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Monthly News August 2014

Anti-corruption investigators target pro...

Anti-corruption investigators target prominent Communist Party foe

Anti-corruption officials in Hong Kong have launched an early morning raid on the home of an outspoken media tycoon known for his withering criticism of Beijing. Four officials from Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) arrived at the home of Jimmy Lai, 65, at just... read more »

Akshay Kumar performed deadly stunt for ...

Akshay Kumar performed deadly stunt for ‘Shaukeen’

Akshay Kumar is known in the industry to perform his own stunts in his film. The actor has yet again performed some death defying stunts for his upcoming film, ‘Shaukeen’. The’ Khiladi’ super-hot hunk of Bollywood masters the art of performing breathtaking and dangerous stunts. The... read more »

Irrfan Khan to work with Aishwarya Rai i...

Irrfan Khan to work with Aishwarya Rai in ‘Jazbaa’

Bollywood beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would soon be making her comeback to films with the Sanjay Gupta film Jazbaa. Later we were informed that Gupta had roped in Hollywood action director Spiro Razatos to helm the action sequences in the film. Now, the latest update is that Sanjay Gupta... read more »

Cuba-bound Sunwing plane returns to Toro...

Cuba-bound Sunwing plane returns to Toronto, 2 passengers in custody

Police say two women are in custody after a Sunwing flight bound for Cuba was forced to turn back to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Regional police responded to the flight at around 7.15 p.m. on Wednesday. Police say the passengers were reportedly acting disruptive and had “made... read more »

Bumgarner flirts with perfection in 3-0 Giants win

SAN FRANCISCO — Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner wanted to waste a two-strike curveball in front of Rockies cleanup hitter Justin Morneau. He left the ball up just enough for Morneau to... read more »

Federer believes he can win 2014 Australian Open title

Jordan in Federer’s box at US Open

NEW YORK — “His Airness” is now a member of Club Fed. Michael Jordan was a special guest in Roger Federer‘s courtside box at the US Open on Tuesday night, the rare... read more »

Cook hopes Jonathan Trott will resume England’s No.3 position

If we play like that we’re not going to win many games: Cook

Dejected after a 133-run loss (D/L method) against India in the second ODI on Wednesday, England skipper Alastair Cook said that his team has a lot of improvement to do if it wants to... read more »

Xabi Alonso announces international retirement

Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso announced that he was retiring from football after making 114 appearances for Spain and scoring a total of 16 goals for his country. The 32-year-old... read more »

Badminton Worlds: Sindhu progresses to pre-quarters, Jwala-Ashwin...

P.V. Sindhu came out with a strong performance to enter the third round of the World Badminton Championships after earning a straight-games win over Russian Olga Golovanova at the Ballerup Super... read more »