Food shortages push up Thai consumer prices

Food shortages push up Thai consumer prices

Food shortages push up Thai consumer prices

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:23 AM PST

Thai consumer prices in February rose 3.35 percent from a year earlier, led by soaring food costs owing to drought in parts of the kingdom, the government said Thursday.

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VIDEO: Anger over China bear bile farms

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:40 PM PST

Animal welfare groups are stepping up their efforts to stop bears being farmed for their bile, a popular ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.


VIDEO: A look back at the life of Davy Jones

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:11 PM PST

Davy Jones, Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died aged 66, his publicist has confirmed.


Hong Kong chief pledges to cooperate with graft probe

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 12:13 AM PST

Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang promised Thursday to cooperate with an investigation into his alleged ties to rich tycoons, after revelations of his jaunts on private jets and yachts.

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Change

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:57 PM PST

A statue depicting former Chinese leader Mao Zedong at the 798 Art Complex in Beijing, as China prepares for this year's leadership change.

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Crippled Italian liner docks in Seychelles

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:50 PM PST

A crippled Italian cruise liner with over 1,000 people onboard docked in the Seychelles on Thursday, three days after a fire disabled it in pirate-infested waters.

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Israel says starvation will force Iran to its knees

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST

TEL AVIV, Mar 1: Iran's citizens should be starved in order to curb Tehran's nuclear program, Israeli officials said Wednesday ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington.

VIDEO: Costa Allegra passengers disembark

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:42 PM PST

The stricken cruise liner the Costa Allegra has docked in the Seychelles.


Cancellation of concert not tarnishing country's image: Rais

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST

Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the cancellation of a concert featuring American songstress, Erykah Badu, would not tarnish Malaysia's image internationally.

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Malaysia's 40 richest worth US$64.4bn: Forbes

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:31 PM PST

Malaysia's 40 richest are worth a total of US$64.4 billion, up US$2.3 billion from the year before, according to the latest Forbes list.

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VIDEO: Christine Lagarde: Passing the cap

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:26 PM PST

The International Monetary Fund boss, Christine Lagarde, has been crossing the globe to drum up $500 bn worth of fiscal support for the eurozone. But can she convince world leaders to dig deep?


Higher tax collection a significant achievement: Najib

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the success of the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) in raising revenue collection by 26.79 per cent last year was an extraordinary achievement.

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Thai vehicle sales to exceed 1 million

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:29 PM PST

Thailand's Ministry of Finance says that over one million new vehicles should be sold on the domestic market in 2012, when the country's total car production is expected to reach 1.8 million units, thanks to the improving Thai economy in the wake of a flooding crisis late last year.

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MAS to post modest earnings in 2013

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:28 PM PST

Analysts expect Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), which posted a net loss of RM1.28 billion in its fourth quarter, to record modest earnings in the 2013 financial year.

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Windows 8 Consumer Preview available for download

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:27 PM PST

Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 Consumer Preview is available for download starting today.

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US recalls India-made birth control pills

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:18 PM PST

A batch of birth control pills manufactured in India for US distribution has been recalled due to a packaging error that could make the pills ineffective, US health authorities said on Monday.

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Intricate 'noh' masks for Japan's tsunami lost

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:10 PM PST

An amateur carver of the ornate masks used in traditional "noh" theatre took visitors on a tour of his works Thursday, in an exhibition mounted in memory of family who died in Japan's tsunami.

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River flowing from China dries up in India: lawmaker

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:55 PM PST

A major river in India's northeast that originates in Tibet has suddenly dried up, triggering speculation that China might be responsible, a local official told AFP on Thursday.

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It's time for reflection

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:52 PM PST

Since our daily life is still inseparable from rare-earth, does it also mean that we will not oppose it as long as the rare earth plant is not built in Malaysia?

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Romney wins non-binding Wyoming vote

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:39 PM PST

Mitt Romney followed up key victories in Michigan and Arizona with another win in Wyoming's non-binding Republican presidential straw poll, according to state party officials.

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