Ukraine's cold snap claims over 100 lives: ministry |
- Ukraine's cold snap claims over 100 lives: ministry
- BN govt manages nation's wealth well: Najib
- Floods create 'inland sea' in Australia
- Bird flu claims two lives in Vietnam
- Unexpected fame for Malaysian, thanks to her unique artwork
- We're running out of time: Seychelles
- Najib declines hint of election date
- Former Singapore DPM dies
- Japan gives Chinese skipper suspended jail term
- Analysis - China gets restive taste of post-Dalai Lama era
- U.N. court gives life sentence to Khmer Rouge torture
- About 100 feared trapped in sunken PNG ferry
- Somali regions no longer famine stricken - U.N.
- Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria
- Celebrity favorite Kokosalaki expanding into bridal and jewelry online
- VIDEO: Chinese books popular in Taiwan
- World's tattoo artists meet in Venezuela
- Cold snap
- Famine over in Somalia, but emergency remains: UN
- Bird refuge
| Ukraine's cold snap claims over 100 lives: ministry Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:54 AM PST A week of ferociously cold temperatures in Ukraine has now claimed 101 lives, the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said in a statement Friday.
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| BN govt manages nation's wealth well: Najib Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:20 AM PST Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today the Barisan Nasional (BN) government has managed the nation's wealth well in implementing various welfare programmes, particularly for the low-income people.
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| Floods create 'inland sea' in Australia Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:14 AM PST Major flooding hit parts of Australia's east Friday, stranding thousands of residents, prompting a military airlift and leaving some communities only accessible by helicopter.
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| Bird flu claims two lives in Vietnam Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST The Ministry of Health's Preventive Medicine Department has confirmed the second bird flu fatality this year, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
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| Unexpected fame for Malaysian, thanks to her unique artwork Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:11 AM PST For the sake of perfection, Hong decided to delay the release of her artwork of Grammy Award winner Bruno Mars, which was originally scheduled for 1 February.
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| We're running out of time: Seychelles Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:10 AM PST With his country facing an uncertain future due to impact of global warming, Seychelles President James Alex Michel on Thursday made an emotional appeal to people across the world to put pressure on their governments to adopt sustainable means of development, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
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| Najib declines hint of election date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:09 AM PST Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today the next general election can be held at any time before April next year.
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| Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:09 AM PST Dr Toh Chin Chye, a former Singapore deputy prime minister (DPM) and a founding member of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), died at his home this morning. He was 90.
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| Japan gives Chinese skipper suspended jail term Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:49 PM PST The skipper of a Chinese fishing boat, arrested and tried in Japan for operating illegally in Japanese waters, has been given a suspended six-month jail term, a local official said Friday.
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| Analysis - China gets restive taste of post-Dalai Lama era Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:41 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China over the years has derided the Dalai Lama as a jackal in Buddhist robes, choreographer of a separatist Peking opera and, lately, instigator of a plot that led some Tibetans to set themselves on fire and other forms of protest. 
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| U.N. court gives life sentence to Khmer Rouge torture Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:18 PM PST PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia ruled on Friday that the Khmer Rouge's prison chief should serve the rest of his life in jail, extending a 19-year sentence handed down in July 2010 that outraged survivors of the "killing fields" regime. 
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| About 100 feared trapped in sunken PNG ferry Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:58 PM PST (Reuters) - About 100 people are feared trapped inside a ferry that sank in rough weather off Papua New Guinea, a rescue official said Friday, a day after the crowded boat went down with about 350 people on board. 
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| Somali regions no longer famine stricken - U.N. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:58 PM PST NAIROBI (Reuters) - An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia although conditions remain fragile and could worsen, the United Nations said on Friday. 
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| Arabs, West seek to avert Russian veto of U.N. Syria Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:27 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Arab and Western drafters of a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at stopping Syria's bloody upheaval revised their text on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to avoid a Russian veto, though the new draft includes language Moscow has rejected. 
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| Celebrity favorite Kokosalaki expanding into bridal and jewelry online Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:15 PM PST In addition to her Kore collection launch at online retailer ASOS, Sophia Kokosalaki has announced the launch of a bridal and costume jewelry range to be sold exclusively at Net-a-porter.com.
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| VIDEO: Chinese books popular in Taiwan Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST The Chinese government keeps a tight control on the publishing and importation of books, especially those on what it deems sensitive subjects. But in Taiwan, the trade in Chinese language books is thriving.
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| World's tattoo artists meet in Venezuela Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:08 PM PST (CARACAS-AFP) - Over 200 tattoo artists from some ten countries gathered in the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Saturday to show off their skills -- which also include under-skin implants and piercings -- at the second annual Venezuelan Expo Tattoo event. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:02 PM PST A flock of sheep standing in the snow at a farm in the northern Spanish Basque village of Oquendo. A cold snap has kept Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll to 160 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggle to cope with record low temperatures.
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| Famine over in Somalia, but emergency remains: UN Posted: 02 Feb 2012 11:01 PM PST Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were declared, but the situation remains dire with nearly a third of the population needing emergency support, the UN said on Friday.
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| Posted: 02 Feb 2012 10:56 PM PST A flock of nothern ducks flying in front of the church in the village of Musov, where the Nove Mlyny water reservoirs were built, flooding everything but the church. More than 70,000 northern ducks are wintering in the Nove Mlyny water reservoirs in South Moravia, about 30km south of Brno. Nove Mlyny is the largest wintering area for birds in the Czech Republic and one of the most significant bird areas in Central Europe.
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