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[Metro & Sports]

• According to a new survey by China Daily and major web portal Sohu.com more than 54 percent of Chinese people do not plan to receive the A/H1N1 flu vaccine because they doubt its safety and quality.
• Chinese police have detained 11 people involved in the smuggling of worn clothes in a southern coastal city, a local official said Sunday.
• Today is the the ninth day of the ninth month on China's lunar calendar, and marks the Double Ninth Festival. Since 1989 the day has been celebrated as Senior's Day to recognize old people.
• China Three Gorges Corporation defended its plan to raise water levels in reservoir to 175 meters during dry season, saying its water storage will help prepare for possible worse drought in coming months.
• Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang ignited a sold-out Olympic sports center with victory in the men's 110m hurdles finals at the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan on Sunday.
• Sebastien Loeb wrapped up his sixth straight world rally title by claiming victory in the final round of the championship on Sunday.

[China's Champion]  Li Sisters Rowing towards London Olympics

Twin athletes have often been seen competing in a variety of sports activities. For example, Slovak slalom canoers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner, American tennis stars the Bryan brothers, and former New Zealand champion rowers the Evers-Swindell sisters. Let's meet Li Meng and Li Tong, Chinese twin stars who are rising on the world rowing stage.

[Cultural Voyage] Michael Keane

Michael Keane is a principal research fellow at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. He's been greatly interested in China for many years now. His latest book "Created in China: The Great New Leap Forward" discusses the relationship between Chinese culture and the nation's innovation industry. He's currently in Beijing to participate in the ongoing World Design Congress as a keynote speaker. This morning, Jules Page and Tom got a chance to talk to him.

[Showbiz News]

• Tickets to four of country singer Taylor Swift's 2010 tour dates sold out in two minutes after going on sale on Friday.
• A judge on Friday granted Grammy award-winning singer Justin Timberlake a temporary restraining order against a woman he said was "an obsessed, mentally unstable stalker" who broke into his home.
• British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the BBC reported on Sunday.
• Low-budget fright film "Paranormal Activity" scored a kill over the sixth picture in the perennial "Saw" franchise, with a pre-Halloween weekend box office draw of $22 million.

[Strange News]

• South African traditional leaders plan to perform ritual animal slaughters to bless stadiums for the 2010 World Cup tournament ahead of the start of the showcase event next June, they said on Friday.
• A Sicilian builder transferred from prison to house arrest tried to get himself locked up again to escape arguments with his wife at home.
• Aviation authorities have launched an investigation in the US after a pilot overshot his destination by 150 miles and had to turn back.
• Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has instructed his citizens to stop singing in the shower.
  As his country suffers from a chronic water and energy crisis, Chavez told the public to limit the amount of time they spend in the bathroom.

[Real China] Liu Qihou

Walking in the mountain area on foot for thirty years, with his camera, Liu Qihou records the life of Hua Yao, an ethnic group that resides there.