LONDON (AFP) -- Russia's Nikolay Davydenko stunned Roger Federer to reach the final of the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory over the world number one on Saturday.Federer had never lost to Davydenko in 12 previous meetings, but the Wimbledon and French Open champion was unable to extend that run in the semi-finals at London's O2 Arena.Davydenko, who will face either Juan Martin Del Potro or Robin Soderling in Sunday's final, had only qualified for the last four late on Frida... Read Full Story

ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- After a 12-hour flight from China, giant pandas Wang Wang and Funi settled in Saturday at their new $8 million home at the Adelaide Zoo in Australia. Wang Wang, a 4-year-old male, and Funi, a 3-year-old female, were greeted at the airport by a crowd of about 100 people after their long trip from a panda breeding center in Chengdu, China. The pandas were to be quarantined for 30 days before being released into the outdoor portion of their specially buil... Read Full Story

CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Europe's new Herschel telescope is examining a dying star that is 30 to 40 times more massive than Earth's sun, astronomers said. The end days of VY Canis Major, the largest star known to science, is undergoing spectroscopic analysis by Herschel, which was launched in May. VY Canis Major is a red hypergiant -- a highly evolved star that is exhausting its nuclear fuel. The star could explode as a supernova at any time, spewing enormous quantities of carbon,... Read Full Story

WAUKEGAN, Ill., Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Salvage crews are preparing to lift to shore a World War II F6F-3 Hellcat that crashed into Lake Michigan nearly 65 years ago, authorities said. The fighter plane was raised Nov. 21 from 250 feet of water about 50 miles from Chicago in Michigan waters and slowed towed to Waukegan Harbor, where it's been sitting underwater since, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. Monday, a crane is to lift the plane out of the water for eventual restoration and display,... Read Full Story

by Amber Wang TAIPEI (AFP) -- Taiwanese director Leon Dai's low budget family drama on Saturday swept the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars," bagging the best picture and best director gongs."I want to thank my parents, my mentor Edward Yang and the actors of the film," an emotional Dai told the audience in Taipei.His "No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti," based on the true story of a diver's desperate fight for custody of his daughter, was the first local movie in seven yea... Read Full Story

SHANGHAI, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Three Americans were killed and one hurt when their cargo plane burned and crashed at Shanghai's Pudong Airport, Chinese state media reported Saturday. The government-run Chinese news agency Xinhua said that the Zimbabwe-registered plane caught fire, left the runway and then crashed into a storage building, creating a fiery maelstrom. The BBC said Shanghai television carried reports indicating the plane's tail broke off into several parts and fell to the ground. S... Read Full Story

Obama to ask Australia for more troops WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is to ask Kevin Rudd to send more troops to Afghanistan when the Australian prime minister visits Washington, authorities said. Their meeting Monday is to focus on The White House said in a release Friday, referring to the 8-year-old war and the United Nations environmental conference to be held in Denmark next month. Rudd is expected to be asked whether Australia can commit to more than the ... Read Full Story

MIAMI (AFP) -- Police prepared to interview golfing superstar Tiger Woods Saturday to determine whether charges will be filed for a single-vehicle crash that left him facial cuts and bruises.The world's number one golf player was treated and released from hospital after he crashed his 2009 Cadillac SUV outside his luxury Florida home early Friday, hitting a fire hydrant and then ramming into a nearby tree."Tiger Woods was in a minor car accident outside his home last night. He was admitted, ... Read Full Story

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A new world climate change treaty is within reach and participants should do what they can to make it happen, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says. Speaking Friday at a meeting of the British Commonwealth nations in Trinidad and Tobago, Ban urged the world's nations to on a climate change treaty next month in Copenhagen, the BBC reported. Ban said, while Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen added that he hoped to see at the D... Read Full Story

by Natacha Yazbeck BEIRUT (AFP) -- They remain anonymous, but their voices are out in force and bold print: a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women have braved law and social taboo in Lebanon with a little pink-and-white book."Bareed Mista3jil," Arabic for "Mail in a Hurry," is a collection of 41 true stories of women grappling with coming out, religion, family and emigration.One story is by a woman struggling to reconcile her religion and sexual orientation. Another speaks about ... Read Full Story