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Wu Bangguo and D.M. Jayaratne Photo

During meeting with D.M. Jayaratne, Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People#39;s Congress, said China will encourage Chinese companies, especially large enterprises, to take part in Sri Lanka#39;s development and expand trade and investment with the country in order to realize mutual benefit and common development. Top legislator Wu Bangguo met with Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne and Samoan Vice Prime Minister Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo on Wednesday in southea

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Pauline Potter weighed 643 lbs picture

Pauline Potter weighed 643 lbs. as of February 2011, which qualified her to be included in Guinness World Records list for 2012, although she thinks she weighs closer to 700 lbs. today. (According to Guinness World Records, the heaviest woman ever is Rosalie Bradford, who registered a peak weight of 1,200 lbs. in January 1987.) It#39;s the small things – like driving a car, dancing, getting dressed in the morning and checking the mail – that Pauline Potter thinks about on afternoons when she st

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Miley Cyrus and Joan Jett Photo

Joan Jett, in turn, expressed her admiration for the former Disney star, who has it much harder with the press than she did. “I was thinking to myself … how difficult it must be to lead your life as a teenager with the paparazzi and the amount of press you#39;re surrounded by,” she told Cyrus. “I thought to myself, #39;Wow that was kind of a blessing that we didn#39;t have that stuff when I was growing up in The Runaways.#39; ” Miley Cyrus may have been “nervous” before meeting her idol, Joa

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Host Oscars Eddie Murphy Photo

“Eddie is a comedic genius, one of the greatest and most influential live performers ever,” telecast producer Brett Ratner says. “I know he will bring excitement, spontaneity and tremendous heart to the show.” Eddie Murphy is set to step back into the spotlight in a big way: He#39;s agreed to take on hosting duties at the Oscars next February. The selection of Murphy, 50, is a departure from last year#39;s Academy Awards hosts – the unlikely duo of James Franco and Anne Hathaway.

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Kurt Angle Arrested

Kurt Angle was previously arrested in March charged with “being in control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated,” after parking on a median and failing a field sobriety test. He was also booked (though later acquitted) in 2007 for DUI and careless driving. Kurt Angle has been pinned by the law once again. The former Olympic Gold Medalist and WWE star, and current TNA employee, was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of drink driving. The wrestler#39;s rental car was spotted swerving on

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Jessica Simpson Wedding Postponed

“She thinks if she downsizes her breasts, she will look smaller,” a source tells the entertainment news magazine. “She#39;s never loved having a huge chest.” An interesting quote, since it made her about $100 million. Jessica Simpson is considering breast reduction surgery that may push back her November wedding, according to notoriously unreliable tabloid In Touch. “If some weight doesn#39;t come off soon, she might call off the wedding or get surgery,” says the source who is obviously BFF C

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Reece Donovan charged picture

Metropolitan Police said Saturday that Reece Donovan, 21, has been charged with stealing a portable Sony Playstation and Nokia mobile phone from Rossli as he bled on the pavement. Police have charged a 21-year-old man with robbing an injured Malaysian student whose videotaped attack during the London riots drew outrage in Britain. About 20 teens and preteens surrounded Mohammed Asyraf Haziq Rossli during the unrest that swept the capital last week, grabbing his bike and cell phone and breaking

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Japan Typhoon Talas Picture

Heavy downpours by Typhoon Talas swamp a residential area in Kiho, central Japan, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011. The center of the season#39;s 12th typhoon was moving slowly north across the Sea of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A typhoon that pummelled western Japan left at least 20 people dead and more than 50 missing, reports said on Sunday, after swollen rivers swept away buildings and landslides crushed houses. One of the victims drowned after flood waters gushed into his car and s

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Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer picture

“When I first met him, he didn#39;t want to do anything that made him look silly,” Lacey Schwimmer, 23, tells us of her “shy” dancing partner, 42. “Now he#39;s all for it. He#39;s goofing off and he#39;s pretending to be Maks [Chmerkovskiy] in rehearsals. It#39;s really funny.” Schwimmer, who acknowledges that she and her partner are the “underdogs” this season, says people might be surprised how quickly Bono is whipping into shape. Chaz Bono and Lacey Schwimmer are only six days into Dancing

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treasure trove revealed

The report covers the period from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 and details finds dealt with by the remembrancer and the Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel. Under Scots law, the Crown can claim any archaeological objects found in Scotland. Finders have no ownership rights and must report any objects to the Treasure Trove Unit. A hoard of gold Iron Age torcs found near Stirling is among the highlights of the sixth annual Scottish Treasure Trove report. The torcs – which earned the

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