated for the best picture Oscar:

Over 90 people killed as oil tanker catches fire

NAIROBI - Over 90 people were burnt to death when a fuel tanker from which they were siphoning off petrol burst into flames near Molo town in northwest Kenya, the police said Sunday.

Research on to explore superconductivity further: Nobel laureate

KOLKATA - Leading physicists are now working on projects to learn more about superconductivity by using ultracold atoms, Nobel winning physicist Wolfgang Ketterle said here Friday.

Moscow summit ‘last chance’ to resolve gas crisis: EU

BRUSSELS/MOSCOW/KIEV/BERLIN - Saturday’s gas summit between Russia and Ukraine is the ‘last and best chance’ for both sides to salvage their reputation as reliable suppliers, the European Union (EU) said Friday as it faced another freezing week.

Americans Butorac, Ram win Chennai Open doubles title

CHENNAI - Americans Rajeev Ram and Eric Butorac outplayed Swiss pair Jean-Claude Scherrer and Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4, in the final to annex the doubles title in the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament, here Sunday.

Somdev through to Chennai Open second round

CHENNAI - Somdev Devvarman kept Indian interest alive as he advanced to the second round of the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-3 win against American Kevin Kim, here Tuesday.