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Issue: August 10, 2012 (Archive)

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Thrills galore on no-thrills flight Although passengers definitely weren't complaining, a Vietnamese airline has been fined by aviation authorities because the stuffed shirts disapproved of the low-cost carrier's in-flight entertainment. Adelson fights new prostitution claim More fun and games in Macau ... Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson has filed a US$60 million (HK$468 million) defamation lawsuit against a US Jewish political group, accusing it of spreading false allegations that he approved prostitution at his Macau resorts. Space trio sends thank-you note The Shenzhou-9 manned space docking pioneers sent a handwritten greeting to the two SARs on the eve of their four- day visit. Former Legco president Swaine dies Barrister and former Legco president John Joseph Swaine died on Tuesday. He was 80. Swaine was the first person who was not the colonial governor to hold the post. Actress' father charged over paint job The father of singer and actress Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi was arrested and charged by anti-triad police yesterday in connection with a criminal damage case in which two offices of a Yau Ma Tei property agent were splashed with red paint. Eye-opening views of Mars The dust had not settled after touchdown on Mars of the Curiosity than high jinksters landed online with their own views about what could have greeted the US rover if others had got there first or been on the planet all along awaiting a visitor from other worlds. First lady in Dior stunner North Korea's young first lady Ri Sol Ju has been pictured with what appears to be a Christian Dior handbag. Sorry indexes just fail to add up Confusion, yes; chaos, no. Brave new world for Linsanity From Linsanity to Linmagination - it all seems to be getting a tad tiresome. But not to those bent on stretching Jeremy Lin's charisma and commercial value to Linfinity. Boy, 5, a real maths whiz A five-year-old Hong Kong boy has become the youngest winner of a maths competition in Tokyo.

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