China’s new stealth fighter may use US technology

Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority — and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the U.S. itself.
Balkan military officials and other experts have told The Associated Press that in all probability the Chinese gleaned some of their technological know-how from an American F-117 Nighthawk that was shot down over Serbia in 1999.
Nighthawks were the world’s first stealth fighters, planes that were very hard for radar to detect. But on March 27, 1999, during NATO’s aerial bombing of Serbia in the Kosovo war, a Serbian anti-aircraft

Consumers downbeat on job, inflation worries: Nielsen

Consumers in most countries globally look set to keep a tight grip on spending in coming months as they worry about job security and rising inflation, a survey by the Nielsen Company showed on Sunday.
U.S. consumer confidence in the fourth quarter held steady from the third quarter but 45 percent of Americans see a weak economic environment this year, compared with 38 percent of Europeans and 19 percent of consumers in the Asia Pacific.
“The U.S. jobless rate remains at the

Bazmee’stole’ Mallika from Indra Kumar!

Anees Bazmee made a last minute decision to shoot an item number with Akshay Kumar and Mallika Sherawat for “Thank You” and had to steal the actress from Indra Kumar who was filming some intricate group shots with her presence for “Double Dhamaal”.
“We needed her for five days and Indra Kumar, who is a dear friend, was sporting enough to lend Mallika to us,” said Bazmee who admits that the item song “Razia goondon mein phans gayi” was an after-thought and therefore created big date problems.

Saif excited about first political venture

Romance, drama, action, thriller – he has done all but Saif Ali Khan hasn’t tried a political thriller yet and says Prakash Jha’s “Aarakshan” is his first in the genre.
The actor is starring in Jha’s high voltage political drama that also has Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Prateik Babbar and Manoj Bajpayee.
“This is my first time in a political movie. Considering my rest of the films are commercial, it is good to be in something socially relevant,” Saif told IANS.
The movie is based on caste-based reservations in

Start working than talking about ‘Mr. India’ sequel: Anil Kapoor

Anil Kapoor is irritated with people making castles in the air about the sequel to his 1987 sci-fi hit “Mr. India” and says rather than talking, we should start the project.
“We have all been talking about it and I think more than talking, we should start working on it. There is nothing we can talk about it as of now you know. It is completely blank. We should get going,” Anil told IANS.
To be produced by Boney Kapoor, the Part II is going to be shot in 3D. While Anil and Sridevi are to reprise their roles as Arun Verma and Seema Sohni, respectively,