Sunday, 26 May 2013

Asia Pacific

  • State revises protected species list

    17:08 | 26/5/13
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Four cave bat species were added in 2011 as a precaution for the anticipated infestation of white-nose syndrome, a disease that's killed nearly 7 million bats in the eastern United States and Canada. Whenever changes are made, the process is inevitably ... more»

  • Developer, mayor disagree on path ahead for Duluth's Kozy building

    17:04 | 26/5/13
    Budgeteer
    “With the housing fund, there's a lot of competition for a limited number of dollars,” Ness said, sharing his opinion that the city should focus its efforts exclusively on obtaining credits for the Lincoln Park project. more»

  • Dangerous deterrence

    16:38 | 26/5/13
    DAWN.com
    Its plutonium came from the reactor provided by Canada without IAEA safeguards and uranium supplied by the US and France; its early missiles utilised the US Apache and other missile technologies; its current missiles are based on prototypes and ... more»
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  • Crown Jakarta Capital Eco Management News: Green Investment Bank

    16:23 | 26/5/13
    Green Options (blog)
    The company is supported by its technology partner, Woodpecker Energy Limited of Yeovil, Somerset, which manufactures wood pellet and wood chip biomass boilers. more»

  • Chris Johnson: I wonder what I'm missing between TV shows

    16:05 | 26/5/13
    Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
    I wonder if beer commercials still feature young yuppies in a racially diverse group drinking in moderation. Wouldn't it be fair to offset that image every now and then by showing four 50-something white fellows guzzling beer and drunkenly jumping into ... more»

  • Toni Harp says she had no involvement with late husband's business

    16:01 | 26/5/13
    New Haven Register
    He died in December 2011 with a $1.1 million sales tax liability against his firm, Renaissance Management Co., still unresolved with the state Department of Revenue Services. more»

  • Property Transactions

    16:00 | 26/5/13
    Go Lackawanna
    Estate of Nicholas Souchik to MG Realty LLC, 46 Frothingham St., Pittston Township, $50,000. • Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. to Yuriv Vas and Mariya M. Biletsky, 74 Wilcox Drive, Wilkes-Barre, $70,000. • Edward J. and Elaine Rasmus to Nanticoke City ... more»

  • Google expands in emerging markets

    15:51 | 26/5/13
    The News International
    NEW YORK: Google has become deeply involved in a series of projects to build and operate wireless networks in emerging markets - including sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, a report said. more»

  • Polygraph world's close ties spark accusations of favoritism

    15:50 | 26/5/13
    Kansas.com
    “If there's this unhealthy marriage between the schools and the APA and the manufacturers of the instruments so they are all hush-hush about the problems, then no one is served well by that. more»

  • 'Let Us Have Peace': Remembering General Ulysses S. Grant - Analysis

    15:41 | 26/5/13
    Eurasia Review
    Many military historians argue that after the fall of Paris in the summer of 1944 the Allies could have driven straight to Berlin with a single thrust and the Germans could not have stopped them. more»

  • Key senators tightly control immigration debate

    15:23 | 26/5/13
    Pasadena Star-News
    They wanted to change a provision providing $1.5 billion to deploy "additional fencing in high-risk border sectors," proposing instead that the money go to "fencing, infrastructure and technology." Officials said that ran afoul of the wishes of Sen ... more»
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