MANCHESTER UNITED midfielder Anderson was dragged unconscious from the burning wreckage of his car after a weekend crash that is now the centre of a police investigation in Portugal.

HUNGRY, thirsty and increasingly desperate Haitians burned tyres in protest and attacked aid trucks and people carrying scarce food and water as workers struggled to bury thousands of victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne.

A suspected bomb blast rocked a Venice courthouse near the Rialto bridge in the heart of the lagoon city today, damaging the building and nearby shops. A policeman on guard duty was injured.