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Mahendra Singh Dhoni would readily step aside as India captain if there was a suitable replacement available, the under-fire skipper said on Tuesday.

Chardonnay, the world's most popular white wine, dates back centuries, but it owes much of its history in the United States to a winemaker who planted the grape in California 100 years ago.

Samsung Electronics lost a bid to overturn a ruling barring its local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Germany, handing a symbolic legal victory to Apple Inc in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market.

European Union regulators are investigating whether Samsung Electronics breached antitrust rules in its legal battles against rivals, among them Apple, which use its mobile technology patents.

Samsung Electronics lost a bid to overturn a ruling barring its local unit from selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablets in Germany, handing a symbolic legal victory to Apple Inc in efforts to keep its lead spot in the tablet computer market.

JPMorgan on Tuesday said its global co-head of emerging markets and head of fixed income for Asia would be leaving the company.

Rihanna recently dropped $160,000 for new artwork, a Swarovski crystal bedazzled Marilyn Monroe portrait created by British artist Claire Milner that glistens in the light because she reportedly identifies with the fallen star.

Asia's central bankers have yet another reason to hesitate now that the U.S. Federal Reserve looks likely to keep interest rates low for longer.

An Afghan immigrant couple and their son in Canada have been found guilty of the 2009 murder of three teenage girls and another woman, and handed out prison terms of at least 25 years.

Singer Nancy Sinatra may have had boots made for walking, but she never attended Pottstown Middle School.

Novak Djokovic, the Australian Open defending champion, beat Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 7-5. It was the third straight Grand Slam final for Djokovic against Nadal. Nadal, and Djokovic stripped off his shirt and thrust his hands upward to celebrate his continuing Grand Slam dominance as of late. It was his fifth major title.

Check out photographs of the opening sets of the 2012 Australian Open Men's Singles final here...

Resurgent Australia ruthlessly ripped through the last flagging remnants of Indian resistance in less than an hour at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday to record a fourth crushing test win and sweep the series.

Victoria Azarenka became the first Belarusian to win a grand-slam singles title when she claimed the Australian Open title with a crushing 6-3, 6-0 victory over Maria Sharapova of Russia on Saturday.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's media adviser resigned following the incident in which her bodyguard had to drag her to safety through an angry crowd of aboriginal activists in Canberra.

South Korean regulators on Friday endorsed Hana Financial Group Inc.'s 3.9 trillion won ($3.48 billion) acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank, paving the way for U.S. private-equity firm Lone Star's sale of the local lender and closing the final chapter of a drawn out and acrimonious saga.

ACTA protests are spreading across the globe, as outrage grows over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement treaty in the wake of the SOPA bill being shelved by the U.S. Congress. Find all the details about protest events in this article.

The J. Edgar actor and Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton headed to Mexico this week.

What does the number one tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, do with his spare time off the court? Take funny photos of his long-time girlfriend, Jelena Ristic. After his fourth-round win at the Australian Open on Monday, Djokovic took comical pictures of his girlfriend Ristic using an app to make a person look fat by adding a few hundred pounds to their face.

The broad asset rally which the U.S. Federal Reserve inspired by pledging to keep rates low decelerated on Friday as investors awaited the outcome of Greek debt talks and U.S. gross domestic product data. Asian stocks paused.

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata dismissed the idea that the age of the dedicated handheld games device was over and said he aimed to return the company to substantial profit in 2012/13, after it warned of its first ever operating loss this year.