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  FILE PHOTO - Tennis players Sweden's Bjorn Borg (L) and John McEnroe of the U.S. stand during the presentation                            ceremony of masters senior tennis tournament in central  Madrid April 13, 2007. REUTERS/Sergio Perez The film “Borg McEnroe”, which focuses on the "on and off" the court rivalry between two tennis greats Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe , premiered in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on Monday. Björn Rune Borg, born 6 June 1956 (age 61) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player  widely considered to be one of the greatest in the history of the sport. Between 1974 and 1981 he became the first  man in the Open Era to win 11 Grand Slam singles titles. John McEnroe, born 16 February 1959 (age 58) in Germany to American parents, is an American world No.1 player, and like Bjorg, has many firsts to his credit. The movie, starring S...

Malaysia today summoned the Myanmar ambassador to express its displeasure at the continuing violence against the ethnic Rohingyas in the Rakhine state. The problems faced by the mainly Muslim minority of the Rohingyas, in the northwest of the country near the border with Bangladesh, has led to violence and displacement of 1,25,000 Muslim Rohingyas.     Rohingya refugees from Myanmar rest in a mosque in Bangladesh Photo: The New York Times In a statement, Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said Myanmar lacked the will to find a peaceful solution to the issue despite repeated calls by ASEAN member states to do so. He said that, though the Myanmar Government has given its assurance to implement measures to solve the problem, the recent incidents of violence, as widely reported by the media, showed that the Myanmar government has made little progress towards finding a peaceful solution.  According to Anifah, the international community had plac...

There has been news of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt joining again for the the sake of their kids. The couple shocked the world when they split in September last year. Fans of the couple were happy when media reported that they had met face to face and decided to give their relationship another go. A biographer for the couple, claimed that Angelina and Brad met in a friend's house and they were moved to tears and decided to get back together.   However, a celebrity news site, recently reported that Brad Pitt had no intention of reuniting.  Last month, there were websites and newspapers reporting that their divorce process was postponed, but sources close to the two stars  then revealed that the news was false.  So, according to celebrity news site, the latest news about Brad and Angelina's reunion is unwarranted. Besides, the touching meeting of Brad and Angelina was reported by the Daily Mail . Only a week before the Daily Mail had reported that Brad ...