新闻纵贯线 The Beijing Hour updated 08:00 2013/09/17

The Beijing Hour
 
Morning Edition
 

RH with you on this Tuesday, September 17th, 2013.
Welcome to the Beijing Hour, coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
Coming up on our program this morning...
A mass shooting at US Navy Yard in Washington DC kills 13 people
UN Report confirms the use of sarin on civilians in Syria.
Chinese firm ABP to establish its Global HQ in London
Business
International Monetary Fund releases its next installment of bailout funds to Cyprus.
Sports
In Premier League action Liverpool draw 2-2 with Swansea
Entertainments
‘Ideal City’ starring Jaycee Chan opens across mainland cinemas tomorrow
Plus
Special reports goes to Ningxia to find out how a China-Kuwait youth football match is promoting football in the region.
First, let's check on what's happening on the weather front...
 
 
Weather
 
 
Beijing will see moderate rain today, with a high of 23 degree Celsius in the daytime, and it will see heavy rain tonight with a low of 18.
In Shanghai, it will be sunny today, 29 the high, and it will be cloudy tonight, the low of 23 degrees Celsius.
Lhasa will be cloudy in the daytime the temperature's at 20, and tonight will have showers with a low of 10 degree Celsius.
Elsewhere in the world, staying in Asia
Islamabad, sunny, 31.
Kabul, sunny, with a high of 27.
And in North America
New York, overcast, with a high of 21 degrees.
Washington, overcast, highs of 24
Houston, overcast, 35.
Honolulu, moderate rain, 31.
Toronto, overcast, 15
Finally, on to South America,
Buenos Aires, moderate rain, 10.
And Rio de Janeiro will be sunny with highs of 33 degrees Celsius.
 
 
Top News
 
 
Mass shooting at Navy Yard kills 13
 
Anchor
At least 13 people, including the gunman have been killed during a mass shooting at a US Navy Yard, less than four miles from the White House.
The gunman has been identified as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, an African American from Texas.
Police are still searching for another potential shooter.
CRI's Washington correspondent Xiaohong has more details.
Ann
At around 8:20 am, the usual Monday morning hustle and bustle at the Navy Yard was interrupted by gun shots and later fire alarms.
This witness told local television that the scene was crazy.
"I was on the phone and someone came over and said hey this is not a fire alarm, someone has been shot in the building. So we ran out around trying to get people out of the building. As we were exiting the backdoor we noticed him down the hall. He stepped around the corner and we heard shots. As he came round the corner he aimed his gun at us and he fired at least two or three shots. It was just crazy."
US President Obama reported his shock by the incident that happened at a military facility.
"We're confronting yet another mass shooting. And today it happened on a military installation in our nation's capital."
He says the gunmen are not only targeting civilians, but also military personnel who have worked to protect the nation.
"They know the dangers of serving abroad. But today they face the unimaginable violence that they wouldn't have expected here at home."
President Obama has pledged to investigate thoroughly and make sure whoever carried out the attack is held responsible.
Law enforcement has confirmed the dead gunman was a 34-year-old military contractor from Texas.
They are still looking for a possible second shooter whom they believe is a black male about 50 years of age.
Motivation for the killings is not clear.
For CRI, this is Xiaohong in Washington.
 
