(PEOPLE.com) -- Kelsey Grammer isn't wasting time when it comes to settling down with his new love.
The actor, 55, plans to wed girlfriend, Kayte Walsh, 29, at the end of February in New York, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
The wedding plans are already in motion and "it's going to be beautiful," according to the source.
Grammer is not yet divorced from "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Camille Grammer, 42. However, the couple have a hearing set for February 7 at which Judge Maren E. Nelson will consider granting Kelsey's request to be declared legally single again.
The "Frasier" star has been keeping mum on wedding details, but has said he's eager for a private ceremony surrounded by friends.
"Kayte and I are marrying because we are engaged, and we are engaged because we are in love and see no reason to postpone our happiness any longer,"he told PEOPLE in December.
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(CNN) -- Thailand's Prime Minister has called on leaders troubled by civil unrest to exercise restraint, less than a year after a bloody military crackdown on the streets of Bangkok.
Abhisit Vejjajiva sent in government troops to quell long-running Red Shirt protests in the Thai capital last May. Ninety-one people died and hundreds were injured in the street battles that followed.
But as thousands gathered on the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez to demand an end to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-rule, Abhisit -- speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -- told CNN leaders should respect the wishes of their people.
Abhisit said as long as demonstrators did not resort to violence, governments had a responsibility to restrict the use of force.
"When the protesters were peaceful [when they] were exercising their constitutional rights, there was absolutely no need for any kind of force to be used.
"Unfortunately in the protests in April and May there was violence -- grenades launched, invading hospitals and so on -- and we had to make sure that order had to be preserved."
He told CNN: "For us what was important, we needed to enforce the law [and] at the same time, we had to exercise the utmost restraint, and try to address whatever legitimate grievances these people on the streets had."
"I hope that in a number of countries, they will be able to do the same."
Asked to offer advice to Mubarak, the Thai PM said: "He should just respect the key principles of governance, respect the wishes of the people, and at the same time do his duties."
Thailand's Red Shirt protesters took to the streets to call for the return of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a coup in 2006.
As the demonstrations raged, Abhisit's government imposed a state of emergency, putting the military in charge of security. It was lifted in December.
Abhisit has pledged to hold fresh elections before the end of this year.
Tuncay Sanli has confirmed he is holdings talks with Wolfsburg ahead of a proposed move to the Bundesliga club from Stoke.
The Turkish striker revealed in a brief statement on his official website that he has travelled to Germany for contract negotiations and a medical.
Stoke boss Tony Pulis said yesterday they had received an offer from Wolfsburg. Tuncay would link up with former England coach Steve McClaren at the VW Arena.
The Wolves, who are struggling in 12th place in the Bundesliga, are on the look-out for a striker after selling Edin Dzeko to Manchester City.
They are also reportedly set to sign Germany striker Patrick Helmes from Bayer Leverkusen, subject to a medical.
Helmes, whose career has been hampered by injury, told the Bild newspaper: "I am happy to be here."
Wolfsburg have signed South Korea midfielder Koo Ja-cheol and Venezuela international Yohandry Orozco.
Twenty-one-year-old Koo, who scored five times at the recent Asian Cup, joined from Jeju United on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
Orozco, a 19-year-old attacking midfielder, has arrived from Zulia FC in his homeland on a contract until 2015.
(CNN) -- Film composer John Barry has died after an award-winning career spent writing the score for many movies, including 11 James Bond films, a friend said.
Barry won Academy Awards for his work on "Dances with Wolves" in 1990 and "Out of Africa" in 1985. He also won for "The Lion in Winter" in 1968 and "Born Free" in 1966, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was nominated in 1992 for his work on "Chaplin" and in 1971 for his work on "Mary, Queen of Scots."
He also wrote the theme songs to 11 James Bond movies, according to United Agents, the agency that represented him.
"There was something elegantly effortless about the way John created seemingly simple tunes that were in fact very complex," said David Arnold, a friend and fellow Bond composer. "The fact that these tunes went straight to your heart is just more evidence of the man's genius."
Stoke boss Tony Pulis saluted FA Cup hero Thomas Sorensen and now wants to discuss a new contract with the goalkeeper.
And he is also eager to keep Tuncay at the club despite revealing German club Wolfsburg have made a bid for the Turkish striker.
Sorensen has lost his first-team place in recent months to Asmir Begovic and has not started a Barclays Premier League game since October.
But the former Denmark international proved his worth with a last-minute penalty save from Wolves midfielder Nenad Milijas to secure Stoke a 1-0 fourth-round win at Molineux.
Pulis said: "Thomas has been brilliant. We are hoping to sit down and do a deal with Thomas to keep him at the football club.
"Begovic has been outstanding for us. As a young keeper, he has been outstanding.
"Thomas has been waiting patiently. He has been terrific today. That is what you want, good competition."
Pulis confirmed that strikers Tuncay and Ricardo Fuller have been the subject of offers.
He said: "The club have received a bid from Wolfsburg and the clubs are talking but we are keen to keep Tuncay if we can.
"Sunderland also definitely made a bid for Ricardo. Not good enough? I'm not saying that. I'm just saying Sunderland made a bid and the clubs are talking."
Pulis is disappointed at the placing of the fourth round of the competition at a time when clubs are facing a full midweek Barclays Premier League programme.
He said: "You want to win every game. With the way the FA Cup has been placed in the calendar this year is difficult, when the fourth round is on the Saturday in a three-game week.
"We have got the short straw because we go to Anfield on Wednesday night and then Sunderland on Saturday morning.
"I'm a bit disappointed at the FA Cup and its placing in the calendar with the smaller clubs not having squads as strong as the top sides."
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy is hoping newcomer Jamie O'Hara can make an impact after his loan switch from Tottenham.
McCarthy said: "Jamie is a good player and will add quality to our squad and hopefully improve us as a team.
"He has been injured, he has recovered from that, and he is fine and needs a bit of game time.
"He is also a good personality around the place, a good positive signing for us."
McCarthy was disappointed to exit the cup at the last-32 stage courtesy of Robert Huth's second-half header from a Matthew Etherington free-kick.
He said: "The missed penalty (by Milijas) does not make me unhappy with the performance.
"It is indicative of our performance because it is a missed opportunity.
"Ultimately we gave away a needless free-kick and got punished by Stoke who do it better than anyone else with free-kicks, corners and throw-ins.
"We dealt with it well most of the time - but not that occasion."
Gareth Barry feels Edin Dzeko's late equaliser at Notts County for Manchester City is the start of more from him.
Amid the euphoria of Dzeko's close-range effort, that earned City a second stab at their npower League One opponents in the battle to book a fifth-round meeting with Aston Villa, it was largely overlooked that the Bosnian was scoring his first goal for his new club.
With a hefty £27million price tag dangling round his neck, Barry knew every missed opportunity would result in the weight of that fee - the fifth largest ever spent by an English club - would get heavier.
So, as the 24-year-old was celebrating at Meadow Lane, Barry knew there were wider implications.
"It was an important goal for him," said the England midfielder.
"The longer a striker goes without a goal the more it can affect him.
"Strikers thrive on confidence, so I hope this settles him down and it can be the first of many for him."
Barry certainly has no doubts over Dzeko's quality, or his ability to make a consistent impact on a City side desperate to end their 35-year trophy drought.
"Edin can be a big star for Manchester City," he said.
"When you look at his record, his ratio of goals to games is very good.
"If he can keep that going at City, he is going to do very well."
Manager Roberto Mancini does feel the giant Sarajevo-born forward has plenty to learn about life in England.
The Bundesliga is often portrayed as the nearest major domestic competition to English football.
But Dzeko has found four years with Wolfsburg has not really prepared him for the brutal nature of combat over here.
"I am having to fight for 90 minutes," he told www.mcfc.co.uk.
"I never played in a match like that before. It is a tough lesson but it is a lesson I am willing to learn.
"Everybody told me the FA Cup is special. Now I can see it for myself."
Although City have been distracted by the attempt to bring in a wide player - Birmingham's Sebastian Larsson is one of a number of options - following confirmation Adam Johnson will be out for three months with an ankle injury, Mancini knows his team cannot afford to slip up at Birmingham on Wednesday.
Carlos Tevez should return after a minor back injury to take some of the pressure off Dzeko in attack, while Nigel de Jong, Vincent Kompany and Kolo Toure will also give the City side a more formidable look.
The Blues need to bounce back from their defeat at Aston Villa on their last outing 10 days ago which suddenly leaves them with an uphill task if they are to challenge for the Premier League title, six points behind Manchester United having played a game more.
