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A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. Complete Story...
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was banned for four games and fined $32,000 Thursday for criticizing the fitness of a referee after a Premier League game.
One of Latvia's top soccer teams has been banned for the rest of the season because of gambling.
Here is the American Library Association's list of top 10 most frequently challenged books of 2008, their author and the cited reasons:
A fan who ran onto the field during a Manchester United match was banned for three years.
Malaysia has banned U.S. box office hit "Bruno" by Sacha Baron Cohen because it highlights gay life and has gay sex scenes, an official said Tuesday.
A Hong Kong publisher best known for a memoir of the Chinese premier ousted for opposing a crackdown on student protesters in Tiananmen Square is releasing a critique of authoritarian rule that is banned in mainland China.
A Pomeranian has been kicked out of a Colorado resort town after getting in trouble for biting and other bad behavior.
Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva has been banned for two Champions League matches for diving to earn a penalty kick in a qualifying match against Celtic.
A Muslim woman garbed in a head-to-toe swimsuit — dubbed a "burquini" — may have opened a new chapter in France's tussle between religious practices and its stern secular code.
Ukraine's Culture Ministry says it has banned Sacha Baron Cohen's new hit movie, "Bruno," because it's immoral.
Tour de France organizers banned former world champion Tom Boonen from next month's race after the Belgian rider tested positive for cocaine for the second time in less than year.
Cannes is not all galas and glamor. For some filmmakers, the journey to the red carpet on the Riviera is fraught with personal risk.
Villagers in central Kenya clashed with an outlawed criminal gang using machetes, axes and clubs, killing at least 29 people and leaving streets stained with blood, police said Tuesday.
Authorities in Vietnam have shut down a newspaper for three months over controversial articles on a territorial dispute with neighboring China, state media reported Thursday.
Impoverished Bangladesh will strictly enforce a new ban on begging that aims to fully eliminate it within five years, an official said Thursday.
An Australian Rules football umpire has been banned after being charged with punching a spectator at a junior match.
The head of a leading Palestinian human rights group, facing an Israeli travel ban, prepared Wednesday to accept a major Dutch prize by video conference from his West Bank office.
Israel's Supreme Court banned a Palestinian human rights activist Tuesday from traveling to Amsterdam to receive a prize.
Companies that defrauded the United States and jeopardized American lives received new government work despite rulings designed to stop them from receiving federal contracts, government investigators report.
Israel maintained its ban on foreign journalists entering the Gaza Strip Friday despite a recent Supreme Court order to allow a limited number of reporters to enter the territory.
A movie about a "maverick," his journey "from Wall Street to Main Street," his "desperate search" for a "monkey" and a "game-changing" revelation about his "carbon footprint" probably would make the nation's word-watchers physically ill.
Israeli defense officials have reinstated a ban on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip, despite protests from the heads of major news organizations and an appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Israeli government has offered no plausible explanation for its unprecedented ban on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip, representatives of the foreign media said at a news conference Thursday.
Ace pitcher Yadel Marti and star outfielder Yasser Gomez have been thrown off Cuba's top league team for "a grave act of indiscipline," likely ending their hopes of playing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Women banned from wearing trousers in Paris A decree banning women from wearing trousers in Paris is still technically in force, it emerged on Monday, making the laissez-faire French capital theoretically stricter than hardline Sudan in the fashion stakes.
School has ban on holiday items at holiday gift shopCHELMSFORD, Mass. -- A local school has banned the sale of any holiday items from their holiday gift shop. "It's absurd. Why do you have a holiday gift shop at the holidays if your eliminating the holidays?" said Kathy McMillan, a parent.
Septic tanks banned in parts of MalibuMALIBU, Calif. - Water officials have banned septic tanks in portions of Malibu, ending years of wrangling between surfers, environmentalists, and residents in the celebrity-filled community.
German High Court Outlaws Electronic Voting - why didn't we hear about it?The justices above are clearly the most rational group of high level functionaries in the industrialized world. They did what no other court would do in Europe or the United States. They effectively outlawed electronic voting.
Lately I've been in a kind of funk. We have fallen into a routine of work, driving the kids around and sleeping. No traveling or anything exciting like that going on. Yup...boring central around here.
Silence Hypponen - Twitter Banned F-Secure's Chief Research OfficerI used it to tell about things I saw while doing computer security research. This turned out to be quite popular. But then, two days ago, I got banned from Twitter.
U.S. Congressmen warn Shell OIL it could be banned from U.S. The U.S. Congress has spent recent weeks in intensifying a push for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
Bake Sales Are Banned in New York SchoolsIn an effort to limit how much sugar and fat students put in their bellies at school, the Education Department has effectively banned most bake sales, the lucrative if not quite healthy fund-raising tool for generations of teams and clubs.
Booty shaking banned in schoolsThe principal of Lakeland High School, Tracy Collins, isn't alone in her decision to ban what's called "booty dancing." She says it's been a problem for some time and principals across the Polk County School district are taking a tougher stance it.
11 Things Wal-Mart Has BannedRetail giant Wal-Mart is the world's largest public company, and whether or not you're a fan of shopping at the House that Sam Walton Built, you've got to admit that the store stocks just about everything. But not quite, though.
Female caddy service banned from golf courses A female caddy service which provides models trained in golf etiquette has been banned from a number of courses for "damaging the reputation of the sport".
Rejoice, proletariat! NBC and ABC have protected us from the poisonous, opposing views that foolishly dispute the TRUTH from comrade Obama.
'Teenage sex' advert for pet neutering banned A PROVOCATIVE television commercial called "Sex Talk", produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals #Peta# which hoped to run it in communities across Britain, has been banned by the advertising authority Clearcast
Theme park's 'ban' on body odor A theme park is banning visitors from putting their hands in the air while riding its roller coasters in hot weather following complaints about body odor.
Coach Dean Richards banned over fake blood ruseLEADING English rugby union coach Dean Richards has been banned from all coaching for three years in the final allout from the infamous fake blood case. A European Rugby Cup disciplinary committee in Glasgow banned frmer Harlequins director of rugby Richards after a long investi …
Court says Nazi slogan is legal in English | ReutersNazis slogans banned in Germany may be legal if they are translated from German into English, one of the country's highest courts has ruled
Uniform fetishist banned from Bielefeld police stations A woman in Bielefeld has been banned from all city police stations after she took revenge on the department for not returning her romantic interest, a spokesman said Thursday.
Muslim woman wearing 'burkini' banned from Paris swimming pool - TimesFrance's struggle with Islamic dress has moved into the swimming pool after a 35-year-old woman was banned from bathing in her "burkini", a head-to-toe swimsuit.
Denmark: no headscarves in militaryDefence minister informs parliament Muslim women may not wear headscarves in armed forces
Cyclist's Banned From Roadways In Colorado?Out here in Colorado a lot of people ride their bicycle's to work. The problem is motorists and bicyclists are not sharing well. A Jeffco proposal, if passed, will give all counties the ability to ban cyclists from the roads.
White House Bans Twitter?Well this is odd. Twitter was one of the many tools that President Obama used to help build up a strong base of supporters, and the White House has its own Twitter feed that is quite popular.
Japan Bans Rape Based GamesThe Headline says it all really. Japan banned rape based games.
School bans swimming goggles A school has banned pupils from wearing goggles in the swimming pool - insisting they are "dangerous."
School pupils banned from kissing Chris Richardson, headmaster of Kings of Wessex School in Cheddar, Somerset, has told all 1,200 pupils that they face detention if caught 'snogging'.
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