Archive for May, 2009

Liverpool beats Portsmouth 4-1 in Premier League

Fernando Torres scored twice in Liverpool’s 4-1 win over Portsmouth in the Premier League on Monday to keep the team’s hopes alive of qualifying for the Champions League.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Laureate pens Beckham Achilles ode

The poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy explains why she has penned a poem about David Beckham’s Achilles injury
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Obese drinkers face ‘double hit’

Obese women drinking little more than a glass of wine a day have double the risk of liver disease, experts warn.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Thaksin protesters descend on Thai capital

Tens of thousands of supporters of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra streamed through military checkpoints outside the capital Saturday as they headed to a rally aimed at toppling the government.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Thai views

‘We don’t talk politics at home to avoid big fights’
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Tano Batak Day 3: Porsea – Balige – Tarutung

Departing from Kabupaten Asahan, we entered Kabupaten Tapanuli Utara, a region where Batak Toba people originally came from. This region is situated at the centre of the Province of North Sumatra and contains many small “kampung” (huta) which, some of them, were named after the Bataknese family names who resides in the areas. I bring [...]

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Potential of PLTD conversion into PLTP may reach 200 MW

The potential conversion of diesel power plants (PLTD) into small-scale geothermal power plants (PLTP) may reach a capacity of 200 MW, the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) said.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

International Rinjani Mountain Climbing jn July 2010

The International Rinjani Mountain Climbing event in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), is scheduled in July 2010, with more foreign mountain climbers taking part.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

60 ton illegal explosives shipped from Malaysia to Kendari cought

A Riau Islands customs patrol boat caught a sail motor boat KLM Pratama carrying 60 tons of allegedly illegal ammonium nitrate explosives not far from the South China Sea in the small hours of Monday.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Oil and gas producers need 3 years for adjustment

Oil and gas industry will need up to three years to adjust to the new environmental law, upstream regulator BPMigas said.
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009