Naked wedding photos prompt ban call in China |
- Naked wedding photos prompt ban call in China
- Naked wedding photos prompt ban call in China
- US cash flood will trigger new crisis, warns HK leader
- Ariel Sharon, still in coma, returns home
- G20 summit endorses multi-year action plan on development
- Strike closes tourist sites in Italy
- Security goes pear-shaped at G20 summit
- Five years comatose, Israel's Sharon moves home
- Rolls-Royce finds cause of engine fire on Qantas superjumbo
- G20 vows to spare no effort for Cancun climate meeting
- Bickering G20 vows to avoid currency war
- G20 leaders endorse sweeping reform of IMF
- Honoring Toni Morrison in Paris
- Azmin asks Zaid to reconsider plans for new party
- Bank Negara may raise OPR by 75 basis points from 2H2011
- Hu presents 4-point proposal for world economy
- More needs to be done to protect copyright in Malaysia
- Banks to continue recording healthy growth: OSK Research
- Five years comatose, Israel’s Sharon moves home
- Row over Bollywood gay kiss
| Naked wedding photos prompt ban call in China Posted: 11 Nov 2010 04:05 PM PST SHANGHAI: A trade association for wedding photographers in China is calling for a ban on naked portraits of newlyweds, a new trend among the country's young couples. The Shanghai Wedding Trade Association said the practice disrespects the institution of marriage and warned it would press the government to ban any studio that takes such photos, the Shanghai Daily reported today. "We don't advocate such wedding photographs as they are out of keeping with the conservative traditions of Chinese people," the association's vice president He Lina was quoted as saying. "Weddings should be holy ceremonies, so we hope young people can show respect." Unlike in the West, Chinese wedding photos are normally taken months before the ceremony and show couples posing in Western and Chinese outfits. Some studios have begun offering couples the option of portraits of them wearing nothing at all or with strategically placed sheets or other objects covering their bodies, the newspaper reported. Lawyer Liu Chunquan told the newspaper that there was nothing illegal about taking naked portraits, but said anyone who spreads such photos in the public domain could face pornography charges. However some samples of purported naked wedding photos have been posted on the Internet, prompting a debate over privacy and the wisdom of posing nude. Fans of the photos say they capture a couple's deep love and intimacy, the newspaper wrote. - AFP
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| Naked wedding photos prompt ban call in China Posted: 11 Nov 2010 04:03 PM PST SHANGHAI: A trade association for wedding photographers in China is calling for a ban on naked portraits of newlyweds, a new trend among the country's young couples. The Shanghai Wedding Trade Association said the practice disrespects the institution of marriage and warned it would press the government to ban any studio that takes such photos, the Shanghai Daily reported today. "We don't advocate such wedding photographs as they are out of keeping with the conservative traditions of Chinese people," the association's vice president He Lina was quoted as saying. "Weddings should be holy ceremonies, so we hope young people can show respect." Unlike in the West, Chinese wedding photos are normally taken months before the ceremony and show couples posing in Western and Chinese outfits. Some studios have begun offering couples the option of portraits of them wearing nothing at all or with strategically placed sheets or other objects covering their bodies, the newspaper reported. Lawyer Liu Chunquan told the newspaper that there was nothing illegal about taking naked portraits, but said anyone who spreads such photos in the public domain could face pornography charges. However some samples of purported naked wedding photos have been posted on the Internet, prompting a debate over privacy and the wisdom of posing nude. Fans of the photos say they capture a couple's deep love and intimacy, the newspaper wrote. - AFP
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| US cash flood will trigger new crisis, warns HK leader Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:40 AM PST YOKOHAMA, Nov 12: Hong Kong's leader warned on Friday that a move to inject billions of dollars into the ailing US economy could inflate Asian asset bubbles and trigger a repeat of the region's 1997-98 crisis.
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| Ariel Sharon, still in coma, returns home Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:35 AM PST TEL AVIV, Nov 12: Nearly five years after he sank into a coma, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon left the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Friday morning for continued care at his own home in the Negev, Sycamore Ranch.
