Zhang Ziyi, the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star, vehemently denies Chinese media reports she earned $100 million by prostituting herself to a string of powerful Chinese men. During the period in question Zhang Ziyi was alleged to have slept with disgraced politician Bo Xilai, she was happily in a long-term relationship with Aviv “Vivi” Nevo. In the photos taken four years ago, Zhang Ziyi, 33,…
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…x for money is disgraced politician Bo Xilai, ousted from China’s powerful politburo amid allegations he and his wife were involved in the murder of Old Harrovian businessman Neil Heywood. Zhang Ziyi, 33, one of China’s biggest film stars and a three-times BAFTA nominee, is the most prominent name to date to be dragged into the scandal over Bo Xilai. Zhang Ziyi, star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dr…
High school student Angela Zhang from Cupertino, California, has found a possible cure for cancer and she has been rewarded with a scholarship for $100,000. Angela Zhang, 17, a first generation Chinese schoolgirl, who is learning to drive, seems in many ways an average Californian teenager, CBS News reported. When Angela Zhang shared a project she had created in her spare time with her Monta Vist…
…because they allow her “to transform my interests in physics, chemistry, and biology into solutions for current health problems.” She won the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2011 Grand Award and the ISEF 2010 Grand Award (both for medicine and health science), and a trip to attend the Taiwan International Science Fair awarded by the National Taiwan Science Education Cent…
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Microsoft has fixed an embarrassing gaffe which saw a chunk of code labelled “big boobs”. The hexadecimal string 0xB16B00B5 was discovered lurking in code that helps a Microsoft program work with Linux open source software. The controversial string came to light on a mailing list for developers who oversee the core, or kernel, of Linux. The string was used every time the Microsoft pro…
Kim Kardashian paraded her stunning curves in a pretty light pink string bikini as she took a morning dip earlier this month in Miami. Against the stunning backdrop of the pink and red-hued Miami skyline and the glistening sea, Kim Kardashian, 32, strolled along the sand with her best pal Jonathan Cheban. Kim Kardashian wore hardly any make-up for her swimming session, an unusual move for her who…
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Even though Sharon Stone is now in her mid fifties, she is still flaunting her figure. Sharon stone, 54, showed off an impressive physique for her age as she popped on a string bikini yesterday. The actress lapped up the sun in Venice, California with a female friend. And she’s obviously still got her body confidence as she stripped down to a sting two-piece in a zig-zag pattern. Sharon Sto…
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…n so-called “green-on-blue” attacks, had prompted the new restrictions, ISAF said. Fifty-one NATO troops have been killed by Afghan soldiers so far this year – 15 in August alone. In 2008, just two soldiers died in such attacks – though ISAF and Afghan force numbers have also increased substantially in the period. Four US soldiers and two UK soldiers died in rogue attacks a…
Jill Kelley, the socialite at the centre of the David Petraeus sex scandal who sent thousands of “inappropriate” emails to General John Allen, “flirted outrageously” with a string of military chiefs, a friend claimed today. In a dramatic new twist in the David Petraeus sex scandal on Monday night, it emerged that General John Allen exchanged 20,000 to 30,000 messages – as many as 40 a day &…
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ngeance” after large outbreaks in Africa and Tajikistan and China’s first recorded cases for more than a decade. Declaring polio a national emergency, the Pakistani government is targeting 33 million children for vaccination with some 88,000 health workers delivering vaccination drops. Dr. Bruce Aylward of the WHO said that vaccination programmes had been suspended in other countries b…
The trial of Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood has ended in the Chinese city of Hefei, after one day. A court official told reporters Gu Kailai had not contested the charge that she killed Neil Heywood by poisoning in 2011. The date of the verdict would be announced later, the official said. Gu Kailai is the wife of former high-flying politician Bo Xil…
…. “However, not all of the details have been clarified, as most players have been interested in the violin body rather than the properties of the bow or strings.” Dr. Shigeyoshi Osaki used 300 female Nephila maculata spiders – one of the species of “golden orb-weavers” renowned for their complex webs – to provide the dragline silk. For each string, Dr. Shigeyosh…
