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1. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Philippines fines US Navy over Guardian's 'unauthorised entry'

   Posted Jan 23rd 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia Philippines Tubbataha Reef USS Guardian Agence France-Presse in Manila Philippine authorities said yesterday they had fined the US Navy for "unauthorised entry" after a minesweeper ran aground on a World Heritage-listed reef. Manila announced the initial penalty amid growing anger in the Philippines over last Thursday's stranding of the USS Guardian ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1133912/philippines-fines-us-navy-over-guardians-unauthorised-entry
2. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Rush to remove oil from grounded USS Guardian

   Posted Jan 25th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... The 68-metre USS Guardian, which became embedded in the Tubbataha Reef a week ago, would have to be lifted onto another ship or barge, a process that might take another two weeks, said Rear Admiral ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1135350/rush-remove-oil-grounded-uss-guardian
3. News - Asia

   Briefs, January 22, 2013

   Posted Jan 22nd 2013, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... fines. Park rangers had radioed the USS Guardian to advise it was nearing the Tubbataha Reef on Thursday, but the ship's captain insisted that they instead raise their complaint with the US ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1133294/briefs-january-22-2013
4. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   US Navy's Guardian minesweeper runs aground in Philippine sanctuary

   Posted Jan 18th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... News Asia US Navy Guardian Minesweeper Philippines Agence France-Presse in Manila A US Navy minesweeper has run aground in a marine sanctuary in the Philippines, the American embassy said yesterday. The USS Guardian ran aground on the Tubattaha Reef on Wednesday night "during normal transit", it said. The extent of the damage to the ship and the cause of the accident were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1130434/us-navys-guardian-minesweeper-runs-aground-philippine-sanctuary
5. US Navy ships turned away from city will return next week

   Posted May 21st 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Natural Disaster Uss Kitty Hawk Greg Torode Two US naval vessels turned away from Hong Kong in a storm 18 months ago have been cleared to visit the city next week. The port call by the minesweepers USS Guardian and USS Patriot had been approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US Consulate spokesman Dale Kreisher said yesterday. Due to standard operational secrecy, he was unable ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/680899/us-navy-ships-turned-away-city-will-return-next-week
6. Lifestyle - Technology - POLITICS

   Physicist Stephen Hawking praised and decried for joining academic boycott of Israel

   Posted May 12th 2013, 12:00am by GUARDIAN

   ... that can result in compensation liable to be paid regardless of actual damage caused. The Guardian ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1235529/physicist-stephen-hawking-praised-and-decried-joining-academic
7. Lifestyle - Technology - HEALTH

   Antibiotics can cure chronic lower back pain, say Danish scientists

   Posted May 12th 2013, 12:00am by GUARDIAN

   ... Lifestyle Technology Back Pain Antibiotics Surgery Health Medical Science The Guardian Scientists say up to 40pc of patients can take a course of drugs to avoid major surgery Up to 40 per cent of patients with chronic back pain could be cured with a course of antibiotics rather than surgery, in a medical breakthrough that one spinal surgeon says is worthy of a Nobel prize. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1235530/antibiotics-can-cure-chronic-lower-back-pain-say-danish
8. Lifestyle - Technology - ECOLOGY

   Mekong area as lost third of its forest cover since 1970s, WWF finds

   Posted May 05th 2013, 12:00am by GUARDIAN

   ... Lifestyle Technology Mekong River Forestry Deforestation Ecology WWF Science The Guardian Five Southeast Asian countries have lost nearly one-third of their forests in the last 35 years and could be left with less than a fifth of their original cover by 2030 - with devastating effects on wildlife and humans, a new report suggests. Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1230186/mekong-area-lost-third-its-forest-cover-1970s-wwf-finds
9. News - World - DIPLOMACY

   'Punished' for Dalai Lama meeting, British PM cancels Beijing visit

   Posted Apr 28th 2013, 12:00am by The Guardian

   ... for the simple reason that the new Chinese leadership only took over in March. But The Guardian understands from diplomatic sources that a visit was firmly placed in the prime minister's diary ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1224947/punished-dalai-lama-meeting-british-pm-cancels-beijing-visit
10. Lifestyle - Technology - SOCIAL MEDIA

    How to delete your digital footprint

    Posted Apr 07th 2013, 12:00am by GUARDIAN

    ... Lifestyle Technology Social Media Internet Facebook Blog Internet Search Engines Internet Privacy Information Technology The Guardian Wiping away your digital life means erasing traces you have left - the mistakes, the embarrassing photos, the unwise comments and the flawed social media profiles where you have left too much visible. But how easy is that? These steps provide ...

    http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1208616/how-delete-your-digital-footprint

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