Showing posts from November 10, 2012

Delhi Safari in Oscar race, Advani thrilled

IANS FILMMAKER Nikhil Advani’s 3D animation movie Delhi Safari has been shortlisted for the best animated feature film category for the 85th Oscars. He is thrilled and urges Indian studios to start …

Khiladi 786 Good music, could have been better

BHASKAR PANT IANS BOLLYWOOD’S khiladi (player) Akshay Kumar is back in action to pack a punch with his new outing Khiladi 786. The film’s soundtrack has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya. It has se…

Taylor Lautner finding new dawn after Twilight

REUTERS AS dusk sets on the Twilight saga with the final film, actor Taylor Lautner is looking at a new dawn for the next stage in his career. Lautner, 20, shot to fame after being cast as werewolf …

Aaron Taylor-Johnson finds Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina ‘almost like a soap’

NANCY MILLS NYT SYNDICATE THOUSANDS of young people around the world first encounter Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina in high school. Not Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the 22- year-old British acto…

Ulsan, Ahli to clash in AFC Champions League final

AFP ULSAN (SOUTH KOREA) ULSAN Hyundai will bid to become the first South Korean team to clinch the AFC Champions League on home soil on Saturday after storming unbeaten into the final against Saudi …

Thunderstorms threaten McIlroy’s $6 mn Barclays Singapore Open bid

AP SINGAPORE TROPICAL thunderstorms threw the $6 million Barclays on Singapore Open into chaos Friday and threatened Rory McIlroy’s bid to seal the European money title this weekend. After a rain-hi…

‘Winter WC decision within 2 years’

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA ANY decision on whether to switch the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup from summer to winter would be taken within the next two years to make it logistically possible, Qatar 2022 …

Djokovic subdues Berdych, reaches semis

AFP LONDON NOVAK DJOKOVIC advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals with a 100 percent record as the world number one defeated Czech fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) at London’s O2 A…

Diageo to pay $2.1bn to take 53.4% stake in United Spirits

Two Leaders, Different Crises SO, in the same week, it is revealed to us who will be the next leaders of both superpowers: Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. We knew it would be Xi long before the process…

Chrysler recalls 745,000 Jeeps over faulty airbags

Two Leaders, Different Crises SO, in the same week, it is revealed to us who will be the next leaders of both superpowers: Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. We knew it would be Xi long before the process…

Greece to tap markets to raise cash amid bailout delay

Two Leaders, Different Crises SO, in the same week, it is revealed to us who will be the next leaders of both superpowers: Barack Obama and Xi Jinping. We knew it would be Xi long before the process…

Wall Street up on strong consumer confidence

REUTERS NEW YORK STOCKS bounced higher on Friday as buyers stepped in following two days of steep losses after data showed confidence among consumers and wholesale business inventories were stronger…

OPEC cuts crude demand forecasts on economic woes

ZAWYA DOW JONES LONDON OPEC ON Friday trimmed forecasts of demand for its own crude over economic concerns and rising output by rivals, a move that makes it likely to significantly cut production ne…

230 swimmers take part in H2O Cup

CATHERINE W GICHUKI DOHA AROUND 230 swimmers took part in the 5th H2O Short Course Autumn Cup organised by H2O Swim Club at the American School of Doha indoor pool on Friday. The three-day event whi…
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