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New rules aim to stop crocodile escapes
dpa, Published on 16/10/2015
» Crocodile farms will need walls at least 1.5 metres high around their pits under planned government guidelines, an official said Friday, after 28 crocodiles escaped in early October.
Search for MH370 enters new phase
dpa, Published on 05/10/2014
» SYDNEY - The search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 entered a new phase Sunday as special vessels arrived in the southern Indian Ocean to probe canyons and peaks 6,000 metres under the surface of the ocean.
Singapore's caning punishment
dpa, Published on 29/04/2014
» Singapore's justice system is notorious for its use of the death penalty, but it also sentences convicts to be caned.
Office vacancy rates at 20-year low
dpa, Published on 25/02/2014
» Office vacancy rates in Bangkok fell below 10% last year for the first time in two decades, despite rising rents and political unrest, the international real estate firm CBRE said on Tuesday.
Three dead after volcano eruption
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» JAKARTA — Four international airports on Indonesia's main island of Java were closed and more than 100,000 residents fled their homes on Friday following a volcanic eruption, officials said.
High rollers make Singapore's new casinos world number three
dpa, Published on 06/10/2013
» A faint odour hovers in the air, cheap perfume laced with sweat and anticipation. And there is no dinner-jacket in sight.
'No obstacle' to Laos-China rail link
dpa, Published on 11/04/2013
» There are "no obstacles" to Laos' planned high-speed rail link from China, the country's transport minister was quoted as saying Thursday, days after the Asian Development Bank called the project "unaffordable" for the developing country.