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  • Ravi Shankar Prasad urges PM to articulate concern of people to Premier Li

    Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday urged Dr. Manmohan Singh to firmly articulate the concern of the people and the country, including the opposition, he said this, in wake of Premier Li of China's arrival in New Delhi to discuss issues pertaining both the countries and to enhance bilateral ties. He said: "Surely, there can be business relationship, but the ...

  • Kirani James outpaces rivals to win in Shanghai

    World and Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his main rivals from London 2012 Olympics in the 400 metres at Shanghai's Diamond League meet. The Grenadian quarter miler raced ahead on the final bend to edge 2008 Olympic champion, the USA's Lashawn Merritt, into second place Saturday, reports Xinhua. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic, the silver medallist from last ...

  • 4G to debut in Shanghai next month

    4G services, which provide mobile users with internet access up to 50 times faster than the current 3G network, will be launched in Shanghai next month when the China Mobile company begins large-scale trials. The fourth generation of mobile phone mobile communication technology standards orm 4G provides users with high-speed internet access on devices such as phones, data cards and MiFi ...

  • Isinbayeva wins comeback meet in Shanghai

    Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva won her first competition of the season by jumping 4.70 metres at the Diamond League meeting here. The 30-year-old skipped the winter season after a tough Olympic year in which she won bronze, and is using the event in China to prepare for the Moscow World Athletics Championships in August. The Russian posted the winning height - well below her world ...

  • Chen Guangcheng pressures the EU on secret human rights talks with China

    The European Union must go public with the results of human rights talks with China’s leaders, and publish its own list of people known to be suffering repression and persecution, Chen Guangcheng, the exiled Chinese dissident has ...


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Psycho (1998)

Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" is an utterly empty technical achievement. Van Sant has proved that, yes, a bunch of Hollywood heavyweights can use $25 million and color photography to mimic the camera angles of an $800,000 classic from the '60s. But, what they couldn't prove is the ability to capture the horrifying essence of the film--to recreate the same kind ... ...

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  • Seoul deploys Spike missiles to protect Yellow Sea islands

    Seoul deploys Spike missiles to protect Yellow Sea islands . MAY 20, 2013 03:06. . The South Korean military said on Sunday that it recently deployed on Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong islands in the Yellow Sea Spike missiles from Israel that can be used for precision strikes at North ...

  • Giant demolition job as two mile viaduct in China is blown up

    With 100,000 volt wiring running alongside the viaduct and 30 major gas pipelines underneath it, explosives experts were faced with a task requiring particular ...

  • Chinese university in talks to open UK campus at former BBC site

    One of China's top universities is in talks to open a campus at the former site of the BBC in London in the latest push to extend Chinese influence across the ...

  • China universitys plan to take over BBCs White City site

    One of China's top universities is in talks to open a campus at the former site of the BBC in London in the latest push to extend Chinese influence across the ...

  • Watt struggles in Shanghai

    China Australia's Mitchell Watt will be putting the Shanghai Diamond League meet behind him as quickly as possible, after finishing a disappointing 12th in the long jump on Saturday.Watt, the Olympic silver medallist, could only manage a leap of 7.58 metres, as China's Jinzhe Li thrilled his home crowd with an upset win.Li jumped 8.34m to beat Russian Aleksandr Menkov (8.31m) and ...

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