'Soul Kitchen' serves up madcap comedy | By Steven Rea | Inquirer Movie Columnist and Critic | An antic lark set in a divey restaurant in a run-down, hipster section of Hamburg (Wilhelmsburg, no less), Fatih Akin's is about as far afield - thematica... Spare Times: For Children | GLOBAL FAMILY GARDENING: SUMMER HARVEST FESTIVAL Blog | ArtsBeat | The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. More Arts New... Once Around the Park, Then Farewell | I AM torn. As you read this, I’m packing for a flight to Paris, where I’ll be living and working for the next few years. It’s wildly exciting for me, and also somewhat terrifying. I have tra... Pop and Rock Listings | Pop Blog | ArtsBeat | The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more. Join the discussion. More Arts News | Full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.... Putin Extends Ban on Russian Grain Exports | MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced Thursday that Russia’s ban on grain exports, which was adopted last month after a severe drought and heat wave depressed the harvest, would be e... U-19 squad leaves for Cairo; U-16 back home | By Aline Bannayan | AMMAN - The U-19 football team headed to Egypt on the weekend for a training camp in Cairo beginning their countdown for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championship in China f... Line Umpires' Job Is to See but Not Be Seen | Before dispersing for another workday of long hours and concentrated effort, the most unknown, underpaid and unappreciated people on court at the United States Open received expert advice for those uncomforta... Sabathia Moves Closer to First 20-Win Season | Perhaps you have heard, but on days he pitches, the mound belongs to Dallas Braden. Cross his rubber and suffer the consequences, as Alex Rodriguez discovered four months ago — and chuckled at. The inhe... Now 5-0, U.S. Heads to Knockout Round | ISTANBUL — As Russell Westbrook walked off the court after the United States’ blowout victory against Tunisia on Thursday, the Tunisian guard Marouan Kechrid stopped him. | Keep up with the latest... Trucks in 120km traffic jam 7:40 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | More than 10,000 trucks, mainly carrying coal, are stuck in a 120km traffic jam in Inner Mongolia, in the latest dramatic snarl-up on China's roads. | The jam star... London builders eye rich Indians LONDON: As Britain's housing market continues its downward spiral due to recession, London's biggest builders are targeting cash-rich investors from India and other emerging economies to stay afloat. | A pad in... China's cheat sheet helps global investors survive HONG KONG: Ten years ago, China barely registered on global financial markets. Today, it is front and centre. Yet, the market’s understanding of the world’s second-largest economy has struggled to catch up.... High leverage factor with global economy taking heavy toll on BRIC LONDON: Shares of companies from the world’s biggest developing economies are increasingly featuring in global fund portfolios, a possible reason why BRIC markets are underperforming in 2010 compared to emerg... Samsung, Toshiba unveil iPad rivals | SAMSUNG and Toshiba today unveiled rival tablet PCs to AppleÂ’s highly successful iPad in hopes of cashing in on some of the California giantÂ’s thunder - and sales. | Samsung's Galaxy Tab, presented at the I... Numbers that alarm | At the age of 13, Marwan learnt to hide the little colourful pills in his socks as he strode past his supervisors at school. Two years later, he is a go-to man for Ecstasy in Beirut, the Lebanese capital. | I... Asia stocks rise on US factory data, Ping An gains 2.7% | Singapore : Asian stocks rose, lifting the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index to a two-week high, as faster-than-estimated growth in US manufacturing supported confidence in global economic growth. | Sony Corp, an ... Learning from past crises | On the heels of the global financial crisis, as Europe discusses the implementation of painful austerity measures and the US deliberates the continuation of expensive government spending, I cannot help but dr... Sensex rises to one-week high on positive data | Mumbai : India's benchmark stock index climbed to its highest in a week after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said taxes paid by companies increased, fuelling speculation earnings may rise. | Jai... Oil steady as investors eye job data | Singapore: Oil was steady near $74 yesterday as investors turned their attention to upcoming US employment reports, following gains of almost three per cent a day earlier after positive manufacturing da... With just 30 days left, authorities are sure of Commonwealth Games success | New Delhi: The clock is ticking fast and furious to the 19th Commonwealth Games here on October 3-14. As Delhi works away at a feverish pitch in the last lap, the missed deadlines, corruption allegations, deb... 5-member body starts 3-day probe of hostage drama | MANILA, Philippines—A marathon three-day inquiry into the botched hostage rescue drama opens on Friday amid hopes by the Philippines and China that the probe will be fair and thorough and those responsible wi... 3 bodies sent to wrong families | HONG KONG—Philippine authorities sent the bodies of three of the victims in the Manila bus hijacking to the wrong families, Hong Kong said Thursday, in the latest of a series of missteps in the handling of th... Gov't sees 10% drop in HK tourist arrivals | MANILA, Philippines—Tourist arrivals from Hong Kong are expected to decrease by 10 percent as a result of the Aug. 23 hostage crisis that led to the death of eight tourists from the Chinese territory, a Malac... Sino-Indian tension simmers on ice How likely is China's launch of a limited war against India? This is the question that has animated South Asia watchers over the last two days ever since reports about the Chinese denial of a visa to a top-rank... Survivor in Connecticut Triple Murder Keeps Pressure On as Trial Nears | NEW HAVEN — In the three years since his wife and two daughters were killed at his home in Cheshire, Dr. William A. Petit Jr. has become perhaps the most passionate and visible advocate for the death pe...
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U-19 squad leaves for Cairo; U-16 back home The Jordan Times| By Aline Bannayan | AMMAN - The U-19 football team headed to Egypt on the weekend for a training camp in Cai...
Trucks in 120km traffic jam NZ Herald7:40 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | More than 10,000 trucks, mainly carrying coal, are stuck in a 1...
Oil steady as investors eye job data Gulf News| Singapore: Oil was steady near $74 yesterday as investors turned their attention to upcoming US employ...
3 bodies sent to wrong families Inquirer| HONG KONG—Philippine authorities sent the bodies of three of the victims in the Manila bus hijacking to the ...
Sino-Indian tension simmers on ice Khaleej TimesHow likely is China's launch of a limited war against India? This is the question that has animated South Asia...
France's G-20 Agenda May Be a Tough Sell The New York Times| PARIS — As France prepares to assume an agenda-setting role for the global economy, ambition is not in...
Young American Startles No. 18 Seed The New York Times| With Melanie Oudin out of the United States Open, the door was left open for a new player to become the darl...
Keep the powder dry Deccan Chronicle--> Keep the powder dry | Share ARTICLEURL | The recent controversy over China’s provocative denial of a vis...
Viva China as Li Ning spins homes gold Hong Kong StandardOlympic gold medalist Li Ning is expanding from sportswear into the property market. | //--> Friday, September...
