British writer Salman Rushdie has defended German author Guenter Grass in the light of revelations the Nobel Prize-winning writer was a member of Hitler's Waffen-SS.

Nobel Prize-winning German author Gunter Grass insists the backlash following his belated Waffen-SS admission is a concerted attempt to nullify all of his achievements.

NOBEL Prize-winning German novelist Guenter Grass is facing a growing storm of criticism following his admission that he served in the Waffen SS during World War II.

Marcos Baghdatis had never won a match on grass until one month ago and had responded to a first round defeat to Romanian wild card Andrei Pavel in Halle by insisting: “Grass is for playing football”.

A CUBAN family who desperately tried to make it to the United States by turning their car into a boat, has finally made it — on foot.

A Cuban family who desperately tried to make it to the United States by turning their car into a boat, has finally made it – on foot.