Him Law reveals he has bed scene with Charmaine Sheh in new movie

Him Law and Irene Wong were modeling for a hang bag brand's Autumn Collection. Because of the hot weather, Him was dripping wet in sweat under his leather jacket. He reveals that he is currently shooting new movie Love is the Only Answer and will have kiss and bed scenes with Charmaine Sheh. Yesterday Him was dressed in a leather outfit under the 32 degree C weather and didn't have the opportunity to show off his chest. Him joked that he already accepted swimwear shows and will show his muscles for the show then. He frankly said that doing these shows is difficult. Recently, Him is shooting for new movie Love is the Only Answer with Charmaine...

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Ada Choi gives birth to 9 pound 4 oz baby 'big' girl

Ada Choi was expected to due on May 17th, but the day before, Ada already started feeling pain and gave birth to her baby daughter 6 days early at Canossa Hospital. Ada once had a wish to personally experience the natural process of giving birth, but in the end it was not successful and the doctor had to give her a C-section to help her. Ada's baby daughter was born at 5:11pm, weighing 9 pounds and 4 ounces. Her name is Zoe Cheung Chor Yee (張楚兒). Yesterday Ada wrote on Weibo announcing the good news and posted a family photo! A mother for the first time, Ada felt that the approach of a new life was very amazing, while her husband and father Max...

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Government-Christian tensions highlighted in China (AP)

BEIJING – Leaders of underground Chinese Protestant churches condemned the government's persecution of a fellow congregation, while Catholics voted under the watchful eye of security forces for a new government-approved bishop, reports said. The developments illustrate growing tensions between Communist authorities and increasingly assertive Christian groups whose memberships are growing rapidly. While China's Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, Christians are required to worship in churches run by state-controlled groups. However, tens of millions of Christians are believed to worship in unregistered "house" churches which receive varying degrees of harassment. In Beijing, underground Protestant church leaders issued a petition to the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp...

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Rights group says abuses continue in Philippines (AP)

MANILA, Philippines – Amnesty International says human rights abuses continue in the Philippines under new President Benigno Aquino III, and hundreds of violations committed under the previous government remain unresolved. Aurora Parong, the group's head in the Philippines, said Friday that extra-judicial executions by security forces and armed groups belonging to political clans continue with impunity. She said almost no perpetrators of more than 200 cases of disappearances and at least 305 extra-judicial killings during former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's administration have been brought to justice. The government had no immediate comment. View the Original arti...

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Japanese climber gets sick, dies on Mt. Everest (AP)

KATMANDU, Nepal – A Japanese climber who became ill while attempting to scale Mount Everest died just several hundred feet (meters) from the summit, a Nepalese official said Friday. Takashi Ozaki was headed down the slopes of the Everest on Thursday after feeling sick when he collapsed at an altitude of 28,200 feet (8,600 meters), Department of Mountaineering official Tilak Pandey said. He died that afternoon. Pandey said attempts are being made to bring down the body of the 59-year-old climber, and it most likely will be picked up on Saturday by a helicopter from a lower camp. Ozaki was attempting to reach the 29,035-foot (8,850-meter) summit with a team of international climbers. He is the third climber to die this year while attempting to climb the world's highest peak from the southern...

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Gasoline bomb explodes in China bank, hurts dozens (AP)

BEIJING – A bank cashier fired for stealing money threw a gasoline bomb inside the bank in northwestern China on Friday, injuring dozens of people, some of whom jumped from a fifth-story window to escape, the local government said. The suspect, Yang Xianwen, fled but was caught by police about nine hours later a short distance away, the government said. Employees of the Tianzhu County Rural Credit Cooperative Union were meeting at about 8 a.m. when Yang threw the gasoline bomb, the propaganda office of the county's Communist Party said in a statement. It said more than 40 people were hurt, 19 seriously. It said some of the injured jumped from the meeting room window onto a three-story building. The statement said Yang was fired last month for embezzling bank money. A witness reached by phone...

