Melting Pace of Glaciers Is Accelerating, Report Says

Most of the world’s mountain glaciers, many of which feed major rivers and water supplies, are shrinking at an accelerating pace as the climate warms, according to a new report.

The report charts changes through 2006. It was issued Monday by the World Glacier Monitoring Service, which is based at the University of Zurich and supported by the United Nations Environment Program.

“The latest figures are part of what appears to be an accelerating trend with no apparent end in sight,” said Wilfried Haeberli, the director of the glacier service.

‘It’s a great day for Liberals’

Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion finally got some good news last night when Toronto voters sent former premier Bob Rae and party veteran Martha Hall Findlay to Ottawa in critical by-elections.

“It’s a great day for Liberals,” said a triumphant Dion, at Rae campaign headquaters in Toronto Centre, where he praised the former New Democrat as “an architect of the Canada of tomorrow.”

For Rae, 59 and in his ninth campaign, it was vindication of criticism by his opponents that voters wouldn’t support a political turncoat.

In-game ads come of age

Comfort and stability are the hallmarks of long-term, committed relationships, even in the video game world.

That wisdom is not lost on Massive Inc., the leading broker in the burgeoning industry of dynamic in-game advertising.

Tuesday, the Microsoft Corp. subsidiary will announce it has brokered a landmark multiyear deal with Electronics Arts Inc., the world’s largest video game producer, to sell rotating ad space in EA’s online games. The move not only provides Massive’s network with long-term stability, but legitimizes the in-game advertising industry in the eyes of the marketing world.

Tony Leung defends blacklisted Chinese "Lust" actress

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Award-winning Hong Kong actor Tony Leung said Chinese actress Tang Wei should not have been singled out and blacklisted by Beijing, following her sexually explicit role in the acclaimed movie “Lust, Caution.”

China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television (SARFT) recently demanded local stations cease airing ads starring Tang, including skin care commercials for cosmetics brand Pond’s, which local media have linked to her sexually explicit and politically sensitive role in “Lust.”