'Un-Indian' Bollywood promo sparks protests
AFP - Friday November 20, 09:21 PM
MUMBAI (AFP) - Promotional posters for a new Bollywood thriller, showing leading actress Kareena Kapoor from behind and apparently naked from the waist up, have got some people's backs up in India.

Americans run off the recession in record numbers
AFP - Friday November 20, 11:10 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Obesity begone! Americans are lacing up athletic shoes and signing up to run in 5Ks, 10-milers and even marathons in record numbers.

Cinema popcorn is nutritional horror show: US study
AFP - Friday November 20, 08:35 AM
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Forget Freddy Krueger or flesh-eating zombies:

Indian billionaires bounce back: Forbes
AFP - Friday November 20, 06:21 AM
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The number of billionaires in India almost doubled in the past 12 months to 52, mainly thanks to a recovery in global stock markets, a richlist from US magazine Forbes showed Thursday.

China tightens supervision of online games
AFP - Friday November 20, 06:21 AM
BEIJING (AFP) - China has vowed to tighten supervision of its fast-growing online games market, saying some games contained content that was "harmful" to players.

Glam challenge: 96 competitors in Paris stiletto race
AFP - Friday November 20, 06:21 AM
PARIS (AFP) - The only rule is to be perched on heels at least eight centimetres (three inches) high -- the prize is boxes and boxes of shoes.

North Koreans told to keep hair short, tidy
AFP - Friday November 20, 06:21 AM
SEOUL (AFP) - State media in communist North Korea, which is grappling with severe food shortages and a crumbling economy, has taken time out to urge its people to keep their hair tidy.

Exhibit of China's terracotta warriors in US capital
AFP - Friday November 20, 06:21 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A group of China's famed terracotta warriors are going on display at the National Geographic Society in Washington, on the last stop of a four-city US tour.

Beaujolais nouveau hot in Japan - literally
AFP - Friday November 20, 06:21 AM
HAKONE, Japan (AFP) - Japan's craze for Beaujolais nouveau has beaten the global recession, with tourists taking a dip Thursday in a hot mountain spring coloured red with the fruity wine.

Taiwan director plans Chen Shui-bian assassination movie
AFP - Friday November 20, 06:11 AM
TAIPEI (AFP) - Leading Taiwanese movie director Chu Yen-ping plans a black comedy titled "Assassinating Chen Shui-bian" about a plot to kill the island's former president, a report said Thursday.