Philippines presses for payment over damaged reef

Philippines presses for payment over damaged reef


Philippines presses for payment over damaged reef

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:34 AM PDT

The Philippines Sunday welcomed the removal of a US minesweeper that had been stuck on a protected coral reef for 10 weeks, but stressed that compensation must be paid for the environmental damage.

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Love gel manicures? Here's how to keep your real nails healthy

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:30 AM PDT

For women who like gel manicures, a new health report offers some advice on how to keep your real nails in good shape.

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Love of art is blind for sightless museum visitors

Posted: 31 Mar 2013 12:04 AM PDT

Her eyes see nothing, but when Barbara Appel runs her fingers over the face of a Picasso sculpture in New York's Museum of Modern Art, she sighs with pleasure.

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Choice of MBs a critical factor: Daim

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 11:52 PM PDT

Former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin feels that the choice of future menteri besar is the most critical factor if the BN wants to recapture Selangor and hold on to Negeri Sembilan.

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VIDEO: Pope Francis celebrates Easter Mass

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 11:49 PM PDT

Pope Francis celebrates his first Easter - the most important religious festival in the Christian calendar - at an open-air Mass in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday.

At least 12 killed in bus crash

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 11:17 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY, March 31 — At least 12 people died when a bus and a car collided in a mountainous part of the western Mexican state of Veracruz yesterday evening, local emergency services said. The accident near the town of Naolinco sent the bus tumbling down a slope some 200-300 metres, and left at least 15 passengers injured, a local official ...


At least 12 killed in Mexican bus crash

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 11:45 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 12 people died when a bus and a car collided in a mountainous part of the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Saturday evening, local emergency services said.


Religious 'radicals' driving Myanmar unrest: experts

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 10:53 PM PDT

Two years after a repressive junta ceded power, Myanmar is grappling with a surge in religious extremism that experts trace to anti-Muslim "provocateurs" including radical Buddhist monks.

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Dirty dip

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 10:45 PM PDT

Thousands of slum dwellers taking an Easter Sunday dip into the polluted water of Manila Bay. The city government bars swimming in the bay owing to health hazards but is often helpless in implementing the ordinance.

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'Green'-tinted SUVs at Seoul Motor Show

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 09:53 PM PDT

Gas-guzzling SUVs, eco-friendly electric cars and the odd brave attempt to marry the selling points of both are taking centre stage at the biennial Seoul Motor Show.

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Green cars on show in S. Korea

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 09:51 PM PDT

(South Korea, Seoul-AFP) - Array. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013.

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Joint industrial estate remains open despite N. Korea threat

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 09:39 PM PDT

An inter-Korea joint industrial complex, which lies inside North Korea, was operating normally on Sunday despite the North's threat to shut it down, a Seoul official said.

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HIV, hepatitis tests urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 08:48 PM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 31 — A Tulsa, Oklahoma, health centre yesterday began drawing blood samples from patients who may have been exposed to viruses at an oral surgery dental clinic that is under investigation. As many as 7,000 of Dr. W. Scott Harrington's patients are being notified by letter that health officials recommend they be tested for ...


Sudanese rebel group releases 31 kidnapped Darfuris

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 08:42 PM PDT

DARFUR, March 31 — Sudanese rebels have released 31 Darfuris who they had kidnapped a week ago on their way to a conference for people displaced by the region's decade-long war, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said yesterday. Conflict has raged in Darfur since 2003 when mainly non-Arab rebels took up arms against the Arab-led ...


Household income continues to rise on economic transformation

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 09:31 PM PDT

The current average monthly household income of Malaysians at about RM5,000 compared to RM4,025 in 2009, is one of the initial fruits of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

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French exhibition celebrates 'king of the sky' Boudin

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 09:27 PM PDT

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A gem of an idea: sapphire glass for mobile device screens

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 09:18 PM PDT

The next generation of smartphones could have bullet-proof sapphire glass screens thanks to improved production techniques and falling prices.

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WTO braces for leadership race

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 08:42 PM PDT

The World Trade Organisation is bracing for the start of the race to lead the body that polices the rules of global commerce, a unique contest in the often-opaque sphere of international diplomacy.

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Jui Meng still Johor PKR chairman: SLC

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 08:32 PM PDT

The Johor PKR State Leadership Council (SLC) deputy chairman Dr Ahmad Faidhi Saidi said Datuk Dr Chua Jui Meng is still Johor PKR and state SLC chairman.

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ll eyes on ECB to calm markets after Cyprus bailout

Posted: 30 Mar 2013 08:27 PM PDT

The European Central Bank will hold off from cutting rates or announcing any other policy moves at its meeting next week so as to keep up pressure on governments to solve the eurozone's crisis, analysts said.

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