Bird flu spreads to urban Bangladesh, officials say

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Reuters 6 Feb 08; DHAKA (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka and to the port city Chittagong despite efforts by ...

Kashmir Pashmina goats face death in icy Himalayas

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Reuters 6 Feb 08; SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Thousands of goats that provide fine wool for Kashmir's famous Pashmina shawls are facing...

Singapore: One more chikungunya case reported

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Channel NewsAsia 6 Feb 08; SINGAPORE : The number of chikungunya cases in Singapore has gone up by one more to 13. According to the Nationa...

Culture in peril as satellite TV comes to Borneo's Penan

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M. Jegathesan Yahoo News 6 Feb 08; As the roar of heavy chainsaws echoes in the distance, 54-year-old Ajang Kiew, once a nomadic Penan trib...

Best of our wild blogs: 6 Feb 08

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Another dolphin sighting! at Pulau Semakau on the ashira blog Massive reclamation off Labrador: photos! by joseph lai on the flying fish fri...

Singapore hawkers at wet markets say business has dropped by 20%

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Channel NewsAsia 5 Feb 08; SINGAPORE: Some hawkers at wet markets are complaining that business has dropped by some 20 percent as customers...

Chikungunya: 340 Little India shopowners told to remove roof gutters

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Lee Hui Chieh, Straits Times 6 Feb 08; 180 have already complied; eight fined for non-compliance; rest ask for more time THE battle against...

Jakarta governor told to tackle floods

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Salim Osman, Straits Times 6 Feb 08; Indonesian President promises central govt help in curbing the annual problem Even if there was no rai...

Millions in China to greet CNY without power

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Business Times 6 Feb 08; Whole cities have had power and water cut for over a week (KAILI, China) Trains and planes are starting to return ...

Malaysian palm oil prices hit record high on supply woes

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Business Times 6 Feb 08; (KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysian crude palm oil prices surged to a record high of RM3,458 (S$1,515) a tonne yesterday afte...

Olympic-size skating rink in Jurong by 2009

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Current ice rink to undergo $7m to $8m overhaul Joyce Teo, Straits Times 6 Feb 08; SINGAPORE is to get its first Olympic-size ice skating r...

CDL luxury development garners green award

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Business Times 6 Feb 08; CITY Developments Limited (CDL) was yesterday conferred the Green Mark Platinum award by the Building and Construc...