Nobel Prize goes to Hong Kong scientist
By Alex Lo from South China Morning Post When Charles Kao Kuen first proposed his revolutionary idea about fibre-optic communications more than four decades ago, he was laughed at and ignored. Today, the technology underpins the information superhighway and makes the internet possible. For his pivotal contribution, he became...
Uzbeks earning RM100,000 monthly as prostitutes
The Star, 6 October 2009 Women from other countries are making big bucks in the prostitution trade here but the cops are keeping track of them. Criminal Investiga-tions Department Director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said police considered the fight against prostitution a serious matter and would never let up in their effort...
Norway world’s best place to live, Niger worst
Reuters, 5 October 2009 Norway has retained its status as the world’s most desirable country to live in, according to UN data released today, which ranks sub-Saharan African states afflicted by war and HIV/AIDS as the least attractive places. Data collected prior to the global economic crisis showed people in Norway, Australia...
|
|
|
|
|
- Sheep on Why NRIC is no longer ‘Confidential’?
- Bad Karma on Losing Control
- Super cheese goes black on Losing Control
- Propaganda on Unknown Virus Rampages in China; Hospitals Utterly Overwhelmed
- Fake fake on Losing Control
|