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On Saturday, September 20, 2008, Islamabad witnessed one of the most horrific suicide attacks in Pakistan’s history, which targeted the Marriott hotel less than 2 kms away from the Parliament, the Presidency and the Prime minister’s house.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include ‘Friendly’ bacteria protect from diabetes, Downward dog, When humans control fire, Survival strategies, Cortisone shakes up channels, Watching protein structures move in nanoseconds and Fish fingers point to origin of digits and All of p53

Singapore To Promote Maritime R&D Innovation Through a S$3.4 million Collaboration Between Maritime Port Authority And A*STAR’S Institute Of High Performance Computing - pictures attached

In a press conference held today, Universiti Sains Malaysia archaeologists announced their latest finding from the prehistoric cemetery recently discovered in Sarawak, Malaysia. The remains prove the existence of humans in the area between 2000-3000 years ago - pictures attached.

Interview with Toshi Shioya Actor, film director, producer, acting trainer and President of WILL Do Co. Ltd.

Prof. Itoh's laboratory focuses on quantum computers that use atoms for calculation. Inviting researchers from around the world, everyone aims at positively getting out of stereotypes in their research and everyday life.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Extremely warm year suppresses plants’ carbon dioxide uptake in the long term, Feature shared by two black hole counterparts, New approach for leukaemia treatment?, Colloids borrow a trick or two from DNA structure

Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature and Nature journals: Neuroscience: Deaf people learn new speech patterns, The tuberculosis bacterium’s stealthy ways, Susceptibility to bladder cancer, Dual gating in one motion,Risk factor for common kidney disease and A new take on tooth evolution

Health experts of PolyU who have rendered their quality services to members of the China's national sports teams in preparation of the Beijing Olympics were thanked and praised.

This book is about the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia.

Currently, more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water and more than 2 billion people lack proper sanitation. This book systematically and comprehensively analyses the legal development of the concept of water as a human right.

Literatures on sales promotion mainly concentrates on the US market and non-export products; with focus on the providers, not the customers. A study at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak looks into the relationship between various sales promotion techniques and customers purchase satisfaction to come up with an Asian perspective of sales promotions.

Theatre which is expressed through the bodies of people themselves is an animate being (raw and alive). No trace is left after a performance. Theatre is a once in a lifetime experience that remains only in the memories of the audience.

Do small developing economies, or SDEs, need a specific competition policy to create competitive markets? This book discusses political, legal, economic, financial, cultural, and organizational issues and provides unique perspectives on competition policy and economic development.

This book demonstrates the importance of true and fair competition to sustainable development and an effective marketplace, touching on issues of globalization, consumer welfare, cartels and monopolies, and trade liberalization.

This book describes the 3-year-long “L-20” project, whose objective was to develop a method of breaking the political deadlocks that too often prevent progress on critical global issues. The proposed L-20 would include leaders from the existing G-8 countries and key regional powers such as China, Brazil, India, South Africa, and Egypt.

Prof. Takeyama, one of Japan's top scientist writes about her research in marine biotechnology and her life as a female scientist, wife and mother in Japan.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Astronomy: Extraordinary stellar blast visible to the naked eye, Climate change: The older the better, Astrophysics: A blast from the past of a celebrity star and Water flow through synthetic trees

Twin studies from eight populations show that genetic mechanisms for height, weight and BMI are more variable than researchers previously suspected. Height, weight and body mass traits are more diverse in Caucasians than in East Asian adolescents.

PolyU researchers have made significant progress in applying virtual technology to facilitate scenario planning for large-scale construction projects, enabling property developers and project managers to save cost and avoid delays.

Last week, at the CopenMind exhibition in Copenhagen, the latest research into Clean Technology was exhibited. Some of the research from Asia included using waste produced by the electronics industry to convert wasted heat into electricity, using hydrogen energy in agriculture, plans for cheap solar energy and more.

When environmental issues are talked about, only global warming issues due to man-caused CO2 emission come under close scrutiny, but there are also many other environmental issues.

Universiti Sains Malaysia has been chosen as Malaysia’s APEX University. As the chosen Apex university, USM will be accelerated for excellence and nurtured for world class standing amongst the world’s universities.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genetics: Enzyme associated with vitamin B12 levels and Immunology: Coping with immune cell death

This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia.

The research establishes the power of The Cancer Genome Atlas project and shows that it has the potential to expand rapidly our knowledge of the genetic alterations involved in cancers.

The word “kanikosen” (crab-fishing and canning boat) has recently been making the headlines in the Japanese media. First published by Takiji Kobayashi in 1929, “Kanikose” is a representative work of proletarian literature.

From a small set of servers under a single desk to a global network of dedicated data centres processing information by the petabyte, Nature celebrates the 10 year anniversary of Google with a special issue. A collection of news features, essays and commentary articles examines how ‘big data’ is transforming science.

The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of PolyU will stage the "Washed Out" denim exhibition at the Fashion Space Gallery of London College of Fashion from 8 to 19 September 2008.

The Beijing Olympic Games attracted the world's attention even before it had started. One of the incidents symbolizing this was the protest against the Olympic Torch Relay.