Washington, Dec 9 : Hollywood actor Daniel Craig has dismissed reports that he will be playing the role of the Norse god Thor in a movie adaptation of the Marvel comic book.

It was earlier claimed that the ‘Casino Royale’ actor would be playing Thor in the adventure project.

However, Daniel has denied the reports, insisting he has no intensions to do the role.

"No. It doesn''t interest me at all,” Contactmusic quoted Daniel, as telling Access Hollywood.

Athens - A crucial European Champions League match between Panathinaikos Athens and Anorthosis Famagusta was due to go ahead as planned on Tuesday night after security guarantees were given by the authorities in the riot-plagued Greek capital.

The European Football Union UEFA gave the nod after meeting earlier in the day with police representatives and officials from both clubs.

Chicago, Dec. 9 : US President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden will meet former Vice-President Al Gore at their Chicago transition headquarters on Tuesday to discuss energy and climate change and "how policies in this area can stimulate the economy and create jobs."

According to the Washington Times, the meeting is private, but the transition team will allow a small group of reporters and photographers to be in the room briefly before the meeting begins.

Washington, Dec 9 : Hollywood actor Jim Carrey was left in pain when he broke his rib while shooting for his upcoming flick ‘Yes Man’ opposite Molly Sims.

The ‘Bruce Almighty’ actor was so overzealous while filming a scene with Molly that he ended up badly injuring himself.

Although Carrey was in great pain after the injury, he didn’t budge from the set before completing the filming of the scene.

Harare/Johannesburg - A group of senior United Nations officials has arrived in Zimbabwe to lead efforts to combat a devastating cholera epidemic, answering an appeal by President Robert Mugabe's government last week for help.

At least 575 people have died and over 12,000 people been infected in a cholera outbreak that began in sewage-drenched poor urban townships in August.

Because those figures do not include people who died at home, the real toll is thought to be much higher.

The state-controlled daily Herald newspaper said Tuesday that five World Health Organization (WHO) experts arrived from Geneva on Monday.

Washington, Dec 9 : A new image from NASA''s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of dusty material.

The image is of a stormy region, called M17, or the Swan nebula.

The picture provides some of the best examples yet of the ripples of gas, or bow shocks, that can form around stars in choppy cosmic waters.

"The stars are like rocks in a rushing river," said Matt Povich of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.