Drug cheats and other swines A Chinese athlete looks up as competitors gather in the center of the arena as fireworks erupt above them during the Closing Ceremony of the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar Friday Dec. 15, 2006. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (tmg1) ChinaDrugGamesOlympicPhotos
Kayaking: Duct tape helps Kiwi to Beijing | Luuka Jones becomes the first NZ woman to compete in the Olympic slalom kayaking event. Photo / Bay of Plenty Times | A 19-year-old Tauranga woman can thank a kayak held together with tape for her making New ... Basketball: Tall order | Angela Marino looks past Gina Farmer and Australia's Lauren Jackson. Photo / Mark Mitchell | Among the more striking images from New Zealand's Athens Olympics was pocket-size guard Angela Marino trying to fin... Thousands enlisted to shift green goo | Chinese soldiers remove the algae. Officials said it may take 10,000 workers two weeks to clear it. Photo / AP | China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where ... Sideswipe: Friday | No repressed doors in Wellington, says Al. | * * * | Preparing for visitors to the Olympics, China is awash with English language books for locals to learn conversational English. But what are they learning? ... Fashion- and Federer-watching at Wimbledon | MANILA, Philippines—It's that time of year again when tennis players shed their multi-colors for various shades of white as sign of respect for the tradition of the oldest tennis championship. Wimbledon is al... Video column by Michael Janusonis: 'Vantage Point' is a thriller from every angle | Round and round and round goes the action in Vantage Point (Sony, $28.96) which, besides a high-speed auto chase, exploding bombs, flying bullets and terrorists everywhere, replays the assassination of a pres... Movies: Friday-Sunday, July 4-6 | Baby Mama **** Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Greg Kinnear, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin. Career woman hires a surrogate mother to carry her baby to term, but culture clashes threaten to wreck their relationship in... Asian vigilantes hit back against crime | Peter Low. Photo / Kenny Rodger | An Auckland vigilante group is teaching members of the Asian community how to use everything from pens to perfume as weapons to fight crime. | Its methods include snatching h... Thriving sex trade takes hold in suburban homes | Up to 18,000 females, including girls as young as 14, are working in brothels across Britain after being smuggled into the country to meet the booming demand for prostitutes. | Police, unveiling the results o... New PCCI President unveils priorities The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry will put more emphasis on global competitiveness, energy and investments in the forefront of its advocacies under its newly-installed President Edgardo B. Lacson.... Aksiyon ni Atienza suportado ng CMP LUBUSANG sinusuportahan ng Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (CMP) si DENR Secretary Jose L. Atienza sa kanyang aksiyon para sa DENR na magpalabas ng Ore Transport Permits (OTP) upang sa ganoon ay mahigpit na... Ruffa keeps talent fee secret By: Remy Umerez A Little Bit | UNTIL now, Ruffa Gutierrez would not comment on her talent fee for endorsing Belo Medical Group who she chose because it suits their aim of going global. | Another reason is becau... 14 Pinoy cue stars in knockout phase Alex Pagulayan Former world champion Alex Pagulayan defeated Mohd El Assal of Egypt, 9-5, to bounce back from the losers' bracket and lead four more Filipinos in barging into the knockout stage of the 2008 Qata... Young weightlifter makes RP team to Beijing By: Gerry Ramos YOUNG Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz is Beijing-bound next month. | The 16-year-old native of Zamboanga City became the latest member of the compact Team Philippines to the Olympic Games aft... Zheng hopes to derail Williams express Zheng Jie LONDON -- Chinese history-maker Zheng Jie and brittle blonde Elena Dementieva will attempt to derail the Williams sisters' Wimbledon express in the semi-finals on Thursday. | The American siblings hav... Gomez shows way in Olympiad qualifier By: Ed Andaya Villamayor: two wins and one draw in three rounds Standings after three rounds: | Men | 3 points -- J. Gomez | 2.5 -- B. Villamayor, L. Carlos | 2 -- W. So, D. Laylo, R. Bancod, N. de la Cruz | 1.... Repeal of Lateral Attrition Law eyed | Sen. Francis Escudero vowed yesterday to push for the repeal of the Lateral Attrition Act of 2005 since it was apparently susceptible to abuse by officials of revenue-generating agencies. | Officials of the B... 