For Dzeko, it will be another step forward on a very steep learning curve.
"This is England," he said. "I have to get used to it.
"I just want to carry on trying to do my best. I have my first goal now, which was very special. Now I want to get a few more."
(CNN) -- A social worker in Switzerland has confessed to sexually assaulting more than 100 disabled children and adults, authorities said Tuesday.
The 54-year-old man, who was not identified, said the assaults took place over a 28-year span in nine institutions where he worked as a therapist. He is from Argovie district in northern Switzerland, according to a statement from the regional public prosecutor of Bern-Mittelland and Bern cantonal police.
He has confessed that since 1982, he abused people while he was employed in homes and institutions for people with mental and physical disabilities in Switzerland and Germany, authorities said. Most of the facilities where the alleged incidents occurred are in Bern canton.
The man has since been interviewed more than 50 times since his arrest last April, and has been "very cooperative" in revealing "further information on similar cases," the statement said.
He had been investigated in 2003 in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, but the case was dropped because of insufficient evidence, authorities said.
In all, the man confessed to sexually abusing 114 people -- all of whom were mentally disabled and some of whom also had physical disabilities -- who have been identified by canton police. The man also confessed to eight attempted sexual assaults, authorities said.
Most of the victims were male; 42 of the victims were older than 18, authorities said. One of the victims was 1 year old at the time of the alleged assault.
Police said the man told investigators that some of the abuses occurred several times on the same day. In 18 cases, the abuses were photographed or filmed. Investigators determined that no images or videos had been posted to the internet.
The statute of limitations has passed for most of the offenses, authorities said, but the man can be prosecuted for 33 cases.
Palermo have warned Manchester City they would have to make a "crazy" bid to prise Javier Pastore away.
The 21-year-old has been a reported target of City as well as other top European clubs, including Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Club president Maurizio Zamparini revealed to the Italian press that a City representative had called him on Monday.
He said: "Yesterday the team manager from Manchester City called me.
"But I cannot speak English so I asked for a fax, but never heard back from them.
"In any case had he asked me about Pastore I would have said he is not for sale.
"If the (City owner) Sheikh (Mansour) wants to do something crazy, then let it be."
Pastore joined Palermo in July 2009 from Huracan, and is under contract with the Serie A outfit until June 2014.
Roberto Mancini is convinced Manchester City have made giant strides since their last encounter with Birmingham in November.
City head to St Andrew's knowing three points are a necessity if they are to keep tabs on Barclays Premier League leaders Manchester United.
Yet winning against Alex McLeish's side is something the Blues failed to achieve at Eastlands earlier in the season.
On that occasion, Mancini was condemned for his negative substitutions during a drab goalless draw and received the full brunt of the frustration from the stands.
Since then, City have collected 23 points from a possible 33, establishing themselves in the top four and maintaining a keen interest in the title race.
And, with last summer's arrivals now properly bedded in and Edin Dzeko's £27million transfer-window purchase from Wolfsburg adding further strength, Mancini feels Birmingham will encounter a far better team than the one they frustrated a couple of months ago.
"The team has improved a lot since November," said Mancini.
"We can win tomorrow, but we must play well because it will be a different game to the last one.
"I certainly have respect for Birmingham. They are a good team and have a cup final coming up."
City will hope for better fortune on their third visit to the midlands in 12 days.
Sunday's scrappy FA Cup draw at Notts County was preceded by a surprise defeat at Aston Villa, one of only two losses since that earlier Birmingham draw.
Yet the setback leaves City knowing further dropped points may be impossible to claw back.
"It is time we returned to winning ways away from home after the matches at Villa and Notts County, but the away form isn't a frustration for me," said Mancini.
"I understand football very well. I know that there are some moments where maybe you can't score or you concede a goal."
Mancini will reinforce his starting line-up by recalling Kolo Toure, Vincent Kompany, Nigel de Jong and David Silva, who all started the Notts County game on the bench.
In addition, skipper Carlos Tevez is expected to shrug off a minor back complaint.
However, Mancini does have injury problems to contend with.
Adam Johnson is a long-term absentee, even if the England star does not require surgery to resolve the ankle ligament damage he suffered in a freak training ground incident last week.
Despite playing down fears over Micah Richards, who had to be helped off at Meadow Lane on Sunday, Mancini will also be without the England defender, although it is hoped his ankle problem will ease sufficiently for him to feature against West Brom at the weekend.
It promises to be a special night for Joe Hart, whose season-long loan at Birmingham last term might have ended in frustrating fashion for City, who were refused permission to recall the player when Shay Given was sidelined during the final weeks of the campaign, but whose spell under McLeish has helped catapult him to the top of Fabio Capello's list of goalkeepers.
"I am sure Joe is very popular with the Birmingham fans because he did very well for them last season," said Mancini.
"It was an important experience for him because now he is one of the best goalkeepers in Europe."
(CNN) -- Ireland on Tuesday rebuked Russia for "completely unacceptable" behavior and expelled a diplomat after an investigation found that the Russian intelligence services had forged Irish passports, the government said.
An investigation by the Garda Síochána police force found the Russian intelligence services made "false documents based on the acquisition of details of six genuine passports belonging to Irish citizens," and effectively stole the identities of six Irish people, the department of foreign affairs said in a statement.
The probe -- launched after last year's discovery of a Russian espionage operation in the United States -- found "an entirely persuasive picture" of such activities, the statement said.
The department's secretary general met with the Russian ambassador and informed him that it is "not the behavior the government would expect from a country with which we have friendly relations," the statement said.
"The ambassador was also told that the accreditation of a named member of his staff with diplomatic status is to be terminated. ... The individual in question has been asked to leave this jurisdiction by a specified date."
The statement added, "It is hoped that it will be possible to move on from this disturbing incident and to develop further the relationship between Ireland and the Russian Federation which is fundamentally strong and which has significant potential."
(CNN) -- The disappearance last autumn of three young Michigan brothers has turned into a murder investigation, authorities said Tuesday.
Residents in the small city of Morenci, Michigan, have searched two months for Tanner Skelton, 5, Alexander William Skelton, 7, and Andrew Skelton, 9, who were last seen at their father's home on Thanksgiving.
The father, John Skelton, who is charged with parental kidnapping, is the primary suspect, Police Chief Larry Weeks said at a news conference.
Weeks said that while he could not disclose much information, he wanted to put an end to "false hope" the boys would be found alive. He asked farmers and others to be on the lookout for their remains.
"When the time is appropriate, charges will be requested," Weeks said.
John Skelton told investigators he gave the boys to a group called United Foster Outreach and Underground Sanctuaries, Weeks said. No such group was found to exist, the chief said.
"It's just one example of misinformation that we have received from him that indicates the direction this investigation is continuing in," the chief said.
Skelton was arrested in December upon his release from a mental health facility where he was treated after a suicide attempt.
Skelton also said he left the three boys with a woman, whom he identified as Joann Taylor, the morning before he tried to take his own life -- in part to ensure that they did not witness his suicide attempt, police said.
Skelton said Taylor was supposed to return the boys to their mother at their home in Morenci, a southern Michigan town of about 2,400 people about 40 miles west-northwest of Toledo, Ohio, on November 26, Weeks said. But the boys never arrived.
Earlier, authorities determined that Skelton had no "established relationship" with the person he named as Taylor, and they aren't certain she even exists.
Kathye Herrera told reporters Tuesday the boys' mother, Tanya, and the family are experiencing "utter despair to a peaceful feeling knowing that the boys are in a better place."
"Andrew, Alexander and Tanner will be on their hearts and minds forever," said Herrera, thanking the community for aiding the family and helping in searches in Michigan and Ohio. "They will be missed not only by the family, but by friends, classmates and the entire community."
According to CNN Detroit affiliate WDIV, John Skelton appeared Friday for a brief court hearing as part of his divorce case. The judge asked him whether he was prepared to give the children to their mother, and he answered, "I can't," WDIV said.
Skelton family friend Bill Foster told HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell he understood why Weeks made Tuesday's announcement.
"Too many people started believing they [the boys] could be with someone or an organization," he said.
The last time someone other than a family member saw the boys was at 5 p.m. on November 25, according to Weeks.
Police say Tanner is 3 feet, 6 inches tall, has strawberry-blond hair and blue eyes and weighs about 40 pounds. Alexander is 3 feet, 9 inches tall, has brown hair and eyes, weighs about 45 pounds and has scars on his hairline and chin. The oldest brother, Andrew, is 4 feet, 1 inch tall, has brown hair and eyes and weighs roughly 57 pounds.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic saw an effort cannon off both posts as Serie A leaders AC Milan were held to a goalless draw.
