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GENEVA (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and several more injured when a bus and car collided in a highway tunnel in Switzerland on Saturday, police said. More bodies were expected to be found in the tunnel, they said. The crash occurred in the tunnel at Viamala on the A13 motorway in the eastern region of Grisons, near the border with Italy and Austria. Some vehicles were partially bu ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Portsmouth went top of the English Premier League after winning 1-0 at Charlton Athletic at lunchtime on Saturday with Lomana Lua Lua scoring the only goal after 74 minutes. Portsmouth have won four of their opening five games and drawn the other and have yet to concede a goal this season. They moved ahead of Manchester United, who play Arsenal on Sunday, and Everton, who play Wigan Athletic later on Saturday. The only goal came when Lua Lua, who came on as a 64th minute su ...

By Tim Gaynor LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Lane barrelled into Mexico's Sea of Cortez on Saturday, threatening to lash a popular tourist resort with high winds and heavy rain after killing a small boy in a rockslide in Acapulco. Gathering power swiftly, Lane packed winds of almost 120 mph (195 kph), blowing down trees in the city of Manzanillo as it churned north-northwest along the coast. Lane steamed towards the northwestern state of Sinaloa as it turned into a Category 3 storm,  ...

By Stephen Brown VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims were offended by a speech on Islam that provoked fury around the world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic church to apologise, an aide said on Saturday. "The Holy Father is very sorry that some passages of his speech may have sounded offensive to the sensibilities of Muslim believers," said Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone in a statement. The worst crisis since Benedict was elected in Apr ...

By Yoko Nishikawa and Swaha Pattanaik SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Group of Seven rich nations urged China on Saturday to let its currency rise faster to help ease perilous imbalances in trade and backed a rise in the yen to reflect Japan's strengthening economic recovery. In a statement issued after an afternoon of talks, G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs complained that large emerging economies were not pulling their weight in the collective management of the global economy. But Bei ...

By Stephen Brown VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Muslims on Saturday he was sorry they had found his speech on Islam offensive, expressing his respect for their faith and hoping they would understand the "true sense" of his words. "The Holy Father is very sorry that some passages of his speech may have sounded offensive to the sensibilities of Muslim believers," Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said in a statement. The statement came amid mounting anger from Mu ...

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Muslims on Saturday he was sorry they had found his speech on Islam offensive, expressing his respect for their faith and hoping they would understand the "true sense" of his words. "The Holy Father is very sorry that some passages of his speech may have sounded offensive to the sensibilities of Muslim believers," Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone said in a statement.

By Yoko Nishikawa and Sumeet Desai SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Group of Seven rich nations took aim at China on Saturday, urging Beijing to let its currency rise faster to ease imbalances in trade and capital flows that pose one of the biggest risks to global growth. In a statement issued after an afternoon of talks, G7 finance ministers and central bank chiefs complained that large emerging economies were not pulling their weight in the collective management of the global economy. But Beijing, ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's new manager Talat Ali hopes to instil a new sense of discipline within the team, and will urge players to respect umpires and avoid on-field dissent. Ali, a former International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee, replaced former test captain Zaheer Abbas, who was sacked following last month's controversial England tour. "I will tell the players to follow the Code ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Former England captain David Beckham has said he will fight to win back his international place after being dropped by new manager Steve McClaren following this year's World Cup. Beckham told the Daily Mirror McClaren had contacted him before last month's friendly against Greece to tell him he had been left out of the England squad. "I know people said I should have seen it coming," Beckham said. "But I never saw it coming. It was a total shock. It's a terrible feeling not p ...