Archive for April 17th, 2008

FAO expert: multi-factors pushing up global rice price

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Multiple factors including climate, supply and demand, oil prices and the utilization of bioenergy have pushed up the global rice price recently, said a senior economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). ...

Iranian president flaunts military power at army day parade

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday said the country's army was a powerful deterrent to all enemies, an obvious warning to the West against any attack over Iranian interests. "No major power is able to jeopardize the ...

Japan’s court: ASDF’s deployment to Iraq unconstitutional

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The Nagoya High Court ruled Thursday that Japan's dispatch of the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) to Iraq is unconstitutional, said reports from the central Japanese city of Nagoya. The ASDF's mission to airlift multinational troops t ...

New masterplan launched in Singapore to boost infocomm security

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Singapore on Thursday launched a new 70 million Singapore dollars (about 51.85 million U.S. dollars) masterplan to strengthen the country's infocomm security over the next five years. "Over the next five years, the Infocomm Developm ...

Taiwan residents allowed to sit mainland judicial exam

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Starting from 2008, Taiwan residents will be allowed to take part in the judicial exam on the Chinese mainland, the Ministry of Justice announced at a press conference held by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday. ...

Amy Winehouse denies writing Bond track reports

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has quashed speculation she is secretly writing the title track for upcoming Bond movie "Quantum Of Solace." The Back To Black star was rumored to be working on the theme song for super spy's latest outing ...

Australians richer and living longer than decade ago

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Australians are richer, living longer and more educated than a decade ago, a report said on Thursday. The Measures of Australia's Progress report, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), said in the decade until 2007 ...

High cholesterol in 40s may increase Alzheimer’s risk

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

A U.S. study emphasizing the importance of health factors in middle age reveals high cholesterol levels in your 40s may raise the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life. The study involving 9,752 people in northern Cali ...