 
UN Report United Nations confirm sarin gas use on Syrian civilians
 
Anchor
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has announced that there was an "overwhelming and indisputable" evidence that chemical weapons were used in Syria last month, killing hundreds of people.
The U.N boss says the attack resulted in a "war crime", however he has not attributed blame to either side.
World powers will now try to find a UN Security Council resolution.
CRI's Xie Zhao reports.
Reporter
Ban Ki-moon addressed reporters after earlier presenting a report by UN inspectors to a closed meeting of the UN Security Council.
(soundbite English 0917 Ki-moon)
"Today marks a grim but necessary step in the world's efforts to combat chemical weapons. The report of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the use of Chemical Weapons in Syria has concluded that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in the Ghouta area of Damascus on August 21st, causing numerous casualties, particularly among civilians."
However, the report does not suggest who launched the attacks.
Ambassadors from the United States, the United Kingdom and France all say the U.N report on the use of chemical weapons in Syria points to the Syrian government.
Samantha Power, is the U.S ambassador to the UN.
"Some countries did not accept on faith that the samples of blood and hair that the United States received from people affected by the August 21 attack contained sarin. But now Dr. Sellstrom's samples show the same thing.　And it's very important to note that the regime possesses sarin, and we have no evidence that the opposition possesses sarin."
However, Russia says his colleagues "jumped to their conclusions" in assigning blame before the report could be reviewed by experts.
Vitaliy Churkin, is the Russian ambassador to the UN.
"First of all we haven't even had a chance to look at the report. We were given the report when the consultations started and when the secretary-general already completed his remarks. We had a quick glance but were not really able to study the report. We want everybody to treat it as an extremely serious technical matter and we everybody to look at the report with the eyes of experts."
US and Russian diplomats have already produced a sweeping agreement that will require one of the most ambitious arms-control efforts in history.
Hong Lei, spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said on Monday China welcomes the U.S.-Russia framework agreement on eliminating Syria's chemical weapons.
"China has always maintained that a political solution is the only realistic way out for the Syrian issue. The political progress should be carried on with elimination of the chemical weapons, to settle the Syrian issue within UN framework at an early time."
Hong also called for an immediate cease-fire in Syria to create necessary conditions for the elimination of chemical weapons and the opening of the second Geneva International Conferencesue.
Meanwhile, on the ground, fighting continued in and around Damascus on Monday. And Turkey announced that Turkish warplanes shot down a Syrian helicopter on Monday at the border region between the two countries after the helicopter allegedly violated Turkish airspace. The Syrian government has not commented on the helicopter crash yet.
For CRI, I'm Xie Zhao.
 
 
Students back to school in Damascus
 
Anchor
The civil war in Syria has seen thousands of children killed and over a million forced to leave their homes as refugees.
However, some students in relatively undamaged areas have now returned to school.
CRI's Cao Yuwei has more.
Reporter
It is Lilas and Mohamad's first day back to school after the long summer break.
"Today is the first day of school. I came to learn. When I grow up I want to be an engineer to build my country."
"When I grow up I want to become a soldier to offer something to my country."
They appear unperturbed by the ongoing conflict in their country.
But for those attending schools like the Nahla Zaidan school in the suburbs of Damascus, much has changed since they were last in a classroom.
Some of the students at the school are internally displaced, and are staying with families not their own.
At the same time, schools are struggling to absorb the increased number of children migrating from conflict zones to safer areas.
Sawssan Farah is the head teacher at Nahla Zaidan.
"The classrooms are packed. For example, we used to have 35 children, but　now there are 40 or more, sometimes even 50 in the classroom. As for the fifth and sixth grade, the number may be 60."
However, the children at the Nahla Zaidan school are the lucky ones.
A recent UN report is suggesting many children, especially girls, don't get a chance to go to school due to a climate of insecurity and fear of attacks.
More than 3-thousand schools had been damaged or destroyed in the conflict.
Almost 1-thousand more were being used to house displaced people.
Two million children have dropped out of school, including the one million who are now refugees.
This has left many of the children suffering from depression-like symptoms.
"I am depressed and I am so sad and my soul is tired, because of these things, because my family is far and nobody here can feel like my mom. And I missed them so much, but what to do?"
Many children have lived through heavy bombardments of their cities, fierce fighting between the rebels and government forces, and an alleged chemical attack in a suburb of Damascus.　
Valerie Amos is the UN's humanitarian chief.
"The humanitarian situation in Syria currently is dire. We now have a situation where 6.8-million people in the country are in urgent need of help. That's nearly a third of the population."
More than two million people have fled the country since the civil war broke out over 2 years ago.
For CRI, I'm Cao Yuwei.
 
