The Johnny Depp starrer has become the third big movie to be halted due to the writer's strike that has already grounded Ron Howard-directed Angels & Demons and the Oliver Stone-directed Pinkville.
The storm over snubbing of Dalai Lama, observers feel, is likely to adversely affect the politicians standing in the election this year as it is being seen as another act of bowing down to the Chinese agenda.
The veteran comedienne passed away at the age of 81 on September 5.
Former test batsman Mark Waugh will step down as a national selector at the end of August, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.
Arsenal scored twice in the opening seven minutes and ended the match as a contest with a third in the 19th as they crushed Manchester United 3-0 to move above them into second place in the Premier League at the Emirates on Sunday.
Phil Jagielka's stoppage-time thunderbolt earned Everton an unlikely 1-1 draw in the 223rd Merseyside derby on Saturday after Steven Gerrard's free kick appeared to have secured Liverpool a welcome victory.
Howard Schultz has returned as CEO of Starbucks with a mission: reinvigorating the "romance and theatre" of coffee-making that have been damaged in global expansion.
Gold has tripled in price, from $270 an ounce to over $850. Still, it may have further to go. In real terms, given the massive devaluation of the dollar since 1980, gold is relatively cheap. It's not the bargain it once was, but it could move higher.
The hits and misses of the week.
'If she contests it, then these people will have to fight it in court.'
Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday said the regional governments in his country were "notoriously bad" in running businesses and "delinquent" in handling commercial enterprises
The two countries would be signing an MoU to foster research cooperation in biotechnology, the visiting premier said, addressing Indian industry captains at a conference organised by business chambers CII, FICCI and Assocham. \n\n
Yes, a *lot* happened at the Hollywood Film Awards.
With Australia's oldest banks planning to outsource work, a union representing bank employees has said this may lead to the personal bank data of thousands of customers, including Prime Minister Johan Howard, moving to India.
"In response, China may push to cut a similar deal with Pakistan, which could further destabilize South Asia," Berman said in a recent address at the institute.
China has condemned Prime Minister John Howard's plan to meet the Tibetan spiritual leader, and has called on future visits to be banned.
The true face of the 19-year-old monarch was put on view in his underground tomb at Luxor on Sunday, when the linen-wrapped mummy was removed from its stone sarcophagus for display in a climate-controlled glass box.
Arsenal stay top with 27 points from 11 matches; United remain second on 27 from 12. It was Arsenal's 25th match in all competitions without defeat, a club record.
A promising premise, except it's a poorly planned trip that goes nowhere and infuriates with its inadequacies.
Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood has pulled out of the ongoing Indian Premier League after a hectic summer of cricket and a busy national schedule ahead.
However, scientists peering into the DNA of people from Asia, Africa and Europe found that large segments of their DNA varied greatly. Scientists now believe that people may differ by 10-12 percent genetically.
Researchers have found that the smell of food could play an important role in how the body processes calories.
Controversial media-mogul Howard Stern asks America to vote for Sanjaya.
Mexico's Oribe Peralta and Alex Morgan of the United States were named winners of the inaugural CONCACAF Male and Female Player of the Year awards on Friday.
Former Australian skipper Michael Clarke believes the coach and the team management have too much say and authority in Australian cricket.
Cheney said that the US was working with it allies to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear weapons programmes, and that it was Washington's preference for that to happen peacefully.
He came to India in the 1970s to light up some hotels
The Australian Monash University and Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai will set up the first Indo-Australian Research Institution at the Powai campus.
The MoU also provides for cooperation in military training, defence industries and defence research and development.
A revised air services agreement between India and Australia, aimed at designating as many airlines as the two nations wished for, was approved by the Union Cabinet a day ahead of Australian Premier John Howard's visit.
England have attempted a minor shake-up of the largely conventional world of Test cricket by offering to use a points-based system to determine the winner of their home series against Sri Lanka.
A new chair in the memory of former Reserve Bank of India Governor IG Patel will be created at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
The left-arm pacer is expected to join Peter Siddle and Ryan Harris in the Australian attack for the first Test against England starting at Gabba on November 21 after missing out on the Ashes tour of England earlier this year.
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