Singapore: two more probable cases of Chikungunya fever detected

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Channel NewsAsia 18 Jan 08; SINGAPORE : Two more persons have been reported to be down with Chikungunya fever. Both men have been sent to i...

Trees dying in Bangladesh tiger refuge

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Reuters 18 Jan 08; KHULNA, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A species of tree that gave its name to Bangladesh's Sundarbans, home to the Royal Be...

Singapore Lunar New Year dinner prices set to rise by at least 10%

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Channel NewsAsia 18 Jan 08; SINGAPORE: Be prepared to dig a little deeper into your pockets this Lunar New Year. Prices for restaurant dinn...

PUB awards contract for NEWater plant at Changi to Sembcorp

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Channel NewsAsia 18 Jan 08; With the addition of this new plant, NEWater will meet 30 per cent of Singapore's current water needs by 20...

Best of our wild blogs: 18 Jan 08

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Talk on the Living Shores of Singapore reaching out to 450 people at NUS on the wonderful creations blog Chek Jawa: Death and Life in 2007 o...

U.S. federal agency: Kill sea lions to protect salmon

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Joseph B. Frazier, Associated Press Yahoo News 18 Jan 08; A federal agency recommended killing about 30 sea lions a year at a Columbia Rive...

Singapore: Six workers become first to get chikungunya disease

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Lee Hui Chieh, Straits Times 18 Jan 08; SIX people have become the first to catch a mosquito-borne, dengue-like illness here. Concerned tha...

Strong demand expected for CNG cars

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Christopher Tan, Straits Times 18 Jan 08; Dealers gear up for sales with 2 new CNG stations set to open; they also plan to introduce cars t...

Miles to go before Singapore's transport is world-class

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Matthew Phan, Business Times 18 Jan 08; Reach of subway track per square kilometre is too low, study claims Singapore's garden city con...

Singapore's traffic woes are minor: US don

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Urban planning specialist says local policies have kept roads here flowing and gridlock-free Maria Almenoar, Straits Times 18 Jan 08; MOTOR...

NParks searching for tree in crash

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Tracy Sua, Straits Times 18 Jan 08; A DAY after a 2m branch crashed straight through a woman's windscreen as she drove along Bedok Sou...

Starfish Swarm Devouring Corals in Indonesia

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Dave Hansford, National Geographic News 17 Jan 08; "Reefs can cope with periodic disturbances if they are healthy. If they've got ...