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Boy killed by rampaging elephant
dpa, Published on 16/02/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - The boy's mother also suffered a fractured leg in the incident Saturday in the state of Kelantan, about 280 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur, he said.
Cult car heads to Asean
dpa, Published on 20/03/2015
» NOVA VES POD PLESI - Dan Priban has already travelled halfway around the world driving a stable of bright yellow Trabi automobiles, the spluttering signature cars of defunct East German communism.
Indonesia deforestation produces 3rd-highest emissions
dpa, Published on 21/03/2015
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's high deforestation rate, land clearing and fires have led to carbon emissions that rank third-highest in the world, a United Nations (UN) official said on Saturday.
Wild-cat parts trade drops in Thailand
dpa, Published on 22/12/2014
» YANGON — The illegal trade in tiger and other wild-cat parts into Thailand has diminished, while the same trade from Myanmar into China has grown, a survey said Monday.
Malayan tigers need 'more' protection
dpa, Published on 02/11/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia needs to employ at least 400 forest rangers if it wants to protect its critically endangered Malayan tiger population, a conservationist group said Sunday.
Malayan tiger 'critically endangered'
dpa, Published on 15/09/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR – Malayan tigers are now considered a “critically endangered” species with their numbers in the wild declining despite efforts to protect them from poaching, officials and conservationists said Monday.
German killed in ravine fall in Malaysia
dpa, Published on 19/10/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A German man was killed when he fell off a cliff while hiking on a resort island in northern Malaysia, police said on Sunday.
Buddhist temples and dragon fruit: A trip down the Mekong
dpa, Published on 28/04/2014
» PHNOM PENH - The sun warms the skin and the wind cools it as the boat's engine hums. We are riding down the Mekong, the drinks in the cooler are ice cold and children are waving from the banks of the river.
Myanmar reduces teak production
dpa, Published on 31/05/2014
» YANGON - Myanmar will cut its output of processed teak by around a third this fiscal year, a senior official said Friday, to preserve its dwindling forests.
Two jailed for killing Sabah orangutan
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court has sentenced two Filipino plantation workers each to two years in prison for killing an orangutan in the eastern state of Sabah, a wildlife official said Friday.