Hong Kong actress Jacqueline Law dies from cancer

Hong Kong actress Jacqueline Law dies from pancreatic cancer, announced her stepson Daryl Saturday 30 June. She was 45.

Jacqueline Law dies of cancer at 45

Unable to comment further due to restrictions from his father, Singaporean magnate Liu Chee Ming, who married Jacqueline in 2008 after dating her for 11 years, he could only add, "Please look out for the obituary."

In February, Law held a farewell party for herself with 20 of her friends from Hong Kong, including Sheren Tang, Monica Chan and Kitty Lai. Each of them received a CD with individual messages from their host, urging them not to be sad about her terminal illness. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2010.

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Bollywood actress to sue Sunday Times

A little-known Bollywood actress plans to sue The Sunday Times for using her picture in a story on match-fixing in cricket, saying she was unwittingly drawn into the row.

"I plan to sue the newspaper," Nupur Mehta, who has done small roles in two films, told reporters in Mumbai late Tuesday.

The newspaper reported that Indian bookmakers had hired an unidentified Bollywood actress to lure cricketers into match-fixing and used Mehta's photograph to illustrate the story.

The paper also quoted bookies as saying that last year's World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan in Mohali was fixed, a claim denied by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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