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| G20 summit endorses multi-year action plan on development Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:15 AM PST SEOUL, Friday 12 November 2010 (Bernama) -- The G20 Seoul Summit has endorsed the Multi-year Action Plan on Development over the medium term with deadlines from next year to late 2014, China's Xinhua news agency reported citing the joint communique issued on Friday afternoon after the summit ended.
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| Strike closes tourist sites in Italy Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:18 AM PST A one-day strike by workers will close hundreds of museums, art galleries and archaeological sites in Italy.
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| Security goes pear-shaped at G20 summit Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:59 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - A gift of a box of fruit from an elderly South Korean man to U.S. President Barack Obama's daughter sparked a full-scale security alert at this week's G20 summit in Seoul, local media reported. 
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| Five years comatose, Israel's Sharon moves home Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:59 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was moved back to his desert ranch on Friday, leaving the secure hospital ward that had been his home for almost five years, officials said. 
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| Rolls-Royce finds cause of engine fire on Qantas superjumbo Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:56 PM PST LONDON, Friday 12 November 2010 (AFP) - Rolls-Royce said Friday the failure of a "specific component" of its Trent 900 engine caused a fire on a Qantas A380 superjumbo that forced the Australian airline into an emergency landing.
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| G20 vows to spare no effort for Cancun climate meeting Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:46 PM PST SEOUL, Friday 12 November 2010 (AFP) - The world's 20 largest economies vowed Friday to do their utmost to ensure success at the international meeting on climate change which begins in Cancun, Mexico, later this month.
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| Bickering G20 vows to avoid currency war Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:44 PM PST SEOUL, Friday 12 November 2010 (AFP) - G20 leaders vowed Friday to avoid tit-for-tat currency devaluations, but China's strong objections to any brakes on its export machine undermined a US push to redress skewed global trade.
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| G20 leaders endorse sweeping reform of IMF Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:35 PM PST SEOUL, Friday 12 November 2010 (AFP) - G20 leaders Friday gave their backing to sweeping reforms designed to give emerging economies such as China a bigger say in the International Monetary Fund.
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| Honoring Toni Morrison in Paris Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:30 PM PST (PARIS-AFP) - The American author Toni Morrison, known for her poetic novels featuring strong black characters, has been honoured with France's highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, in a ceremony which saw her praised as embodying "the best part of America". The award, presented by culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand, adds to an impressive collection for the novelist, whose career has already seen her awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2010.
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| Azmin asks Zaid to reconsider plans for new party Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:29 PM PST Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Mohamed Azmin Ali has called on former Federal Territory PKR chief Datuk Zaid Ibrahim to reconsider his plan to set up a new party if he is sacked from the party.
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| Bank Negara may raise OPR by 75 basis points from 2H2011 Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:29 PM PST Bank Negara Malaysia may potentially raise the overnight policy rate(OPR) by another 75 basis points to 3.50% from the second half of 2011 (2H2011) onwards to the year-end.
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| Hu presents 4-point proposal for world economy Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:28 PM PST SEOUL, Friday 12 November 2010 (Bernama) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday put forward a four-point proposal for realising strong, sustainable and balanced growth of the world economy at the Group of 20 (G20) summit here, reports China's Xinhua news agency.
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| More needs to be done to protect copyright in Malaysia Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:27 PM PST Though Malaysia has stepped up efforts to eradicate copyright infringement and pirated products, it is yet to achieve the desired results.
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| Banks to continue recording healthy growth: OSK Research Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:26 PM PST OSK Research expects most banks to continue to register healthy sequential earnings growth, largely underpinned by healthy loans growth and improvement in credit quality.
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| Five years comatose, Israel’s Sharon moves home Posted: 11 Nov 2010 11:05 PM PST JERUSALEM, Nov 12 — Israel's comatose former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was moved back to his desert ranch on Friday, leaving the secure hospital ward that had been his home for almost five years, officials said. Sharon, 82, will continue to receive treatment at Sycamore Farm, where as premier he would often retreat with aides to plan strategies ...
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| Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:43 PM PST Dunno Y - a film being touted as Bollywood's answer to Brokeback Mountain - is released in Indian cinemas and is the first movie in the country to feature a male homosexual kiss.
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