Reuters quote of the day, December 26

Tuesday, December 26, 2006, 10:27 [IST]

London, Dec 25 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history. ''I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.'' -- US actor Oskar Werner on films in Vogue magazine in 1965. The world's first feature film, ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', was first premiered in Melbourne, Australia on December 26, 1906.

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Homes, jobs elusive for some Indonesian tsunami survivors

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,10:27 [IST]

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 25 (Reuters) At 30, Beti has to raise her four young children alone after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami snatched her husband, and she has no regular job. Two years after the disaster, she and her children are still cramped in one of the barracks built to house survivors in Indonesia's hardest-hit province of Aceh, where the giant waves left 170,000 local people dead or missing and half a million displaced......

China confirms to tighten foreign adoption rules

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,10:27 [IST]

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) China today confirmed it will enforce stricter rules for foreigners wanting to adopt Chinese children, barring overweight, depressed or unmarried applicants. U S-based adoption agencies first reported the new guidelines earlier this month. ''We will continue to deal with foreign adoption according to law,'' Xing Kaimin, director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs' China Centre of Adoption Affairs, was quoted as saying by the official China Daily newspaper. ''The priority criteria.....

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A real Christmas story

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,10:27 [IST]

HONG KONG, Dec 25 (Reuters) A Hong Kong schoolboy who died in a traffic accident has brought festive hope to at least seven other patients through the rare mass donation of a large number of his vital organs. Fourteen-year-old Miu Chi-ho died from brain injuries after being hit by a bus several days ago, but doctors were able to save the heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, skin, bones and corneas of the healthy and athletic teen-ager. "There.....

China finds luggage of missing US climbers

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,10:27 [IST]

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) Rescuers have found luggage of two missing veteran US climbers in a remote part of southwest China's Sichuan province, the official Xinhua news agency said today. Charlie Fowler and Christine Boskoff have not been heard from since November, and did not show up for their return flights home on December 7, the report said. Ten rescuers found the luggage at the home of a resident in Lamaya while conducting a door-to-door.....

Crowe, Cage star in year's biggest bombs - Variety

Tuesday, December 26, 2006,10:27 [IST]

LOS ANGELES, Dec 25 (Reuters) Oscar winners Russell Crowe, Nicolas Cage and Sean Penn starred in some of the year's biggest box office bombs, according to an analysis published by Variety, proving A-list stars are not invincible. Crowe struck out with the romantic comedy ''A Good Year,'' Cage with the horror remake ''Wicker Man,'' and Penn with another remake, the political saga ''All the King's Men.'' High-profile directors such as M Night Shyamalan (''Lady.....