Special Supplement: Spanish royal couple inaugurate art exhibition of "la Caixa"

King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofa of Spain, along with Isidro Fain, president of Spanish banking giant "la Caixa" and its Foundation, and the general director of its Welfare Projects, Jos F. de Conrado, inaugurated an exhibition of works from the "la Caixa" Foundation Collection of Contemporary Art yesterday, at the Beijing Imperial City Art Museum in China.

Special Supplement: Artworks propose symbolic perception of reality

"la Caixa" Welfare Projects launched the "la Caixa" Foundation Collection of Contemporary Art in 1985 and to date has assembled a wealth of key national and international artworks of the past three decades.

Sports

Shorts-dropping pranks no more, say Brazil pair

PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela: Brazilian pair Diego and Robinho promised on Tuesday that pranks such as their notorious shorts-dropping episode are now over.

NZ win thrilling America's Cup race to go 2-1 up

VALENCIA: Team New Zealand beat Alinghi by 25 seconds in a classic America's Cup race on Tuesday, recovering from a poor spinnaker drop which nearly ended their race, to take a 2-1 lead over the Swiss defender in the best-of-nine series.

Prost sympathy for Alonso over Hamilton onslaught

LE CASTELLET, France: Four-times world champion Alain Prost said on Tuesday that he was "absolutely surprised and impressed" by Lewis Hamilton's stunning arrival in Formula One this year.

Mauresmo comfortable in role as champion

LONDON: Amelie Mauresmo performed her duties as defending champion with a minimum of fuss at Wimbledon on Tuesday, opening Center Court proceedings on the traditional "Ladies' Day" with an assured defeat of American Jamea Jackson.

Klim hangs up his goggles

SYDNEY: Australia's former Olympic and world swimming champion Michael Klim announced his retirement from competitive swimming yesterday.

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Life Health

Video game addiction or not?

CHICAGO: Doctors backed away on Sunday from a controversial proposal to designate video game addiction as a mental disorder akin to alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should study the issue more.

Brighter shade of pale

BONN: The sea, a beach, and loads of sun - for many people, these are the main ingredients of a perfect holiday. A corollary is that the darker the summer suntan, the better. But with 22,000 new cases of malignant skin cancer a year, experts warn against excessive sunbathing.