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China seems to rule out talks with Tibetan leader (AP)

BEIJING – China appeared to rule out talks with the new head of Tibet's government-in-exile on Friday, quashing any hope of improved relations between Beijing and the new leadership. Beijing does not recognize the government, based in India, that until recently was headed by the Dalai Lama. It has held talks with the Tibetan Buddhist leader and his representatives in the past, but nine rounds have made no headway. Recently, though, the Dalai Lama turned over political power to an elected head of the government, Lobsang Sangay, a 43-year-old Harvard legal scholar who won April elections. Lobsang Sangay said this week he was ready to negotiate with China "anytime, anywhere." However, in an interview with the official "Chinese Tibet" magazine, a top official for Tibetan contacts said Beijing...

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Him Law is not afraid of rumors with Charmaine Sheh

 Law Chung Him (Him Law) and Wang Yuanyuan yesterday attended a handbag event. They wore leather jackets outdoors. Him Jai was sweating bullets. However, Him Jai revealed that recently he took a swimwear modeling show so he had to get into shape. Recently he has been busy with Charmaine Sheh Si Man and Alex Fong Lik Sun on the film A DATE AFTER DIVORCE (YUN YEUK LEI FUN HAU), in which they had a love triangle. He and Ah Sheh even had kiss and bed scenes. Was he afraid of rumors? He said that earlier he already wanted to work with Ah Sheh because she was a television Best Actress. He would not get involved in rumors. Reporters said that...

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Cecilia Cheung rumoured to use body double for non-action scenes

Love Again, produced by Stanley Kwan and directed by Pan Liang Yuan, began its principal filming in Shenzhen, China last week.Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung, who is believed to be pregnant, requested the use of a body double even for non-action scenes, so as to protect her pregnancy.Most of the time, the Love Again male lead, Korean actor Kwon Sang Woo was forced to act with the double. While he is not thrilled by the arrangement, Sang Woo obliged.There had been a hot demand for Cecilia in China and Hong Kong, after the actress made her return to showbiz.Previously, it was rumoured that the actress is currently pregnant with a baby girl, and...

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William Chang hides a secret in the Monkey King poster

Chow Yun Fat, Donnie Yen Chi Tan and Aaron Kwok Fu Sing starred film THE MONKEY KING (DAI LAU TIN GUNG)'s first concept poster was unveiled in Cannes. The Hong Kong Film Award winning art director William Chang Suk Ping designed the poster. In order to express the earth shattering concept even more directly, in the poster the golden staff struck many colors out of the Heavenly Palace. Reportedly Chang Suk Ping hid a secret in the poster. "This secret requires attentive people to slowly discover, perhaps they would find numbers or small rules of the graphic and understand the secret message that I hid."As for Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi and her son...

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Nina Paw feels daughter resembles Josie Ho

Nina Paw Hee Ching, Chung King Fai and Vivien Leung Siu Bing yesterday attended the 2010-2011 3rd Hong Kong Theatre Libre Award. Sister Paw said that recently she worked with Aaron Kwok Fu Sing on Yim Ho's new film, which has been rather difficult. However the film will soon wrap. Sister Paw said that Kwok Fu Sing in the film played her adopted son, Josie Ho Chiu Yi would play her in her youth. Did she feel Chiu Yi look like her? She said that she always thought her daughter resembled Chiu Yi. She pointed out that Chiu Yi had a very tough time during this production as she was constantly bruised. Source: Takungpao Translated by: hktoptenView...

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India's ruling party outraged over Gandhi's arrest (AFP)

NEW DELHI (AFP) – India's ruling Congress party reacted with fury Thursday after police arrested senior leader Rahul Gandhi, widely tipped as a future prime minister, as he took part in protests by farmers. The 40-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty and son of Congress party president Sonia Gandhi was briefly taken into custody Wednesday night after he joined farmers protesting against the construction of a highway. On Thursday, other senior political leaders trying to join the protest, including Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), were also detained by police, reports said. The arrest of Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh has further poisoned relations between the state's firebrand leader, chief minister Mayawati, and the Congress party, which fiercely...

