Bond set to return in new film starring Craig

Bond set to return in new film starring Craig

JAMES Bond is back, several years after his last screen adventure.

Producers announced yesterday that filming has begun on "Skyfall," the delayed 23rd film in the series and Daniel Craig's third outing as the suave British superspy.

Craig told reporters the movie, directed by Sam Mendes and shot in London, Scotland, Turkey and China, would be "Bond with a capital B."

Craig said he was "tr,Cheap moncler vests,emendously excited" to be stepping back into the role for the first time since 2008's "Quantum of Solace."

Work on the film was postponed, and Bond's future looked uncertain,Moncler women's jackets when studio MGM filed for bankruptcy last year. But MGM's new management and Eon Productions announced earlier this year that the spy would live to fight another day.

Craig will be joined by Spanish star Javier Bardem as Bond's nemisis, while British actors Albert Finney, Ralph Fiennes and Ben Whishaw will play as yet undisclosed roles.

Judi Dench returns as spy chief M and the film introduces two new Bond girls - English actress Naomie Harris as a field agent named Eve and French performer Berenice Marlohe as "a glamorous, enigmatic character" named Severine.

"There are lots of surprises," said Mendes, who won an Academy Award for his 1999 film "American Beauty.,Moncler men jackets,"

"I think this has all the elements of a classic Bond movie, including - to quell any rumors - a lot of action."

Some have questioned the choice of Mendes, best known for his stage work and emotionally intense dramas such as "Revolutionary Road" and "The Road to Perdition."

But he and the producers said they did not plan to take the series in a radically new direction.

Producer Michael Wilson said the series had "started down a path" with Craig's first appearance as a gruff, muscular Bond in "Casino Royale" in 2006. "And we are sticking to that path," Wilson said. "An interesting story, well written,Lions jerseys authentic with a great cast and plenty of action

Rare white kiwi gets the surgery blues

Rare white kiwi gets the surgery blues

SHE'S grumpy, grouchy and packs a good kick. Just like a healthy kiwi should.

Manukura the white kiwi is among the rarest of birds. And she appears to have regained her mojo after a heart scare during surgery last Friday to remove a stone from her gizzard.

That means watch out - even if the six-month-old flightless bird weighs just one kilogram.cheap NFL jerseys

"You try to grab her and she kind of karate chops you," said veterinarian Lisa Argilla, at the Wellington Zoo, where Manukura is recuperating. "She growls and she grumbles and she's getting really stroppy."

Kiwi are nocturnal birds native to New Zealand; most are brown to help hide in the forest undergrowth.,Cheap moncler vests, White kiwi, which lack a color gene, have been sighted in the wild, but Manukura is the first born in captivity.,Nike shox shoes,

When she was born on May 1 at the Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Center,Moncler Jacket native Maori leaders took it as an omen. Her Maori name means "of chiefly status" and some believe her arrival heralds a new beginning.

Although a little underweight, Manukura developed normally enough until about two weeks ago, when rangers at the wildlife center noticed she wasn't eating. She was taken to the zoo where an X-ray revealed she'd swallowed two stones, the larger of which was about the size of a gumball but she only managed to pass one of the stones naturally. So she was taken to the Wellington Hospital, where a urologist was able to zap the stone with a laser to reduce its size and then remove it through her beak, said Argilla.

UK style guru wins damages

UK style guru wins damages

A STYLE guru, whose friendship with former British prime minister Tony Blair's wife caused him embarrassment during his premiership,NEC Projector Lamp won libel damages yesterday over newspaper claims she would reveal sex secrets about the Blairs in a book.

Carole Caplin, Cherie Blair's former lifestyle adviser, was awarded substantial damages from the Daily Mail.discounted designer handbags

An article, headed "Carole's 1m question: Will she tell all about the Blairs' sex secrets?", was published in September 2010, the Press Association reported.

"It was claimed that Ms Caplin had insisted that Mrs Blair tell her every last detail of their sex life and that publication of these revelations would blow the lid on the Blairs' marriage and finish them," her lawyer David Price said.

