Standard certification key to drive region's green technology |
- Standard certification key to drive region's green technology
- It’s a small world: new shopping site placing local fashion designers on global map
- Indonesia jails former treasurer for corruption
- Singapore installing island-wide camera network
- Ferret out the backstage manipulator
- VIDEO: Bahrain Grand Prix protests continue
- Syria, UN agree on terms of monitoring mission
- VIDEO: Huge fire at US oil storage depot
- VIDEO: Woman leaps on Ahmadinejad's car
- VIDEO: Sarkozy trails behind Hollande
- At least one dead in Japan as bears go on rampage
- Olympic flower display marks 100 days til London 2012
- Thai forces kill wanted rebel in shoot-out: army
- Censures up ante on Japan PM
- Nepal war children head from poverty to university
- Killer stray dogs put Bulgaria on edge
- Dewan Rakyat sitting until early morning
- Hollywood not up to scratch, says 'Boardwalk Empire' creator
- Personal loans help but also trap
- Eating low-fat diary foods may reduce risk of stroke: study
| Standard certification key to drive region's green technology Posted: 20 Apr 2012 12:40 AM PDT Businesses in Southeast Asia are largely signed up to the idea of 'going green', but would be more likely to adopt the technology if standardised certification and regulations governing its use across the region were put in place.
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| It’s a small world: new shopping site placing local fashion designers on global map Posted: 20 Apr 2012 12:40 AM PDT Since the rise of fashion blogs and international style sharing communities such as Lookbook and Polyvore, fashionistas have taken an increased interest in emerging creators from across the globe, and with the launch of a new social network style site called Cityblis.com, the discovery of rising brands from across the continents has got a lot easier.
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| Indonesia jails former treasurer for corruption Posted: 20 Apr 2012 12:14 AM PDT An Indonesian anti-corruption court sentenced the ruling Democratic Party's former treasurer Friday to almost five years' jail in a case that has caused embarrassment for the president's party.
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| Singapore installing island-wide camera network Posted: 20 Apr 2012 12:07 AM PDT Singapore has begun installing police surveillance cameras that will eventually cover all 10,000 public-housing blocks across the island, officials confirmed Friday.
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| Ferret out the backstage manipulator Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:14 PM PDT The attack has attracted attention and affected the effect of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's recent efforts in legal reforms.
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| VIDEO: Bahrain Grand Prix protests continue Posted: 19 Apr 2012 06:17 PM PDT Final preparations for the controversial Bahrain Grand Prix are under way and demonstrations are continuing.
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| Syria, UN agree on terms of monitoring mission Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT BEIRUT, April 20 — Syria and the United Nations signed an agreement yesterday on terms for hundreds of observers to monitor a ceasefire, but fierce diplomatic wrangling lies ahead to persuade the West the mission can have the authority and power to ensure peace. A handful of UN observers are already in Syria monitoring a week-old truce that has ... 
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| VIDEO: Huge fire at US oil storage depot Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:09 PM PDT A huge fire has broken out at an oil company in the United States. Fire crews battled the flames at an oil depot in Springfield, Ohio.
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| VIDEO: Woman leaps on Ahmadinejad's car Posted: 19 Apr 2012 11:04 AM PDT President Ahmadinejad was forced into an impromptu meeting with a woman in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas after she took the opportunity for a brief chat while sitting on the roof of his car.
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| VIDEO: Sarkozy trails behind Hollande Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:57 PM PDT With just days until the first round of the French Presidential election, President Sarkozy is trailing behind the Socialist Party's, Francois Hollande in the latest polls.
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| At least one dead in Japan as bears go on rampage Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:50 PM PDT At least one woman was thought to have died and another was missing after bears escaped from their enclosures in a park in northern Japan, police said Friday, as they struggled to contain the situation.
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| Olympic flower display marks 100 days til London 2012 Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT (Britain-AFP) - As London marks the 100-day countdown to the 2012 Games, 20,000 flowers were planted in the shape and colours of the five Olympic rings at Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Thai forces kill wanted rebel in shoot-out: army Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:27 PM PDT Thai security forces killed five suspected insurgents including a most-wanted leader during a 15-minute shoot-out in a village in the Muslim-majority deep south, the army said on Friday.
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| Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:27 PM PDT Two Japanese ministers were censured Friday in the latest opposition attempt to undermine Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and his bid to raise consumption tax as he looks to plug a huge debt hole.
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| Nepal war children head from poverty to university Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:25 PM PDT The gates of one of Nepal's top private schools swing open and 20 children who hope to be the doctors, lawyers and scientists of tomorrow spill out into a smart Kathmandu suburb.
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| Killer stray dogs put Bulgaria on edge Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:20 PM PDT Sprawling in the sun or barking and chasing cars, stray dogs have become part of urban life in Bulgaria but after a pack mauled a US university professor to death, the mood of tolerance is over.
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| Dewan Rakyat sitting until early morning Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:13 PM PDT The Dewan Rakyat sitting yesterday lasted until the early hours of Friday morning to allow for all matters at hand to be resolved.
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| Hollywood not up to scratch, says 'Boardwalk Empire' creator Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:12 PM PDT He'll make an exception for Martin Scorsese, but for Terence Winter, the creator of the hit prohibition-era television show "Boardwalk Empire", Hollywood just isn't up to scratch these days.
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| Personal loans help but also trap Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:09 PM PDT In 2003, Abdul (not his real name) had applied for a personal loan from a financial institution where the monthly repayment period extended to seven years.
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| Eating low-fat diary foods may reduce risk of stroke: study Posted: 19 Apr 2012 10:08 PM PDT People who drank low-fat milk and ate low-fat yoghurt and cheese had a lower risk of stroke compared to those who consumed full-fat dairy foods, according to a Swedish study published Thursday in the American Heart Association's journal Stroke.
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