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London - Manchester City midfielder Elano launched an stinging attack on manager Mark Hughes on Tuesday, demanding to know why he is being left out of the Premier League team.

Paris  - Following a series of mysterious attacks on railway infrastructure in the past week, police in France have arrested eight suspects, the Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.

London - Former England striker Andrew Cole will retire from playing football and is eyeing a coaching career, according to news reports on Tuesday.

London  - Britain’s QE2 luxury liner, which is to be turned into a floating hotel in Dubai, temporarily ran aground on its final call at its home port of Southampton, southern England, Tuesday.

Jerusalem  - Israelis were going to the polls Tuesday to elect new city councils and mayors for their hometowns.

Los Angeles - Superman made an unexpected late appearance in Boston to rescue the reigning NBA Champions.

Berlin - The mood among German investors remains downcast, a key indicator to be released Tuesday is forecast to show, with the survey representing a key test of sentiment in Europe’s biggest economy amid the fallout from the world financial crisis.

Hamburg  - Germany coach Joachim Loew will have some clear words to say to the squad he names Thursday for next week’s classic encounter with old rivals England.

Los Angeles - From Kenya to Kentucky, jubilant supporters of Barack Obama are naming their baby boys after the man who will become the leader of the free world on January 20.

Gorleben, Germany  - Fierce protests accompanied the arrival of a shipment of radioactive waste at a northern German long term storage site early Tuesday, one day behind schedule as thousands of anti-nuclear activists tried to hold up the transport.