 
ABP from China to Establish Global HQ in London
 
Anchor
Chinese commercial developer, Advanced Business Park, ABP, has announced plans to set up its global headquarters in London.
This follows its decision to make a major investment in the UK's capital earlier this year.
CRI's London correspondent Tu Yun has more.
Reporter
By announcing the incorporation plan, ABP becomes the first major enterprise from China to establish global headquarters in London.
ABP Chairman, Liu Weiping.
"The 2012 London Olympics has greatly inspired us. ABP believes that London is the ideal place to develop our global business as it has the advantages of the right time zone, good environment for businesses, and the strength of finance, information, and education services. London will host our global headquarters, while Beijing will become the center of our Asia-Pacific operations."
ABP runs a couple of headquarter-based projects in such Chinese cities as Beijing and Shenyang.
In May, it signed a deal to transform the Royal Albert Dock in East London into a business hub for Asian businesses looking to expand in Britain and the rest of Europe.
London Major Boris Johnson says he expects the one-and-half-billion-US-dollar project and ABP's latest move to establish its headquarters in London may inspire other Chinese investors.
"We have seen confidence flowing into our city from around the world. But the most extraordinary investment of all is the new business district for London, the ABP project that is going to transform the Royal Albert Dock. And that's a 35 acre site that will ultimately generate 6 billion pounds for the UK economy. And I'm very confident it's going to work and people will see what's happening in London, see what ABP is doing and want to follow suit."
ABP's headquarters in London will have a hundred staff, including corporate strategy, finance, research and development sectors.
For CRI, I'm Tu Yun in London.
 
 
Shipwrecked liner is pulled from reef
 
In an unprecedented maritime salvage operation, Italian engineers say they have succeeded in lifting the hull of the Costa Concordia off the Italian reef, 20 months after it ran aground.
It is reported progress of the salvage was much slower than predicted.
The delicate operation to rotate the luxury liner from its capsized position to upright, appeared likely to stretch into Tuesday.
Thirty-two people died when the ship ran aground off the Tuscan coast.
Kevin Rebello's brother Russell was a waiter on the ship and was never found.
"Once the ship is being kept into a secure position, they might look into the matter. There are divers and everyone over there is ready to just do their job, so let's hope we get some answers tomorrow. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the next two days, three days. I am just waiting for it."
His hope is that someday he can bring his brother's remains home to Mumbai "to give him a decent burial."
The Concordia's captain is on trial in Italy for alleged manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning the ship during the chaotic and delayed evacuation.
Captain Francesco Schettino claims the reef wasn't on the nautical charts for the liner's week-long Mediterranean cruise.
 
 
IAEA official says Iran is not fully cooperating with nuclear watchdog
 
The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA has announced that it can not accept that all nuclear material in Iran is engaged in "peaceful activities".
Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General, says owing to Iran "not providing the necessary cooperation", the IAEA could not be certain Iran did not have un-declared nuclear materials.
"The agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its safeguards agreement. However, Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable us to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities. The agency therefore cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities."
Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, says he has been sent by Iranian President, Hasan Rouhani, to further enhance and expand ongoing cooperation with the agency.
"Iran is prepared within the framework of the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) to cooperate with other member states under the auspices of the IAEA. Likewise, Iran expects to benefit from the technical cooperation activities of the agency in different areas of peaceful nuclear applications."
Iran is insisting it wants to harness the atom, only to generate power for scientific or medical purposes.
But comments made at a high-level session of the U.N's IAEA reflects more than a decade of fears that Tehran also seeks the ability to be able to make nuclear arms.
Iran denies it is trying to develop such arms.
Both sides blame each other for delays in reaching an agreement on a probe.
 
 
Japan says contamination levels at the Fukushima plant are below the guidelines
 
Japan's science minister has told U.N nuclear watchdog the IAEA, that contamination levels in water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant are below the standard for drinking quality.
"I would like to point out again here today that the effect of the contaminated water is limited within 0.3 square kilometres just within the port outside of the plant, and it is actually below the WHO guideline for drinking water quality."
However, Ichita Yamamoto, said at a press conference in Vienna Monday that the levels of contamination at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant do not present a serious health threat.
Yamamoto earlier met with the IAEA's Director General, Yukiya Amano.
Following the meeting Yamamoto assured Amano that Japan was determined to finish the clean-up and safely decommission the crippled plant.
"I explained that Japan deeply accepts the influence it made to international society, and is committed to dealing with the decommissioning of the Fukushima-Daiichi, including the countermeasures to decontaminate water with responsibility. I think general director (Yukiya) Amano understood this."
Yamamoto added that Japan would cooperate with the UN's nuclear watchdog in compiling a full report on the Fukushima accident.
Last month, it was reported that highly radioactive water was pouring out of the Fukushima plant, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to order the government step in and help in the clean-up.
 
