17 Dec 2009 23:45:49 GMT Full steam ahead in the Philippines
HERE in the Philippines at a geothermal power plant on the slopes of a dormant volcano in the central island of Negros, the thick plume of hot vapour furiously belching from a ground vent is an apt metaphor for the country's full-steam ...
17 Dec 2009 23:45:46 GMT A clash of two worlds - and a loss of faith
COPENHAGEN: For a few minutes at the Bella Centre yesterday morning, many worlds overlapped and some collided.
At around 11am, civil society movements, shouting in unison for everyone to 'join the people's assembly', marched through the ...
17 Dec 2009 23:33:14 GMT DPRK, JAPAN URGED TO FIX TIES, RESUME NUKE TALKS
Vice-President Xi Jinping yesterday applauded recent "easing signals" on the Korean Peninsula and called on Tokyo to repair ties with Pyongyang and help push forward the resumption of denuclearization talks.
17 Dec 2009 23:33:14 GMT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT A KEY INGREDIENT FOR ANY GREEN SOLUTION
COPENHAGEN: Though a low-carbon economy and a place where people can tap into their full potential could both be achieved, in the next 10 to 20 years, human development remains China's top priority, Chinese experts say.
17 Dec 2009 23:33:14 GMT CONFERENCE PRESIDENCY CHANGES HANDS AS WORLD LEADERS BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN DENMARK
Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will replace Minister Connie Hedegaard and take the chair as president of the Conference of Parties from the beginning of the High-Level Segment of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, ...
17 Dec 2009 23:28:34 GMT Woman tests positive for H1N1
KANPUR: A case of swine flu was detected in the Industrial City on Wednesday, when one Kaushalaya Singh returned from Jaipur and was tested H1N1 positive at the Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute (SGPGI), Lucknow.
17 Dec 2009 23:28:34 GMT HIV patients easy prey to tuberculosis
KANPUR: Due to lack of co-ordination among various government hospitals in both urban and rural areas, the objective of the district health authorities to detect and identify new tuberculosis patient and to put them on treatment under ...
17 Dec 2009 23:28:33 GMT H1N1: Hospitals to collect swabs
LUDHIANA: To prevent the people in city from panicking, the health department has granted permission to leading hospitals to collect samples for the swine flu test.
17 Dec 2009 23:28:32 GMT Swine flu continues to spread, one more dies
JAIPUR: Swine flu claimed one more life on Tuesday while 60 people in the state were tested positive for the disease during the day. The disease has so far claimed 102 lives and 2,421 people have so far been tested positive for the disease ...
