2009 top ten news

Top 10 Celebrity Deaths of 2009

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-12-28 15:31

3. Stephen Gately - lead singer of boyband Boyzone

Stephen Gately, Irish singer died Oct. 10 aged 33. The member of Irish boyband Boyzone died due to fluid on his lungs while on holiday on the Spanish island of Majorca.

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Top 10 windfalls 2009

Big Fortune

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Top 10 must-haves to be trendy in 2009

Some may claim that to own any of these items will make you think you are cool but really don't. Well, don't listen to that, because they do at least help.

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Top 10 toppled executives 2009

Power Abuse

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Top 10 movies of this holiday season

The time slot between November and February has long been a golden time to release films in China.

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Top 10 odd stories 2009

Indeed, the world is never short of the amusing, the out-of-place and the downright wacky, which serve to enliven our conversations. Here we present you ten stories of 2009 that are hard to believe but absolutely true.

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World's top 10 sports news 2009

Sports never have a lack of drama, and 2009 is no exception. It marked the peaks for some, and the troughs for others. Here are ten of the most arousing, anxiety-inducing or disturbing events.

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Top 10 frauds of 2009

As China continues to grow, lies and frauds bubble up like sediments in a flooded river.

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Top 10 hot topics on Internet 2009

The Internet has been a hotbed for public discourse. Many issues did not find a solution until they first found an outlet on the web and galvanized the public for support or condemnation.

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Top 10 web celebrities 2009

Each year several attention-arresting 'web' celebrities become all the rage among millions of netizens, and 2009 was no exception.

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Top 10 dramatic moments 2009

For many 2009 has been a year of life and death, a year filled with twists and turns, and a year that is destined to be etched into their memories forever.