Transport groups to hold strike; govt ready By Nora O. Gamolo, Senior Desk Editor and Ruben D. Manahan 4TH and James Konstantin Galvez, Reporters | Transport groups led by the 200,000-member Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nati... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)The Manila Times
Grief is compounded by desperation | BURMA'S great Irrawaddy river runs flat and muddy. It twines and forks through kilometres of rich delta and has always given nurture and good fortune to the people of southern Burma. | But in the wa... (photo: US Marine Corp / Ezekiel R. Kitandwe)The Australian
Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland | CHINA'S fast-growing farm corporations may be the next wave of Chinese investors in Australia, joining their already influential mining comrades. | China's Agriculture Ministry is developing a polic... (photo: WN)The Australian AgriculturalAustraliaChinaEconomyPhotos
It's time for an aid intervention | WHAT are we waiting for? Where now is liberal interventionism? | More than 100,000 people are dead after a cyclone in the Irrawaddy Delta and the UN has declared that up to 2 million people, deprive... (photo: U.S. Department of State / )The Australian AidBurmaMillionPhotosUN
Foodie paradise found: Penang PENANG, Malaysia - There's fresh crab, live from the tank, and bowls of miniature clams ready to pop out of their shells for sauteing in a spicy sauce with garlic and lim... (photo: Creative Commons / nourtarek)Orlando Sentinel FoodMalaysiaPenangPhotosTourism
Johnson: Spoiled by cheap food | High food prices are killing people - literally. At least five people died in Somalia last week when violent protests erupted over rising food prices and a collapsing c... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)Knox News FoodKillingPhotosPricesSomalia