New York - US stocks made gains Friday at the close of a strong week for global markets, buoyed by some positive economic news and a comprehensive deal by world leaders to tackle the global recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed 21 per cent over the past four weeks, its best run over that timeframe since 1933, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Los Angeles - The saucy TV spin-off Sex And The City is returning to cinemas, Variety reported Friday, with a sequel to hit the screens on May 2, 2010.
The original Sex And The City movie, which chronicled the love lives of four New Yorkers, was a huge hit among women who flocked to see it at cinemas and helped it earn more than 410 million dollars at the global box office.
Los Angeles - George Harrison, the former Beatle who died of cancer in 2001, is to get a star on Hollywood's walk of fame later this month, it was announced Friday.
The former lead guitarist for the legendary band will get his posthumous star on April 14, with wife Olivia and son Dhani accepting the honour in his name. The event is timed to coincide with the launch by Capitol Records of a previously unreleased Harrison music project and a forthcoming documentary on the guitarist by Martin Scorsese.
Washington - A large number of Vietnamese who were preparing to become US citizens were in the building Friday in upstate New York where a gunman killed 13 people, media reports said.
The shootings took place at the American Civic Association Building in the city of Binghamton, New York, a place that provides immigration and refugee services, including language classes.
Washington - Ice in the summertime could be a thing of the past in the Arctic in as soon as 30 years time due to global warming, a new US study found as world governments prepare to open a summit Monday on the state of the poles.
The joint study by the US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Washington is much more dire than previous forecasts, which warned that the Arctic ice might vanish only at the turn of the century.
Miami - Roger Federer is feeling the natural frustration of a tennis hero whose last title came just shy of six months ago.
The usually solid Swiss smashed his racket at a moment of third-set tension as he went down to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic at the Miami Masters. He last lifted a trophy at his home Swiss Open in Basel on October 20.
Federer, who lost his Australian Open trophy to Rafael Nadal this season, is feeling his former dominance slip.
New York - US stocks made gains Friday at the close of a strong week for global markets, buoyed by some positive economic news and a comprehensive deal by world leaders to tackle the global recession.
Los Angeles - The saucy TV spin-off Sex And The City is returning to cinemas, Variety reported Friday, with a sequel to hit the screens on May 2, 2010.
Los Angeles - George Harrison, the former Beatle who died of cancer in 2001, is to get a star on Hollywood's walk of fame later this month, it was announced Friday.
Washington - A large number of Vietnamese who were preparing to become US citizens were in the building Friday in upstate New York where a gunman killed 13 people, media reports said.
Washington - Ice in the summertime could be a thing of the past in the Arctic in as soon as 30 years time due to global warming, a new US study found as world governments prepare to open a summit Monday on the state of the poles.
Miami - Roger Federer is feeling the natural frustration of a tennis hero whose last title came just shy of six months ago.
