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Friday, May 24 2013
The Chinese Mindset
THE Chinese government often tolerates, and even encourages, abuses of power and extrajudicial punishments by law enforcement officials. These are the underlying evils that sustain a regime that values its own preservation...
BAUM WEIGHS IN AFTER UPROAR
Mr Nocera - You have destroyed everything and everyone related to Steven J. Baum PC. It took 40 years to build this firm and three weeks to tear down." Thus began a lengthy e-mail that I received, on Thursday evening, from...
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Michelle recreates Monroe mystique

"A CAREER is w o n d e r f u l , ´ ´ Marilyn Monroe said, "but you can´t curl up with it on a cold night.´´ It´s 5 p.m. in New York, and Michelle Williams – the two-time Academy Award nominee who plays Monroe in the new movie My Week with Marilyn – is taking that advice to...

Centuries-old charm beckons townsfolk in China
JUST 400 or so kilometres to the west of the gleaming high-rises of Shanghai sits a window into a world hundreds of years old. Despite the dramatic upheavals brought by war, the Cultural Revolution and industrialisation, the hamlet of Xidi, in the mountainous province of Anhui, along with other villages in the area, has managed to remain largely untouched since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, starting hundreds of years ago. Wander the narrow, labyrinthine lanes and peek into the open-air courtyards of grandiose homes, with their wooden lattice windows, rock gardens, watercolours and calligraphy scrolls, and it can feel as if you are slipping...
Breaking Dawn stars look to new horizons
AS Twilight fans gear up for the emotional rollercoaster of weddings, babies and battles that is Breaking Dawn - Part 1, the movie´s three stars are beginning to look to new horizons. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, which opened in US theatres on Friday, saw young lovers Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) finally marry in a wedding that has the Twilight fanverse in a frenzy. But wedded bliss doesn´t last long for the young couple after Bella finds herself pregnant with a vampire baby that is slowly killing her. Back home, werewolf Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner, faces conflict within his own tribe as he chooses...
Genelia to wed Riteish
GENELIA D´Souza, who was so far tight-lipped about her relationship with Riteish Deshmukh, has finally acknowledged it. She thanked her friends and family for their best wishes for the wedding early next year, and said they are excited about the new phase. "Thanks so much for your overwhelming response. It´s a(n) exciting new chapter in our lives and all your wishes and blessings make it even more beautiful and special for Riteish and me," Genelia posted on her Twitter page. Ever since Riteish admitted in a media report that they will seal their eight-year-old relationship by tying the knot in 2012, good wishes have been pouring in for the...

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