 
Biz Reports
 
 
Anchor
First off, a check on the stock market of North America and Europe.
Join me on the desk, CRI's Hu Jia.
Reporter
U.S. stocks shed earlier gains and closed mixed on Monday, as investors' enthusiasm waned, over Larry Summers withdrawal from the Federal Reserve chairman race.
Summers' withdrawal could leave his main competitor Janet Yellen, currently the Fed's vice chairwoman, as the front runner for the top job.
Yellen, is expected to continue Bernanke's easy monetary policies.
On the economic front, U.S. industrial production advanced 0.4 percent in August after staying unchanged in July.
When the market closed,
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 0.8 percent.
The S & P 500 rose 0.6 percent.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq ended in negative territory, dragged down by Apple, whose shares dipped 3.2 percent.
In Canada, the S&P/TSX rallied 0.7 percent.
Back in Europe, Germany's DAX 30 index rallied 1.2 percent, the highest closing level on record.
France's CAC 40 index put on 0.9 percent, while the U.K.'s FTSE 100 gained 0.6 percent.
 
 
IMF Releases EUR84.7 Million in Cyprus Bailout Funds
 
Cyprus has been given the go ahead from the International Monetary Fund to recieve another tranche of the bailout fund worth 113 million US dollars.
The IMF decision comes as the Washington-based institution completes its first review of the Cypriot economy.
The new disbursement will add total rescue funds of up to 226 million US dollars to Cyprus.
Meanwhile, the IMF has agreed to a request by Cyprus to ease up the performance measures for the 2013 fiscal year.
 
 
JPMorgan near deal on Whale probes for about $700 million
 
Media reports suggest JP Morgan is near a final settlement over probes into its London Whale derivatives loss.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting the investment bank has agreed on how much it will pay up.
It is believed JP Morgan will pay out around 700-million US dollars.
The bank lost 6.2 billion dollars over trades from its London office last year.
 
 
Morning Call-In China-Arab State Trade
 
Anchor
The first China-Arab States Expo has kicked off in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous region.
Monday saw the signing of contracts worth about 250-billion yuan, or 42-billion US dollars.
The volume of trade exchanged between the two sides has grown at a phenonmenal rate over the past decade, doubling 9 times over to 720-billion dollars a year.
For more on this, I am joined on the line by Mark Hughes, Executive business editor of China Daily.
1. What areas of business have been the largest sectors of growth in trade between China and the Arab States?
Are there any examples of businesses whose success has grown specifically out of trade with Arab States?
2. What areas have the most potential for future growth?
3. What makes the Arab states an attractive trade partner for China to strengthen its links with?
Which countries in particular have emerged as especially valuable partners?
4. What are the obstacles for future strengthening of trade ties between the two sides?
Back Anchor
That was Mark Hughes, Executive business editor of China Daily.
 
 
China to levy duties on U.S. polysilicon imports
 
China's Ministry of Commerce has announced that it will impose provisional anti-subsidy duties on some U.S. exports of solar-grade polysilicon, a major material for making solar cells.
The products from American firms will have to pay a deposit rate of 6.5-percent starting from next Friday.
The announcement comes as the Ministry of Commerce hiked its anti-dumping duties to 57 percent on U.S solar-grade polysilicon imports in July.
The rate previously stood at 53.3 percent.
Ministry of Commerce is reporting preliminary investigations into the case is underway, as subsidized products exported from the U.S allegedly caused domestic makers heavy losses.
 
 
Tencent and Sogou join forces in search field
 
China's largest internet company Tencent has formed a surprise partnership with Sogou, an online search unit of Sohu, by investing 448 million US dollars in the firm.
That will make Tencent the second largest shareholder of Sogou after Sohu.
The deal will see Tencent's Soso search-related business merged into Sogou.
Internal sources have revealed that Tencent is likely to bulk up its holding of Sogou to 40 percent from the current 36.5.
Baidu still maintained its dominant role in domestic online searches over the last quarter, accounting for nearly 79 percent of the market share.
 
 
Headline News
 
 
China pledges support for Bahrain's efforts to safeguard stability
 
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with the King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al-khalifa in Beijing, pledging to back the Middle East country's efforts to safeguard stability.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who met with the Bahrain king also on Monday, urged Bahrain to play an active role in promoting cooperation between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC.
The GCC is a bloc of six Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf.
The king's state visit began on Saturday and finished yesterday, resulting in the two sides issuing a joint communique.
 
