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 Jakarta (AFP) Nov 9, 2009 
Two people were killed and dozens injured after a strong quake with a magnitude of 6.7 rocked the Indonesian island of Sumbawa on Monday, officials and the state news agency Antara said.
The two fatalities occurred when buildings collapsed, the agency said.
Indonesia's health ministry crisis centre head Rustam Pakaya told press via text message: "Thirty-eight people were injured and sent ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Nov 9, 2009A top Communist party official in China has urged the country's state media to expand its footprint overseas and called on journalists to do more to burnish the image of the nation's leaders. In a speech on Sunday to mark Journalists' Day, Li Changchun -- who is seen as the country's propaganda and ideology chief -- praised Chinese reporters for "strengthening and improving" the party's cont ... more |
Activists slam 'destructive' Indonesia forest conversion plan
Indonesia launches international carbon exchange Australia earmarks $1.2 billion for 'green' aluminium Russians take Epiphany dip in waters hit by oil spill Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts more than 1,000 times this month Rome shoppers take pot luck in 'blind sale' of unclaimed packages Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules Australia declares disaster in areas of storm-hit east Trump inauguration moved indoors due to extreme cold US Fed withdraws from global climate change initiative 
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Washington (AFP) Nov 8, 2009Lack of action on the climate change bill bogged down in the US Senate will not stop Washington from seeking a framework to curb carbon emissions at next month's summit in Copenhagen, experts say. "I don't think that anyone is expecting a legal pact at this point," Michael Levi, an expert on climate issues at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, told AFP. But US President Bar ... more 
Tawang, India (AFP) Nov 9, 2009Tens of thousands of Buddhist devotees gathered Monday to hear the Dalai Lama on his visit to a Tibetan border region that he insists is "non-political" but which China views as deeply provocative. Some 30,000 people, many of whom had arrived days in advance, were expected to attend a mass session of religious teaching by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader at the remote Tawang monastery in ... more  
Ulu Geroh, Malaysia (AFP) Nov 9, 2009Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia blooms the world's biggest flower -- a massive fleshy orb designed by nature to attract insects by mimicking the colour and stench of rotting meat. The bizarre bloom, named Rafflesia after famed British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles who stumbled across one in Borneo in 1818, is under threat from deforestation and harvesting for traditional medicine. ... more |
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Tawang, India (AFP) Nov 8, 2009The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in northeast India on Sunday at the start of a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own. Thousands of Buddhists gave the Tibetan spiritual leader, who has lived in exile in India for 50 years, a rousing welcome as he arrived at the Tawang monastery, perched at 3,500 metres (11,400 feet) in Aruna ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 8, 2009Chinese wine imports have soared more than ten-fold in the past few years but foreign producers hoping to cash in on the boom are warning the market is fickle and not for the faint of heart. China is on track to import 10 million cases of wine this year, up from 840,000 in 2004, according to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). Asian wine consumption, excluding Japan, is expe ... more 
Kathmandu (AFP) Nov 8, 2009Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cut off. "We found a male rhino with bullet in his head around a lake in the park. It was a horrific sight," said Pradhan, who was informed by tour guides about the injured animal. "The poachers had cut ... more |
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