Price told London's High Court Caplin had never had any intention of disclosing any confidential information about the couple, nor was in financial difficulty as the article suggested. "In any event,,Moncler men jackets, Ms Caplin does not possess any sex secrets or other information that could 'finish' them," he said. "She didn't insist that Mrs Blair tell her every last detail of her sex life or discuss such matters with her."

He told the judge that an apology had been published in the Daily Mail and its publisher Associated Newspapers had agreed to pay Caplin a "substantial sum in damages to be assessed if not agreed" and her legal costs.

After the hearing, Caplin, who runs a firm called Cool Health, told reporters she felt she had to take action.

"Over the past 17 years I have endured, without comment, a succession of articles full of hurtful innuendo, wild imaginings and totally groundless allegations,Moncler women's jackets" she said.

Israel, Egypt finalize prisoner swap

Israel, Egypt finalize prisoner swap

The Israeli- Egyptian prisoner swap deal concluded Thursday afternoon after a convCheap Nhl Jerseys Chinaoy carrying 25 Egyptian nationals crossed the border into Egypt, while Israeli-American Ilan Grapel, held four months in Cairo,portland trailblazers jerseys landed at the Israeli Ben-Gurion International Airport a short time later.

The Israel Prison Service (IPS) convoy carrying the Egyptian prisoners crossed the Taba crossing point in the southern port city of Eilat at 5 p.m. local time (1500 GMT).

According to the swap deal reached by Egyptian and Israeli officials earlier this week, Grapel was initially to cross into Israel at 9 a.m. local time via the same crossing point.

However, in the end officials from both countries agreed to fly him directly from Cairo to Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion International Airport at 5 p.toronto raptors jerseysm., possibly in order to avoid a press crush similar to that accompanied the Shalit-Hamas deal.

Grapel, 27, was arrested by Egyptian security officials in June, being charged with "spying on Egypt with the aim of harming its economic and political interests.louis vuitton handbag wholesale"

The Israeli government on Tuesday approved a swap deal with Egypt to release 25 Egyptian prisoners,shoes are a symbol of nobility. among them three minors, in exchange for Grapel.

After being released on Thursday afternoon, Grapel, accompanied by his mother, traveled to Jerusalem for a short meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"This was hanging on a thread and I am glad it worked," Netanyahu said in his office to Grapel. "I am very grateful to the governments of Egypt and the United States," he was quoted by the Haaretz daily as saying.

Yisrael Hasson, an Israeli legislator who negotiated Grapel's release with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's envoy Yitzhak Molcho, told the Haaretz daily that Grapel went to the demonstrations in Cairo just "out of curiosity."

A person rescued 100 hours after quake in eastern Turkey

A person rescued 100 hours after quake in eastern Turkey

A person was rescued nearly 100 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey's eastern province of Van,portland trailblazers jerseystoronto raptors jerseys the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.

An 18-year-old boy was pulled out of the debris of a building in Ercis town of Van which was seriously hit by Sunday's quake, according to the report.phoenix suns jerseys

Search and rescue teams of Azerbaijan pulled Imdat Padak alive out of the debris of an apartment building which collapsed on Zeylan Street in Ercis during the quake.

Health officials were quoted as saying that Padak, who was conscious and taken to a hospital in Van by an ambulance helicopter, was suffering only from dehydration.

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Administration (AFAD) said early Thursday that 185 people have been rescued from collapsed buildings since the quake.

The 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Sunday afternoon led to the collapse of about 80 buildings in Ercis, a town of 75,philadelphia 76ers jerseys 000 peolouis vuitton handbag wholesaleple close to the Iranian border. The region is among Turkey's most earthquake-prone zones.

France wants more control over banks: Sarkozy

France wants more control over banks: Sarkozy

France's central bank will have more power over commercial banks,portland trailblazers jerseys President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday night on television.

"The Bank of France will have power to sanction and control the banks" and the central bank governor Christian Noyer will receive all French bankers in the coming days, Sarkozy said on local television channels TF1 and France 2.

