Green

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Green

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:31 AM PDT

People relaxing in Singapore's financial district which has been transformed into a green garden and playground. The year 2013 marks 50 years of greening Singapore with its vibrant parks, tree-lined boulevards and thriving biodiversity as a result of the dedication and commitment by Singaporeans to enhance the quality of life.

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20 years on, world's first web page to be reborn

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:11 AM PDT

The world's first web page will be dragged out of cyberspace and restored for today's Internet browsers as part of a project to celebrate 20 years of the Web, organisers said on Tuesday.

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'4Real'?, New Zealand reveals banned baby names

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:06 AM PDT

New Zealand officials on Wednesday released a list of baby names put forward by parents that were rejected because they were too bizarre or offensive, including "Lucifer" and "Mafia No Fear".

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Ecuadoran ambassador in supermarket checkout fight

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:06 AM PDT

Even ambassadors, it turns out, are turf-conscious when it comes to waiting in the supermarket checkout line.

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Gunman fires at man in compound of house in Simpang

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:03 AM PDT

One of two men on a motorcycle fired a shot at a man in the compound of his house in Simpang near Taiping last night, but the bullet missed the victim, police said today.

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Man shot near Selayang wholesale market

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:03 AM PDT

One of three men in a car shot and injured a man in the front passenger seat of another car as the victim and two other men were about to leave after eating at a restaurant near the Selayang wholesale market last night, police said today.

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Three British soldiers killed in Afghan attack

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:55 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Three British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London said on Wednesday.
    

Tsarnaev homeland Chechnya: rebuilt from war, ruled by fear

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:54 PM PDT

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - When it was last in the international spotlight, Chechnya was in ruins, its capital Grozny reduced to dust by the deadliest artillery and air onslaught in Europe since World War Two.
    

VIDEO: Knox: I want to visit Kercher's grave

Posted: 01 May 2013 12:05 AM PDT

The American student Amanda Knox, who has written a book about her experience in Italy, says she hopes one day to be able to visit Meredith Kercher's grave.

Malaysia's clean-polls pledge smudged by ink flap

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:59 PM PDT

Malaysia's opposition and clean-polls activists said Wednesday the integrity of weekend elections was in doubt after revelations that indelible ink meant to prevent fraud was easily washed off.

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Polarised responses in Johor

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:59 PM PDT

It is expected that most Chinese voters would vote for Kit Siang and Pakatan Rakyat candidates. It is a situation that can hardly be changed by the BN.

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Anti-establishment sentiment among youngsters a global phenomenon: Chang

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:52 PM PDT

Researcher of Southeast Asian and Malaysian politics for more than 30 years, Dr Chang Chak Yan predicts that Chinese Malaysians will overwhelmingly vote for the opposition in GE13 although the ruling coalition will still take the helm of Federal administration after May 5.

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What could UN sleuths unearth at Iran’s Parchin base?

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:14 PM PDT

NEW YORK, May 1 — The self-styled "Sherlock Holmeses" of the UN nuclear watchdog, now seeking access to a major Iranian base, say they have the capability to find tiny traces of atomic material at a site even if a country were to try to cover it up. In talks later this month, the International Atomic Energy Agency will once again press Teheran to ...
    

Pakistan military angered by treatment of Musharraf

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:46 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, May 1 — Pakistan's powerful army chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his return from exile. A Pakistani court yesterday imposed a lifetime ban on Musharraf from contesting elections, undermining his efforts to regain influence by winning a ...
    

Guinea on brink of chaos over long-delayed poll

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:59 PM PDT

FRIA, Guinea (Reuters) - Failure by Guinea's politicians to reach agreement for a long-delayed legislative poll is stirring up tribal violence, jeopardising economic gains and raising fears that the military could once again step in.
    

VIDEO: Rare glimpse inside Cuba's prisons

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:01 PM PDT

Cuba has allowed foreign journalists to visit several of its prisons, for the first time in almost a decade.

VIDEO: Niger's peace broken by violence

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:25 PM PDT

It has been almost four years since an amnesty was given to thousands of militants who were causing havoc in the Niger Delta, but relative peace has recently been broken.

New strike hits Freeport's Indonesian mine

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:31 PM PDT

Hundreds of workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Indonesian mine have gone on strike demanding better pay, the US firm said Wednesday, in the latest industrial action to hit the operation.

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"Belated" good news

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:30 PM PDT

What do the Chinese want actually? If they are still asking this question at this moment, would they be able to gain Chinese votes?

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Pakistan military angered by treatment of Musharraf - reports

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:43 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful army chief has suggested the military is unhappy with how authorities have treated former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf since his return from exile.
    

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