Protesters target G8 as France backs expansion (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Thousands rallied in northern Japan calling for the G8 rich industrialized nations to be disbanded on Saturday while in Paris, member France called for the group to grow to include major emerging states such as China and India.

Brian France offers his take on NASCAR (Fox Sports) NASCAR boss Brian France spoke candidly about the sport Saturday. But Lee Spencer says many questions remain unanswered.

Protesters target G8 as France backs expansion (Reuters.co.uk) SAPPORO/PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands rallied in northern Japan calling for the G8 rich industrialised nations to be disbanded on Saturday while in Paris, member France called for the group to grow to include major emerging states such as China and India.

In pictures: France hails Betancourt (BBC News) Ingrid Betancourt walked carefully down the plane steps as President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni prepared to give her a hero's welcome. Ms Betancourt hailed Mr Sarkozy as an "extraordinary man" and thanked France for saving her life.

Travel Picks: Top 10 famous hotel rooms (Reuters via Yahoo! News) If walls could talk some hotel rooms would never be quiet, with men's Web site Askmen.com coming up with a list of top 10 famous hotel rooms.

Where We Are: France has 'state of racing' talk at Daytona (Winston-Salem Journal) Brian France, taking a page from his father's media playbook, dropped by the Daytona infield yesterday afternoon to discuss the state of the sport and make his case for the health of stock-car racing and the value of the sport to its fans.

France discusses economy, lawsuit and drug testing (Nascar) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France believes the sanctioning body was right to hold the line on rule changes to its new racecar.

Protesters target G8; France backs expansion (Reuters via Yahoo! India News) By Yoko Kubota and Astrid Wendlandt

Several thousand anti-G8 protesters rally in Japan (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Several thousand people rallied on Saturday on the streets of central Sapporo, Japan, to protest against a Group of Eight summit due to start next week at a luxury hotel a two-hour drive away.

Protesters target G8; France backs expansion (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (For more G8 summit stories, click on [G7/G8] * Protests against G8 summit in Japan * Sarkozy calls for expanded G8 By Yoko Kubota and Astrid Wendlandt ...