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Written by admin on 10 December 2012
Paris, Dec 10 (IANS) The news of singer Chris Brown’s patch up with Rihanna has been making the rounds, but the former was seen partying with many girls here.
The two singers dated each other for a year before parting ways in 2009 after Brown was accused of physically assaulting Rihanna. However, the two have reportedly buried the hatchet and grown closer to each other in recent times.
“She can’t get it into her head that Chris will never change. She’s given him so many chances since he beat her up in 2009 and he still keeps hurting her by partying with girls,” thesun.co.uk quoted a source as saying.
Brown, 23, is said to have invited model ex-girlfriend Tran to one of his gigs, which took place here Dec 7.
“Letting Karrueche meet him is yet another blow for Rihanna that will further disgust her fans. They are already raging that she is back with him,” the source said.
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Written by admin on 10 December 2012
Paris, Dec 10 (IANS) Although the news of singer Chris patch up with has been making rounds, the former was seen partying with many girls here.
The two singers dated each other for a year before parting ways in 2009 after Brown was accused of physically assaulting . However, the two seem to have buried the hatchet and grown closer to each other.
“She caget it into her head that Chris will never change. given him so many chances since he beat her up in 2009 and he still keeps hurting her by partying with girls,” .co.uk quoted a source as saying.
Brown, 23, is said to have invited model ex-girlfriend Tran to one of his gigs, which took place here Dec 7.
“Letting Karrueche meet him is yet another blow for Rihanna that will further disgust her fans. They are already raging that she is back with him,” the source said.
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Written by admin on 06 December 2012
Paris, Dec 6 (IANS) French scientists have for the first time synthesised gold nanoparticles for dyeing white hair to near permanent brown shades.
The process involved soaking white hair in a solution of a gold compound, turning them pale yellow and then darkening them to a deep brown.
Using an electron microscope, the scientists confirmed that the particles were forming inside the central core cortex of the hair. The colour remained even after repeated washings, the journal Nano Letters reports.
Philippe Walter, director of a lab at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and colleagues explain that 40,000-60,000 gold nanoparticles could fit across the width of a human hair.
Gold nanoparticles have been deposited on hair for use as electrodes, and they had been used to dye wool, according to a CNRS statement.
Walter’s team looked at a new use – dyeing hair, inspired by the ancient Greeks’ and Romans’ use of another metal, lead, to colour their hair.
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Written by admin on 04 December 2012
Paris, Dec 4 (IANS) Singer Carla Bruni is keen to revive her music career, now that she has stepped down as France’s first lady.
Bruni’s husband Nicolas Sarkozy lost the presidential election to Francois Hollande in May, and the couple vacated the country’s Elysee Palace official residence.
Now Bruni, who previously dated singers Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, is looking forward to moving away from politics and making music again, reports contactmusic.com.
“The adventure (of being in the Elysee) was beautiful but today I want to go back to being a citizen like anyone else,” Bruni told France’s Vogue magazine.
“I need to get back in touch with the artistic universe that is so familiar to me, without the words or notes of the music being deformed by a political prism that overwhelms everything else,” she added.
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Written by admin on 02 December 2012
Macau, Dec 2 (IANS) Ethiopia’s Heile Haja Gemeda and Ehitu Kiros Reda became the winners of Macau Galaxy Entertainment International Marathon here Sunday.
Gemeda sailed past the finish line in two hours 23 minutes and 56 seconds to lift the men’s title. Kenyan Duncan Cheruiyot Koech followed at heel in 2:24:00, reports Xinhua.
Gemeda’s compatriot Gezahegn Alemayehu Abebe was third in 2:24.11.
In the women’s event, Ethiopia had a one-two finish as Reda set the winning pace in 2:50:11 before Tsega Gelaw Reta on 2:51.04. Irene Kemunto Mogaka of Kenya took bronze 1:21 off the pace.
Each winner bags $20,000 as prize money.
There were over 6,000 people from 57 countries and regions participating in the Macau event which included marathon, half-marathon and mini marathon.
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Written by admin on 01 December 2012
Macau, Dec 1 (IANS) The Indian challenge came to an end as rising shuttlers R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and K. Srikanth went down in their respective matches of the men’s singles semifinals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold here Saturday.
Seeded 12th, Gurusaidutt lost to China’s Yuekun Chen of China in straight games. The Indian went down 16-21, 17-21 in 39 minutes at the Macau Forum. The Chinese bettered their head-to-head record to 2-0.
K. Srikanth also lost to another Chinese in straight games. The World No.109 Indian lost to Huan Gao 8-21, 19-21 in 40 minutes in their first ever encounter.
Gurusaidutt kept pace with his World No.65 Chinese opponent but lost out in the final stages of both games as Chen pulled out decisive points just when it mattered.
Srikanth, on the other hand, played a fighting second game after being completely dominated in the first.
At 18-all it could have been anybody’s game but Chen clinched three points to one Srikanth, helping Gao to clinch the game and match.
