Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Eating pizza 'cuts cancer risk'

"The secret could be lycopene, an antioxidant chemical in tomatoes, which is thought to offer some protection against cancer, and which gives the fruit its traditional red colour."

Monday, July 21, 2003

Ex-Afghan prisoners describe Guantanamo

?Who says we were not punished? It's not true,? said Abdul Rehman, 29, from Faryab province in northeastern Afghanistan. ?They pushed us all over, treated us very badly. They put 24 of us in a small congested room. They also put us into cold rooms.?

Bruce Lee: The kung-fu legend

"Before Bruce Lee the kung-fu movie was nothing more than a cult, watched only by martial arts aficionados.

But the martial arts star changed all of that - after making four movies before his death aged 32, he turned the genre into one of the defining cultural movements of the 1970s, and an internationally-popular film form.

In his wake have come a raft of other kung-fu stars, such as Jet Li and Jackie Chan, who has carved out a successful comedy kung-fu career in Hollywood."