CULTURE AND SPORT

A United Arab Emirates sheikh was acquitted Sunday of charges connected to the videotaped beating and torture of an Afghan grain dealer.

There's no stopping "Avatar's" "shock-and-awe" performance at the box office. For the fourth weekend in a row, it was No. 1 with $48.5 million.

Police in Hong Kong said they have arrested one man in connection with an acid attack that injured 30 people at a popular tourist haunt.

 

Snow and freezing weather swept parts of Europe on Saturday causing travel chaos for thousands and forecasters predicted no let-up in Britain's harshest cold snap in 30 years.

British police charged a man on Saturday over a bomb hoax that prevented a Dubai-bound Emirates airliner from taking off from London's Heathrow airport.

Pasadena's 22-member Southwest Chamber Music will embark on the largest-ever cultural exchange between the US and Vietnam.

Thuy Lam, Miss Universe Vietnam in 2008, has married the love of her life after seeing him for five years.

Dubai added yet another feat to its repertoire of skyscrapers launching a 72-floor tower structure declared the world's tallest hotel.

Natalie Tjahja has one simple aim: "When I give happiness to the children, when I see the smile, it's just so beautiful."

“Avatar” movie has opened to rave reviews and Megastar Cineplex believes it could rake in US$1 million in Vietnam by the middle of the month.

Cambodia hosted a friendly boat race with Vietnam and Thailand in its Koh Kong Province.

MP & Silva has acquired worldwide distribution rights for matches by the Vietnamese Olympic and senior teams.

People will be able to buy video games they can control by moving their bodies instead of punching buttons or swinging controllers in the air.

Vietnam’s slim hopes of reaching the 2011 AFC Asian Cup ended on Wednesday as Henrique Calisto’s side shared a 1-1 draw with Lebanon

Poverty and rising violence are causing tension between southern and northern Sudan.

The beauty and power of monstrous Hawaiian waves from the inside out.

Yoko Ono the famed wife of John Lennon, said that she is planning to write book chronicling her life.

Recent threats and attacks from militant groups have made it almost impossible to get food to hungry people in southern Somaila.