Milan had much the better of proceedings and the bulk of the shots on goal, but could not better Ibrahimovic's 51st-minute effort which hit the frame of the goal twice before goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was able to recover the ball.
The result extends Milan's lead over Napoli to seven points, but if they win their game in hand they can make inroads on Rossoneri.
Lazio started positively, Hernanes and Cristian Ledesma both firing on goal in the opening three minutes, but it was the hosts who should have taken an early lead.
Ibrahimovic played a clever pass for Mathieu Flamini but the midfielder could not get the all-important touch.
It was Flamini at the business end again after 13 minutes, Massimo Oddo crossing only for the Frenchman to head well wide.
Alvaro Gonzalez also missed a header from a good position, while Flamini's luck was not getting any better, this time volleying over from Robinho's neat pass.
Ibrahimovic began to come to the fore, almost forcing Andre Dias to score an own-goal and then teeing up the wasteful Urby Emanuelson.
The Sweden striker thought he had scored six minutes into the second half, cutting in on his right foot and beating Muslera, only to see the ball hit one post and then the other before squirming free.
Milan were rampant now, Flamini, Ibrahimovic and Robinho all going close in a hectic 10-minute period.
The goal came ever close after 64 minutes when Robinho beat the keeper with a low shot, only for Stephan Lichsteiner to clear off the line.
From there on, Lazio held on with more solidity, giving away only one more real chance which substitute Antonio Cassano wasted.
Washington (CNN) -- Tests are beginning on a software change in airport passenger scanning machines that will discontinue the display of personal body characteristics while still promising to catch questionable objects, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
"We believe it addresses the privacy issues," Administrator John Pistole told reporters at a demonstration of the new software, now being tested at Reagan Washington National Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
If the field trials are successful, the software will be put into the advanced imaging technology machines already being used at airports across the country.
Privacy advocates and many air passengers have expressed concern about the level of personal detail the machines provide in their current configuration, even though the agency tried to mitigate those concerns by having the officers who viewed the images sit in a remote location so they could not connect any image to a particular passenger.
In Tuesday's demonstration, Transportation Security staffers walked into one of the newly configured machines and stopped with their arms raised, as passenger being scanned are asked to do. A small video monitor near the unit's exit displayed the results for both the passenger and the security officer operating the machine.
Those who deliberately carried objects were detected and portrayed as generic human outlines, with regions of their body highlighted by a box indicating additional security attention was warranted.
Those who carried no questionable objects saw a screen that was green with "OK" in the middle.
Pistole acknowledged Transportation Security workers will no longer be able to see the shape and size of the questionable objects that are detected by the machines.
"That's one of the things we'll be assessing in our pilot testing at the three airports," he said. "How do the security officers engage the passenger based on what they're seeing, and is there any diminution of efficiency in terms of what we're doing?"
The software upgrade takes several hours per scanning machine, but involves very little additional cost, officials said. When the new software is installed, it will no longer be possible for TSA workers to observe detailed characteristics of the subjects' bodies.
"We don't intend to leave the monitors in place when we go to retrofit the software," said Robin Kane, the Transportation Security Administration's chief technology officer. "The way we will have them in the field they will not run concurrently."
Kane ruled out reinstating a detailed visual capability even when a threat level is raised.
Sen. Susan Collins, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, welcomed the new software. She has been among the most vocal of the critics calling for a change in the whole-body scanning procedure to address privacy concerns.
"We have the technology that will eliminate the need for American air travelers to choose between their privacy and security when they choose to fly," she said in a news release.
"I understand that the machines being installed in this pilot program do not emit radiation," she added. "Although the TSA assures me that some of the machines in use that emit radiation do not pose a health risk, it is preferable to use technology that avoids exposure."
Some 2,000 "whole body" test images from advanced imaging technology machines were the subject of a recent court challenge by people concerned about an invasion of privacy, but a judge ruled against releasing those images, saying it might disclose capabilities to potential terrorists.
Machines in use for the general public do not record images, authorities say.
Last month's federal court decision was a setback for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which had sued the government for release of material to determine how the technology would affect privacy and civil liberty concerns.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has blasted hypocrites Chelsea after they spent £76.5 million on Fernando Torres and David Luiz.
Chelsea were firmly in the spotlight during the January transfer deadline day dealings where they shelled out over £70m on the two players - despite their owner Roman Abramovich claiming to support UEFA's policy of financial fair play.
"Chelsea supported UEFA's financial fair-play proposals but in the morning they announced a £70m loss and in the afternoon they buy £75m worth of players. Where's the logic in that?" Wenger was quoted in The Guardian as saying.
"It's hard to guess. Officially they vote for financial fair play but they can explain why they have done this much better than I can."
Wenger was speaking after seeing his side come through a tough test against Everton to keep pace with Premier League leaders Manchester United.
The Gunners came from a goal down to beat Everton 2-1 and Wenger is certain London rival Chelsea, who also won on Tuesday night, will spend heavily again in the summer.
"Abramovich was a bit in no man's land where nobody could guess if he wanted to still invest or not. He has been like that for a long time but that has changed. He has decided to put big money in again and that tells you in the summer more will come. He is back to full investment," Wenger said.
Rivalries aside, UEFA did release a statement on Monday morning acknowledging the frenzied transfer activity on January 31, 2011.
The European governing body, who will begin to sanction clubs that do not comply from 2014, said clubs could spend what they wished so long as they balance their books.
A statement said: "UEFA is aware of the recent transfer activity across Europe and is confident that clubs are increasingly aware of the nature of its financial fair play regulations which require them to balance their books.
"It must be noted, however, that the financial fair play rules do not prevent clubs from spending money on transfers themselves but rather require them to balance their books at the end of the season. It is therefore difficult to comment on any individual situation without knowing the long-term strategy of each club."
However, it is understood by the Press Association that while Chelsea understand the money spent would make meeting UEFA's financial fair play targets more difficult, they remain confident of doing so.
It concluded that with the transfer fees for Torres and Luiz spread over the players' five-and-a-half-year contracts in terms of the club's financial figures, the £75million spent will not come in one big hit.
Everton manager David Moyes claimed Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas should have been sent off for comments at referee Lee Mason.
The Gunners won 2-1 to keep up their title challenge, but Louis Saha had put the visitors ahead on 24 minutes when he slotted home - despite being offside.
However, the Gunners turned the game around through substitute Andrey Arshavin and Laurent Koscielny's header.
Moyes, though, was left less than impressed by the Arsenal skipper.
"I think it was offside, the wrong decision, but it was not Everton who made the decision," Moyes said.
"I also thought there were some really bad tackles.
"But Fabregas' comments to the officials when he was coming down the tunnel warranted a sending off.
"I am not going to repeat what they were.
"They were disappointing comments from someone who is such a talented footballer."
Moyes continued: "I won't go into what they were, but they were deserving of a sending off, 100%.
"If you had said it on the pitch, you should have been off like that, so what is the difference when you are coming down the tunnel?
"We heard it, but that should not be the talking point."
Saha was offside when Seamus Coleman chipped the ball through, but it spun off Koscielny's boot as he attempted to clear, falling to the Frenchman who slotted a low effort past Wojciech Szczesny.
Despite the protests of the Arsenal players, and consultation with his assistant Stephen Child on the far side, referee Mason allowed the goal to stand.
Moyes continued: "If the linesman does not give offside, we have to take the chance. It is up to the officials, but it seemed to change a lot of things in the game."
Everton had lost just once since November before this game.
And Moyes felt his men had done enough to get a positive result.
"I thought the players did a sterling job, but we gave it away by our defending at a set-piece," he said.
"We have got nobody else to blame but ourselves.
"The players did really well and except for a lapse at a set-piece, they did a really good job."
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, was perplexed by the whole scenario. He said: "For me the goal was offside. If someone can demonstrate to me that it was mathematically not, I will accept that.
"The pass was towards Saha, who was three yards offside. They interpreted Koscielny's touch as a pass, not a deflection.
"He finished fantastically well, so we were 1-0 down and had it all to do."
The Gunners boss, though, praised the spirit of his men to again dig deep and find a result.
Wenger continued: "Tonight was a victory of a team with fantastic spirit and a never say die attitude rather than our usual game, but that is needed in this championship.
"I am very happy because the spirit is maybe the aspect of the team that's been questioned the most, and that's where we have been the most convincing recently, in smaller (cup) games against Leeds, Ipswich and Huddersfield.
"We played our 10th game of the month tonight and have shown, where our football has dropped a bit, a fantastic attitude."
