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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Singapore Students Donate Computers To 10 Laotian Primary SchoolsNgee Ann City, Singapore - Students at a Singapore polytechnic have donated 85 desktop computers and 15 laptops to 10 primary schools in Laos, educational officials said on Monday. |
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Singapore plans free wireless InternetSingapore - Singapore's government said it plans to cover most of the island with public wireless Internet access by next year and offer nearly 10,000 subsidized computers to low-income students to offer digital opportunities to all its citizens. |
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Endangered turtles dodge food potsSingapore - Singapore authorities have rescued 630 endangered turtles smuggled from Indonesia and destined for cooking pots, a wildlife trafficking watchdog and the government said on Wednesday. |
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Singapore firm produces biodegradable, compostable bagsSingapore - The bags that you use to carry your groceries home from the supermarket can soon be used to fertilise your plants. |
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As oil prices rise, Asia sees sense in going greenSingapore - For energy-hungry Asian governments, the answer could literally be blowing in the wind. |
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Downpours aid battle against Indonesia firesSingapore - Heavy rains over the weekend provided what officials said Sunday could be the decisive blow in a three-nation battle to extinguish forest fires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. |
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Scientists develop pee-powered batterySingapore - Scientists have developed a way to turn pee into electricity. And there's plenty were that came from, they point out. |
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news from Southeast Asia
- Rare leatherback turtles return to Malaysia
- Popular UN-backed Internet word game feeds Myanmar’s cyclone victims
- UN agency to resume aid flights into Myanmar
- Endangered bears find refuge in new Vietnam center
- First Lungless Frog Found
- Rare water birds recovering in Cambodia
- Saved by trivia text service
- New bird discovered in Indonesia
- Secretary Rice Honors International Women of Courage
- Rare Sandpipers Found in Myanmar
