02 Dec 2009 22:02:21 GMT S’pore to host World Cities Summit in 2011
SINGAPORE — Singapore will host the second World Cities Summit next year from June 28 to 30, with the theme being “Liveable and Sustainable Cities for the Futureâ€.
02 Dec 2009 22:01:45 GMT Building up a storm
A MAJOR storm descended upon Singapore on Monday, whirling from Swissotel The Stamford through to Plaza Singapura and finally settling on Vivo City Golden Village cinema. Yes, everyone was screaming for more Cloud and Wind, or should we say ...
02 Dec 2009 21:54:24 GMT Caribbean chafes at climate, tax havens 'raw deal' * Caribbean calls tax haven "grey list" discriminatory
* States say tourism will suffer from "unfair" UK air tax
* Tourism, finance are pillars of Caribbean economies
* Both ...
02 Dec 2009 21:53:38 GMT Hungary PM backs U.S. war plan for Afghanistan (Adds quotes from news conference)
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said on Wednesday he supported President Barack Obama's war strategy for Afghanistan and the ...
02 Dec 2009 21:51:11 GMT Israel cautions EU on East Jerusalem
DUBAI: Israel has cautioned the European Union (EU) that its intention to formally back East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state will be counterproductive and undermine its mediatory role in resolving the Israel-Palestine ...
02 Dec 2009 21:51:11 GMT Suicide bomb kills NWFP legislator
ISLAMABAD: A member of the NWFP Provincial Assembly was killed in an apparent targeted suicide attack in Swat on Tuesday, underscoring the continuing Taliban threat in an area that the Pakistan Army wrested from the militants earlier this ...
02 Dec 2009 21:51:10 GMT Tackling HIV a high priority for government, says Sonia Gandhi
Red Ribbon Express Phase-II flagged off to mark AIDS Day
NEW DELHI: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation chairperson Sonia Gandhi flagged off the Red Ribbon Express Phase-II from the Safdarjung station here to mark World AIDS Day on Tuesday.
02 Dec 2009 21:51:10 GMT “AIDS Bill brooks no further delayâ€
NEW DELHI: Taking up the cause of HIV/AIDS victims, members of the Lok Sabha on Tuesday pledged to re-dedicate themselves to creating awareness of the disease and taking concrete steps to check and eventually eradicate it.
02 Dec 2009 21:51:08 GMT Chiru for exclusive ministry to tackle AIDS
HYDERABAD: Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi on Tuesday asked the government to carve out a separate ministry exclusively to tackle HIV/AIDS that he described as an epidemic.
02 Dec 2009 21:51:07 GMT Link ART centres planned for people living with HIV/AIDS
CHENNAI: In order to make treatment more accessible to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA), 46 link anti retroviral therapy (ART) centres will be set up in the State.
