1. By comparison, today's Tibet is striding into modern society after shrugging off theocratic feudal serfdom.
2. Shanghai aluminium futures ended little changed from 20 yuan higher to 30 yuan lower, shrugging off LME movements.
3. Assad told the Lebanese scholars that the position put forward by Russia was strategic, shrugging off claims that Russia would back down.
4. TV pictures showed Tevez shrugging and shaking his head when one of City's coaching staff spoke to him on the bench.
5. International oil prices closed above $ 100 a barrel on Tuesday, shrugging off increasing evidence of a US recession.
6. Government spokesman Takeo Kawamura played down Aso's latest remark, shrugging it off as a harmless reflection of his personality.