Arshavin had been criticised for some below-par performances in recent weeks, but showed great composure to take his goal with a close-range volley.
"If you look at the assists in the Premier League, Arshavin is the best," Wenger said.
"He had a drop in form recently, but he is a great player.
"You could see he can deliver something special straight away when he came on.
"He is coming back. He was better on Sunday (against Huddersfield) calmer, and got us a vital goal tonight. I'm very pleased."
Wenger confirmed midfielder Samir Nasri would be out for 21 days with a hamstring problem, so will miss the Champions League first leg against Barcelona.
Alex Song (leg) and Theo Walcott (ankle) will also be assessed ahead of Saturday's trip to Newcastle after picking up knocks.
(CNN) -- Three women died after a stampede at a night club in Hungary's capital, state media reported.
People inside the West Balkan club rushed toward the exits when the music suddenly stopped during an event Saturday night, witnesses told Hungary's official MTI news agency.
According to MTI, event sponsor Noise Night Life said the stampede happened after someone shouted, "knifing!" But a police investigation had not turned up any evidence of a stabbing, MTI reported.
Police said they were investigating whether the number of people inside the club exceeded the legal capacity, and a district mayor said the club had failed to get a permit for the event, the news agency reported Sunday.
About 2,500 people were in the club when panic broke out, MTI said.
A statement on the club's website expressed condolences to the victims' families and said the club would be closed for three days. The club's managers told MTI that they had rented out the club to Noise Night Life for the event.
(CNN) -- With the launch of an App Store for the Mac last week, Apple has proved that its all-in-one digital marketplace model -- so successful for the iPhone, iPod and iPad -- can flourish on old-fashioned laptop and desktop computers as well.
Developers with software ready for the store's January 6 opening were met with throngs of click-happy customers.
Mac users have appeared eager to spend money on apps, even for software that was previously available on the Web and in brick-and-mortar stores. Downloads on the first day exceeded 1 million -- out of a pool of about 1,000 apps, Apple said.
Distributed evenly, that works out to 1,000 downloads for each app, although name recognition and how Apple allocates promotion tend to skew results. But some development houses did gangbuster business.
Scott Forstall, Apple's vice president for iPhone software, said last year that the company's iPad would spark "a whole new gold rush for app developers," a prediction that must now apply to the Mac store as well.
App Store winners
One big winner from the Mac App Store launch has been Evernote. The free note-taking app catalogs text and multimedia files; synchronizes them over the internet to be accessed from phones, a website or desktop software; and lets you search through them.
Evernote was downloaded 90,000 times on the App Store's opening day. That's about a 10th of all apps purchased that day. It's been consistently listed in the section of most popular apps.
"Having a well-formed app store is the most important part in getting attention," Evernote CEO Phil Libin said. "We were on the iPhone App Store since that launched as well. We've kind of been through this once before, so we had pretty high expectations of what being in an app store means for getting attention."
The Mac App Store launch, Libin said, "exceeded our expectations."
Being in the Mac App Store helped expose Evernote to 40,000 people who had never used it, he said.
Evernote has also benefited from Apple's promotional efforts in the store. It sometimes gets top billing in a rotating list of featured apps, similar to the top section of the iTunes Store. Apple spokeswoman Jacqueline Roy also listed Evernote among the top five "must-have" apps, which is determined by consistent top performers in downloads and ratings.
Another Mac App Store hit is SketchBook Express, No. 7 on the must-have list. Autodesk, the maker of that free drawing program, says the store "effectively doubled" the number of people using the professional version of SketchBook on opening day. The company declined to provide exact figures.
SketchBook Pro costs $30 on the Mac App Store, versus almost $70 on Amazon.com. It's now among Apple's highest-grossing apps.
A lucrative business model
Apple takes a 30% cut of app sales, which makes its app stores a lucrative business for the company as well as developers. Because of this success, the stores are facing increased competition from Google's popular Android Market, a forthcoming Amazon.com app store and other rivals. This week, Microsoft contested Apple's trademark request for the term "app store."
Free applications benefit from the app store exposure too, even though they don't help Apple's business as directly. For example, Twitter is also on the Apple must-have list. The social networking company launched on the store with its first official desktop client, based on work by the engineer who made the iPhone app.
A Twitter spokeswoman said the company is "pleased" with the results but declined to say how many times the free app had been downloaded.
The App Store program is included as part of a software update for Mac computers running the newest version of the operating system, called Snow Leopard. Further enhancements to the app model will come as part of OS X Lion, which is scheduled to go on sale this summer.
Previously, Mac software could be found on vendors' websites or in stores (in cardboard boxes, no less; how quaint).
For developers, submitting an application to Apple for sale in the Mac App Store can be easier than getting their software on a retailer's shelf, which can require complex business deals. It is also easier to sell through an established app store than through a developer's own website, which can require building payment mechanisms and systems for licensing customers' copies.
Mac owners like the store because it makes software easier to find, manages what's been downloaded, makes it easy to move apps between computers and provides alerts when a new version is available.
Some software makers complain that Apple's rules about what it will accept are too stringent and that the company takes too big a cut of revenue. But Apple doesn't bar developers from distributing their wares in other locations on the Web.
Pros and cons
But are these early success stories sustainable?
Caffeine, a simple utility that helps prevent the computer from automatically going into sleep mode (get it?), did exceedingly well early on. The app has been downloaded more than 135,000 times. About one-third of those sales came on launch day; as for other apps, they have tapered somewhat since.
While daily downloads are decreasing steadily for Caffeine at a pace of about 30% per day, the app continues to attract new customers at a rate several times greater than anytime since it came out four years ago.
"The App Store opens up the opportunity to sell 99-cent apps, which was previously not really feasible, and I think that could bring a lot of new smaller apps," Caffeine developer Tomas Franzen said. "It's a lot easier when they handle hosting and payment for you.
"I'd say I'm a believer" in the app-store model, he wrote. "The App Store makes downloaded software easy for regular people, and it turns out there are a lot of regular people out there!"
However, not every company has the Midas touch for launching app stores. Google, which produced a hit with its Android Market, has drummed up minimal interest in its Chrome Web Store.
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales isn't sold on the app-store concept. At an event in England, Wales spoke out against the idea of app stores, calling them "a threat to a diverse and open ecosystem," according to blog reports.
A magic formula?
But many developers seem convinced that Apple has hit on the right formula.
Scott Gilbert had been planning to build a weather-report app for the iPad or iPhone. The product manager for Swackett immediately changed course when he heard Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveil plans for the Mac App Store in October.
"There's so much competition in the regular App Store," Gilbert said of Apple's mobile software store and its 300,000 apps. "I thought if we could be there on day one in the Mac App Store, we could rise above the noise."
And they did. Swackett was on track to get 100,000 downloads in its first week. The developers are making money from ads, which had been shown 2 million times in six days.
"We would not have come out with a Mac app first if not for the (Mac) App Store," Gilbert said.
And for the 61-person team at Evernote, the App Store is something of a blessing.
"We don't have experts here that think about logistics or channels or distribution or advertising," said Libin, the Evernote CEO.
Evernote had the distribution method in place on its site, but that was created out of necessity, said Libin, who was happy to let Apple take the reins on managing server infrastructure and promotion.
"Before, you used to make a great product, but no one would ever get it or use it or be able to buy it," he said. "The app stores have made the software business more of a meritocracy than it's ever been, which really favors geeks like us."
Michael Carrick feels Harry Redknapp is doing everything required to put himself in line to replace Fabio Capello.
As a former Tottenham player, Carrick pays special attention to the goings-on at White Hart Lane, even if there will be no room for sentiment tomorrow when Manchester United head south to defend their unbeaten Premier League record.
And, by not only qualifying for the Champions League, but emerging top in a group containing holders Inter Milan to reach the last 16, Redknapp has made another significant entry on his CV in addition to the FA Cup he won with Portsmouth in 2008.
Given the Football Association are committed to choosing an English candidate when Capello leaves after Euro 2012, Redknapp has to be a front-runner.
It is not an assertion Carrick is going to disagree with.
"He's certainly getting a good few mentions," said the midfielder.
"I'm sure he's focused on bringing success to Spurs. It's a great job for him at the moment.
"We will see what is in the future but he is doing a good job and is certainly not doing himself any harm if that is what he wants to do."
Redknapp's record also proves he is capable of handling pressure.
Carrick spent two years at Tottenham, and was part of the side that came agonisingly close to reaching the Champions League in 2006.
So he knows exactly how desperate the club's supporters are for a return to the 1960s glory era under Bill Nicholson.