 
China urges Britain to stop interfering in Hong Kong's affairs
 
China has expressed its "strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition" to a newspaper opinion piece by a British minister and has urged Britain to immediately stop interfering in Hong Kong's internal affairs.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei said the British minister of state at the foreign office, Hugo Swire, wrote an article in which he openly made irresponsible remarks about Hong Kong's political system.
Hong said the development of the political system in the region is an internal affair for Hong Kong and a domestic affair for China.
He also highlighted that China does not allow interference by external forces.
 
 
Most stranded Chinese passengers back from Jeju
 
More than 15-hundred stranded Chinese passengers have left South Korea's Jeju Island, after a Henna cruise liner was detained on Friday by a local court over legal disputes.
The 7th and last plane carrying 149 passengers arrived in Beijing last night from Jeju.
The remaining 101 stranded passengers will either return to China on the cruise ship or go to Seoul.
 
 
Mass shooting at Navy Yard kills 13
 
At least 13 people, including the gunman have been killed during a mass shooting at a US Navy Yard, less than four miles from the White House.
Police are still searching for another potential shooter.
US President Obama says he was shocked by the incident that happened at a military facility.
He has pledged to investigate thoroughly and make sure whoever carried out the attack is held responsible.
 
 
UN General Assembly ends 67th session
 
The UN General Assembly has concluded its 67th session with progress being made on a number of key international issues and development-related topics.
During the session, member states adopted close to 90 written and oral decisions, and around 300 resolutions.
The session kicked off last September aiming at achieving the Millennium Development Goals by the year of 2015.
The 68th session of the General Assembly is due to open on this Tuesday.
 
 
Newspaper Picks
 
 
Yanzhao Metropolitan Daily
Toddler-death defendant says he meant no harm
Summary:
A man accused of killing a 2-year-old girl in Beijing after arguing with her mother says he was heavily intoxicated and didn't mean to harm the child.
Han Lei, who faces the death penalty for intentional homicide,denied he knew the victim was in a stroller he smashed to the ground.
South China Metropolitan Daily
Alleged teacher killer surrenders to police
Summary:
A boy suspected of killing his teacher in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province, has surrendered to police in Shanghai and been handed over to Jiangxi authorities.
The 17-year-old student, named Lei, called the police and said he stabbed his teacher to death on Saturday.
Beijing Times
Professor works as village chief assistant
Summary:
Yu Jianrong, a professor of sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has been named the chief assistant of Anzhang, a village in Guizhou province.
Yu said his aim was to help protect the culture of the local Bouyei ethnic group, and he would not ask the local government for any reward or payment for his work.
Beijing News
Nanjing officials warned over holiday gifts
Summary:
Government employees in Nanjing will be suspended if they offer or accept gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival or the National Day holidays if the gifts are purchased with public funds.
Eight departments, including the public security bureau, will supervise officials' activities during the holidays.
Those who violate the rules will be suspended immediately, and their supervisors will also be punished.
Shanghai Daily
Zhabei acts to prevent misuse of official vehicles
Summary:
The Zhabei District government in Shanghai is putting a clear sign on its vehicles to prevent its misuse by officials.
People are being urged to call a hotline if they think the cars are being used for private rather than official purposes.
China Daily
China issues list of approved GM food
Summary:
Chinese agricultural experts have clarified a list of genetically modified food that has been officially approved.
This comes after wide debates over the safety of such products in daily life.
Global Times
Mao's works among 'Red Relics' unsold at auction
Summary:
Early editions of "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" failed to receive any bids over the weekend in Beijing.
They were put up for auction at 3.5 million yuan ($571,868).
The books included Mao Zedong's essays and speeches that were systematically compiled.
While another copy of the same edition was sold for 212,800 yuan back in 2010.
 
