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NY police: IMF head Strauss-Kahn in custody

2011-05-15 07:43

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody on Saturday at JFK airport in New York and was being questioned in regard to a sexual assault, a New York police spokesman told Reuters.

New casino opens in Macao

2011-05-15 17:29

Some of the world's biggest casino operators are betting that Chinese moms and pops who like to gamble and also want to shop and dine will turbocharge growth over the next few years at Macao, the world's biggest gambling destination. Macao has so far relied heavily on mainland's young and wealthy for casino revenues, which totaled about $24 billion in 2010 -- well above what Las Vegas earned.

Pole dancing shakes off ill repute in China

2011-05-15 10:45

It was the major draw at strip clubs in Las Vegas and the sleazier nightspots in party cities, but in China, pole dancing has shaken off its ill repute to become a bona fide fitness activity - and business opportunity.

Martelly sworn in as Haiti's new president

2011-05-15 08:09

Haiti's new President Michel Martelly on Saturday called on all Haitians to work for national unity and reconciliation, and promised to work tirelessly for the country.

Rooney clinches Man United's record 19th title

2011-05-15 09:37

An achievement 25 years in the making, Alex Ferguson's Manchester United finally became the most successful team in English league history on Saturday with a 19th title triumph that overhauled Liverpool's record.

South China tiger moved to new home

2011-05-15 11:30

A young female South China tiger, an endangered tiger species, which was born on Sept 6, 2010, was the second viable baby South China tiger in the past five years at the Suzhou breeding base.

Louisiana braces as flood spillway opens

2011-05-15 08:55

Army engineers on Saturday opened a key spillway to allow the swollen Mississippi River to flood thousands of homes and crops but spare New Orleans and Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge.