One of the eight pandas plays in Beijing Zoo before getting back to their home in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday, March 22, 2009. Eight pandas were flown to their home in southwest China's Sichuan Province to end a 10-month stay in Beijing.The pandas left Beijing at 6 p.m. and arrived at Chengdu Shuangliu International airport in Sichuan Province at 8:45 p.m.The pandas looked lively at the airport, as some seemed to have just awakened while others were eating apples and bamboo i... Read Full Story
LOCAL GOLD OPERATIONS in Muslim Indonesia have come in for flak from religious figures saying Gold Mining is not suited to the geology, topology and topography of Flores and Lembata, as well as neighboring Indonesian islands, reports Commodity Online from Detusoko, Indonesia.In a statement issued by the Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Commission, it said the socio-cultural and economic situation of local people whose main livelihood is farming and fishing is severely affected by drilli... Read Full Story
LOCAL GOLD OPERATIONS in Muslim Indonesia have come in for flak from religious figures saying Gold Mining is not suited to the geology, topology and topography of Flores and Lembata, as well as neighboring Indonesian islands, reports Commodity Online from Detusoko, Indonesia.In a statement issued by the Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Commission, it said the socio-cultural and economic situation of local people whose main livelihood is farming and fishing is severely affected by dr... Read Full Story
