Keeping, with only half the clock visible in the top left-hand corner of the screen – the minutes aren’t visible, so each entry I write is preceded by a glance at the clock on the wall followed by a few seconds of mental arithmatic, which has never been my strong point. But hells bells, even that would be so much easier if the game had kicked off at 7.30pm or 8pm. 11 min: Estonia win a free-kick, just inside the Ireland half. The bal…

The actor Charlie Sheen was filed on Friday in a rehab center after several days of parties at his house, which ended on Thursday with his emergency hospitalization in a hospital Los Angeles due to severe abdominal pain, said the site TMZ. The actor, who has one of the highest salaries of American television series for her role in “Two and a Half Men,” had previously undergone treatments to combat drug addiction and alcohol. The last…

Actor Charlie Sheen, the series “Two and a Half Men,” has checked into a rehabilitation clinic, said on Friday his spokesman, a day after being hospitalized after an alleged party in your home that lasted 36 hours, fueled by alcohol and drugs. The CBS said production of the series seen more in the United States was briefly suspended and that he supported the decision of Sheen. “Charlie Sheen voluntarily entered a rehabilitation…

Men dressed in civilian clothes and armed with machetes and bombs attacked protesters on Sunday evening in Cairo during a protest by a reform of the security services, which have a reputation for brutality, witnesses said. Dozens of men wielding knives and machetes and throwing bricks and bombs clashed with protesters at the headquarters of the security forces of Egypt, whose abuses spurred protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak said these witnesse…

Per Elop 2.3 million euros (3.18 million dollars) and will pay more than $ 3 million in October this year, according to a document sent to the market regulator Americans Scurities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The total gross salary of Elop is 1.05 million euros, slightly below its predecessor Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, whose base salary was about 1.18 million in 2009. …

Crowd to date at this ground. With hardworking Newcastle United not quite capable of raising their game to bridge the gulf in class, the only bad news at the Etihad Stadium was a half-time announcement that chips were off the menu on the catering concourses. That produced a chorus of boos and groans, a rare sound at City nowadays, though clearly a club that has just posted the biggest loss in English football history has to start making economies…

Company pension schemes are also facing dramatically worsening deficits. Falling bond yields, which have accelerated in the last few days, mean that the deficit between the assets and liabilities of Britain’s 6,500 final salary-based company pension schemes has widened by nearly ￡50bn. Companies will face the choice of plugging the deficits with large upfront payments, shutting their schemes, or even defaulting on their pension promises. Wh…

上星期，美国CBS电视网续订宣布15部剧集节目，不过，备受关注的《好汉两个半》（Two and a Half Men）未在新一季的续订名单之中，随后，有媒体披露，该剧可能因为演员片酬冲突，面临着被砍的命运。

CBS电视网在回应《好汉两个半》未能获得续订时，透露他们正与剧集制作方华纳兄弟进行新一季的沟通。不过，有媒体在跟进的报道披露，华纳兄弟因为无法承担《好汉两个半》的演员片酬，正准备放弃该剧的制作，这是CBS电视网未宣布续订该剧的最主要原因。

知情人指出，好莱坞帅哥艾什顿·库彻（Ashton Kutcher）在顶替查理·辛（Charlie Sheen）成为《好汉两个半》主演后，他每集的片酬为80万美元。艾什顿·库彻如果继续与该剧续约，那么，CBS电视网和制作方华纳兄弟将根据双方之前签订的协议，给艾什顿·库彻涨片酬。

美国媒体表示，除了艾什顿·库彻的片酬，乔恩·克莱尔(Jon Cryer)和安加斯·T·琼斯（Angus T. Jones）等几位主演的片酬，对制作方和CBS来说也不是小数目。因此，《好汉两个半》如果未能圆满解决这次片酬的冲突，随时有可能被迫放弃。

对于《好汉两个半》的前景，执行制作人查克·罗瑞（Chuck Lorre）则表现得相当乐观，他透露，“《好汉两个半》在全美剧集排行榜上排名前十之列，通常情况下不会有被砍的危险。我觉得我们有希望（获得第十季的预订）。”