"Even when I was there, you used to get compared to teams of the past," he said.
"It was not a problem. It is a major part of the club.
"At the time, they had a few funny years, so for us to go into the last game with a chance of getting into the top four was a big achievement. That was seen as success.
"But the longer you go, the measurement of success changes.
"For them to get into the Champions League and do what they have done this season, will mean the expectation level rises again.
"They have got the squad and have adapted well to the demands of playing in the Champions League and coming back to play league games.
"Now it is up to them to be consistent over the course of a season, which is what you need if you are going to be successful."
Consistency is not something United have had a problem with this season.
Over halfway through the campaign, they remain unbeaten and will assume strong favouritism to reclaim their Premier League title if they avoid defeat tomorrow.
The returns of Wayne Rooney, Nemanja Vidic and Edwin van der Sar ensure Sir Alex Ferguson will be selecting from strength for a fixture United traditionally do well in.
It is a decade since they last lost as Tottenham, and even then they had already secured their first championship hat-trick.
Even Ferguson admits they have not faced a Spurs team quite like this one though, a view which Carrick endorses.
"You would have to say it is the best Spurs team we've seen for a while. They have certainly improved on years gone by and become a big threat this season," he said.
"Tottenham have some major threats, particularly in wide areas with Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon. Luka Modric has been in good form, as has Rafael van der Vaart, who has weighed in with a good few goals as well so I expect them to pose us a few problems.
"I am not exactly sure what Harry has done to turn things around.
"Just knowing how to get the best out of his players is a major factor.
"When you are a manager, you need a feeling for what is required at each different stage and how to treat certain players.
"You can see they're playing with confidence and they'll be looking forward to this as much as us."
After their 0-0 draw, Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp believes Manchester United won't go unbeaten.
United went back to the top of the Premier League and kept their unbeaten league record intact following a goalless draw against Tottenham at White Hart Lane in which United full-back Rafael was sent off.
But after a match of few clear-cut chances Redknapp said: "I couldn't say they (United) are on another level and are going to walk away with the title. I can't see them going the year unbeaten. There are lots of teams who could beat them on any given day.
"You can't be as good a team as you were a year or two ago when you had (Cristiano) Ronaldo and (Carlos)Tevez.
"I think other teams have improved and got closer to them, but at the moment they are still top of the pile after losing players like that."
Redknapp admitted Rafael's sending off, for a foul on Benoit Assou-Ekotto in the second half after receiving a yellow in the first, was harsh.
He said: "He's just run in and clipped his (Assou-Ekotto's) heels. He hasn't stuck his leg out. It was Mary Decker and Zola Budd wasn't it? What can you do about that? He hasn't broken his stride.
Sir Alex Ferguson, however, refused to comment on the sending off by referee Mike Dean.
Ferguson said: "I'm not going to discuss it. It's not worth discussing because everyone can see that. It's out of my bounds."
The United manager preferred to concentrate on the form of his defence which was back to its best with Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic back in harness.
Ferguson said: "We defended very well, they never gave us any trouble with their attacking. We had one or two good opportunities at times when we got to the last third of the field but we just didn't quite have the cutting edge.
"The kind of pressure we were under was just long balls into the box really. With Ferdinand and Vidic as your centre-backs you know you can cope with that. They were fantastic. The whole back four did really really well.
"We showed good possession but were also careless in possession at times. In the context of Tottenham's home record this season and the performances they have given, we have got to take it as a good point for us. It's about winning games and keeping your nerve and today, defensively, we kept our nerve."
The game was Ryan Giggs' 600th league appearance for the club and Ferguson said of the veteran Welshman: "He's an incredible human being and an example to anyone that wants to use him as a role model."
Redknapp was also pleased with the point which sees Tottenham stay in fifth place just behind Chelsea in the race for the Champions League places.
Redknapp said: "What it does to me is show we are not a million miles behind the other teams. We played United close, we battered Man City here first game of the season and drew.
"We have to believe we are not inferior to anyone. We are getting closer and closer. The top five teams are getting closer and closer. We are outsiders, but the favourites will be Man United still."
Redknapp also admitted that time was running out in his bid to sign David Beckham on loan.
He added: "David has to be back there (America) in February and there's not a lot of time, which is a shame."
He also appeared to rule any chance of landing Newcastle's Andy Carroll.
"He's a good player, he's a handful, you'd like to have him in your team," Redknapp said. "But we are nowhere near getting Andy Carroll. How much is he? You are talking £30m to £40m."
Editor's Note: "Jaime's China" is a weekly column about Chinese society and politics. Jaime FlorCruz has lived and worked in China since 1971. He studied Chinese history at Peking University (1977-81) and served as TIME Magazine's Beijing correspondent and bureau chief (1982-2000).
Beijing, China (CNN) -- When U.S. President Richard Nixon first visited China in 1972, I happened to be in China, working on a state farm in Hunan province. I remember being so stunned by the news.
The American president was a stout enemy of Communism. I found it incredible that Nixon would be in Beijing, shaking hands with Chairman Mao.
Speaking at a banquet in Beijing, Nixon hailed the beginning of a new era in China-U.S. relations. That was another shocker to my incredulous Chinese friends who stood around a tiny radio, listening to translation of his speech.
Only days earlier, these farmers were singing revolutionary songs and chanting: "Down with U.S. imperialism!" No permanent enemies, we reminded ourselves, only permanent national interests.
But Nixon's momentous journey in 1972 opened the door to diplomatic ties and helped precipitate subsequent changes in China and the world.
Dramatic changes are evident in how China perceives President Hu Jintao's state visit to the United States next week.
"Compared to Nixon's visit, this upcoming visit won't be that dramatic," China's vice minister of foreign affairs, Cui Tiankai said in an exclusive interview with CNN.
"We now have normal relations, frequent exchanges and intensive coordination. This visit will build on very sound basis and provide a clear direction for the future. It will give our people great hope and the rest of world reassurance that China and the U.S. will work together to address common concerns."
Cui, 58, is China's point-person on America. Fluent in English, he has spent seven years in Chinese diplomatic missions in the U.S.
"What do you think is the most common misperception of China among Americans?" I asked.
"It's the so-called China threat," he said. "I really do not understand why some people in the U.S. believe that China is posing a threat to the U.S.
"China's development has offered great opportunities to the U.S. When the international financial crisis came, China's economy played a great role to restore global economic growth."
The United States is the unchallenged world superpower, but its clout has declined in recent years, bogged down by economic crisis at home and military conflicts overseas.
China is catching up, its firepower backed by economic clout. China is boosting its military capacity and increasing its diplomatic and economic reach into Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. In the past few months, it has formed closer ties to Europe.
How does the United States deal with this?
"China has become increasingly confident and assertive in recent years," notes Willem van Kemanade, a Dutch writer based in Beijing. "The U.S. had better get used to that."
When Hu Jintao sits down with President Barack Obama next week, both sides will be bringing tough issues to the table.
China is especially upset over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Beijing considers the island a breakaway province that is part of China. Lately it has stressed peaceful reunification while warning that independence for Taiwan will not be tolerated.
Washington irked Beijing last year when it approved the sale of a $6.4 billion package of arms to Taiwan. China protested, saying it was an "interference in China's internal affairs" and noting that it comes at a time when the mainland's relations with Taiwan have warmed. In protest, Beijing suspended military exchanges with the United States.
China earlier this week hosted a long-postponed visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, marking the resumption of military exchanges. But mistrust lingers.
In its 2009 budget, China allocated a 14.9 percent rise in military spending to $70.3 billion. Some observers say actual Chinese military spending is much higher.
David Zweig, a political science professor at the Hong Kong University of Science Technology, said: "As China's need for imported oil grows, it has to think about ways to protect its own sea lanes. Does it build a blue-water navy, does it build aircraft carriers, expand its naval presence around the world? There are now people in China who are advocating that."
Cui dismisses such concerns. "China's military expenditure is very, very small compared to the military expenditure of the United States," he said. "So the U.S. has nothing to worry about. China follows a defensive defense policy. China does not threaten anyone."
So why, I asked, does China need to develop aircraft carriers and stealth jet-fighters?
"May I ask you," he retorted, "why do you have so many [of them]? We still don't have them. We are only developing."
Other bread-and-butter irritants could crop up. The U.S. complains that China is undercutting American exports and stealing American jobs by keeping its currency artificially low.
Is China ready to act to placate its critics in Washington?
"The value of China's currency is determined by the market fundamentals, not by any politicians," Cui replied. "This has nothing to do with the economic difficulties the U.S. might have for the time being. We will continue our currency reform but it will be determined by China's economic development, not by politicians."
