Berlin  - Germany was urged to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in a video believed to have been made by a member of the terrorist network Al-Qaeda.

A German-speaker wearing a black turban and facecloth that left only his eyes visible spoke in the 30-minute video, which was posted on the internet on Saturday.

The message, delivered by a man calling himself "Abu Talha, the German," was titled "Rescue Plan for Germany". It contained Arabic subtitles.

It made no direct threats against Germany, but said the country was "gullible and naive" to believe it could "emerge unscathed" from having the third-biggest contingent of foreign troops in Afghanistan.

Melbourne, January 18 : Paris Hilton has given up on men - if the heiress' intimate snaps with galpal Cheyenne Tozzi are to be believed.

The millionaire-heiress has sparked lesbian rumours after she was said to have showered all her attention on Tozzi while ignoring other surrounding guys as they trotted Sydney, Byron Bay and the Gold Coast together.

It was, however, in Byron that allegations of their being more than friends emerged, when Tozzi abandoned her other model friends to be with the socialite.

Mumbai, Jan. 18 : Veteran Bollywood director Yash Chopra was awarded the coveted Golden Peacock Award, considered as the holy grail of corporate excellence, here on Saturday.

The Golden Peacock Award is presented for excellence in quality, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, innovation, training, environment management, ecological leadership and business leadership.

This year, Yash Chopra was presented with this prestigious award for his valuable contribution to the Indian cinema.

New Delhi, Jan. 18 : Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen inaugurated an exhibition of figurative paintings here on Saturday.

Sen, dressed in exquisite black outfit, inaugurated painters Raghu Vyas''s solo show titled ''Krishna--Romantic fantasy in peacock forest''.

Various paintings like ''The Divine Saviour'', Angels in a Peacock forest and Krishna in the Lotus pond depict the grandeur and love that flows from Krishna (Hindu god).

San Salvador, El Salvador  - El Salvador's 4.2 million voters are began to voting Sunday to elect 262 city mayors and 84 seats in the national parliament in what is widely regarded as a test for th

London  - West Ham United eased their relegation fears with a 3-1 victory over Fulham on Sunday.

Mark Noble restored West Ham's lead from the penalty spot after Paul Konchesky had cancelled out David Di Michele's early opener.

Carlton Cole added a third to make the game safe with 14 minutes remaining.

The victory lifts West Ham to eighth, eight points off the drop zone.

Fulham, unbeaten in their previous nine, are three points behind but have two games in hand.

Forward Craig Bellamy was left out of the West Ham squad, apparently a reaction to the way he stormed out of training on Friday.