By Anirban Sarkar – If Kuala Lumpur is a high-tech city, Penang is where nature unfolds itself generously. Penang provides a perfect weekend sojourn. The local people, which, like anywhere else in Malaysia, comprises mainly the Chinese, Indian, Bangladeshi and of course the local Malay population – the son of the soil. If Kuala Lumpur is a state-of-the-art hi-tech city, Penang is a perfect weekend retreat. And to some extent like Oxford or Cambridge, it has a traditional style of construction dotted with rare sky-high swanky buildings. The signature colonial architectures boast of vibrant colours too. We stayed in George... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, February 14th 2011 |
Airline To Fly Delegates From Across The Globe To Premier Clean Energy Industry Event In Abu Dhabi – By Novell Zwange – Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Qatar Airways, the national airline of the State of Qatar, has been named Official Carrier of the 2011 World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi this month. The fourth annual summit, which takes place between 17 – 20 January, is held under the patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and hosted by Masdar –... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, January 8th 2011 |
By Kayode Olatuyi – We Migrant Africans have a lot of catching up to do, either in business or in employment. Whereas many reasons have been adduced for our difficulties – racism et al, the biggest of these challenges is that Migrant Africans are poor (self) marketers! And unless we appreciate and work assiduously to redress this, reaching the top in business or achieving corporate success will remain a tantalising illusion. Every race may have its own share of this problem. It will be correct to say that Africans are the Ivy League of this group. Poor Marketing is the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, December 20th 2010 |
By PETER LEONARD – BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan – Astronauts from the U.S., Russia and Italy blasted off into the darkness early Thursday, casting a warm orange glow over the chilly plains of Kazakhstan with their Soyuz spacecraft as they began a mission to the International Space Station. Russia’s Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman and the European Space Agency’s Paolo Nespoli of Italy rode into space on the Soyuz TMA-20, which plans to dock at the orbiting laboratory on Friday. Family and colleagues of the crew waited nervously before the launch, which kicked off with a piercing white flash succeeded by... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, December 18th 2010 |
By Iftikhar Chaudri – Forty-two journalists were killed around the world this year and Pakistan was the deadliest country of all, a study by the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday. Pakistan led the list of fatalities with eight, followed by Iraq with four and three each in Honduras and Mexico, the New York-based CPJ said. The total number of reporters killed in connection with their profession was much lower than in 2009, when the record figure of 72 worldwide was skewed by a one-off massacre in the Philippines. In addition to the 42 known to have been killed... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, December 16th 2010 |
