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[Metro & Sports]

• Campus violence is on the rise in Shanghai, with blackmail, battles over lovers and escalating quarrels the major causes, according to statistics from a local youth hotline.
• China unveiled its fastest supercomputer yesterday, which at its peak speed can do more than one quadrillion calculations per second, known as a 'petaflop'.
• Project Hope, a Chinese program aimed at financing education for poverty-stricken students, has benefited more than 3.46 million rural students since its establishment in 1989.
• Months of unending severe drought has Guangdong province reeling - causing stunted crops, shrinking reservoirs and leaving thousands of people short of drinking water.
• Second seed Serena Williams has stormed into the semifinals of the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha, while sister and defending champion Venus kept her slim hopes alive.
• He's the fastest runner ever, but Usain Bolt accepts that it will take people time to believe that he has had no illegal assistance.

[Cultural News Roundup]  

• Movies, dramas, concerts and exhibitions. There's always something going on in the city. It's time for our weekly "Cultural News Roundup" in which we review the country's major cultural events over the past seven days.
• NOTCH09 ID-ENTITY Exhibition Beijing is now underway in Beijing's Sanlitun Village and is gaining widespread attention.
• A Beijing audience sat spellbound on Tuesday night as world-renowned violinist Sarah Chang presented a sublime concert at Poly Theater.
• The 12th Beijing Music Festival will close tonight with a memorial concert to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Isaac Stern's historic trip to China in 1979.

[Tour Tips] South Africa, gearing up for World Cup

By hosting the Olympics games in 2008 China got a chance to showcase the country's rapid economic growth and modernization to the rest of the world. South Africa is facing the same situation as the World Cup will be held there next year.

[Cultural Voyage] Industrial Design, a Driving Force for China

What is industrial design? If the term is unfamiliar, you can find the answer at the ongoing World Design Congress in Beijing.

[Showbiz News]

• Members of the Chinese pop group Superband have announced that they are breaking up in two months.
• "This Is It" , a documentary depicting the late pop king Michael Jackson's rehearsal in preparation for a planned London concert grossed 20.1 million dollars in theaters across the world, figures show.
• "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher has brushed off reports she's suffering from swine flu.
• Leona Lewis is refusing to dwell on her alleged attack by a fan earlier this month, insisting it's not in her nature to be negative.

[Strange News]

• A US woman scared a would-be burglar away from her home by "acting like a large dog", according to police.
• Baffled bank staff refused to fork out cash when a robber threatened them - with a spoon.
  The ginger-haired crook burst into the branch in Lublin, Poland, brandishing the cutlery shouting: "This is a stick up."
• A lazy postman took so long to deliver letters to a village some of the residents had died by the time they arrived.
• Police in Iowa have tracked down two suspects accused of trying to break into an apartment, after their pen-marked faces gave them away.

[Chinese Kitchen] Turnip Fried Rice

Fried rice is one of the most popular Chinese dishes in the world. It is made from cold rice which has already been cooked by boiling. Very often, the rice is also tossed with an egg to smooth its texture and enhance its flavor, and hence the name "dan chao fan," meaning simply egg with fried rice.