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TAIPEI (AFP) - The cream of Asian cinema is set to gather in Taipei on Saturday for the Golden Horse Film Awards, considered the Chinese-language "Oscars". Full Story »

MADRID (AFP) - The former financial director of Spain's Guggenheim Bilbao has been sentenced to 32 months in jail for stealing nearly half a million euros (750,000 dollars) from the museum's accounts, the court said Friday. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - The Louvre, the world?s most visited museum, the chateau of Versailles and a host of other top French tourist sites could shut next week due to strike action over planned job cuts, unions warned Friday. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - When Serge Diaghilev brought his Ballets Russes to Paris in 1909, they were an overnight sensation and changed the course of ballet history. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - BBC director general Mark Thompson has predicted the corporation will become "smaller" in the future as all broadcasters go digital, with the BBC website likely to be cut back. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Foreign tourists watching a show in London's West End will be able to follow the performance in their own language thanks to a new hand-held subtitles device launched on Thursday. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Eighteen years since he died, an unglamorous London suburb has unveiled Britain's first memorial to Freddie Mercury, hoping it will inspire other local British Asians to take the world by storm. Full Story »

LONDON (AFP) - Paul McCartney said his music was a way of making contact with other former members of the Beatles and his late wife Linda, as he launched his new album and DVD in London. Full Story »

SYDNEY (AFP) - Pop star Robbie Williams on Wednesday ruled out any quick return to touring, fearing his "inbuilt" drug addiction could strike at any time. Full Story »

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Disney is re-making its international smash hit "High School Musical" in Chinese with a film set to be released here next summer, a Disney spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Full Story »