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It's for the mangroves.' | As always, Jurgenne Primavera thought about her advocacy first before her achievements. | The reti... (photo: GFDL ) Inquirer Ecosystem   Environment   Philippines   Photos   Scientist   Intel formally launches ‘Atom’ in RP Chip giant Intel Corporation announced recently the local availability of the Intel Atom processors, formerly codenamed "Diamondville" being positioned by the company as ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Manila Bulletin Company   Computer   Industry   Internet   Photos   Strong laptop sales continue to push Dell’s business up A re-engineered Latitude business laptop lineup that answers a wide range of user profiles is expected to push the sales of Dell in the coming months. | Already signs ind... (photo: WN / Geeta) Manila Bulletin Business   Laptop   Philippines   Photos   Sales   UN to mobilize Pinoys vs poverty THE United Nations office in the Philippines will mobilize at least 15 million Filipinos from October 17- 19 through the Stand Up, Take Action Against Poverty campaign to... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba) Journal Online Campaign   Filipino   Photos   Poverty   World   Toxic dragon fruit imports distributed | A shipment of dragon fruit imported from Vietnam earlier this month had been found to contain pesticide residues, but about 18,000kg of the tainted fruit has already be... (photo: WN / deniseyong) Taipei Times Dragon   Fruit   Import   Photos   Toxic   13 Manila schools tie up to study Pasig River pollution | A consortium of 13 colleges and universities will work together to conduct a study assessing the pollution levels in Metro Manila's main waterway, the Pasig River. | Th... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo ) The Philippine Star Environment   People   Photos   Pollution   Society   Gilchrist enters fray: If we're such bad sports why do we offer to accept fielder's word? | ADAM GILCHRIST has a quick, factal retort to anyone who questions the sportsmanship of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, or that of his teammates. | In 15 Test series, ... (photo: AP / Gautam Singh) Canberra Times Australia   Cricket   India   Photos   Sports   Sydney   Any of five cars can win | The Bathurst 1000 is a special race at a magical place. | The flavours have been reduced to two, the grid from 60-odd to fewer than 30, but the intensity of the V8 supe... (photo: Creative Commons / Edwin van Nes) Canberra Times Car   F1   Photos   Race   Sports   Afghan president reshuffles cabinet | : Under pressure from the United States and its coalition partners to shake up his government and curb high-level corruption, President Hamid Karzai named as his interi... (photo: USAF/Senior Airman Bethann Hunt) International Herald Tribune Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   S Asia   War   Bush, allies pledge joint action on global crisis | JENNIFER LOVEN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - President Bush and foreign financial officials displayed joint resolve Saturday to combat the... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)) Philadelphia Daily News Bush   Economy   Finance   Photos   Washington   Hamilton takes pole for Japan GP OMAYA, Japan (AP) -McLaren's Lewis Hamilton tightened his grip on the Formula One title Saturday, claiming the pole position for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix. | Th... (photo: AP/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) AOL Championship   Japan   Photos   Racing   Sport   Points leader Hamilton grabs pole for Japanese GP; Raikkonen second | OYAMA, Japan -- For a driver whose motivation has been questioned this year, and whose season is all but over, reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen will be in an unfa... (photo: GNU) CBS SportsLine Hamilton   Japan   Leader   Photos   World   Supporters of Thai government rally near Bangkok | The United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship is the rival of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy, which has occupied the grounds of the prime mini... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu) The Press Democrat Democracy   Government   Leader   Photos   Thailand   Supporters of Thai government rally as anti-government group slams army commander | BANGKOK, Thailand - Thousands of supporters of Thailand's ruling coalition gathered Saturday on the outskirts of Bangkok in a show of strength, two days ahead of a plan... (photo: AP / Ed Wray) Star Tribune Asia   Bangkok   Commander   Photos   Politics   Thailand   Pill to prevent cancer | SCIENTISTS are developing a daily pill, using vitamin E derived from palm oil, that they say could prevent breast cancer in at-risk women. | The natural antioxidant cou... (photo: WN / deniseyong) Sydney Morning Herald Disease   Health   Photos   Science   Society   Greens decry food label laws | CHINA'S melamine poisoning crisis, blamed for the deaths of four babies and illness in 54,000 others, has highlighted Australia's lax food labelling laws, Greens MLC Jo... (photo: WN) Sydney Morning Herald Food   Market   News   Photos   Society   Boys' schools break barriers: single-sex success story | BOYS will be boys and single-sex schools can help break down sexism. | This will be the message delivered by visiting US education expert Dr Leonard Sax in his keynote ... (photo: Creative Commons / David Shankbone) Sydney Morning Herald Conference   Education   Photos   School   Sex   Home beautiful | When Nicole Kidman stepped off a plane in Kununurra - the remote town of Western Australia that had been chosen as a key location for Australia - the Hollywood star was... (photo: AMPAS) Sydney Morning Herald Actress   Australia   Hollywood   Photos   Star   Tainted China water sickens 450 | About 450 people have fallen ill in southern China after drinking contaminated water, the Xinhua state news agency says. | Four of the sick, in two villages in Guangxi ... (photo: creative commons / ) BBC News China   Health   People   Photos   Water   North Korea set to come off U.S. blacklist | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to announce on Saturday that it will take North Korea off its terrorism blacklist in a bid to salvage denuclearization ta... 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