'Huge bribes' delayed $503-M Northrail project, says lawyer | The Chinese contractor of the $503-million North Rail project wants out because of the "huge bribe" paid to Filipino officials, causing a five-year delay in the project, according to a lawyer familiar with th... A reflection of character | A nation's response to calamity is a reflection of its character. | When a devastating earthquake struck China recently, the people and the nation responded as one. Individuals cared for each other. Local off... Shangri-La opens 6th RP hotel at The Fort | Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Asia Ltd., a leading upscale hotel group in Asia Pacific, broke ground yesterday on its sixth hotel project in the Philippines - Shangri-La at the Fort - estimated to cost about $25... Miners back Atienza on permit issuance | The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines has expressed support for the move of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose L. Atienza to centralize the issuance of ore transport permits (OTP) in the Depar... RP is hottest real estate market in SEA - CB Richard Ellis | The Philippines is the hottest real estate market in Southeast Asia, a ranking official of international commercial real estate service provider CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said yesterday. | "Investment opportuni... 17-year-old lifter gets Olympic wild card | The International Weightlifting Federation has granted the Philippine Weightlifting Association a wild card berth for a female athlete in next month's Olympics, hiking the total number of the Beijing-bound RP... PBA, SBP see all-pro RP 5 for FIBA-Asia | Chances are another all-pro team will be tapped to represent the country in the FIBA-Asia men's championship in China next year. | PBA commissioner Sonny Barrios and SBP executive director Noli Eala discussed... Taiwanese official asks China to pull out new missiles By Rommel C. Lontayao, Reporter | A Taiwanese representative called on Beijing to remove its ballistic missiles reportedly aimed at the island, even as he expressed intentions to discuss improving relations wit...
Asian vigilantes hit back against crime NZ Herald| Peter Low. Photo / Kenny Rodger | An Auckland vigilante group is teaching members of the Asian community how...
Ruffa keeps talent fee secret Journal OnlineBy: Remy Umerez A Little Bit | UNTIL now, Ruffa Gutierrez would not comment on her talent fee for endorsing Be...
14 Pinoy cue stars in knockout phase Journal OnlineAlex Pagulayan Former world champion Alex Pagulayan defeated Mohd El Assal of Egypt, 9-5, to bounce back from ...
Zheng hopes to derail Williams express Journal OnlineZheng Jie LONDON -- Chinese history-maker Zheng Jie and brittle blonde Elena Dementieva will attempt to derail...
Gomez shows way in Olympiad qualifier Journal OnlineBy: Ed Andaya Villamayor: two wins and one draw in three rounds Standings after three rounds: | Men | 3 points...
Shangri-La opens 6th RP hotel at The Fort The Philippine Star| Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Asia Ltd., a leading upscale hotel group in Asia Pacific, broke ground yesterday ...
17-year-old lifter gets Olympic wild card The Philippine Star| The International Weightlifting Federation has granted the Philippine Weightlifting Association a wild card ...
PBA, SBP see all-pro RP 5 for FIBA-Asia The Philippine Star| Chances are another all-pro team will be tapped to represent the country in the FIBA-Asia men's championship...
Miners caught up in market turmoil The Australian| STEVE Bartrop is launching a new resources fund next week and, amid the market turmoil yesterday, was very h...
Kevin Rudd Asia plan 'dead in water' The Australian| KEVIN Rudd's plan for an Asia-Pacific community has not been properly thought out and is "dead in the water"...
China, this is the world The Australian| WE should all wish the People's Republic of China success as host of the 2008 Olympics, for which it has mad...
Drug cheats and other swines Asia Times| By Jesse Fink | And so it begins. I'm not sure what's more riveting - the Olympic Games itself or the proces...
A new world under one Heaven Asia Times| By Francesco Sisci | Part 1: | BEIJING - Globalization in the West started with the Greeks - with the Anabas...
Picks of Coming Video Games Philadelphia Daily News| Beijing Olympics 2008 (Playstation 3, Xbox 360) | Sega of America (developer and publisher) | $49.99 | Both ...
