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Bird flu virus reported in Hong Kong

World NewsDec 21, 2011

HONG KONG (AFP) ― Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens Wednesday and suspended live poultry imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus.Health chief York Chow announced the measures late Tuesday after a dead chicken at the city’s main wholesale market and two wild birds tested positive for the virus, which can be fatal to humans.Authorities raised the bird flu alert level to “serious” and suspended live poultry imports while they trace the origi
Egypt women march against army in fury over abuse

World NewsDec 21, 2011

CAIRO (AP) ― Around 10,000 women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt’s ruling military step down Tuesday in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them, and stripped one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists the past week.The dramatic protest, which grew as the women marched from Tahrir Square through downtown, was fueled by the widely circulated images of abuses of women. Many of the marchers touted the pho
Two days of Syria violence leave 150 dead

World NewsDec 21, 2011

Promise to allow foreign observers was not enough to stop Assad’s iron fistBEIRUT (AP) ― Security forces pursuing anti-government activists and army defectors shot dead at least 47 people in Syria on Tuesday, pushing the toll for two days of violence to nearly 150 even as the regime prepared to allow in foreign monitors under an Arab League plan aimed at stopping the bloodshed.Syrian state television showed pictures of military maneuvers and said they were meant to show its forces are ready to
Thai P.M. first ASEAN leader to meet Suu Kyi

World NewsDec 21, 2011

YANGON (AP) ― Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Thailand’s prime minister on Tuesday in her first ever audience with a head of government from the region, her political party said.The meeting was also Suu Kyi’s first with a prime minister since her release from house arrest about a year ago, National League for Democracy spokesman Nyan Win said.Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra attended a two-day summit of regional leaders in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw, and than traveled to
Earth-sized planets found in outer space

World NewsDec 21, 2011

PARIS (AFP) ― Astronomers on Tuesday said that for the first time they had spotted two Earth-sized worlds orbiting a Sun-like star, in another big advance in the search for so-called exoplanets.One of the planets is just three percent bigger than Earth and the other is 13 percent smaller, which would make it a bit tinier than Venus, they reported online in the British science journal Nature.The planets are inferred to have a rocky composition similar to Earth’s but they orbit so close to their s
Deafness shaped Beethoven’s music

MusicDec 21, 2011

PARIS (AFP) ― Progressive deafness profoundly influenced Beethoven’s compositions, prompting him to choose lower-frequency notes as his condition worsened, scientists said on Tuesday.Beethoven first mentioned his hearing loss in 1801 at the age of 30, complaining that he was having problems hearing the high notes of instruments and voices.By 1812, people had to shout to make themselves understood and in 1818, he started to communicate through notebooks. In his last few years before his death in
Author Chabon gets e-book rights

Dec 21, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Starting this week and continuing into 2012, virtually all Michael Chabon novels, stories and other writings will become available as e-books, news the author looks upon with pleasure and resignation.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” Chabon has been a published author since 1988, long enough to land on both sides of the legal and financial digital divide.Chabon controls e-rights to such early works as “Wonder Boys” and his acclaimed deb
Russian enamels bequeathed to Walters Art Museum

TheaterDec 21, 2011

BALTIMORE (AP) ― Hundreds of Russian enamels collected over decades by a Washington arts patron have been given to the Walters Art Museum, which said Tuesday that the gift reaffirms its position as a leading center for the study of Russian art.More than 260 enamels from the 17th through the early 20th centuries are in the collection amassed by Jean M. Riddell, who died last year at the age of 100. The private collection was internationally recognized as the finest of its kind in the United State
George Michael ‘well,’ Christmas at home unclear

MusicDec 21, 2011

VIENNA (AFP) ― British pop star George Michael is doing well in hospital in Vienna but whether he will be able to spend Christmas back in Britain was still uncertain, one of his Austrian doctors said Tuesday.“We know that he is doing well. And we are generally optimistic,” Christoph Zielinski of Vienna’s General Hospital (AKH) told ORF radio.On whether Michael would be able to return home for the holidays or have to spend Christmas in hospital, Zielinski only said that the matter still had to be
Pets, songs and babies top 2011 YouTube videos

FilmDec 21, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Online singing sensation Rebecca Black topped a 2011 most-viewed YouTube videos list Tuesday that included spoofs starring pets, talking babies and pop music star Michael Bolton.The collection of the year’s most popular YouTube snippets was based on an analysis of the more than one trillion video views logged at the Google-owned website.“That’s about 140 views for every person on the Earth,” YouTube trends manager Kevin Allocca said in a blog post. “More than twice as many
Thousands pay last respects to ‘barefoot diva’ Cesaria Evora

MusicDec 21, 2011

MINDELO, Cape Verde (AFP) ― Thousands of mourning fans, from ordinary people to national leaders, gathered Tuesday for the funeral of Cape Verde’s legendary singer Cesaria Evora.The beloved “barefoot diva” died Saturday at age 70 on her native island of Sao Vicente and her body was taken from the hospital Tuesday to her family’s home in Mindelo.Her fans, many in tears and singing her songs, lined the streets to see her casket pass, accompanied by 30 honour guards from the army of Cape Verde, an
‘Unbowed’ portrays real-life ‘crossbow terror’ case

FilmDec 21, 2011

Director Chung Ji-young makes comeback with courtroom dramaA mathematics professor gets demoted a year after pointing out an error on the school’s entrance exam. He soon loses his job, as the university won’t renew his contract. Arguing he was fired unfairly, he sues the school administration and asks for reinstatement. When the court upholds the school’s decision, the professor decides to visit the court judge with a crossbow in his hand. Celebrated director Chung Ji-young, who is most well kno
Japan’s ‘Lolita’ style: cutesy and disturbing

FashionDec 21, 2011

TOKYO (AFP) ― Outlandish pannier skirts with layers of frilly lace; teenage girls with larger-than-life make-up; a dash of sexuality and lashings of Victoriana are the order of the day for Japan’s Lolita girls.What began as a street fashion two decades ago as youngsters aped the doll-like European styles of baroque and rococo has morphed into a near mainstream movement, with dozens of offshoots.Popular Lolita models such as Misako Aoki were big hits at this autumn’s Japan Fashion Week, showing o
CoverGirl pulls ‘enhanced’ Taylor Swift mascara ad

FashionDec 21, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A mascara ad featuring Taylor Swift has been pulled from U.S. magazines following a complaint that it had been digitally altered to enhance the looks of the chart-topping country music star.The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Claims said Proctor and Gamble, maker of CoverGirl cosmetics,“discontinued the advertisement in question” after it challenged its claims.“The advertising at issue featured a celebrity looking up to highlight her lon
Frugality still prevalent among holiday shoppers

FashionDec 21, 2011

ORLANDO, Florida ― Amy Selleck is a frugal shopper, and the folks on her nice list are reaping the benefits this year.Someone is getting a laptop, purchased with free online credits to a daily deals web site. Others will get a basket of toiletries, candles and other nearly free swag from Selleck’s diligent couponing. Then there’s the closet full of toys purchased at the twice-yearly clearance sale at Target.“It always looks like I spent so much money, and I really didn’t,” the Orlando woman said