Harry Potter Actor Richard Griffiths Dies at Age 65

 British actor Richard Griffiths, best known for her roles as Uncle Harry Potter and the cult film "Withnail and I," has died at age 65, his agent said Friday.

Portly star of stage and screen, one of the best British actors around the character, died Thursday of complications from heart surgery, said Simon Beresford.

Griffiths will always be remembered as Uncle Monty's cult film "Withnail & I", but it reached its largest audience that Uncle Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter series.

Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the boy wizard in the hit Potter gave tribute to the man, he said that he was offered a "promotion, care and humor."

The two men worked together in the Harry Potter films, and later in the game Equus.

"Any room he entered was made twice funny and twice as smart as his presence. I am proud to say that I know," Radcliffe said in a statement.

Griffiths was born on July 31, 1947 in Yorkshire in northern England, the son of steelworker. His parents were both deaf, and he had to learn sign language at an early age.

He left school at age 15, but later returned to education to study drama, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Early film credits include "Chariots of Fire," "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "Gandhi", before he landed a starring role in the 1987 comedy "Withnail & I".

Griffiths played Uncle gay predators Withnail, outside of work, alcoholic actor played by Richard E. Grant in the film is now considered a classic British.

Grant said in a message on Twitter: "My beloved Uncle Monty Richard Griffiths died last night Chin-Chin dear friend.".

Nicholas Hytner, Director of the National Theatre in London, which led Griffith in one of his most successful scenes, "The History Boys", said that "the life of all parties."

He recalled the stories that "could last for hours, seemingly without purpose, always cheerful. Only way to stop them, to tell him that you are gone."

Griffiths received a Tony Award and Olivier Award for her role as teacher inspiration in The History Boys, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor for the film version.

"Her performance in The History Boys was quite impressive: a masterpiece of mind, weakness, evil and desolation, often at the same time," said Hytner.

As an actor, Griffiths demanded his full attention of his audience, after stopping twice to order the people of the theater after the show rings.

He also had a successful career as television, starring as the leader of a crime solving series "Pie In The Sky" in 1990, and he received an OBE for services to drama in 2007.

Griffiths last year, playing alongside Danny DeVito in the Sunshine Boys in London and will reprise the role of Los Angeles in September.

In a statement, Beresford said that his client had "brightened my day and enriched life with whom he came in contact with."

"Richard did a good deed name. It was a wonderful person and one of our greatest and most beloved actors. He will be sorely missed," the agent said.

NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband Service offers Free 4G

NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband Service offers Free 4G: NetZero, in partnership with Clearwire offers 4G mobile broadband plan, without regard ... When buying a 4G USB stick or an access point.

Internet service provider NetZero is becoming competitive in the space of 4G data services by announcing its new 4G mobile broadband service, NetZero offers free Internet access from mobile 4G 4G purchase or access point USB. Of course, there is one problem - the free service is limited to 200 MB per month, users can burn a 4G connection in minutes. In addition, the free service is only available for 12 months after the purchase of equipment 4G, and can not be extended. However, NetZero offers several tools that help users manage their data use - and in the end, free free, is not it?

"NetZero is to bridge the digital divide, enabling consumers to buy safe, quality mobile broadband services at very affordable plans designed to meet the needs of data consumers," said United Online Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark R. Goldston, in a statement. (NetZero is a subsidiary of the U.S. line.) "Our service gives customers the freedom to make the internet anywhere in our area, without reference to public Wi-Fi services, or to buy the higher cost, and sometimes long-term plans offered by other providers of mobile broadband communication. "

The service is based 4G Clearwire WiMax 4G network of existing packages and NetZero launches today in more than 80 cities, including major markets such as San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Miami. Get on board with plans to purchase HotSpot NetZero or NetZero or 4G NetZero stick 4G - a hot spot is actually re-branded version of the Clearwire 4G yourself, Apollo spots 4G. Both devices have only 4G: users who have moved outside the coverage area is not WiMax 3G (or 2G) services, to return. The point can support up to eight Wi-Fi devices, USB is working with a laptop or desktop computer with a port USB.

To help users manage their data usage, the device can be strangled to reduce their consumption data, "Warp Speed" connection limit of 10 Mbps, while the single "Light Speed" strangles download service 1 Mbps.

