Former Pakistan pace bowler Wasim Akram has tipped England bowler James Anderson to reach 450 Test wickets, who currently needs only six more wickets to pass Bob Willis to become England's second-highest Test wicket-taker. According to The Daily Star, Anderson is near Ian Botham's record tally of 383 and with his control of swing, both ways at pace, Akram expects the Lancashire bowler to reach ...
Singapore from Bilingualism to Biculturalism
Singapore's bilingual policy has been the cornerstone of its development "from third world to first." However, as global power shifts from the West to Asia, especially with regards to China, it may be time for Singapore to upgrade its bilingual policy to biculturalism. Singapore's bilingualism refers to the use of English and one of the three commonly heard ethnic languages, ...
Terror Warning Closes More Than 20 US Diplomatic Missions
Most of those diplomatic missions are in the Muslim world, where Sunday is a regular business day, including embassies in Iraq, Libya and Yemen. U.S. officials say the closures could be extended after an evaluation. The move came as the U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert to American citizens. The alert said the potential for terrorist attacks is strong in the Middle East and ...
Cameroon Researchers Develop New Rice Variety
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON -- Its 7am at the Yaounde city hall. The 2013 edition of the National Science and Innovation Expo has just opened. A man is making an announcement over the public address system. Government officials, scientists, and a curious public are all here to discover the work of the country?s top researchers. There is much to see: pest resistant cocoa, a beverage made from oil ...
UN Food Expert Asks Malawi to Reconsider Farm Subsidies
BLANTYRE, MALAWI -- In Malawi, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food has asked the government to reassess its agriculture priorities and to increase support for many underfunded programs. The call from Olivier De Schutter came at the end of his recent eleven day trip to the country to assess food availability. He said Malawi?s Farm Input Subsidy Program, or FISP, is not ...
Private Company Brings Fresh Water to Kenya Community
KISUMU, KENYA -- The engine from the Nyamasaria Water Works is pumping muddy water from the Kibos River. It will be purified and stored until delivery to over 30,000 customers in the peri-urban district of Kisumu East. The company produces an average of 80,000 liters of water per day. Access to clean and safe drinking water has been a scarce commodity to most people in Kisumu, Kenya, despite ...
GOP Democrats Support Closing US Embassies
U.S. lawmakers and former high-ranking officials say the closing of more than 20 American embassies and consulates and the issuance of a global travel alert are both extraordinary and appropriate responses to credible terrorist threats. Republican lawmakers are often critical of President Barack Obama?s decisions. Not so when it comes to current embassy closings and a global travel ...
South Africa clinch T20 series with win over Sri Lanka
South African bowler David Wiese, second right, celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka batsman Angelo Mathews, left, with Faf du Plessis during yesterday's second Twenty20 match in Hambantota. Sanka Gayashan / AP ...
Pakistan where religion takes a bite out of your paycheck
Pakistan -- Living in an "Islamic Republic," I shouldn't expect there to be a separation of religion and government. But when I run up against religiously imposed rules, I'm consistently shocked, anyway. For example, it was only at the beginning of Ramadan this year that I learned it's illegal for any establishment to serve food during the holiday while the sun is in ...
Canadian mission in Dhaka closes Sunday amid global travel alert
OTTAWA -- Canada announced it was closing its embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday, tightening security amid a widespread terrorism and travel alert triggered by the U.S. A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said on Saturday the closure is a security precaution. "We take the safety and security of our personnel and our missions overseas very seriously," said ...
Low-powered explosive goes off at Buddhist temple in Indonesian capital 1 injured
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A low-powered explosive detonated at a Buddhist temple in Indonesia's capital as devotees inside were praying, injuring one person while another bomb that was set failed to go off, police said Sunday. The explosion happened Sunday night at the Ekayana Grha Buddhist temple in West Jakarta, chief of National Police Detective Lt. Gen. Sutarman told reporters. The bombs ...
2nd Annual Gay Pride Parade Held in Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA -- On Saturday, August 3, Uganda?s homosexual community stepped out of the shadows in red wigs and glittering stilettos. The country?s second gay pride parade, held on a sandy beach in Entebbe, drew over a hundred people eager to tell the world that they are out, they are proud and they are not afraid to show ...
Europe Presses Ukraine Leader on Tymoshenko Deal
People pass by a poster of Ukraine's imprisoned former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko at a tent camp of her supporters in central Kyiv, Ukraine, in this April 30, 2013, file photo. The text on top reads: "No to political ...
Bomb rocks Buddhist temple in Indonesia injures one
A TV screenshot shows police seal off Ekayana Buddhist temple in West Jakarta after a low explosive bomb go off on Sunday night, injuring one devotee.-- PHOTO: Wahyudi ...
Clouds of doubt over Worachais amnesty bill
THE FUTURE of the amnesty bill proposed by a group of government MPs appears to be gloomy, especially since it was linked to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and seen as providing him an opportunity to return ...
Tests conducted on seafood from areas near oil spill
A PUBLIC Health Ministry inspection of seafood collected from areas near Ban Phe on the coast in Rayong - near sites hit by a crude oil spill in the Gulf - has found no mercury or heavy metal in excess of safe levels. Tests had been done on urine samples from 252 of 1,522 people exposed to oil during the ongoing cleanup on Ao Phrao beach on Koh Samet, but no irregularities had been found, ...
Massacre at Mandalay Palace
Visitors to Mandalay Palace who have read about the tragic events that took place there during the first year of King Thibaw's reign in the late 19th century will probably come away with a mixed feeling of satisfaction and sadness. Sadness because so many members of the royal family were killed here. Satisfaction because Thibaw's reign of terror was cut short by the British, who also ...
TV hopefuls join test for Nation Digital TV
Adisak Limprungpatanakij, president of Nation Broadcasting Corp, said the applicants varied from new graduates and technicians to those with backstage experience. They were vying for positions as news anchors, programme hosts, news reporters, photographers, creatives, producers, graphic designers and marketing officers. Everyone appearing on the TV screen is required to take a writing test ...
In electing new president Pakistan takes another key democratic step
Mamnoon Hussain, a leader of the ruling party, will succeed President Zardari. The vote follows May's historic transfer of power from one civilian government to the ...
Canada changes course and closes Dhaka embassy
Canada Sunday closed its embassy in Bangladesh, joining the United States and other Western nations bracing for a possible terrorist attack. Canadian Foreign Affairs alerted its citizens in Bangladesh that the Dhaka facility would be shut down and provided a telephone number for assistance. Canada earlier had not opted to follow the lead of the Unites States, Britain and Germany in closing ...
Why is Obama meeting the president of Vietnam
Joint Statement of Human Rights Organizations Regarding the Upcoming Meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan ...
Sudan President Blocked from Saudi Air Space
Sudan says Saudi Arabia blocked the plane of President Omar al-Bashir from entering its airspace Sunday as he tried to fly to Iran. Sudan's state news agency reports that Bashir's plane was forced to turn around in mid-air and go back to Khartoum after Saudi aviation officials denied it permission to cross over Saudi territory. The report says Bashir, flying in a Saudi-chartered ...
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