Callum Ball missed a guilt-edged opportunity for the Rams By Sunday Express reporter DUFF Derby finishing let the Lions off the hook in the only League fixture in London to beat the freeze. Callum Ball and Craig Bryson were the main culprits for the Rams, both missing opportunities with the goal at their mercy. Ball fired across goal with only keeper David Forde to beat before Bryson managed to side-foot wide for a miss of the season contender in the 36th

By Jonathan Green The British Armstrong family is the Tinseltown dynasty that, for 30 years, has been behind almost every major action movie, from Mission: Impossible to the first three of the Indiana Jones series to James Bond At one time studio executives said that computers would spell the end of the stuntman.

By Mike Cassidy Mercury News Columnist The scrolling messages on the NetApp Facebook page are mesmerizing. One by one, the sparse stories of life-saving technologies drift by, almost like digital haiku: The Atlanta city councilman who turned to Twitter to help a woman having a seizure.

Nissan's quirky little Micra used to be everyone's favourite micro car. So when did it suddenly get so sensible? Tweet this Share reddit this Martin Love The Observer, Sunday 12 February 2012 Article history About this article Close Car test: Nissan Micra This article appeared on p54 of the Observer Magazine section of the Observer on Sunday 12 February 2012.

US Ambassador Robert Ford warns the Assad regime is firing heavy artillery, intended for "full scale warfare," at civilians in simple homes. By Chana Ya'ar First Publish: 2/12/2012, 12:35 AM Syrian gov't artillery operations Feb 8 2012 Israel news photo: courtesy of US State Dept US Ambassador Robert Ford warned over the weekend on his Damascus Facebook page that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is conducting what

US Ambassador Robert Ford warns the Assad regime is firing heavy artillery, intended for "full scale warfare," at civilians in simple homes. Full Story

Tweet this Share reddit this Philip French The Observer, Sunday 12 February 2012 Article history About this article Close Star Wars: Episode I Б─" The Phantom Menace 3D Б─" review This article appeared on p23 of the The New Review section of the Observer on Sunday 12 February 2012.

Tuyen Quang miners to export barites The Government has allowed barites ore exploitation and processing enterprises in the northern province of Tuyen Quang to export about 70,000 tonnes of barites this year after meeting domestic demands, said Hoang Quoc Binh, director of the province's Department of Industry and Trade. Binh expected that exports of barites, used in petrol, chemical and glass production industries, would help the province meet its export target of

FIRST LOOK By LEE PANG SENG star2@thestar.com.my The new Ford Ranger raises the benchmark for pick-up trucks. THE latest Ford Ranger has arrived, some eight months after the prototype was unveiled at the Bangkok Motor Show. Its progressive introduction in some 180 markets, served by three factories Thailand, South Africa and Argentina will be affected a little by the recent Thai floods.

Most people agree that Elmore Leonard's books are sensational and many of them, including "Raylan," have been best sellers. The 1990s were very good to him, as several of his novels were made into big Hollywood movies.