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Ole Gunnar Solskjær, often called the “world’s most famous Norwegian” now living, was getting a rousing ”welcome home” this week after more than 14 years playing and working for football …
Football Legend Solskjær Makes Triumphant Return Read MoreA Burmese reporter in Myawaddy Township was shot and critically injured on Tuesday while covering the fighting between an anti-government Karen group and Burmese government troops. Thein Htun, 39, a …
Journalist Shot in Myawaddy Fighting Read More“People were busy watching Al-Jazeera and DVB (Democratic Voice of Burma) TV, but not about the vote,” a Buddhist monk here remarked at the end of election day on Sunday, …
Few Surprises in First Poll in 20 Years Read MoreChina’s only company authorized to print Bibles yesterday produced its 80 millionth holy book, to praise from government officials and overseas church leaders’ blessings. The number means China has become …
80m Bibles Printed in China Read MoreA new book that revealed King of Sweden’s romps in seedy nightclubs owned by shadowy underworld figures has caused uproar among the Swedes. King Carl XVI Gustaf, the stern-looking, bespectacled …
Royal Sex Scandal Leaves Swedes in Shock Read MoreA human tragedy was unfolding in Oslo on Friday after police reported finding the body of an elderly man who’s believed to have died in his east-side apartment at least …
Police Find Man Dead for Two Years Read MoreOil-rich Norway remains the best country in the world to live, while Indonesia still ranks outside the top 100 countries, according to the most recent UN human development index (HDI) …
Indonesia Ranks 108 in HDI, Norway Number One Read MoreThe injured — with clothes, blankets and even mattresses fused to their skin by the 750 degree Celsius heat — were carried away on stretchers following the first big explosion …
Blast From Indonesia Volcano Raises Deaths to 122 Read MoreAirlines cancelled 36 flights to and from Jakarta on Saturday, affecting international carriers from Europe to Asia, because of ash from the Mount Merapi volcano, an airport spokesman said. In …
Jakarta Flights Grounded Read MoreThe Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) will launch its “E-Marketing Campaign for Medical Tourism in Samui” and website www.ThailandMedTourism.com. The marketing campaigns that will run through to April 2011 hopes …
TAT to Promote Samui as Medical Tourism Destination Read MoreForeign tourists visiting Bali for a holiday reached two million, or close to expected target of 2.3 million this year, tourism observer Dewa Nyoman Putraman, said here.“I believe the number …
Two Million Tourists Visit Bali Read MoreSingapore Airlines (SIA) is delaying all flights operated on its Airbus A380 aircraft, after a Qantas Airways plane of the same model made an emergency landing at Changi Airport around …
Singepore Airlines Delays all A380 Flights Read MoreFrom April 2011, passengers transferring and transiting at Changi Airport will – for the first time – have to pay service and security charges. The $12 fee in total would …
Changi to Impose Transfer and Transit Charges Read MoreClimbers would now be able to make video calls and surf the Internet on their mobile phones while at the top of Mount Everest, thanks to a Nepalese telecom group. …
Now, Internet Access on Everest Summit Read MoreAt least 15,000 people from Mekong were trafficked in 2009 with 71 percent of cases documented in China, data from the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking showed. A …
Over 15,000 People Trafficked in Mekong Read MoreVestas is under serious presssure, and CEO Ditlev Engel now launches a big round of layoffs in the group. Factories will be closed down, and totally 3,000 jobs will be …
Vestas Will Dismiss 3,000 Employees Read MoreHigh alert: Paramedics wheel a man heavily burned in the eruption of Mount Merapi at a hospital in Pakem, Yogyakarta, on Tuesday night. Indonesia’s most volatile volcano started erupting Tuesday, …
Hit by Deadly Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption Read MoreThailand ranks 9th in Asia and 78th in the world in this year’s corruption index released by Transparency Thailand on Tuesday. The kingdom scored 3.5 out of 10 in the …
Thailand Scores High in Corrupt List Read MoreFlows from North due as rainwaters set to break from Chao Phya Dam. Flood waters flowing down from the North will hit Bangkok next week, inundating homes and areas near …
Bangkok on Full Alert Read MoreThe big Danish groups Novo Nordisk, pharmaceutical company, and A.P.Møller-Mærsk, shipping company, support American politicians at the mid-term elections with several hundreds of thousands Danish kroner.This appears from figures from …
Danish Giants Fight the Tea Party Movement Read MoreThe Royal Irrigation Department yesterday urged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to raise flood protection walls along the banks of the Chao Phraya River by another metre, as the capital braces …
Bangkok Braces for Flooding. Read MoreThe death toll from flooding in Thailand climbed to 32 on Saturday as rising waters hit more areas of the kingdom and threatened to swamp parts of the capital. Victims …
Thai Floods Toll Jumps to 32 Read More17 separate drug-related cases have been solved thanks to a US drug enforcement agency website and a recent campaign for members of the public to give information on suspected drug …
DEA Drug Information Project a Huge Success Read MoreSwedish police say they have arrested 23 people in a nationwide raid against a child pornography ring, including 20 women. Police spokesman Sven-Ake Petters called the raid “unique” and said …
20 Women Arrested in Swedish Child Porn Raid Read MoreAn English language news anchor for the Finnish broadcaster ‘YLE’ was fired recently for drinking beer on the set of the newscast. While discussing a segment about bars which were …