 
Special Reports
 
 
China-Kuwait youth match promotes football in the western hinterland of Ningxia
 
Anchor
As a sideline activity of the ongoing China-Arab State Expo currently underway in Ningxia, a friendly youth football match has been held between China and Kuwait.
CRI's Zhang Ru has more details.
Reporter
It was an exciting night at the Helanshan football stadium in Yinchuan, as legions of roaring Chinese fans tried to drown the lively band singing from a the lonely stands where the Kuwaitis had gathered to cheer for their national youth team.
And while the Chinese side came out with a 3-1 victory, match is also a ringing reminder that the host city Yinchuan and the entire Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region doesn't have a professional team.
The team that beat the Kuwaitis is actually a youth team from Liaoning.
Local fans have been craving a return of football after the local team was disbanded some 13 years ago.
"The Helanshan football club has been badly missed. Now it is eastablished i am full of good faith that it will become a school of good professional players in the future. One day they will make Yinchuan proud, and maybe even make China proud."
That's 40-year old Li Xiaoning, a hardcore football lover who has represented the city's under-49 amateur team in many national championships.
He says its now upto the young people in Ningxia to help stage a comeback in the region to develop a team which can compete on the Chinese professional football scene.
Zhang Shaolong is the Secretary-General of the Ningxia Football Association.
"Our youth football falls hugely behind those in the richer cities and provinces. But in the last couple of years, we have put our effort in campus football. Now football has reached a much wider youth base."
But as the ill-fated previous team has shown, professional football nowadays is all about business.
Zhang Shaolong says selling tickets for professional football in Ningxia won't be a problem.
However, he says securing sponsors will be.
"We lost the provincial team sponsored by the government years ago. Now club football has developed for as long as 20 years in some places. But we don't have a professional club, a club that runs as a business."
While the 3-1 loss for the Kuwaiti national youth team undoubtedly stung, the fact the team was brought to Yinchuan as part of the China-Arab States expo is thought to be encouraging.
Given that Kuwait is try to explore investment opportunities in Ningxia, locals in Yinchuan are hopeful football could be one area to direct the Gulf Arab nation's wealth.
For CRI, this is Zhang Ru.
 
 
Sports
 
 
Liverpool beat Swansea and other European results
 
In European football... Liverpool have drawn their match against Swansea City in the Premiere League.
Jonjo Shelvey opened the scoring for the Welsh side after just two minutes, but then just two minutes later Daniel Sturrage came to the rescue with an equalizer.
Liverpool then went 2-1 up just before half time courtesy of Victor Moses, leaving it to Michu to equalize in the second half.
This result keeps Liverpool at the top of the table, leading Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur by a single point.
Elsewhere, Roma thrashed Parma 3-1 away from home to go joint top on points in the Italian Serie A.
And Atletic Bilbao defeated Celta Vigo, three two, taking them to the top of the Spanish top division.
 
 
Man U boss Moyes says Champion's league harder than ever
 
AND Later on, we will see the first set of matches in this year's Champion's league..
Manchester United Boss, who's side is about to take on Bayern Leverkusen in group A, said the standard of football across Europe is higher than ever.
"I think the Champions League has become different now. I think we always could pick out the winning teams in it. I think the last year or two is beginning to prove much more difficult. You can see by some of the results in the group stages, it's a little bit more unpredictable than it's been in the past. So I think it's a tough group. We've got a leading team from Germany, a leading team from Spain, we have to go to Donetsk to play Shakhtar, who are pretty well experienced in the Champions League. So, I see it as a pretty tough looking group."
 
 
Kaka refuses his own wages until he recovers from injury
 
I start with a story that I find rather heart warming...
Injured AC Milan midfielder Kaka has volunteered to go unpaid until he is able to play again.
He damaged his thigh muscle during his first game for the side, the two all draw with Torino, and will not be able to play for at least a month.
In a message to fans, the 31-year-old Brazilian, who moved on a free transfer from Real Madrid, said
he doesn't want anything from Milan, except love and support until he is better, fully fit and ready to play again.
 
 
Stephen Lee found guilty of Snooker match fixing
 
Now to Snooker, where former world number five Stephen Lee has been found guilty of match-fixing.
Disciplinary chairman, Nigel Mawer has called it the "worst case of snooker corruption they have ever seen" and the player now faces a career-ending ban.
The 38-year-old denies allegations, which relate to several matches played in 2008 and 2009.
The tribunal concluded that Lee deliberately lost matches or conceded frames, even losing by a pre-determined score in the 2008 Malta Cup and 2009 China Open.
Groups associated with Lee are said to have earned tens of thousands of pounds after placing bets on his games, and Snooker's governing body said 40,000 pounds were paid into his wife's bank account during the time being investigated.
The penalty will be decided in seven days' time.
 
