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Australia ends ban on wind energy investment
dpa, Published on 13/12/2015
» SYDNEY - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has ended the controversial ban on government investment in wind energy, the Sun-Herald newspaper reported Sunday.
Reward tripled for Erawan bomber suspect
dpa, Published on 21/08/2015
» The reward for the Bangkok bombing suspect was tripled Friday, to 3 million baht offered for information leading to his capture, police said.
Protests halt Hanoi plan to fell 6,700 trees
dpa, Published on 20/03/2015
» HANOI —Mayor Nguyen The Thao has halted a plan to cut down 6,700 trees following criticism voiced by the capital's residents, according to local media.
UN praises SE Asia flood prevention
dpa, Published on 23/12/2014
» ROME — Ten years on from the devastating tsunami of 2004, Southeast Asian nations have made "impressive" strides in natural-disaster prevention, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization says.
UPDATE: Xinjiang blast killed 31
dpa, Published on 22/05/2014
» BEIJING - An attack killed 31 people and injured another 94 in China's restive north-west province of Xinjiang on Thursday, provincial authorities said online.
Myanmar census a Pandora's Box
dpa, Published on 27/02/2014
» YANGON - As Myanmar's first nationwide census in 31 years nears, ethnic minority groups are stepping up a campaign to postpone the exercise for a few more months or risk a political backlash.
Vietnamese 'ivory smugglers' nabbed
dpa, Published on 30/08/2013
» Police arrested a Vietnamese couple suspected of attempting to smuggle more than 100 kilogrammes of African ivory to Cambodia through Bangkok, officials said on Friday.