News Archive
Taking cues from old mini marvels
15/08/2007
THE new MINI Clubman, a modern interpretation of its 1960s predecessor, is to go on sale in Europe in November this...
Go diesel and save the planet
15/08/2007
MOST governments in developing countries do not consider the environmental impact of their country's economic...
Electric shocker from 1909
15/08/2007
THE new hybrid Ford Escape taxis scuttling around New York City give their occupants an aura of environmental...
Deadly syphilis making a US comeback
15/08/2007
IT WAS a scourge of centuries past, a disease that ravaged the body and brain, drove geniuses to madness and slowly...
Elvis has not left the building
15/08/2007
THIRTY years ago, on the eve of his sudden death at 42 at his Graceland mansion, a bloated and drug-addled Elvis...
Becoming 'liberator of life'
15/08/2007
THE number of civilian deaths in Afghanistan's Helmand province has fast become the conflict's most controversial...
Iranian president says no weapons for Taliban
15/08/2007
IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday rejected US and British claims that Iranian weapons are being supplied...
WTO sees economic growth slowing this year
15/08/2007
WORLD economic and trade growth could slow this year as a result of shaky markets and large macroeconomic imbalances,...
Brunei, Malaysia to strengthen trade
15/08/2007
BILATERAL trade and investment between Brunei and Malaysia continue to receive close attention, with senior officials...
Arrest warrant out for Thaksin
15/08/2007
OUSTED billionaire premier Thaksin Shinawatra was facing calls for his extradition from Britain yesterday after...


