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...Hidden Dragon broke records for a foreign-language film at the Stateside box office, Asian directors have plundered Chinese history for tales of airborne warriors and another chance at the U.S. market. Chan, better known for romantic dramas like the superb Comrades: Almost a Love Story, could have a shot with this remake of Chang Cheh's 1973 kung-fu bromance Blood Brothers. He's certainly got star quality: Jet Li, Kaneshiro and Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau (who had the Matt Damon role in the film that was remade as The Departed). It's a little long...
Though older now, and a bit infirm, and increasingly consumed with thoughts of passing on to his youngest son the family business (running North Korea into the ground), Kim Jong Il still has a fondness for a decent Fourth of July fireworks show. Pyongyang shot at least seven short-range SCUD missiles in the direction of the Sea of Japan on Saturday morning, in what some analysts termed an act of "defiance" against the United States and its allies in east Asia. But the SCUDS, fired from the eastern coast of North Korea, have limited range, and fell harmlessly into...
...payroll figures for June, set for release Thursday, has helped boost the currency in recent days - but optimism in other assets is on the rise. Global equity markets, in particular those in emerging-market countries, have performed well in recent months. China's Shanghai composite index, for instance, has shot up 63% so far this year...
...other way around. He's offered to buy Porsche's auto operations - but in a manner that provoked a furious response. Last weekend, the usually press-shy Wolfgang Porsche fired off an angry statement to the media accusing his cousin of issuing an ultimatum that he termed "blackmail." Piech shot back denying that it was an ultimatum. But a phrase in Porsche's statement points to the shock and bewilderment in the family camp about the deterioration of relations. "The 21st century is not the time for ultimatums," he wrote. "We wonder what the whole matter is really about...
...failed to mention "evidence" by the Intelligence Ministry "which points to some foreign government's planning of this scenario." Ayatullah Ahmad Khatami, a conservative leader of Tehran's Friday Prayers, accused the protesters themselves of killing Neda: "Any intelligent person seeing the film gets it ... the way they've shot it from where the woman's car is." Iran's ambassador to Mexico reckons the killing could be the work of the CIA. "The bullet ... is of a kind that is not used in Iran. These are methods that terrorists, the CIA and espionage agencies use." (See pictures...