Vets explore ways to fight new diseases Canberra Times | IN THE time it took Joe Brownlie to fly from London to Canberra, millions of disease spores could have taken the journey with him. | ''A new infectious disease is reported somewhere in the world every eight months and most come from animals,'' Professor Brownlie said. | ''So veterinarians play a k...
Thai PM pledges to tackle rising consumer prices Xinhua | BANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday pledged that her government will expedite solving the problem of rising consumer prices, Thai News Agency reported. | The premier made her remarks as she visited a fresh produce market in central Nakhon Pathom province on h...
Bangladeshi woman first to hoist national flag atop Mount Everest Gulf News | Dhaka: A 31-year-old government official yesterday became the first Bangladeshi woman to climb the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. | "Nishat Majumdar hoisted the Bangladesh flag at the Everest peak yesterday morning... she was accompanied...
Blind activist leaves Beijing for US Gulf News | Beijing: China allowed a blind legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, to leave a hospital in Beijing yesterday and board a plane bound for the United States, a move that could signal the end of a diplomatic standoff between the two countries. | Chen's es...
Japan train operator opens a new landmark Gulf News | Tokyo: The Tokyo Skytree, twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower, opens this week as Japanese train operators counter an ageing population by building malls, offices and tourist attractions. | The 634-metre (2,080-feet) structure in eastern Tokyo sits i...
Dig this, old vinyl turns to gold The Hindu Are you one of those who had a fine collection of old records but one day in a fit of spring cleaning threw them all out? Maybe you thought you would never ever need them again. Big mistake. | Records are in and a craze for vinyl is once again sweepi...
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Thousands flee DR Congo violence Al Jazeera | Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | The fighting has been most intense...
Paper banana leaves safe The Star | PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has declared the paper banana leaves used in some Indian restaurants as safe to be used as wrapping material for food. | Director-general Datuk...
Toshiba plans to double operating profit by 2014-15 Reuters | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said on Thursday it aims to more than double its annual operating profit in three years to $5.6 billion, by expanding its social i...
Laws' ex keeps blog for now NZ Herald | Michael Laws' former girlfriend Jacqui Sperling is claiming victory after a court injunction to have her website pulled down was denied on a legal technicality. | The blogger has been accused of harassment by another woman linked to Laws, Debbie Br...
$2.5b Uzbek-Korea gas venture funded Gulf News | Tashkent: A South Kor-ean joint venture in energy-rich Uzbekistan said yesterday it had secured a $2.5 billion credit line to build a new chemical and gas production unit by 2016. | The Uz-Kor Gas Chemical company was formed by the Korea Gas Corpor...
India sports minister issues cricket blueprint Gulf News | New Delhi: Indian sports minister Ajay Maken feels banning the Indian Premier League is not the solution and has revealed his blueprint for how the game should be run. | According to Maken, no politician should manage cricketing affairs, the Board ...
'Internet revolution bypasses rural India' Zeenews New Delhi: Internet revolution has bypassed rural India with less than half a percent of families having the facility at home as against 6 percent in cities, reveals a government survey. | "At all India level only about 0.4 percent of rural households had access to Internet at home as compared to about 6 percent of urban households," said the Natio...
Toshiba plans to double operating profit by 2014-15 Reuters | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said on Thursday it aims to more than double its annual operating profit in three years to $5.6 billion, by expanding its social infrastructure business and boosting sales of electronics devices. | The electronics conglomerate, whose television sales have been sliding along with those of rivals Sony...