News Anchor Fired for Beer Prank Read MoreThey met while he was on a business trip in China. After a whirlwind courtship, Mary (not her real name) married her Singaporean boyfriend and started her new life here. …
Domestic Violence: More Immigrants Come Forward Read MoreA former IT engineer was fined $8,000 yesterday for molesting a doctor in her clinic. A district court found Pham Thai Ha, 30, guilty of outraging the doctor’s modesty after …
Patient Fined $8,000 for Molesting Doctor Read MoreAn elephant shows up at a mouse’s door one day. Aunty Phant has come to take care of little Timor. The two couldn’t be more different, but as Timor will …
Different But… New Book for Children Read MoreIT’S quite late to the party but Saab’s representative for the crossover segment is finally here. Before the 9-4X arrives on the world stage to all next month at the …
Would Ikea Fans Embrace the SAAB SUV? Read MoreA U.S. businessman could become the first American sentenced to caning in Singapore in 16 years if convicted of breaking the city-state’s immigration laws, a prospect that has drawn the …
U.S. Man Faces Caning in Singapore Read MoreThe founder of the Wikileaks website, Julian Assange, has been denied residency in Sweden, the country’s migration board officials say. They declined to give the reason, saying it was confidential. …
Wikileaks Founder Denied Residency in Sweden Read MoreFour North Korean women surrendered to police in this northern province late Sunday and asked for help to be resettled in a third country. The four women, who could not …
4 North Korean Women Surrender in Chiang Rai Read MoreManchester United did put their best foot forward on behalf of children’s charity UNICEF on Monday afternoon. Extending a link that dates back to 1999, United have pledged to raise …
First Trip to Thailand Was an Eye-opener Read MoreChinese airlines maintained their robust recovery pace in September owing in part to the nation’s fast-growing domestic market, earning collective net income of $997.5 mio. for the month, according to …
Chinese Airlines Earn Nearly $1 Billion in September Read MoreInternet addiction, gaming and cyber bullying are some issues in cyber wellness education programmes in schools. And increasingly, cyber wellness vendors are covering the sex-related aspects of the topic. The …
Teen Sex Videos Point to Intervention Read MoreThe northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima declared today that 14 of its 20 districts affected by floods are disaster zones. Nakhon Ratchasima governor Rapee Pongbuppakit convened an urgent meeting to …
Flood Critical in Ubon and Other Provinces Read MoreThe number of foreigners arrested for committing crimes in Bali has risen 25 percent this year, most of it drug-related, and the numbers are climbing. Police said on Sunday that …
Arrest of Foreigners in Bali Up 25% This Year Read MoreTiger Airways has accused chief executive of Malaysian rival AirAsia Tony Fernandes of passing “racial remarks” and “resorting to racial slurs” against the Singapore-based carrier. The spat erupted after Mr …
Tiger Accuses AirAsia Boss of Racism Read MoreA 23-year old man in Oslo, who admitted earlier this week to a number of recent attempted assaults against children, had sought police help to combat his tendencies. A lack …
Long Waits for Pedophile Therapy Read MoreA 35-year-old Vietnamese woman lost when was arrested for soliciting for prostitution at the Marina Bay Sands casino. Police were conducting anti-crime patrol at the casino when the woman approached …
Vietnamese Woman Offered Sex to Police Officer Read MoreGreenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior, which was slated to dock at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on Wednesday, was not allowed to enter Indonesian waters. Greenpeace Southeast Asia forest campaigner Bustar …
Indonesia Stops Greenpeace´s Rainbow Warrior Read MoreThree orphaned baby orangutans in East Kalimantan in the care of the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) will have a future thanks to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) and …
Orphaned Baby Orangutans Rescued Read MoreSerial killer Verry Idham Henyansyah, better known as Ryan, who has been sentenced to death for murdering 11 people is preparing to get married — to a woman. The openly …
Gay Serial Killer to Marry Female Drug Dealer Read MoreNational AIDS programmes in Asia often fail to prioritise those most of risk of infection and need to work on more targeted HIV prevention schemes to stop the disease from …
Asia HIV Programmes Fail to Reach Sex Workers Read MoreTwelve Swedes have been arrested in an global sting targeting illicit trade in Viagra-like impotence medication.Swedish police have hit six online pharmacies and confiscated more than 60,000 pills, Sweden’s TV4 …
Swedes Snatched in Global Sex-pill Sting Read MoreSenior executives from Indofood, the world’s biggest maker of instant noodles, on Monday speculated that unfair trade practices or illegal imports were to blame for their products being pulled off …
Indofood Insists Noodles are Safe Read MoreBorneo Orangutan Survival foundation has targeted to release 835 orangutans to Kalimantan forests by 2015. “The release is part of the government’s program,” BOS spokeswoman Emilia Bassar said Wednesday in …
Hundreds of Orangutans to be Released Read MoreDuring the first eight months of this year, the number of foreign tourist arriving in Cambodia increased 15 percent up to 1,630,068 tourists from January to August 2010, from 1,422,003 …
Cambodia Tourist Revenue Increased 15 pct Read MoreMalaysia could be the first country in Asia to use genetically modified mosquitoes to battle a rise in dengue fever, government authorities said Monday. The program calls for genetically engineered …
Malaysia to Use Lab Mosquitoes to Fight Dengue Read MoreDanish-based maritime education centre Marstal Navigationsskole has launched four courses in Singapore. Three are aimed at the tanker sector and will run starting in late October through mid-November. They are …
Danish Tanker Courses in Singapore Read More