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William Chan rocks a school with chest drum

  William Chan Wai Ting, Ken Hung Cheuk Lap, Jonathan Wong Chi Hin and Ng Tung yesterday attended a school Basic Law 2011 event. They played games with students and also performed. Chan Wai Ting sang and danced, and even performed chest drum to make the students scream. Some even told him to "take it off". William said that later he will work on the film DAI GUNG LEUK (BIG RAID). Recently he has been working out to turn his abdominal from six pack to eight pack. Next week he will head to Okinawa, Japan and Inner Mongolia for location shoots. He knew that Okinawa was under radiation threat, but he believed that the team would make...

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Russia, Pakistan to join forces to fight terrorism (AP)

MOSCOW – Russian and Pakistani leaders have pledged to work together to fight terrorism and prevent drug-trafficking in Central and Southern Asia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari were meeting in the Kremlin on Thursday. The presidents signed a joint statement calling for broader economic and political ties. Russia also discussed Pakistan involvement in a pipeline from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and expressed interest in helping it modernize a steel plant in Karachi and explore for gas. Zardari's visit is his first major foreign trip since Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan earlier this month. View the Original arti...

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China super rich set to propel luxury yacht sales (AP)

HONG KONG – With their sleek, modern lines and polished finish, the two yachts built by Samuel Wong's shipyard fit right in among the multimillion-dollar floating palaces moored at a tony Hong Kong yacht club. Onboard, a disco ball, karaoke system and garish neon blue accent lighting in the living quarters are hints that the vessel is aimed at the luxury yacht industry's newest growth market: wealthy Chinese. Yacht makers are hoping they will be the latest to benefit from China's booming economy, which is creating a growing class of wealthy tycoons splurging on luxury lifestyle pursuits. Rich Chinese are already known for spending lavish sums of money on flashy apartments, designer labels such as Louis Vuitton and high-end cars such as Porsches and Rolls-Royces. "People in China first will...

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Communist rebels kill guard at Philippine mine (AP)

MANILA, Philippines – Communist rebels killed a security guard for an American-owned gold mining company in the southern Philippines on Thursday and took the weapons of three others, police said. About 60 New People's Army guerrillas flagged down four motorcycle-riding guards on a remote mining road and seized three assault rifles and three radios from the group, police Chief Aaron Aquino of Compostela Valley province said. Aquino said one of the guards working for Russell Mining & Minerals Inc. apparently resisted and was fatally shot. The rebels fled after releasing the three others and were being pursued by soldiers, he said. Private security guards are not authorized to carry assault rifles and police have repeatedly warned that such weapons attract rebels, Aquino said. The rebels...

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Greater than expected damage seen at Japan reactor (AP)

TOKYO – Nuclear officials say repairs to monitoring equipment have revealed greater than expected damage at one of Japan's troubled reactors that could delay a resolution to the crisis. They said Thursday the findings indicate it is likely that partially melted fuel rods inside Unit 1 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant had fallen to the bottom of pressure vessel and possibly into the larger containment vessel soon after the March 11 quake and tsunami. Nuclear Safety and Industrial Agency officials say that there was no danger that the chunks of fuel were still hot or that they could melt through the concrete base of the reactor. They also said the water level in the unit's core was much lower than previously thought, although temperatures remained far below dangerous levels. View the Original...

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Charlene Choi food expert, Chilam Cheung's greatest opponent

Yesterday, Twins, Chilam Cheung and Jim Chim were guests on TVB game show All Star Glam Exam - Comebacks, where even the hosts Grasshopper participated in the games. Carol Cheng also served as a temporary host for the show. Chilam expressed that he wants to battle his wife Anita Yuen the most: "I heard that if you win, you can come back on for the finals, my wife won earlier, so I have to win too. I want to battle to death with her! (Who is your greatest opponent?) Ah Sa! She really knows how to eat! She's a food expert!" Ah Sa heard this and was modest, she said she's not a food expert: "There are a lot of things I haven't had before! In fact,...

