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Actress Zhang Ziyi named China’s "most beautiful person" by media

Actress Zhang Ziyi has placed first on a list of the 50 “most beautiful people in China.” Chinese movie star Zhang Ziyi shoots new photos for the fashion magazine Bazaar.The fourth annual event was organized by The Beijing News, which announced the result in its Friday edition. Zhang, who starred in the films “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”... Read more

Watergate "Deep Throat" Mark Felt dies

W. Mark Felt, the former FBI second-in-command who became known as “Deep Throat,” — the nickname for the anonymous source who tipped off reporters to the Watergate scandal that toppled Richard Nixon’s presidency — has died. He was 95. Former FBI official W. Mark Felt waves to reporters in Santa Rosa, California. An article written... Read more

Time picks Obama as "Person of the Year"

Time magazine Wednesday named US President-elect Barack Obama its 2008 “Person of the Year.” A handout photo shows the cover image of the Dec. 29, 2008/Jan. 5, 2009 double issue. Time magazine named U.S. President-elect Barack Obama the Person of the Year after he became the first African-American to win the White House. The cover image was by ex-street... Read more

"Kindies", primary schools in focus

VietNamNet Bridge – Providing quality pre-school and primary school education and increasing enrolments at these levels will be a major focus of Viet Nam’s education development strategy from now until 2020. Under the plan, every ward in the country will have kindergartens by 2020.A draft plan to be released by the Ministry of Education and Training... Read more

China, U.S. end high-profile economic dialogue with "important consensus"

China and the United States concluded a high-profile economic dialogue on Friday morning, with “important consensus” reached on the financial turmoil and critical issues of the two economies. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (front R) shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at a signing ceremony on energy and environmental protection... Read more

GM, Chrysler "considering bankruptcy"

General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC executives are considering accepting a pre-arranged bankruptcy as the last-resort price of getting a multibillion-dollar government bailout, said a person familiar with their internal discussions. Leaders of the U.S. automotive industry testify at a hearing held by the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in... Read more

"WALL-E" and "Thunder" top DVD charts

A small, waste-collecting robot has captured the hearts of DVD consumers, much as it did in theaters earlier this year. The animated character “Wall-E” is shown in this undated publicity photo released to Reuters April 23, 2008 in a scene from the Disney/Pixar film of the same name. A small, waste-collecting robot has captured the hearts of DVD consumers,... Read more

"Pregnant man": My wife and I are normal couple

Thomas Beatie, known as “the pregnant man,” along with his wife and five month baby girl, appeared in an interview Tuesday together for the first time. Thomas Beatie, better known as the Pregnant Man, shows off his newborn baby girl in a photo published in People magazine three weeks after the labor. (Photo: yangtse.com)The 34-year-old man said he... Read more

Obama, McCain vow to "launch a new era of reform"

U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and his former Republican presidential rival, John McCain, vowed on Monday to “launch a new era of reform” and work together on “critical challenges.” (L-R) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senator John McCain (R-AZ), President-elect Barack Obama and his chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel during a meeting in Obama’s... Read more

Madonna’s "gorgeous" A-Rod

Madonna says rumored lover Alex Rodriguez “has the heart of a poet trapped inside an insanely gorgeous body.” Singer Madonna (L) and director Guy Ritchie arrive on the red carpet at the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 21, 2008.The 50-year-old singer who was first romantically linked to the baseball player, nickname “A-Rod”, earlier this... Read more

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