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Significant Findings About Protein Architecture May Aid in Drug Design, Generation of Nanomaterials
Researchers in Singapore are reporting this week that they have gleaned key insights into the architecture of a protein that controls iron levels in almost all organisms. Their study culminated in one of the first successful attempts to take apart a complex...
Kenyan Premier Concludes Singapore Tour
Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga concluded his official visit to Singapore with firm commitments for increased participation by Singaporean experts in Kenya’s economic and technical development. In a technical agreement signed during the Premiers...
Iranian President Says Barack Obama is Unable to Change White House Policy Concerning Iran
The Fars news agency has reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Barack Obama is not able to change the established White House policy towards the Islamic republic. “Obama is not able to introduce any substantial changes to the...Illegal Ivory Trade Shows Steep Rise in 2009
The illicit trade in ivory, which has been increasing in volume since 2004, moved sharply upward in 2009, according to the latest analysis of seizure data in the Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS).
China Tells the United States to Stop Supporting the Dalai Lama
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that China has urged the U.S. to stop supporting the Dalai Lama and to show support for its territorial integrity. “We have repeatedly said that China vigorously opposes the Dalai Lama meeting with any...
18 Members of the Chagos Refugee Group Leave Mauritius to Lay Wreaths on the Tombs of Their Ancestors
Eighteen members of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) are leaving Mauritius this Tuesday to lay wreaths on the tombs of their ancestors in the Chagos Archipelago at 1920km north of Mauritius. CRG President Olivier Bancoult said on Tuesday that the ceremony...
Zimbabwe Proposing to Ban Import of Second-hand Vehicles
President Robert Mugabe has said that Zimbabwe’s coalition government is working on a proposal to ban imports of second-hand vehicles as part of measures to reduce the carnage on the country’s roads. Mugabe said his government was concerned about...When Liguistic Subtlety May Matter
When I lived in Singapore, I had a Singaporean neighbor who never said very much; but, when he did have something to say, it stuck with me. That was the case when he dropped a comment about the decision to adopt English as the “official government...