Indicating an end to bankers' "bonus and remunerations," he said "the Bank of France and French government will ensure the past practice to stop by the month of next April," traditionally the month when bonus and dividends are given out in the country's banking system.philadelphia 76ers jerseystoronto raptors jerseys

"It's time to think about clients, less about shareholders," the president added.

Sarkozy made the statement while commenting on the bank recapitalization decision reached by eurozone leaders in Brussels summit.

The lengthy eurozone summit on late Wednesday and early Thursday affirmed the decision to recapitalize European banks and suggested the banks to increase their core capital ratio to 9 percent to buffer potential bigger crisis before the end of next June.

However, both French and German leaders underlined that the private sector should first seek to raise fund by itself rather than relying on public help.

French banks, hit hard by Athens debt crisis, would need 10 billion euros (13.9 billion U.Breitling watches wholesaleS. dollphoenix suns jerseysars), French Prime Minister Francois Fillon estimated on Tuesday.

Boehner Dismisses Democratic Super Committee Proposal As Unserious

Boehner Dismisses Democratic Super Committee Proposal As Unserious

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) acknowledged that the 12 member deficit Super Committee is having a hard time reaching consensus, and dismissed as unserious a Democratic proposal that would have reduced the deficit by nearly $3 trillion, split fairly evenly between cuts to entitlement and other federal programs,philadelphia 76ers jerseys and new taxes.

“I’m not surprised that, you know, we’re having some difficulty,” Boehner told reporters at aphoenix suns jerseys Thursday Capitol briefing. “Because this isn’t easy.Moncler women's jackets It’s going to be very hard. But I do think it’s time for everyone to get serious about this.”

Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) have taken a more active role in the negotiations to hasten progress, according to reports, and Boehner seemed to confirm that.

“I’ve had lots of conversations with lots of people trying to make sure that we do in fact get to an outcome,” he said.

But the six Republicans and six Democrats on the panel remain at odds. Democrats put forth an offer Tuesday that aides say was designed as a potential consensus package — not a partisan Democratic proposal, but one that contained sacrifices for both sides.portland trailblazers jerseys

Republicans responded with a smaller package comprised overwhelmingly of cuts to entitlement programs,toronto raptors jerseys and which generated some new revenue through government sales and fees, but not through targeted taxes. Democrats regarded the offer as wholly partisan. But whatever their intentions, the effect of each party rejecting the others’ plans may constrain future negotiations between two poles — a Democratic plan that compromises on entitlements, and a GOP offer that doesn’t compromise on revenues.

Aspirin slashes cancer rate for those with hereditary risk

Aspirin slashes cancer rate for those with hereditary risk

Long-term, daily doses of aspirin led to a fall of some 60 percent in cases of colorectal cancer among people with an inherited risk of this disease, the journal The Lancet reported on Friday.louis vuitton handbag wholesale

The trial - considered to be broad in sample and long in duration - confirms evidence elsewhere that aspirin has a protective effect against cancer of the colon and rectum, it said.,Pittsburgh Pirates Jerseys,

The study enrolled patients with Lynch Syndrome, a fault in genes charged with cellular repair that leads to colorectal and other cancers.Cheap Nhl Jerseys China

Lynch Syndrome occurs in around one in 1,,polo ralph Lauren ,000 people and accounts for about one in 30 cases of bowel cancer, The Lancet said.

A total of 861 patients were randomly designated to take either two aspirins daily, for a dose of 600mg, or a harmless dummy pill, known as a placebo, for at least two years. They were then regularly given colon exams.

When the data from this study were first examined in 2007,,Video capture cards, there was no difference in colorectal cancer incidence between the groups.

But things changed when the researchers checked again a few years later.

By this time, there had been 34 cases of colorectal cancer in the placebo group but 19 in the aspirin group - a reduction in incidence of 44 percent.

The doctors then looked further at those patients (60 percent of the total) who had been taking the aspirin or the placebo beyond the two-year minimum.