Why NUS has moved up quickly in university rankings |
- Why NUS has moved up quickly in university rankings
- PDRM mulling promotions for personnel serving in Ops Daulat
- US unlikely to dive into war-ravaged Syria despite alleged use of chemical weapons
- Shenhua's Australian EIS verifies China's global environmental commitment
- Pakistan Taliban threaten to send Musharraf to "hell" when he returns
- China's glamorous first lady steals the spotlight
- Millions to switch off for 'Earth Hour'
- Gunmen shoot dead four prisoners in Indonesia jail
- Light show
- Coloured
- Tornado kills 20 people in Bangladesh
- Meteor lights up night sky over Eastern United States
- Obama shows hand in Israel-Turkey rapprochement
- Is Google entering the smartwatch market too?
- 42 die in fire at refugee camp in Thailand: official
- What is ultra-high definition?
- Sabah conflict not affecting Indonesian nationals
- Is this the world's most expensive TV?
- Bursa to trade moderately higher next week
- ESSCOM long-term strategy to prevent terrorist threats: IGP
| Why NUS has moved up quickly in university rankings Posted: 23 Mar 2013 12:01 AM PDT The National University of Singapore (NUS) has been climbing faster in international rankings as it responded nimbly to a complex and changing world while maintaining its vision to be a global university centred in Asia, said Tan Chorh Chuan, NUS president. | ||
| PDRM mulling promotions for personnel serving in Ops Daulat Posted: 22 Mar 2013 11:34 PM PDT The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is mulling promotions for personnel serving in the Ops Daulat operation in Sabah,said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar. | ||
| US unlikely to dive into war-ravaged Syria despite alleged use of chemical weapons Posted: 22 Mar 2013 11:27 PM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama this week warned that any use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a "game changer," but he would not take lightly any decision to intervene militarily in the Syrian conflict, analysts said. | ||
| Shenhua's Australian EIS verifies China's global environmental commitment Posted: 22 Mar 2013 10:09 PM PDT Following over two years of scientific and technical assessment by leading environmental experts, the Environment Impact Statement (EIS) for Australia's Shenhua Watermark Coal Project has been released this month, a watermark moment for corporate China's international environmental commitments. | ||
| Pakistan Taliban threaten to send Musharraf to "hell" when he returns Posted: 23 Mar 2013 12:14 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban have threatened, in a video released on Saturday, to use suicide bombers and snipers to kill former President Pervez Musharraf when he returns home from exile. 
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| China's glamorous first lady steals the spotlight Posted: 23 Mar 2013 12:10 AM PDT China's glamorous first lady has become a media and Internet sensation as she accompanies husband President Xi Jinping on a state visit to Russia. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Millions to switch off for 'Earth Hour' Posted: 22 Mar 2013 11:30 PM PDT One minute brightly lit, the next plunged into darkness -- iconic landmarks around the world will cut their lights Saturday for the "Earth Hour" campaign against climate change. | ||
| Gunmen shoot dead four prisoners in Indonesia jail Posted: 22 Mar 2013 10:52 PM PDT Unidentified gunmen forced their way into an Indonesian jail early Saturday and shot dead four prisoners awaiting trial over the death of a soldier, police said. | ||
| Posted: 22 Mar 2013 11:25 PM PDT Hundreds of runners in specially commissioned and individually controlled LED light suits, create patterns of light outside the Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays, Manchester, England, during a performance of the Scottish arts charity NVA's 'Speed of Light' art project. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Posted: 22 Mar 2013 11:19 PM PDT A labourer sifting coloured powder known as "gulal" for use during the forthcoming spring festival of Holi, outside Siliguri, India. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Tornado kills 20 people in Bangladesh Posted: 22 Mar 2013 10:45 PM PDT DHAKA (Reuters) - A tornado swept through nearly two dozen villages southeast of the Bangladeshi capital, killing at least 20 people, tearing roofs off houses and uprooting trees and power pylons, officials said. 
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| Meteor lights up night sky over Eastern United States Posted: 22 Mar 2013 09:01 PM PDT NEW YORK, March 23 — A meteor bright enough to be classified as a fireball lit up the night sky over eastern North America today, providing a spectacle witnessed in at least 13 states, Washington, D.C. and two Canadian provinces, the American Meteor Society said. The society verified more than 300 witness sightings from Ontario and Quebec down to ... 
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| Obama shows hand in Israel-Turkey rapprochement Posted: 22 Mar 2013 07:42 PM PDT JERUSALEM, March 23 — Israel apologised to Turkey yesterday for killing nine Turkish citizens in a 2010 naval raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, and the two feuding US allies agreed to normalise relations in a surprise breakthrough announced by US President Barack Obama. The rapprochement could help regional coordination to contain spillover from the ... 
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| Is Google entering the smartwatch market too? Posted: 23 Mar 2013 03:26 AM PDT Reports suggest the company's Android department is developing its own intelligent timepiece. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| 42 die in fire at refugee camp in Thailand: official Posted: 22 Mar 2013 09:59 PM PDT The toll from a blaze that swept through a camp in northern Thailand has risen to 42, a Thai official said Saturday, after hundreds of temporary homes for refugees from Myanmar were reduced to ashes. | ||
| What is ultra-high definition? Posted: 22 Mar 2013 09:43 PM PDT Sometimes referred to as 4K, ultra-high definition TVs set a new standard in terms of depth of color, contrast detail and resolution and, unfortunately, price. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Sabah conflict not affecting Indonesian nationals Posted: 22 Mar 2013 09:35 PM PDT The Indonesian foreign ministry has stated that conflicts in Sabah have not affected Indonesian nationals working the Sahabat palm oil plantation of the Federal Land Development Agency (Felda) in Malaysia. | ||
| Is this the world's most expensive TV? Posted: 22 Mar 2013 09:17 PM PDT outh Korean technological giant Samsung has revealed a giant flagship ultra-high-definition range of TVs that will retail at $40,000. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Bursa to trade moderately higher next week Posted: 22 Mar 2013 09:08 PM PDT Share prices on Bursa Malaysia are expected to swing moderately higher next week on rotational play of lower liners and pre-general election (GE) bargain hunting. | ||
| ESSCOM long-term strategy to prevent terrorist threats: IGP Posted: 22 Mar 2013 08:36 PM PDT The Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) covering a coastline of 1,400 kilometres from Kudat to Tawau is a the short and long term solution in preventing terrorist threats, said |
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