No big breakthroughs are expected from the summit. Drew Thompson, director of China Studies at The Nixon Center, said: "The relationship is being updated, but the U.S. is focusing on Iran, North Korea and currency and trade as topics for the summit, so there is little likelihood that there will be dramatic progress on any one item."
Cui is optimistic about the chemistry between Hu and Obama. "They have a very good working relationship," he said. "Every time they met, they spent longer time than planned. That means they have very substantive discussion and are both very serious about our relationship."
Just as Nixon and Mao did 39 years ago, China's diplomats hope Hu Jintao and Obama can turn competition into a peaceful coexistence.
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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has told Tottenham not to bother putting together a £30million bid for striker Andy Carroll.
The 22-year-old was in the stands at the Stadium of Light to watch the Magpies' 1-1 draw with Sunderland as he continued his recovery from a thigh injury.
He arrived on Wearside after waking this morning to see reports that the North London club are ready to step up their bid to sign him during the remaining two weeks of the transfer window.
Speaking after the game, Pardew said: "They can put together whatever they like. He is not for sale.
"I am going to say it one last time, he is not for sale."
The two sides meet at St James' Park next Saturday, and Pardew is hopeful that Carroll will be fit to line up against his suitors.
He said: "I hope so. He was certainly smarting in the dressing room today wanting to play."
Asked if he was tempted, Pardew said with a smile: "No, not with one leg, no. I think that would have been a bit harsh on the other strikers."
Steve Bruce praised the Sunderland fans who handed over to police a pitch invader on Sunday.
The supporter ran from behind the goal and appeared to push Steve Harper to the ground in the immediate aftermath of Asamoah Gyan's injury-time equaliser as the Black Cats snatched a face-saving draw at the Stadium of Light.
There were ugly scenes after the final whistle too as rivals fans hurled seats at each other, and the Football Association are awaiting referee Howard Webb's report.
Webb was quick to spot the earlier incident and make sure stewards and police knew who the alleged offender was, and Bruce was quick to condemn the intruder's actions.
The Black Cats boss said: "All I saw was Steve Harper on the floor. I didn't know what had happened at the time.
"I would like say a 'well done' to the Sunderland fans who gave the kid up - and he is a kid, that's what I can't understand either, the age of the lad.
"But the Sunderland fans gave him up, and rightly so. He's in police custody as we speak.
"The one thing we are up here, we love the football and the passion and all the rest of it, but you don't need to see any scenes like that.
"I hope they ban the kid for a long, long time because he deserves it.
"When I saw the age of him, I just really can't understand society today. What goes through his mind when we have just scored with a minute to go?
"Why the hell he has got to come on to the pitch and confront Steve Harper baffles me.
"When you see the age of this young kid, it is quite remarkable how has got that in his mind, to run on to the pitch.
"Why don't you just celebrate with 50-odd thousand like everybody else did?
"Unfortunately, it is a sad indictment of where we are with the youth of today.
"He's a kid. It's ridiculous."
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew also voiced his disapproval, but was happy that Harper had not suffered any injury in the incident.
He said: "When you get a last-minute goal in a derby match, there is going to be an over-reaction from everybody, perhaps, you could argue.
"That particular fan, that shouldn't happen, as we know. He got over-exuberant.
"I think he pushed him [Harper] in the back. I don't think there was anything malicious about it.
"I don't really want to harp on about the incident towards the end of the game. When you get a last-minute goal like that, passions are running high and people have to control themselves.
"That is, of course, out of our control, but the two sets of players conducted themselves well, and that's what we will take from the game.
"Harps said he barged him in the back. When I first saw it, I thought it was an uglier incident, if I am honest.
"I didn't look a good incident, but I don't think it was that bad in terms of hurting Harps or anything. No punch or anything like that was thrown."
Northumbria Police confirmed there had been 24 arrests before, during and after the game, which was attended by a crowd of 47,864, for offences including drunk and disorderly, disorderly conduct and going into the playing area.
The match commander, temporary Chief Superintendent Steve Neill, said: "The crowd was mainly good natured and the overwhelming majority wanted nothing more than to enjoy the action on the pitch in an atmosphere free from violence and disorder.
"However, there were still some troublemakers who were determined to spoil things for the genuine fans.
"We had anticipated the potential for disorder and had the resources in place to deal with it swiftly and firmly.
"The policing operation went well and I would like to commend the actions and professionalism of all the officers involved who managed to diffuse a number of difficult situations.
"I would also like to thank the stewards for their assistance."
Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- United States became the second country to offer emergency assistance to more than a million affected by flooding in Sri Lanka.
U.S. ambassador to the country, Patricia A. Butenis, said in a statement that Washington was donating U.S. $300,000 to provide various goods and services to areas hardest-hit by the floods.
She said the funds have provided boats to local government in the eastern district of Batticaloa.
"We are helping the government to identify families in need and make an accurate assessment of the situation," she said.
On Friday, an Indian air force aircraft brought in 34 tons of relief supplies. They included food, medical supplies, clothing and sleeping gear.
Another shipment will arrive on Monday, an Indian high commission official said.
The Sri Lanka government has about $1.3 million of assistance funds so far for the flood victims.
Though the rains have diminished or receded in most areas, disaster center officials in Colombo warned that the dangers were not yet over.
The Sri Lanka branch of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that floods and receding waters may unearth mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) " and carry explosives from contaminated areas into areas thought to be safe."
Mine officials and local authorities have urged vigilance from residents and people working in affected areas.
The army has also sent out instructions to their installations in affected areas to warn the public, Maj. Gen. Udaya Madawala said.
The mines are remnants of a war between Sri Lankan security forces and the Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lankan troops defeated the rebels in May 2009.
The OCHA report said that the worst affected districts were Ampara, Batticaloa and Trincomalee in the eastern province.
Initial estimates indicate that more than 250,000 acres of crop land and 200,000 acres of paddy have been severely damaged. OCHA warned that prices of rice and other commodities may increase as one of the most productive paddy areas of the country have been affected.
The number of camps for displaced people has gone up to 600 camp, according to disaster officials.
Hannover climbed to second place in the Bundesliga courtesy of a convincing 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Sunday
The visitors quickly stamped their authority on the match, with two early goals effectively ending the contest in the first half.
Mohammed Abdellaoue opened the scoring after 15 minutes and Christian Schulz doubled the lead six minutes later. Didier Ya Konan then wrapped things up in the dying moments.
It was a sixth win in seven games, lifting Hannover above Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz, although they remain 12 points adrift of leaders Borussia Dortmund.
Kaiserslautern shrugged off being a man down to recover for a 1-1 draw at home to Cologne.
Cologne opened the scoring through Lukas Podolski in the 29th minute before Kaiserslautern's task was made all the harder by the dismissal of Srdjan Lakic after 39 minutes.
The hosts refused to give up, however, and on 51 minutes found an equaliser through Jan Moravek.
Saturday
Mainz went down 1-0 at struggling Stuttgart while champions Bayern Munich could only manage a 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg.
Dortmund moved 13 points clear at the summit with a 3-1 win at third-spotted Bayer Leverkusen last night, and Stuttgart substitute Martin Harnik's 79th-minute strike proved enough to deny Mainz the opportunity to close the gap.
Bayern also fell further off the pace - the Bavarians finished the weekend 16 points adrift - following their 1-1 draw at Wolfsburg.
Thomas Muller put the visitors in front in the seventh minute and Philipp Lahm missed a penalty for Louis van Gaal's side, who appeared to be in control of the game.
However, they lost Franck Ribery to injury and saw Sascha Riether level matters four minutes from the end after Grafite had also missed a spot-kick for the home side on the stroke of half-time in their first game since the sale of star striker Edin Dzeko to Manchester City.
At the other end of the table, bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach started 2011 by picking up only their third league victory of the season - 1-0 at Nurnberg.
Midfielder Roman Neustadter netted the game's only goal in the eighth minute to get his side within five points of fourth-bottom St Pauli and firmly in the hunt for survival. Javier Punola had the chance to level but missed from the spot four minutes from time.
St Pauli twice relinquished the lead to draw 2-2 at home to sixth-placed Freiburg, Marius Ebbers and substitute Gerald Asamoah seeing their goals cancelled out by a Papiss Cisse brace. The Senegalese striker's double made up for his earlier miss from the spot when the score was 0-0.
Werder Bremen eased their own relegation worries with a 2-1 home triumph over Hoffenheim to condemn Marco Pezzaiuoli to a losing start to his reign at the visitors' helm.
