May 24 2010
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives somewhat controversially took out the coveted Palme d’Or award at the recent Cannes Film Festival, the first director from Thailand to do so. Entering the...
Mar 23 2010
Aung San Suu Kyi is against registering her opposition party for Myanmar’s upcoming elections because the ruling junta’s restrictions on the vote are “unjust,” her lawyer said Tuesday. Suu Kyi was quoted as saying she would...
Feb 27 2010
Thailand’s Supreme Court on Friday confiscated $1.4 billion in frozen assets from the nation’s fugitive former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, after finding him guilty of illegally concealing his ownership of a family company and abusing his...
Oct 18 2008
Abu Dhabi has taken a 20% stake in the London Array - the £3bn project to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm in the Thames estuary.Masdar, part of Abu Dhabi’s multibillion-pound drive to develop green energy technologies, is...
Jul 13 2008
Guests at an Israeli wedding hall can now insert a credit card into a machine at its entrance, tap in a sum and leave a gift for the bride and groom.
Jul 7 2008
A third of Australian women admitted to have slept with six or more men by the age of 25 in a national survey.
Jul 4 2008
China has decided to ban the entry of scantily attired bar maids at this years Olympics in Beijing.
Jul 1 2008
Health experts suggest drinking plenty of fluids during exercise to help avoid dehydration but according to new study, too much water can be very dangerous.