Darfur needs $6bn for economic recovery, says top official
Kidnapped Chinese workers in South Sudan freed
Tensions between Vietnam, China escalate
Karzai faces a rough ride from Western backers
Global lawyers' group brands Vietnam arrest 'arbitrary'
Disasters raise new tests for telecoms
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Oil prices topped 81 dollars a barrel for the first time on Tuesday, setting another record high amid fears of critically tight supplies for the winter season in the United States. Opec's announcement last week that it would pump an extra 500 000 barrels per day from November has failed to stop the surge in price.
The days of cursing the passenger in front of you could be over. On the world's biggest airliner, the Airbus A380, it is the little things that will make travel more comfortable for ordinary flyers, said Tom Ballantyne, senior correspondent for the industry publication Orient Aviation.
The front door of the seaside Hotel Monroe is padlocked but a uniformed soldier greets visitors who enter through the back. "Do you want to rent a room?" he asks from behind his desk. Forget it. The high-rise hotel has been closed "since the aggression" by Israel last month and there is no sign of when it will reopen, says the soldier who was not authorised to speak and did not give his name.
Kerzner International's bid for a Singapore casino licence will proceed despite the death in a helicopter crash of the firm's chief executive officer, the company said on Thursday. "The company is fully committed to continuing its bid for the integrated resort in Sentosa," Kerzner said in a statement after the death of Butch Kerzner (42).
The economic recovery of Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur needs about $6-billion, a top official has said, appealing for international support.
Vietnam has announced it will hold a naval drill next week in the South China Sea as an escalating maritime dispute fuels tensions with Beijing.
Oil prices topped 81 dollars a barrel for the first time on Tuesday, setting another record high amid fears of critically tight supplies for the winter season in the United States. Opec's announcement last week that it would pump an extra 500 000 barrels per day from November has failed to stop the surge in price.
The days of cursing the passenger in front of you could be over. On the world's biggest airliner, the Airbus A380, it is the little things that will make travel more comfortable for ordinary flyers, said Tom Ballantyne, senior correspondent for the industry publication Orient Aviation.
