Carbon trading likely to develop regionally - experts |
- Carbon trading likely to develop regionally - experts
- Savoy hotel reopening in London
- Chinese Nobel laureate's wife slams illegal house arrest
- Philippine military chief says amnesty won't encourage coups
- A condemned convict awaiting his day
- Jubilation as first of Chile's 33 miners rescued
- Lebanese Shi'ites give Ahmadinejad hero's welcome
- The future of power
- China natural disaster toll rises to 4,342 dead or missing
- More people killed on the road then in a war
- S.Korea unveils massive investment plan for clean energy
- ACCCIM backs GST if taxes reduced further
- SKorea sees renewable energy sector as future growth engine
- California governor debate turns into verbal brawl
- Top N.Korea defector to be buried in national cemetery
- Philippines pledges increased police protection for tourists
- China calls for military talks with Taiwan in due course
- Cyber bullying campaign against Korean singer dies down
- Who are these heroic Chile miners?
- Tighter regulations on credit cards, private sector expected
| Carbon trading likely to develop regionally - experts Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:57 AM PDT MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) - Huge investments in green technology in Asia and steps towards domestic emissions trading are opening up the prospect of regional carbon trading, climate change experts in Asia said on Wednesday.
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| Savoy hotel reopening in London Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:47 AM PDT (LONDON-AFP) - After three years of painstaking renovations, the legendary Savoy hotel reopens in London. The management of the hotel, famous for its Art deco architecture, will be hoping to recoup the costs of the huge project. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2010.
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| Chinese Nobel laureate's wife slams illegal house arrest Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:35 AM PDT BEIJING, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - The wife of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo slammed the government on Wednesday for keeping her under "illegal house arrest" since her husband won the award last week.
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| Philippine military chief says amnesty won't encourage coups Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:34 AM PDT MANILA, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - The Philippines' military chief on Wednesday dismissed fears that the president's amnesty for hundreds of soldiers linked to coup attempts could encourage further rebellions.
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| A condemned convict awaiting his day Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:11 AM PDT This is the internal monologue of a 49-year-old convict sentenced to death. He was sentenced to death after he being arrested in 1987 for selling drugs.
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| Jubilation as first of Chile's 33 miners rescued Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:38 AM PDT COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - The first of Chile's 33 trapped miners were hoisted to safety in a capsule barely wider than a man's shoulders on Wednesday, cheering, punching the air and hugging their families after two months deep underground.
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| Lebanese Shi'ites give Ahmadinejad hero's welcome Posted: 13 Oct 2010 12:38 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Thousands of Lebanese Shi'ites gave Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a tumultuous welcome on Wednesday at the start of a visit which has highlighted Western fears about Tehran's growing influence in Lebanon.
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| Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:54 PM PDT Global government is unlikely in the 21st century, but various degrees of global governance already exist. The world has hundreds of treaties, institutions and regimes for governing interstate behaviour involving telecommunications, civil aviation, ocean dumping, trade and even the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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| China natural disaster toll rises to 4,342 dead or missing Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:45 PM PDT HONG KONG, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - Hong Kong's leader outlined new steps Wednesday to cool the world's hottest real estate market, including a halt to automatic residency for wealthy Chinese buyers, depressing property shares.
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| More people killed on the road then in a war Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:40 PM PDT In Malaysia, an average 18 people died in road accidengts each day, and last year, the total death toll was 6,745. Few people are aware that the number is actually 2.4 times higher that the number of people killed in the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Centre, which claimed 2,792 lives.
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| S.Korea unveils massive investment plan for clean energy Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:26 PM PDT SEOUL, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - South Korea Wednesday unveiled a five-year plan to spend 36 billion dollars developing renewable energy as its next economic growth engine.
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| ACCCIM backs GST if taxes reduced further Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:26 PM PDT The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACCCIM), supports the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Malaysia, if it allows for a further reduction in corporate and indirect taxes.
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| SKorea sees renewable energy sector as future growth engine Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:25 PM PDT SEOUL, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (Bernama) -- President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday the development of solar, wind power and other forms of substitute energy sources will become the backbone of South Korea's future economy, Yonhap news agency reported.
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| California governor debate turns into verbal brawl Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:52 PM PDT SAN RAFAEL, Oct 12 — A debate between California gubernatorial candidates turned heated and personal on Tuesday as Republican Internet billionaire Meg Whitman and veteran Democratic politician Jerry Brown belittled each other's proposals and abilities. Brown has a small lead in opinion polls ahead of the November 2 election in the race to run the ...
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| Top N.Korea defector to be buried in national cemetery Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:36 PM PDT SEOUL, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - A former top North Korean defector will be interred in South Korea's national cemetery after he was posthumously awarded one of the country's most prestigious medals, officials said Wednesday.
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| Philippines pledges increased police protection for tourists Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:35 PM PDT MANILA, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - Philippine police on Wednesday pledged increased protection for tourists as it sought to bring back foreign visitors driven away by a hostage fiasco that left eight Hong Kong residents dead.
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| China calls for military talks with Taiwan in due course Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:34 PM PDT BEIJING, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - China on Wednesday called for talks with Taiwan on military issues "in due course", as the self-ruled island and former foe announced it was developing an unmanned surveillance aircraft.
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| Cyber bullying campaign against Korean singer dies down Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:33 PM PDT SEOUL, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - A fierce Internet campaign against a popular South Korean singer showed signs of abating Wednesday, after police rejected rumours circulating online that his US academic qualifications were fake.
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| Who are these heroic Chile miners? Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:30 PM PDT SAN JOSE MINE, Wednesday 13 October 2010 (AFP) - The first of 33 miners trapped deep underground in a Chilean mine for a record 68 days were pulled out alive on Wednesday in an amazing story of human survival against all odds.
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| Tighter regulations on credit cards, private sector expected Posted: 12 Oct 2010 10:29 PM PDT The Government is expected to adopt tighter regulations in the 2011 Budget to curb potential dangerous run-up in consumer credit card spending and speculative activities in the property market.
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