Thursday January 08, 2009

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...