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Ella Koon tells Ron Ng not to be 'girl butcher'

Ella Koon and FAMA attended The 13th Hong Kong Wide Secondary School Students Cooking Competition opening ceremony. Regarding ex-rumored boyfriend Ron Ng labeled as 'girl butcher', Ella didn't care: "Most important balancing food and drink." Asked if she's telling Ron not to mess with girls and stop being a 'girl butcher'? She said: "Balancing food and drink is most important, first priority. Today I am here to promote healthy foods, I don't want to talk about other people. Whatever it is, most important is good health." Source: Oriental Daily, Mingpao Translated by: aZnangel @ AsianEUView the Original arti...

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Matthew Ko breaks barrier, highest scoring player in basketball team

Mr. Hong Kong Matthew Ko, Otto Chan, Jack Hui along with artists Vincent Wong and Eddie Li, singers Alex Hung, Carlos Chan, Steven Cheung, Jonathan Wong, Bro5, Chrisse Chow's boyfriend Avis, DJ Ricky Fan and BEN participated the Panasonic Basketball Invitation Tournament 2011 as the 'Stars Invite Team'. They were against the 'Nam Chung Celebrity Invite Team' . The group of youngsters faced the group of skilled basketball players on the 'Nam Chung' Team, at first they were helpless as they lost the opportunity to score 4 points. Fortunately the 'Star Team' got better and better as the game went on. Matthew opened the road and started a strong...

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Steven Ma forbids female guests to touch kitchen utensils on 'Apprentice Chef'

TVB food show Apprentice Chef hosted by Steven Ma will soon be released. Yesterday he and a group of top chefs were at a shopping center in Olympian City promoting for the show. Yesterday morning at 5am, Steven went to slaughter cows and felt terrified: "Because we needed to get the cow's belly, when the cow was going to get slaughter, I touched the belly and it still moves." Asked if he tried weird food? He said: "I strongly oppose eating dog, but I know many people have this custom, rabbits, horses or eels I can't do either. I want to eat light to keep fit, can easily gain weight from this show. In every episode, there are also a lot of strange...

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Sammul Chan Replaced by Raymond Lam in “Triumph in the Skies” Sequel

Sammul Chan ended his long-time employment at TVB and decided to focus his career in China instead. Sammul criticized TVB for compensating its artists poorly, citing its tendency to even bargain for $10 (HKD). Of course, TVB was unwilling to let one person sully its reputation and would retaliate! Since the successful broadcast of Triumph In The Skies "衝上雲霄" in 2003, TVB had wanted to film a sequel. Allegedly, TVB will film the Triumph in the Skies sequel at the end of the year, starring three members of the original S4 cast: Ron Ng, Bosco Wong, and Kenneth Ma. However, Sammul was ousted from the series and Raymond Lam will join the cast instead!Adding...

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Middle class appetites drive China food inflation (AP)

BEIJING – Hunger was such a constant companion in Yao Qizhong's childhood that even now, at age 40, he'll stoop down to salvage a single clove of garlic that falls from his table at the Beijing market where he hawks fresh produce. Life is less harsh these days, but China's fast-rising food prices have hit his family hard, making it increasingly difficult to save for his three kids' education — Yao's main goal. Across town, Zhong Sheng rinses a still-twitching Mandarin fish and picks the stems from a handful of greens as he expounds on his philosophy of grocery shopping. Health and safety are his top concerns, ever since the architect became a father five years ago. Cost is a secondary consideration. "You can buy cheap stuff," says Zhong as he and his wife cooked together and the smells of...

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Philippine customs agents seize endangered turtles (AP)

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine customs officials say they have seized more than 100 endangered green sea turtles intended to be smuggled to other countries. Deputy customs commissioner Horacio Suansing says the dead turtles were found along with rare black coral in two containers shipped from southern Cotabato city. The contraband, valued at half a million dollars, was seized Wednesday following a tip. Green turtles grow as long as 5 feet (150 centimeters) and weigh as much as 290 pounds (130 kilograms). They are endangered because of overharvesting of both eggs and adults. Suansing says the illegal trade is fueled by demand from collectors and the curio trade. He says the shipper will face charges of violating laws forbidding collection and sale of sea turtles and corals. View the Original...

