Saturday 4th July, 2009
Vietnam to destroy 30,000 sex-selection books
BreitbartVietnam, concerned that too many boys are being born, will destroy more than 30,000 copies of books instructing couples on how to have a baby of their desired sex, state-linked media said Friday. The...
Put a little spice in your box
General... especially in curries. The seeds are used both as a spice and in herbal remedies. Fenugreek seeds taste somewhat like maple syrup and an extract was often added to bad-tasting liquid medicines.
Excavation throws up earliest evidence of rice cultivation
Vietnam News.NetExcavation of an ancient Vietnamese site has thrown up the earliest evidence of rice cultivation, while shedding new light on how the death of young children was viewed by community members.
Day Tour; Common touch sets imperial couple apart
General... more than five decades after his first-ever overseas trip there as a teenage prince in 1953. The 75-year-old monarch and his wife, Empress Michiko are scheduled to leave here on Yahoo Daily News"...
Excavation at 3000 yr old Vietnam site reveals ancient child deaths
Vietnam News.Net... years old has shed new light on how the death of young children was viewed by community members and uncovered the oldest clear evidence of rice agriculture in the region.
Foreigners Net Buyers Of VND20 Billion Vietnam Shares Friday
Morning StarVolume traded totaled 26.1 million shares, with foreigners accounting for 8.2% of that volume, the stock market operator said. In the month to date, foreign investors have been net buyers...
Vietnam seizes gender books to fight sex imbalance
The StarVietnam's government has seized scores of locally published books on how to choose a baby's gender as it faces a problem of boys outnumbering girls. State newspapers said on...
Vietnam students seek help from ancient tortoise
BreitbartThe procession of young people continues all afternoon in the muggy heat, and so does the message from Phan Bich Hong's megaphone. "Please don't touch the head of the tortoise!" Hong, 20, calls. She...
Vietnam cuts list of death penalty crimes
Earth TimesHanoi - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet has promulgated a new law removing death sentences for eight crimes, state media reported Friday. The state-run Viet Nam News said the new law took...
Vietnam sees alarming rise in boy births vs girls
General... preference for boys who can "continue the bloodline." He added that the belief that boys can better care for parents as they age has exacerbated the Star Tribune"...
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and deputy Jusuf Kalla in one last uneasy dance before election day
General... campaign ahead of voting on Three presidential-vice presidential teams are running: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his deputy, former...
Air India, IA junior staff salaries deferred again
General... although the decision hasn’t been officially communicated to the employees yet. The carriers had earlier deferred to pay salary to all its executives to after but relented to pay junior...
TOP ARTICLE | Courting The Dragon
General... having just survived a civil some major economic challenges. But the following century told a different story about the United States - and that story became known as the World Security Network"...
Catfish war between U.S. and Vietnam heats up
General... is something else: a cheap variety that's usurping the humble catfish's place on Americans' tables and threatening their livelihoods. So after years of arguing that the Vietnamese fish isn't catfish...
PREVIEW - Italian quake town dramatises G8 summit challenges
General... takes to the world stage by announcing the programme for this year's G8 summit. Mr Berlusconi will say that the economic crisis and the need for...
Vietnamese official says the country is seeing an alarming r
General... ratio that has been rapidly increasing in recent years, an official said Thursday. Duong Quoc Trong, deputy director general of the General Office...
Vietnam sentences poachers for killing rare ape
Earth TimesHanoi - A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced two men to prison for killing two endangered black-shanked douc apes, a local official said Friday. "I am not happy when I hear someone is put into...
'Free fuel price, cap subsidy on cooking gas'
General... gas to domestic consumers to 6-8 cylinders per The Times of India", "http://article.wn.com/view/2009/07/02/Decontrol_petrol_diesel_prices_Economic_Survey/"...
Bad to worse for migrant workers in Asia
General... local people as maids to reduce dependence on foreign workers has failed due to poor pay, it has been reported. The government last year launched a course to create "home managers" who were...
Migrant fishermen fall through cracks in Thailand traffickin
General... taken on Sept. 1, 2008. (Heng Sinith/Associated Press) Robert Petit said in a statement that his resignation will become effective Sept. 1, three years after he joined the United Nations-backed CBC"...
Once champion, NCW clams up on gay verdict
GeneralGay activists and the NGO which fought eight-year-long legal battle for their rights on Thursday hailed the Delhi High verdict legalising homosexuality as "progressive". "Now it seems we are in...
Gay count varies from 2% to 13% of population
GeneralCaroline Sykora Related Articles Gay stereotypes Lesbian Tribe | A perspective from the fringe Gender roles and the importance of a good haircut Bi is Beautiful: A Review Of “Look Both Ways:...
UNAIDS hails Indian court decision decriminalizing homosexua
General... that criminalizes adult homosexual relations. It said such laws drive the problem of HIV underground and hamper efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS from spreading in the societies where they exist. UNAIDS...
Water supply on alternate days in city from today
General... cut for Pune, beginning Wednesday. A 20 per cent cut has already been in force in the city since which will be increased by 10 per cent. Avinash Surve, superintending engineer of the Pune...
Hawaii without US LPGA Tour events in 2010
General... has bid aloha to the for now. The number of LPGA Tour events have dwindled from a record three in 2008 to one this season and none scheduled for next year as corporate sponsors...
Trade fair market in Asia grows by 8.7% in 2008
GeneralAgents (Matta) Fair in Penang have a lot to look forward to. Besides great bargains for both domestic and international destinations, there will be lots of goodie bags...
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