 
Marin Cilic suspended for taking banned supplement
 
And in tennis, Marin Cilic has been suspended for nine months after testing positive for a prohibited supplement.
Traces of Nikthamide, a banned glucose supplement was found in a urnine sample provided by the 24-year-old in Munich in April.
The 2012, Queen's champion said a member of his team had bought the tablets from a pharmacy and he had taken them, but he had not intended to enhance his performance in doing so.
The ban will be backdated to May the first, meaning the world number 24 can play again in February next year.
 
 
Benjamin Giraud wins second stage of tour of China
 
In Cycling…. Benjamin Giraud has won the second stage of the Tour of China to take the overall lead by three seconds.　
The 201.6 km route between Deyang and Deyang Shifang is the longest in the event's history, but somehow the peloton held together and the day finished with a mass sprint.
The 27-year-old Frenchman proved the strongest over the final metres and the Pomme Marseille rider edged out Alois Kankovsky of the Czech Republic and Malaysia's Anuar Manan at the line.
It was Giraud's third stage race win of the year, following his successes at the Tour of Taiwan and Tour of Lake Qinghai, also in China.
The third stage later today is a 151-kilometre route around Chengdu Pengzhou.
 
 
Entertainment
 
 
Chinese Film 'The Ideal City' Premiered in BJ
 
The stars from the new Chinese film The Ideal City came out to celebrate the premiere of the new film last night in Beijing.
Jacyee Fong, son of Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan, Wang Taili, and director Sun Bohan were all in attendance.
The film is about Chinese professional rally driving adapted from best-selling author Han Han's novel of the same name.
Filmmaker Sun Bohan spoke about why he chose to make The Ideal City into a film.
"Five years ago I was thinking of what kind of film I wanted to make. I wrote a few stories, but none of them met my standards. Then a friend of mine recommended some stories written by young writers. Among them I saw 'the Ideal City.' It was exactly what I was looking for. I was intrigued by the characters, the atmosphere and the writing was very good."
The film tells the story of a college student played by Jacyee Fong who's fed up with gang life and looks for better prospects elsewhere.
The Ideal City hits screens all across China tomorrow.
 
 
Newly Crowned Miss America Faces Racism
 
The newly crowned winner of the Miss America pageant, Nina Davuluri, faces a new challenge in the wake of her accomplishment: racism.
Following the announcement that Davuluri, who is of Indian descent, had won the competition, social media sites like twitter exploded with racist rage.
Many users called Davuluri a terrorist demanding she get out of America and return to her home country.
The 24-year-old winner has responded to the racist remarks, saying she has to rise above that and she's happy the Miss America organization embraces diversity.
Davuluri has a degree from the University of Michigan in Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science.
She opened up about what she plans to do with her winnings.
"I am so honored to be able to promote such a wonderful organization focusing on scholarship and service. I've just gained 50-thousand dollars in scholarship money to put towards my education."
Duvalari will use the scholarship to attend medical school.
 
 
Singer Tim Lambesis in Court for Attempted Murder
 
(as I lay dying clip)
Tim Lambesis, the singer of Christian metalcore band As I Lay Dying, will soon head to court to see whether he will go to trial for trying to hire an assassin to kill his estranged wife.
Prosecutors allege Lambesis paid an undercover officer 1-thousand US dollars to kill his wife, who Lambesis claims was preventing him from seeing their 3-adopted children.
Lambesis allegedly gave the undercover detective a photograph of his wife, her address, gate security code, and dates he would be with the children to secure an alibi.
The singer has been out on 2-million US dollar bail since May.
If convicted, Lambesis faces up to 9-years in prison.
 
 
Daft Punk Premieres New Music Video
 
Electro-duo Daft Punk has released a new music video online.
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The video is for their song Lose Yourself to Dance, which will soon be released as their second official single from their new chart topping album Random Access Memories.
Like their first single, Get Lucky this track features the French musicians, but also includes performers Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.
The new video features the 4-men performing the song on stage surrounded by fans, as the camera slowly rotates around them.
It serves as the follow-up to Get Lucky, which went on to top 55-charts across the world at the beginning of the summer.
 
 
 
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