Boris Vukcevic looked to have nicked Hoffenheim a point when he equalised three minutes from time after Claudio Pizarro had given the hosts a first-half lead, but Torsten Frings' last-gasp winner put paid to that idea.
In the late kick-off, Hamburg boosted their European hopes by climbing to seventh place with a 1-0 win at Schalke, Ruud van Nistelrooy's 53rd-minute strike proving decisive in front of 61,673 fans at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.
Sunday's Results and Reviews
Kaiserslautern 1-1 Cologne
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Hannover
Saturday's Results and Reviews
Wolfsburg 1-1 Bayern Munich
St Pauli 2-2 Freiburg
Stuttgart 1-0 Mainz
Nurnberg 0-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
Werder Bremen 2-1 Hoffenheim
Friday's Result and Review
Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 Borussia Dortmund
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Nine civilians were killed in a road mine explosion in Afghanistan's Baghlan province, a spokesman for the province's governor said Sunday.
Six women and a child were among the dead, Mahmood Haqmal said, adding that some of the victims may have been from the same family.
A Toyota Corolla hit the mine while driving from the Pol-e-Khomri district to the Dand Shabuddin village, Haqmal said.
Elsewhere, six Afghan civilians were killed in another road mine explosion Saturday in Helmand province, the provincial governor's spokesman said. The Taliban is believed to be behind the blast, Daud Ahmadi said.
A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said Sunday that "72 terrorist and destructive attacks" occurred last week, mostly in the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Helmand.
"In total, 14 policemen and 26 civilians were killed and 37 policemen and 44 civilians were injured in the entire country," Zmary Bashari said.
AC Milan missed the chance to go six points clear at the top of the Serie A table after a 1-1 draw at struggling Lecce.
Sunday
AC Milan missed the chance to go six points clear at the top of the Serie A table after a 1-1 draw at struggling Lecce.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck the opener for Milan four minutes after half-time, scoring with a wonderful lob from 30 yards after a quick break, but Ruben Olivera equalised with eight minutes to go.
The result leaves them four points clear of Napoli, who drew with Fiorentina last night, and Lazio, who gained their first win of 2011 thanks to a late goal from substitute Libor Kozak against Sampdoria.
The match at the Stadio Olimpico looked headed for a goalless draw until the Czech Republic forward popped up to score the winner six minutes from time.
Kozak came off the bench and met Cristian Ledesma's cross with a powerful header to give Lazio all three points.
Alberto Aquilani scored a terrific later winner as Juventus arrested a run of three games without a win with a 2-1 success over Bari.
The on-loan Liverpool midfielder drove home from the edge of the box with 11 minutes remaining to condemn rock bottom Bari to another defeat.
The evergreen Alessandro del Piero had given Juve a first-half lead, only for Gergely Rudolf to level shortly after the break.
A late own goal by Maximiliano Pellegrino handed Roma a narrow 1-0 victory at Cesena.
The luckless defender stuck out a foot in the hope of clearing Fabio Simplicio's close-range effort but poked the ball into the back of his own net.
Seconds earlier, Roma substitute Marco Borriello had struck the crossbar.
Udinese continued their excellent run of form with a convincing 4-2 win at Genoa.
For the second game in a row, the Bianconeri scored four goals on the road, although this time they were rewarded with all three points.
Pablo Armero put them ahead in the 27th minute but Omar Milanetto levelled for the hosts in first-half stoppage time.
Antonio Di Natale put Udinese back in front in the 56th minute only for Mattia Destro to respond just a minute later.
Alexi Sanchez and German Denis added two further goals for Francesco Guidolin's side as they deservedly took all three points at the Stadio Luigi Ferrrais.
Goals from Francesco Bega and Alessandro Diamanti gave struggling Brescia a comfortable 2-0 win over 10-man Parma.
The dismissal of Massimo Paci inside half an hour left Parma on the back foot and Bega broke the deadlock in style in first-half injury time.
Parma's best chance went begging when no attacker could meet Antonio Candreva's cross and Diamanti's well-taken late effort made the result safe.
Cagliari lifted themselves into the top half of the table thanks to a 3-1 win over Palermo.
Alessandro Matri put the hosts in front in the 23rd minute before an own goal by Antonio Nocerino early in the second half gave them a two-goal cushion.
Javier Pastore reduced the arrears within minutes, but Davide Biondini sealed the win for Roberto Donadoni's side shortly afterwards.
Catania and Chievo failed to put significant distance between themselves and the relegation zone as they played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at Stadio Angelo Massimino.
Maxi Lopez fired the hosts ahead from the penalty spot after 29 minutes but a Sergio Pellissier strike 20 minutes into the second period ensured the points were shared.
Saturday
A third straight win in Serie A - and fourth in all competitions since Leonardo took charge during the winter break - lifted Inter to fourth place in the table, eight points behind leaders AC Milan but with a game in hand in their favour.
Dejan Stankovic put Inter ahead after 20 minutes and Diego Milito added a second nine minutes later.
Cameroonian striker Eto'o made it 3-0 after 62 minutes and grabbed the fourth goal nine minutes later, rendering Henry Gimenez's effort for Bologna in the 76th minute of no great concern to the hosts.
Second-placed Napoli, who have played two more games than Inter, who they head by five points, were held to a goalless draw at home by mid-table Fiorentina.
Match Results and Reviews
Napoli 0-0 Fiorentina
Inter Milan 4-1 Bologna
Cagliari 3-1 Palermo
Lazio 1-0 Sampdoria
Genoa 2-4 Udinese
Brescia 2-0 Parma
Catania 1-1 Chievo
Juventus 2-1 Bari
Cesena 0-1 Roma
Lecce 1-1 AC Milan
Nova Friburgo, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from devastating flooding in Brazil continued to rise Sunday, surpassing 600, the government said.
At least 631 deaths were reported in a mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state, northeast of the city of Rio.
Other states in the South American country have also seen heavy rainfall.
Last week, authorities in neighboring Sao Paulo state said 24 people had been killed by flooding. Forecasters there said late Sunday that an approaching cold front could bring more flooding and landslides.
Most of the deaths in Rio de Janeiro state were reported in the cities of Nova Friburgo and Teresopolis, with 287 and 269 fatalities, respectively. The state's health and civil defense department reported 56 fatalities in the town of Petropolis and 19 in Sumidouro.
Officials in that office also warned residents of the risk of waterborne diseases. Several thousand vaccines against tetanus and diphtheria have been distributed, they said.
Rescuers have not been able to reach some hard-hit areas, and many more people are feared dead. The rain is predicted to continue for several days in areas already submerged in water or slathered with mud.
Members of the army entered parts of Teresopolis and were able to rescue 110 families.
Thousands of families are still living on mountain slopes or on riverbanks and face extreme risk of being washed away. One resident described the disaster as a tsunami that fell from the sky.
In a statement, Rio Gov. Sergio Cabral said he had a panic attack when he was traveling to Nova Friburgo and saw a devastated mountainside.
Outside a makeshift morgue in Teresopolis, a crowd of people waited for their turn to identify loved ones.
Marco Antonio Siqueira Costa said the last time he saw his brother, sister-in-law and niece was a few days ago, before mud buried their house.
"I think that last meeting was God's way of granting us a farewell," he said.
Residents in the city donned masks and helped clean streets or deliver first aid. Others combed the city, searching desperately for missing loved ones.
Red Cross volunteer Maria Helena de Jesus was helping with first aid.
"You have to almost have a heart of stone," she said. "It was very difficult."
Teresopolis Mayor Jorge Mario Sedlacek declared his city a natural disaster area.
President Dilma Rousseff flew over flood-affected areas last week and landed in Friburgo, the agency said. The floods are her first test as president.
She trudged through mud to talk to residents in a neighborhood where four of seven firefighters trying to rescue people had been buried under mud. The other three were pulled out alive.
"We are going to take firm action" to help the devastated areas, said Rousseff.
Brazilian authorities have been criticized for a lack of disaster planning and allowing people to build homes in areas known to become treacherous in the rainy season.
They are under increasing pressure to show a strong response. Brazil is scheduled to host the World Cup in 2014 and the 2016 Olympics.
The season may already be over for Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery.
He lasted only 17 minutes of their Bundesliga fixture at Wolfsburg on Saturday.
The Frenchman was in agony with a knee injury which curtailed his first match of 2011 and he now faces an anxious wait to discover how serious the blow is.
He is due to undergo tests in Munich with suggestions that he may have torn his cruciate ligaments.
"We have got to wait and see," said coach Louis van Gaal after the game. "We will find out either on Sunday or Monday."
Ribery's season has barely got off the ground.
