Oly-2012 London pulled off a major upset here when they defied the odds to come-from-behind and pip Paris at the post for the right to host the 2012 Olympics. Oly-2012 LONDON: Friends and strangers alike hugged each other and jumped for joy after London was named the host of the 2012 Olympic Games, beating arch rival Paris and three other cities in a nail-biting contest. G8-summit A jubilant British Prime Minister Tony Blair welcomed world leaders to a locked-down Scottish golf resort, hoping to extend his winning roll from an upset Olympic victory to momentous deals for Africa and the global climate. G8-summit Several thousand protesters marched to within shouting distance here of a gathering of the world's most powerful leaders after police and a separate group of demonstrators fought pitched battles in the early hours of the morning. Chile The Santiago Appeals Court stripped ailing ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet of his immunity in a case involving political prisoners killed during his iron-fisted rule, the court said. Monaco Prince Albert II, the ruler of Monaco, has publicly acknowledged he is the father of a 22-month-old boy born out of wedlock to a French-Togolese former flight attendant, his lawyer said. India Indian police fired tear gas and water cannon as angry Hindu nationalists staged scattered protests against an attack by militants on a flashpoint holy site sacred to both Hindus and Muslims. Austria Embarrassed Austrian officials said they were looking into an accusation -- dismissed as "ridiculous" by Tehran -- that Iranian president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad was involved in the 1989 murder of an Iranian Kurdish leader and two aides in Vienna. India Tibetan exiles ignored driving rain and turned out in their thousands to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Dalai Lama, as the god-king urged the elected Tibetan leadership to steer the campaign to secure autonomy for their homeland from China. Iraq The group of Al-Qaeda's frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, threatened to execute the top Egyptian envoy to Iraq after posting pictures of the abducted diplomat's IDs.