In Sunday’s all-Chinese final, Chen will take on Gao.
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Written by admin on 01 December 2012
Paris, Dec 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will pay $6 million in an out-of-court settlement to New York hotel maid Nafissitou Diallo who accused him of sexually assaulting her, France’s Le Monde reported Friday.
Strauss-Kahn’s and Diallo’s lawyers have refused to comment on the purported agreement and there has been no confirmation from the authorities.
Diallo sued Strauss-Kahn in New York civil court. He pleaded not guilty and said any sexual contact with the hotel maid had been consensual.
He called the lawsuit defamatory and countersued Diallo for $1 million.
Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers have repeatedly said they would not settle out of court while Diallo’s lawyers have insisted that their client is only interested in facing her “attacker” in court.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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Written by admin on 30 November 2012
Macau, Nov 30 (IANS) Indian shuttlers R.M.V. Gurusaidutt and K. Srikanth reached the men’s singles semi-finals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold here Friday by winning their respective matches.
Twelfth seed Gurusaidutt eased past Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong 21-11, 21-14 in 34 minutes at the Macau Forum, equalling their head-to-head to two-all.
The World No.51 Indian, who reached a career high ranking of 37 earlier in February, cashed in on his attacking smashes over his opponent.
After being completely dominated in the first game, Chan tried fighting back in the second. However, with the score reading 16-14 in the favour of the Indian, Gurusaidutt took the last five points in a jiffy to fix a date against Chinese World No.65 Yuekun Chen, who beat the Indian in the only meeting they have had in 2010, Saturday.
K. Srikanth on the other hand had a tough battle against Nan Wei of Hong Kong which the Indian won 16-21, 21-19, 21-19 in one hour and two minutes in their first ever encounter.
After battling hard till 15-all, the World No. 90 Wei took the first game away.
The second and third games were again neck-and-neck fights with both games reaching 19-all. The World No. 109 Indian, who has jumped more than 200 places in the rankings since the beginning of the season, clinched the final two points in both games to enter the last four of one of the final tier three tournaments of the calendar.
Doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa lost both her mixed and women’s doubles quarterfinal matches.
In mixed doubles action, top seeds Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia beat Tarun Kona and Ashwini 21-9, 21-13 in 22 minutes. While Ashwini and Pradnya Gadre lost 16-21, 21-12, 15-21 in 46 minutes to Komala Dewi and Jenna Gozali of Indonesia.
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Written by admin on 28 November 2012
Paris, Nov 28 (IANS) Brazilian winger Nene has said he wants to stay at French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint−Germain (PSG) even after losing his starting position in the football team.
“I’ve always said that I want to stay here. I love Paris. I love the club. I want to stay,” the 31−year−old Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, usually known as Nene, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.
“It seems difficult to me but I don’t know. My head’s in Paris,” Nene said.
Nene joined PSG July 11, 2010 from Monaco and has scored 35 goals in 76 appearances for the French first division club. The left winger is best known for his crossing ability as well as being a freekick specialist.
With his current contract to expire in June next year, Nene is yet to renew his contract with PSG.
“Whatever is going to happen will happen. I’m just doing my job and it’s the club that’ll decide whether I stay on or not,” Nene said.
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Written by admin on 28 November 2012
Paris, Nov 28 (IANS/EFE) Mexico’s economy, which will grow 3.8 percent this year, will see growth slow to 3.3 percent in 2013 due to weakness in some of its main trade partners before rebounding and growing 3.6 percent in 2014, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, said Tuesday.
The gross domestic product growth outlook for Mexico was revised downward by two−tenths of a percent for 2012 and was reduced by five−tenths of a percent for 2013, the OECD said.
The downward revisions were made because the Mexican manufacturing sector, which has improved its competitiveness since 2009 and regained market share abroad, is being affected by the economic situation in countries, especially the US, that import its products as the year winds down.
As the global and US economies rebound in late 2013 and into 2014, Mexico will benefit from stronger GDP growth, the OECD said.
Mexico’s economic growth outlook is much better than that for other developing countries, which are looking at GDP growth of 1.4 percent this year and about the same level in 2013 before rebounding and growing 2.3 percent in 2014.
−−IANS/EFE
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Written by admin on 28 November 2012
Paris, Nov 28 (IANS) France has announced that it is going to vote in favour of the Palestinians becoming a UN “non−member observer state,” Xinhua reported Tuesday.
“France will vote yes” when the question is asked at the UN General Assembly, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has told the lower house of parliament.
The Palestinians’ status in the UN is currently a permanent observer. Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas plans to submit a bid to upgrade the status of the Palestinians at the UN Thursday.
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Written by admin on 24 November 2012
Paris, Nov 24 (IANS) At least two people were killed and three injured in Paris Friday after two unidentified men opened fire at a bar, Xinhua reported.
The incident took place in the afternoon when the shooters opened fire on five people in and outside a bar.
The BMW car, used by the shooters to run away, was found up in flames a few minutes later in a nearby city.
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