Sensational accusations fly as SHKP chairman takes his fight to court The final battle in the long-running Kwok family saga was put on hold yesterday, after Walter Kwok Ping-sheung got a last-minute court injunction preventing the Sun Hung Kai Properties (0016) board from voting on his ouster.
Posh spice up life for Britain with class act A sound not heard since the early Eighties floated over the Thames one recent morning - that of posh young Tories braying with delight.
Scots on the rocks Manchester Police said they were "sickened and disappointed" after violent clashes with Rangers fans marred the Uefa Cup final which the Glasgow side lost 2-0 to Zenit St Petersburg.
Real-life tragedies invade Cannes The tragedies of the real world - the quake that rocked China and the cyclone that devastated Burma - invaded the fantasy world of movies as the Cannes film festival moved into top gear yesterday.
Food for thought on rising prices The past few days have seen tragedies in both Burma and China, with the damage caused by a cyclone in the former being exacerbated by abject inaction on the part of the government.
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