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Life bans handed out in Malaysia match-fixing case Sat Dec 21, 2013 5:23am GMT (Reuters) - Five players and three team officials from a Malaysian lower league soccer club have been handed life bans after being found guilty of match-fixing, local media reported. The eight who represented...

Ukrainian protesters defiant after police storm camp AFP December 11, 2013, 3:45 pm Kiev (AFP) - Ukrainian security forces on Wednesday stormed Kiev's Independence Square which protesters have occupied for over a week but the demonstrators defiantly refused to leave and resisted the police...

Bangladesh court to decide execution of top Islamist AFP December 11, 2013, 4:52 pm Dhaka (AFP) - Bangladesh's highest court held a hearing Wednesday to decide the fate of a leading Islamist leader sentenced to death for war crimes who was saved from the gallows by a dramatic last-gasp...

Unpaid Thai rice farmers may protest, adding to PM's woes Reuters December 11, 2013, 5:06 pm Farmers harvest rice in a field at Ayutthaya province, north of Bangkok June 27, 2013. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai farmers who have not been...

Airline's pay-by-weight fares take off with passengers AFP December 11, 2013, 5:24 pm Wellington (AFP) - The head of a tiny Pacific airline that pioneered a fare system based on passengers' weight said Wednesday the move had been so successful the carrier is upgrading its fleet. Samoa Air...

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Thousands questioned in widening crackdown after Singapore riot AFP December 11, 2013, 5:06 pm Singapore (AFP) - Singapore police have questioned nearly 4,000 foreign workers in a widening crackdown following the city-state's first riot in more than 40 years, officials confirmed Wednesday...

Thousands questioned in widening crackdown after Singapore riot AFP December 11, 2013, 5:06 pm Singapore (AFP) - Singapore police have questioned nearly 4,000 foreign workers in a widening crackdown following the city-state's first riot in more than 40 years, officials confirmed Wednesday...

Re: Boyfriend jumps to his death after girlfriend’s five-hour shopping spree Where is Malays Must Vote For PAP! ? :D

KRYPTON There's a reason the Fortress of Solitude is located in the North Pole: it's the area on Earth that most closely resembles the home planet of its single remaining occupant, at least as that planet was imagined by director Richard Donner back in 1978. The clean Arctic look of the...

URSA/FAORA Sarah Douglas as Zod's bad lady Ursa in "Superman II" was, in the words of Daily Planet editor-in-chief, Perry White, a "broad who looks like the Queen of the Runway." Meanwhile, Antje Traue as Zod's bad lady Faora (more or less the same character as Ursa in DC continuity) in "Man...

JONATHAN KENT Like his on-screen partner Phyllis Thaxter, Glenn Ford skewed a little older as Kal-El's Earthling father, to the point where his eventual tragic death via heart attack seemed as inevitable as it was heartbreaking. Our new Jonathan Kent is Kevin Costner, perfectly cast as what...

MARTHA KENT At 59, Phyllis Thaxter gave Ma Kent a more grandmotherly vibe in the original "Superman," the kind of woman who cooked a great meal, told the best bedtime stories, and loved you unconditionally. At 48, Diane Lane is still, well, Diane Lane – one of the most stunning women on the...

PERRY WHITE Former child actor Jackie Cooper was the perfect personification of the Perry White we know from the comics: a middle-aged, cigar-chomping, no-nonsense newsman who ran the best damn paper in Metropolis (it might also be the only paper on Metropolis, but hey). Laurence Fishburne...

ZOD Old Zod was played by a respected British stage actor who staked his claim in comic book movie villainy with his inimitable command of "Kneel before Zod!" New Zod is played by the guy who completely re-wrote the book on playing crazy. Terrence Stamp and Michael Shannon are absolutely...