American classical composer Elliott Carter has died at the age of 103. Known for his challenging and complex pieces, Elliott Carter won two Pulitzer Prizes and was also honored with the US National Medal of Arts. While not widely known by the general public, Elliott Carter was hugely respected by critics and musicians. In 2002, The New York Times said Elliott Carter’s string quartets were a…
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…s to exclusive videos, TV shows and films from select specialist channels. Paying a subscription may also remove adverts from free videos. YouTube revamped the site and introduced channels in December 2011. In October 2012, YouTube launched 60 partner channels, including BBC Worldwide On Earth, ITN, the Jamie Oliver Food Channel and Mixmag TV. Other partners include Channel 4 and Film 4, Howcast a…
An international research team has found that regularly smoking marijuana over a number of years can affect consumer’s short-term memory. Long-term smokers may notice that they cannot temporarily hold information in their heads, like a telephone number or the name of someone they have just met. The scientists claim that this common side effect occurs because the drug hinders a signaling mechanism…
Gu Kailai, wife of former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has gone on trial charged with murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu Kailai is accused of poisoning Neil Heywood in 2011 in Chongqing, where her husband was the Communist party head. State media has called the case against her and an aide “substantial”. The country is preparing to install a new generation of l…
…rought about by an evil eye. Demi Moore, who is currently filming Lovelace with Amanda Seyfried and James Franco, was joined by her eldest daughter from her second marriage Rumer Willis. Rumer Willis, 23, was in much healthier shape than her mother and wore a black dress with a sheer top that showed off her fuller figured body. Demi Moore still shows the strain of her split from Ashton Kutcher, a…
…d. The futuristic glass walkway is a marked upgrade from another sky high mountain walkway located in the same province. The Shifou Mountain located 82 miles away in Hunan Province offers sightseers a 3 ft-wide road made of wooden planks thousands of feet high. When finished the “road”- which is the width of a dinner table – will stretch for 1.8 miles making it China’s long…
…Kong. The latest numbers added to the optimism that followed trade figures which were released over the weekend. They showed a 9.9% year-on-year growth in exports during September, a big jump from the 2.7% growth recorded in the previous month. Zhang Zhiwei added the latest data “helps reinforce our view that growth will rebound visibly in the fourth quarter”. China has announced vario…
…of the islands has been rumbling for years and has flared sporadically. A spokesman from Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration said that 58 fishing vessels arrived in the disputed waters at around 05:00 a.m. local time after setting off from a northern Taiwanese port on Monday afternoon. The fishing boats were accompanied by several Taiwanese coast guard vessels. Japan’s coast guard said…
…e former Chongqing party chief. Bo Xilai, 62, was once tipped as a future leader. But he has now been removed from his posts on the Communist Party’s hugely powerful 25-member Politburo, and the 300-member Central Committee. His wife, Gu Kailai, is being investigated in connection with the death of Neil Heywood, Chinese authorities have also announced. British Foreign Secretary William Hague…
Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has been given a suspended death sentence for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Gu Kailai did not contest charges at her one-day trial that she poisoned Neil Heywood in November 2011. Suspended death sentences are usually commuted to life imprisonment in China. Bo Xilai, the former communist party chief in Chongqing, was once…
ew leaders will be mostly in their late 50s. They will gradually take over in the next few months, with Hu Jintao’s presidency formally coming to an end at the annual parliament session in March 2013. The Communist Party will also announce on Thursday whether Hu Jintao will retain control of the Central Military Commission or pass it on to Xi Jinping. Hu Jintao’s predecessor, Jiang Zem…
Cao Haibo, a Chinese internet cafe worker who posted pro-democracy articles online, has been sentenced to eight years in prison, his lawyer says. A court in the south-western city of Kunming jailed 27-year-old Cao Haibo for “subversion of state power”, said his lawyer, Ma Xiaopeng. Cao Haibo had set-up web chat groups on social issues, said a US-based rights group. The case comes shor…
…cisions had been made in advance. The new leaders will gradually take over in the next few months, with Hu Jintao’s presidency formally coming to an end at the annual parliament session in March 2013. Xi Jinping has also been named chairman of the Central Military Commission, a Xinhua news agency report said, ending uncertainty over whether that post would be transferred from Hu Jintao immed…
