SINGAPORE - AUSTRALIA'S Mark Webber became the second driver to halt practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday, the Red Bull driver crashing into the wall after setting the fastest time in the latter of two sessions.
In the first floodlit session for the night race, French rookie Romain Grosjean slammed his Renault into the barriers at the same place where Nelson Piquet deliberately smashed into the wall a year ago.
PITTSBURGH - THE Group of 20 approved a greater voice for Asian and Latin American countries in a historic shift that recognises the rising influence of both regions.
The leaders of the world's 20 largest economies were attending a two-day meeting dedicated to fostering a healthy global recovery, and European leaders were expected to secure a priority of their own: limits on bankers' bonuses.
PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) - POLICE in Pittsburgh have arrested 66 people after a night of battles with protesters who tried to march on a summit of the world's top leaders, the FBI said in a statement Friday.
Twenty-four people were arrested Thursday when groups of diehard youths refused to disperse when police used pepper spray and fired bean bag rounds to break up an unauthorised demonstration of around 1,000 protesters.
DISGRACED Formula One giants Renault have suffered another devastating blow with their main sponsors severing ties with immediate effect as the fallout from the Singapore race-fix scandal continues.
Dutch banking group ING dropped a bombshell by announcing in the early hours of Friday morning that its three-year deal would be terminated after the French car manufacturer was handed a two-year suspended ban.
