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Penny Wong
Australia's first Asian-born woman in Parliament leads the country in talks about Climate Change.
Born of a Malaysian father and Australian mother, Penny Wong moved to Australia at the age of eight after her parents divorced. There she gained an interest in politics, and later earned her law degree.
Feeding the hungry giant (Part 2 of 2)
How will China, a nation with 22% of the world’s population but with only 9% of the world’s arable land, continue to feed her people?
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Northbound migratory mosquitoes
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Mosquitoes and the diseases they harbour aren't the only ones making the move northwards. Something similar is happening with the phlebotominae, known commonly as the sand fly. These flies normally feed on the blood of bats and inhabit the caves of South America. They are the primary vectors of leishmaniasis, or sand fly fever, a disease typical of the world's tropical areas.
Less oil for your car, more bang for your buck
John Taylor has several impressive world records under his belt. His latest one is one he created with his wife, Helen. Together, they set a new World Record for fuel efficiency in 2006.
Find out how to cut fuel usage by at least 10% so drivers have less money going into the fuel tanks and more into their pockets.
Around the world in 78 days in a Volkswagen Golf FSI 1.6
Billionaire blossoms
Yang Huiyan of Country Garden Holdings Co. has supplanted the "wastepaper queen" as the richest woman in China.
Wasn’t it only a few months ago that Zhang Yin, founder of China’s largest paper recycling firm, was named the richest woman in the country? Well, she has now been replaced.
Have money, will travel to space
China's first space tourist will be Jason Jiang Nanchun of Focus Media, if the rumours can be believed.
In 2008, some 50 million Chinese will travel outside their country and visit other parts of Earth for pleasure. And one man will leave Earth and go into space.
The identity of China's first space tourist has become a matter of speculation in China's business circles. So far it is known that it is a man under 40, from the southern Zhejiang province, who is unmarried and deals in electronics. Also his surname is Jiang.
Musk deer
It's been a day of nerves, physique and emotions. Beginning at 0730, Mukhiya and I ascended Gangapurna in search of Blue sheep and the elusive musk deer. On the way up the peak, just before passing the ridge over Gangapurna Lake, Mukhiya stops to ask a woodcutter if he's seen any musk deer (because he's so confident about finding Blue sheep he doesn't even ask about those!) And the answer is positive: a musk deer crossed the trail right around the "big rock".
The convenient fallacy
The world basks in the after-glow of another series of Live Earth concerts preaching the environmental cause. How much credit goes to its high priest, "Do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do" energy guzzler Al Gore?
When Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year and was later listed as one of the Top 10 Ethical Heroes of 2007 by UK magazine Ethical Consumer, stories began circulating that the laureate lives his life in hypocrisy.
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Another Point
An imaginary factual blog of General David Petraeus, Commander, United States Central Command