In addition to 200 MB / month free plan (good for 12 months after purchasing the camera), NetZero also offers monthly plans for data transfer: $ 9.95 per month you receive 500 MB of data, and GB is $ 19.95/month, 2 GB is $ 34.95 per month, and 4 GB is $ 50 per month. There are no excess charges: users who use their monthly limit can buy gas stations, plans to move to a higher capacity, or to sit idly by until the first day of the month rolls.

For people who need low-cost communications and live in an area where Clearwire 4G WiMax service is a viable option, NetZero plans to offer an interesting alternative to traditional contracts, based on data plans for mobile broadband. For example, someone who takes notes and about once a week for work can be perfectly happy to stick 4G, and 200 MB of free plan. And if they should buy a new stick in one year, they always come before the cost of traditional roaming plan.

The NetZero 4G stick is priced at $49.95; the NetZero 4G HotSpot is priced at $99.95.

Outrage Over Quran Burning At U.S. Base

Quran Burning at U.S. Base Sparks Afghan Protests: The troops of the "largest American base in Afghanistan accidentally burned the Koran and other religious objects, caused angry protests and fears of the event, even more important than the burning of the news spreads.

The books were dumped by mistake with household waste at Bagram Airfield north of Kabul, and were on a pile of burning on Monday evening, before the Afghan workers occurred at about 23:00, according to officials of NATO and Afghanistan.

The workers put out the flames with their jackets and mineral water before going on at Bagram in a rage, taking the charred remains, according to Sabir Safar, secretary of the provincial board of Parwan province, where Bagram is located.

Morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at Bagram and in the outskirts of Kabul. Some fired into the air, some throwing stones at the gate of Bagram, and others shouted "die, die strangers." Many of them were the same people working with foreign troops on the base. At some point, apparently fearing that the base is attacked, the protection of the base rubber bullets into the crowd, the military said.

"They should withdraw from Afghanistan, and no disrespect to our religion, our faith," Mohammad Hakim told The Associated Press outside the Bagram. "They have to go and if the next time they disrespect our religion, we shall defend our holy Koran, religion and belief to the last drop of blood left in our bodies."

This is, perhaps, no action infuriates Afghans than foreigners "bad to the Quran. He enjoys wide doubt that Americans are against Islam and the deep disappointment that more than 10 years after the fall of the Taliban regime, violence remains widespread. Quran is supposed to be buried or dumped in the river, which flows, so they must be eliminated.

NATO officials paid furiously to contain the fallout, tweeting and e-mailed to reporters soon after the onset of the disease. Gen. John Allen, the commander of all foreign forces in Afghanistan, issued a statement, video operator, and then gave a television interview NATO. In his message, and all NATO officials stressed that today each combustion was not intentional.

"These materials were randomly placed on the troops at the disposal and the provision of materials for writing. It was not a decision that was made, because they have religious themes," said Allen NATO TV. "It was not a decision that was made against Islam faith . That was a mistake, it was a mistake. when we found out about it, we immediately stopped, and we intervened. "

Allen began an investigation and promised to take measures that the same incident will not happen again.

"It's not who we are. These cases are very isolated," said Allen. "We will die together with the Afghans for a long time, because we believe in them, we believe in our country, we have every opportunity to give them a brighter future."

In the morning, U.S. officials at Bagram were accompanied by local Afghan elders at the scene of a fire. Zahed Ahmad Zaki, head of the provincial council, said 60 to 70 pounds have been recovered from the fire, including the Koran, which were once prisoners at the base.

"Some people have all been burned. Some were half burned," Zahed in an interview with Associated Press.

Protesters furious was immediate, but the Afghan government eventually assured them this afternoon. They asked that President Hamid Karzai has threatened to resume protests.READ MORE...

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Former MediaCorp Actor Acquitted of Cheating

Former MediaCorp Actor Acquitted of Cheating: A former MediaCorp actor was acquitted of charges of cheating two men of donations totalling $195,000 in connection with a charity football match he organised three years ago.

Delivering her judgement on Wednesday, District Judge Wong Choon Ning said that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against Lim Aik Seng. The 47-year-old, better known as Lin Yi-sheng, had been accused of deceiving the men into believing that cash donations received from a charity match – minus expenses – would be donated to the Metta Welfare Association.READ MORE..