Quiros trumps big guns to take Dubai glory

Spain's Alvaro Quiros has won the Dubai Desert Classic sealing his fifth and biggest victory on the European Tour by one shot from South African James Kingston and Dane Anders Hansen.

The Spaniard finished on 11-under but endured a most bizarre round on the final day. He needed binoculars to find his ball after losing it up a tree following a wayward tee shot on the eighth.

 

The win represented the biggest payday in Quiros' career.

After the triple-bogey he earned at eight, the Spaniard holed an incredible hole-in-one on the 11th to restore his lead.

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Beijing embraces second snowfall within 3 days

Snow fell again in Beijing Saturday night, three days after the city had its first snow this winter.

Snow flies over the Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital city of China, Feb 13. Beijing sees the second snowfall of this year at late night of Feb 12, 2011. [Xinhua] 

Snow continued falling on Sunday morning but was forecasted to stop in the daytime.

From 8:00 p.m. Saturday to 8:00 a.m. Sunday, precipitation in Beijing averaged 1.7 mm to 3.1 mm in downtown areas, local meteorologists said.

Zhang Qiang, head of the municipal artificial weather intervention office, said the office began

Teddy Chen, Peter Chan prepare for Guillotines

Director Teddy Chen and producer Peter Chan, who are behind the 2009 blockbuster "Bodyguards and Assassins" ("Shi Yue Wei Cheng"), have come together again for a new action movie entitled "The Flying Guillotines" ("Xue Di Zi").

"The Flying Guillotines" poster. [China.org.cn]

The new film is about an elite team fighting for belief and justice, producer Peter Chan was quoted by the "Information Times" as saying.

Director Teddy Chen added that the characters would use a secret weapon that would be "the bloodiest ever appearing on the Chinese screens."

A concept poster has been released which sets a horrific tone for

Social Network beats King's Speech at London awards

"The Social Network" knocked "The King's Speech" off its perch at the London Film Critics' Circle Awards on Thursday, with the Facebook saga movie scooping four prizes to the royal story's three.

Both movies were nominated seven times, but "The Social Network" won the top accolade, film of the year, as well as best director for David Fincher, best British actor in a supporting role for Andrew Garfield and best script for writer Aaron Sorkin.

"The King's Speech," which leads the Academy Award nominations field with 12 ahead of 10 for "True Grit" and eight each for "The Social Network"

Longest-serving NBA coach resigns after lengthy tenure

Former Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan answers questions from the media after announcing his resignation from the Jazz in Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb 10, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

Longtime Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan said on Thursday a drop-off in energy was behind his sudden decision to resign after 23 years with the NBA team.

The 68-year-old Sloan, who earlier this year agreed to a one-year contract extension to remain with the team, steered the Jazz to a 31-23 record this season. He will be replaced by assistant coach Ty Corbin.

"Twenty-three years is a long time to be a

Fireworks blamed for pollution

Fireworks set off during the Chinese lunar new year holiday led to air pollution throughout the country, while also being blamed as the cause of many fire accidents and injuries.

Often set off during the Chinese New Year holiday with a goal of warding off evil spirits, fireworks have come at a serious environmental cost, filling the air with high levels of sulfur and thick smoke and pushing up the air-pollution index across large cities.

In Shanghai, the real-time air quality monitoring and forecasting system showed that the local pollution index jumped from below 100 at 8 pm on Sunday to 439 at midnight on Monday, a time span that coincided with frequent ignitions

Lantern festival promotes culture in Zigong

Lanterns featuring figures in Chinese operas./Huang Zhiling

The slightest mention of the lantern festival would remind people in Sichuan Province of the famed festival in Zigong, a city in the southern part of the southwestern province.

Debuting in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), the Zigong Lantern Festival has been held for more than 1,000 years. Known to every household in Sichuan, it has been held in different parts of the wold.

But at this time of the year, people in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, do not need travelling for more than two hours to view lanterns in Zigong. Instead,

Lantern festival promotes culture in Zigong

Lanterns featuring figures in Chinese operas./Huang Zhiling

The slightest mention of the lantern festival would remind people in Sichuan Province of the famed festival in Zigong, a city in the southern part of the southwestern province.

Debuting in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), the Zigong Lantern Festival has been held for more than 1,000 years. Known to every household in Sichuan, it has been held in different parts of the wold.

But at this time of the year, people in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, do not need travelling for more than two hours to view lanterns in Zigong. Instead,

Lantern festival promotes culture in Zigong

Lanterns featuring figures in Chinese operas./Huang Zhiling

The slightest mention of the lantern festival would remind people in Sichuan Province of the famed festival in Zigong, a city in the southern part of the southwestern province.

Debuting in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), the Zigong Lantern Festival has been held for more than 1,000 years. Known to every household in Sichuan, it has been held in different parts of the wold.

But at this time of the year, people in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, do not need travelling for more than two hours to view lanterns in Zigong. Instead,

Lantern festival promotes culture in Zigong

Lanterns featuring figures in Chinese operas./Huang Zhiling

The slightest mention of the lantern festival would remind people in Sichuan Province of the famed festival in Zigong, a city in the southern part of the southwestern province.

Debuting in the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), the Zigong Lantern Festival has been held for more than 1,000 years. Known to every household in Sichuan, it has been held in different parts of the wold.

But at this time of the year, people in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, do not need travelling for more than two hours to view lanterns in Zigong. Instead,

Gold glory for Chinese athletes at Winter Asiad

China's Song Weilong won the gold medal of the men's 1000m short track event on Wednesday at the Asian Winter Games. Silver medalist Daisuke Uemura finished 30sec back, while third-placed Sung Si Bak of South Korea was more than a minute off the pace.

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Source: China.org.cn - China news

China promotes tourism on Paris buses

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Some 14 red tourism buses started on Tuesday to tour around Paris wearing a collage of the Great Wall winding through mountains, the monkey King Sun Wukong in emperor clothes and perky Chinese dragon, appealing travel-lovers to go to China.

The double-deck buses carrying the gigantic poster will move around the city of light from February 1-14 to string main attraction sites such as the Triumphal Arc, the Eiffel Tower, Invalides and the Louvre museum.

For two weeks from 08:30

China vows to step up wetlands protection

China will this year boost efforts to protect wetlands, the State Forestry Administration said Wednesday, the fifteenth World Wetlands Day.

China will further promote wetland protection legislation this year, an official of the administration said.

By 2015, China will ensure that 55 percent of Chinese wetlands are under protection, according to the official.

The theme of this year's World Wetlands Day is "Wetlands and Woods."

World Wetlands Day marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands. Signed on Feb. 2, 1971, the convention is an international effort to protect wetlands around the world.

Source: China.org.cn - China news

Barcelona and Real Madrid favorites to earn places in Copa del Rey final

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are favorites to assure their places in the final of the Copa del Rey in the second leg of their semifinal ties which will be played on Wednesday.

Barcelona have the easier task after their 5-0 win at home to Almeria last week. Pep Guardiola has warned his players not to relax in the return match, which is played in Almeria, but Barca have already won 8-0 in the same ground in the BBVA Primera Liga earlier in the season and he will take the opportunity to rest key players.

Almeria will look to follow