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Populist threatens to end Bengal's Communist era (AP)

KOLKATA, India – A statue of Vladimir Lenin draped in rose garlands looms over West Bengal's capital, circled by hammer-and-sickle flags hanging limp in the tropical damp. But the longtime Communist state in east India may be about to get a makeover. West Bengal's poverty-weary people, hungry for change, have been captivated during recent elections by populist firebrand Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress party is predicted to unseat the Communist Party of India-Marxist for the first time in 34 years when voting results are announced Friday. The Communists have been blamed for turning West Bengal into a land of labor strikes, industrial stagnancy and agricultural malaise, where India's cultural capital of Kolkata is crumbling and all progress but the creep of the jungle has stalled....

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Most nuclear plans on track outside Japan, Germany (AP)

TOKYO – Japan and Germany are limiting or phasing out reliance on nuclear power after the Fukushima accident — moves that could raise petroleum prices — but most of the rest of the world is undaunted in its pursuit of nuclear energy. Energy-hungry developing nations such as China, India, Mexico and Iran are moving forward on plans to build more nuclear plants, even as authorities around the world intensify safety inspections of existing plants after Japan's March 11 disaster. Initial fears that erupted in the wake of the crisis, threatening to derail the nuclear renaissance of the last several years, have largely subsided. Many of the 30-plus countries with nuclear energy programs continue to promote them as a way to combat pollution and global warming — despite radiation risks and questions...

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Pakistan leader visits Russia after bin Laden death (AFP)

MOSCOW (AFP) – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari was expected in Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian leaders on his first major foreign visit since the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will host Zardari for talks on Thursday at the Kremlin where officials from the two countries were also expected to sign agreements on cooperation in agriculture, aviation and energy, a spokesman for the Pakistan Embassy in Moscow told AFP. "Economics will be the focus of the visit," said the spokesman, Raja Abdul Qayyum. The three-day visit to Russia will be Zardari's first high-profile trip abroad since the Al-Qaeda leader, the world's most wanted man, was killed in the raid by US forces on a compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan. The Kremlin hailed the death...

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Ge You braves the rain to support Shu Qi

The film A BEAUTIFL LIFE two nights ago held its Beijing premiere and attracted several hundred fans to the venue despite the rain. Leads Liu Ye, Shu Qi and director Andrew Lau Wai Keung attended. IF YOU ARE THE ONE's Ge You also took time to support Shu Qi. When they saw each other they even entered into a passionate embrace.Lau Wai Keung two nights ago entered with the film theme song performer Ivana Wong Yuen Chi and Tian Liang. Later Liu Ye and Shu Qi arrived. Suddenly Ge You appeared and surprised Shu Qi. Ge You in order to keep his appearance from stealing BEAUTIFUL's thunder, he declined the reporters' call for photos with him and Shu...

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Zhang Ziyi personally performs a bathing scene

Aaron Kwok Fu Sing and Zhang Ziyi have been continuously promoting their film LOVE FOR LIFE (JUI OI) in the Mainland. After Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen, two days ago on Mother's Day they went to Shanghai premiere press conference. Zhang Ziyi even revealed that in the scene in which she went naked into cold water to cool down she did not use a double. She honestly said that during the shoot she had no hesitation at all. She thought that this scene was worth her doing anything for. "If this happened to me personally I would do that too. It has no connection to sex and love, this scene is worth me doing anything for."In addition, the film was...

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Charmaine Sheh denies marrying Mainland 'Hangbag King' at the end of the year

type='html'>After Charmaine Sheh changed her TVB contract to per-series, she will soon speed off to shoot Mainland series and earn the yuan. It was reported last year when she was in Mainland shooting a series, a friend introduced her to a Mainland 'Handbag King', who has a business in manufacturing hang bags. It is estimated he is a billionaire. The two have been dating for 6 months (rumor), and recently the couple was spotting in HK having dinner. It was said they have met both parents and are talking about marriage. Charmaine even moved from a small house into a bigger one, planning to start her love nest in a 5,000 sq foot unit. She could...

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