He was sidelined until November due to an ankle injury and now faces the prospect of another lengthy lay-off, although at least his injury-enforced substitution led to Arjen Robben's comeback after six months out.
AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri was frustrated with his side's 1-1 draw against Lecce.
Although he admitted he was pleased with how his side played, Allegri admitted being "disappointed" with the two dropped points from the result.
"We try our best to use the qualities that [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic has, and tonight he scored a wonderful goal," the Italian said to Sky Sport. "It is, though, disappointing to have dropped two points on the road.
"In the first-half, we created very little, but in the second-half after we scored, the team started to play well. When we had the lead, we failed to keep Lecce out.
"When our opposition made their substitutions, we did not clarify which player should mark who, and this hurt us, especially when they scored. We know what we could have done, and matches like this can occur.
"We do not need to be worried, as Lecce barely got close to our penalty area in the first-half. We finished the match playing strongly, and a result like this is normal throughout a long season," he added.
The draw against Lecce cut AC Milan's lead at the top of Serie A to just four points ahead of nearest rival Napoli, who drew 0-0 with Fiorentina.
(CNN) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao this week will lay out his vision for U.S.-Chinese relations based on strategic mutual trust, state-run media reports, amid recent hints of Washington's frustrations with Beijing.
Hu is expected to lay out his blueprint during his three days in Washington, where he'll meet with President Barack Obama, top legislators and business executives, followed by a stop in Chicago.
A report Sunday in Xinhua, China's official news agency, said that despite certain differences a constructive, comprehensive partnership between the powers could be mutually beneficial and help ensure stability in Asia and worldwide -- points Hu will stress during time in the United States.
Zhang Yesui, China's ambassador to the United States, hyped the visit as vital to relations between the Communist state and democratic power, according to another Xinhua report published Saturday.
He said that it was important to continue bilateral ties and address issues through dialogue, while adding that disagreements were inevitable given political, cultural and economic differences. Ultimately, Zhang said, the nations can and should create a "win-win situation" through positive diplomacy.
This hopeful rhetoric, though, comes as officials in Washington have recently suggested that Beijing has been slow to act in some respects, and generally should consider altering its approach to reflect its increasing influence.
On Friday, a U.S. delegation sent to China to negotiate economic deals returned from a three-day trip "highly disappointed" with the lack of progress, according to a senior administration official.
The official, displaying obvious frustration, told CNN that "prospects for a joint economic statement" before Hu's visit to the White House "are hanging by a thread."
Typically the joint statement is a formal expression of agreement between the two countries. A failure to issue one is often considered a sign of failed diplomacy.
"That doesn't mean things can't improve," the official said, "but we haven't seen it yet."
In a speech at the State Department Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that China must assume the responsibility of being a world power, rather than basing policies on its own self-interest.
"Embracing the obligations that come with being a 21st-century power will help to realize a future that will give the Chinese people even more, in fact, unimagined opportunities," she said. "But that means accepting a share of the burden of solving common problems, abiding by and helping to shape a rules-based international order."
Clinton acknowledged that relations between Beijing and Washington were at a "critical juncture," noting persisting tensions on economic and security issues and accusing China of discriminatory practices that put American firms at a disadvantage.
Still, insisting that the United States doesn't view China as a threat, she said, "our economies are intertwined and so are our futures."
"A thriving America is good for China, and a thriving China is good for America," said the top U.S. diplomat.
One hot-button issue that Beijing addressed on Sunday was the Korean peninsula, days after Clinton urged China to use its "unique ties" with North Korea to tamp down tensions there.
Urging an early resumption of long-stalled six-party talks committed to reining in North Korea's nuclear program, Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue told Xinhua that "the peninsula's denuclearization and the normalization of relations" was in all parties' interest.
"China will continue to work with all the parties concerned and the international community to ensure peace, stability and prosperity," he said.
Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola believes his squad will have to remain consistent to win La Liga.
David Villa struck twice for the Catalans - with Andres Iniesta and Pedro also on the scoresheet - as Barca thrashed Malaga 4-1 to rack up a record points total at the league's halfway stage.
After 19 games, Barca have 52 points, beating their previous record of 50 - set in Guardiola's first season in charge.
This time around, the Catalans have won 17 of their 19 league matches - including their last 13 - and have now gone unbeaten in 28 games in all competitions.
"It's an impressive total," Guardiola said after the match.
"When we got 50 points two years ago, I didn't expect us to beat that, but these players have done it - they've been outstanding."
Barca saw title rivals Real Madrid slip up at bottom-of-the-table Almeria - they drew 1-1 - earlier in the evening, meaning the league leaders will start the second half of the championship with a four-point advantage over Jose Mourinho's side.
But that, says Guardiola, means little at this stage.
"It's a ridiculous distance at this stage of the competition," he said.
"They (Madrid) dropped points today, but that could happen to us too.
"We could drop points at any ground; it could happen against Racing (Santander) next week or against Hercules.
"There is a long, long way to go and four points is nothing because Madrid are a very strong team."
Barca still have to face Madrid away from home and Guardiola is also wary of tough trips to the likes of Villarreal, Valencia and Sevilla.
"We still have to go to the Santiago Bernabeu, to Villarreal, to Valencia and Sevilla," he said.
"It will be very tough but we depend on ourselves and if we manage to play with the same intensity we have shown in the first half of the championship, we will have a great chance - it has been an extraordinary first half of the season."
Against Malaga, the Catalans were in control from the outset.
Iniesta fired the home side in front after seven minutes and goals from Villa and Pedro saw the champions go 3-0 up at the interval.
Duda reduced the deficit with a brilliant free-kick midway through the second period, but Villa made it 4-1 six minutes later.
"We played a very good first half against a good team," Guardiola said.
"We created a lot of chances and we need to keep competing like that in every game."
After the match, Barca sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta confirmed defender Gabi Milito - who had been expected to sign for Malaga on loan - will be staying at the Catalan club.
"It's a great piece of news," Guardiola said.
"He wants to play, but he is getting stronger all the time after his injury and we will help him - he has so much to give."
Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini, who refused to discuss his club's frustrated move for Milito, was philosophical in defeat.
"It's difficult to take anything positive out of a 4-1 defeat," he said.
"Our objective is to move up the table, but we came up against a very strong team tonight."
Despite losing 4-1, Malaga did better than Pellegrini's former side Madrid, who went down 5-0 here in December.
But that, the Chilean said, was no consolation at all.
"I'm at Malaga now and focused on this club. We lost 4-1 and that is disappointing enough. What other teams do does not concern me."
Pellegrini's Madrid lost out by three points last year to Barca, but the Chilean believes the gulf in class between the big two remains large, despite his former club's recruitment of Mourinho.
"The difference (between Barca and the rest) is still important," he said.
Bayern Munich captain Mark van Bommel could leave the club this winter, six months before his contract expires.
The Dutchman is unlikely to be offered a new deal for next season by the Bavarian club and he has already been linked with a move to Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg.
The arrival of Luiz Gustavo from Hoffenheim puts his place in the Bayern midfield under threat and he admitted before leaving with his club for a winter training camp in Doha today that he is open to offers.
"I cannot say for definite that I will be staying at Bayern," he said.
"The transfer window is open until January 31 and we will just have to wait and see. My phone will be switched on while I am in Qatar."
At the same time, Van Bommel denied that the signing of Luiz Gustavo had prompted him to consider his future.
"I am very happy that he is coming," said the Dutchman. "We have got to welcome anybody who strengthens the squad and help them settle in as quickly as possible.
"That helps the team and the club."
Bayern will train in Qatar for the next seven days before returning to Germany in preparation for their first Bundesliga match of 2011 at Wolfsburg on January 15.
Kuwait concluded their preparations for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals with an impressive friendly win over Zambia.
Kuwait opened the scoring after 19 minutes through striker Yousef Naser and Fahad Al Enezi doubled the advantage just two minutes later.
Bader Al Motawaa added a third in the 25th minute and Al Eenzi completed the rout with his second of the goal eight minutes later.
Kuwait have been drawn in Group A at the Asian Cup along with hosts Qatar, China and Uzbekistan.
Their first game is against China on January 8.
Jordan continued their preparations for the forthcoming 2011 AFC Asian Cup with a 2-2 draw with fellow finalists Uzbekistan.
Jordan finished the first half with a 1-0 lead as Amer Deeb opened the scoring after 32 minutes before Jasur Hasanov levelled the scores for Uzbekistan in the 70th minute.
Jordan regained their lead in the 75th minute through Odai Al Saify just two minutes before Olim Navkarov levelled the scores for Uzbekistan.
