Russian leader Medvedev starts first US visit |
- Russian leader Medvedev starts first US visit
- Australia says could leave Afghanistan in 3 years
- Libya not improving rights record: Amnesty
- Sri Lanka slams UN over war crimes probe
- Green tech, green economy: More than meets the eye
- Online passport application to be introduced
- Toyota says China car assembly plant remains idle
- No safe refuge for bookies fleeing abroad: Hishammuddin
- Asia-Pacific millionaires worth more than Europeans: study
- Tian Chua to appeal High Court decision
- Hong Kong to vote on key democracy blueprint
- Tuanku Mizan attends 221st meeting of conference of Rulers
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- 76 killed in Congo-Brazzaville rail disaster: new toll
- Sri Lanka slams UN over war crimes probe
- Bangladesh re-opens factories after rioting
- Lotus aims to sell 30 Evoras in first year
- PNB to conduct study on Kampung Baru redevelopment
- Sarawak BN to meet for early election?
- U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study
| Russian leader Medvedev starts first US visit Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:10 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -Russian President Dmitry Medvedev started his first US visit with a stop in California to tap into the innovative power that has made Silicon Valley a hotbed for winning technology firms.
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| Australia says could leave Afghanistan in 3 years Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:57 PM PDT SYDNEY -Australia could complete its core mission and pull hundreds of troops out of Afghanistan in as few as three years, Defence Minister John Faulkner said on Wednesday.
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| Libya not improving rights record: Amnesty Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT LONDON -Libya's international acceptance is not being matched by reforms to improve the former pariah state's human rights record, Amnesty International said in a report issued on Wednesday.
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| Sri Lanka slams UN over war crimes probe Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:52 AM PDT COLOMBO -Sri Lanka accused the UN on Wednesday of a "hidden agenda" behind its plans to investigate alleged human rights abuses by soldiers in the final months of the island's savage civil war.
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| Green tech, green economy: More than meets the eye Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:45 AM PDT The colour green has always been associated with nature and when it is added to technology and economy, it signifies great hope and expectation.
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| Online passport application to be introduced Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:43 AM PDT Picking up a number and queuing up to apply for passports at Immigration Department counters will be a thing of the past when the Home Ministry introduces the 'MyImms' online passport application system.
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| Toyota says China car assembly plant remains idle Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:43 AM PDT SHANGHAI, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (AFP) - Toyota Motor said production at an assembly plant in southern China would remain idle for at least the day shift on Wednesday as rival Honda was hit by a strike at another auto parts supplier.
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| No safe refuge for bookies fleeing abroad: Hishammuddin Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:42 AM PDT Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein warned football bookies who had fled the country that they would not find a safe refuge abroad because the authorities would eventually get them through cooperation with international enforcement agencies.
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| Asia-Pacific millionaires worth more than Europeans: study Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:42 AM PDT SINGAPORE, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (AFP) - Asia-Pacific millionaires are collectively worth more than their European counterparts for the first time, with the rich in China and India leading the way, a study said Wednesday.
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| Tian Chua to appeal High Court decision Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:42 AM PDT Batu Member of Parliament Tian Chua will appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court decision which upheld his conviction for causing hurt to a policeman.
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| Hong Kong to vote on key democracy blueprint Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:17 AM PDT HONG KONG, Jun 23 — Hong Kong's legislature today votes on a political reform blueprint that will pave the way for full democracy in 2017, but which has also proven politically divisive and triggered protests. Since Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule in 1997, local politicians have struggled with Beijing to realise full ...
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| Tuanku Mizan attends 221st meeting of conference of Rulers Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:02 AM PDT Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin attended the 221st meeting of the conference of Rulers at Istana Negara here today.
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| Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:59 PM PDT Rescuers move in to evacuate villagers from their flooded homes in Fuzhou in east China's Jiangxi province. Chinese authorities rush to evacuate 12,000 people threatened by a dyke breach, as the death toll from widespread flooding across the nation's south rises to nearly 200.
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| 76 killed in Congo-Brazzaville rail disaster: new toll Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:58 PM PDT POINTE-NOIRE, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (AFP) - Seventy-six people were killed in Monday's rail disaster in Yanga, Congo-Brazzaville, according to the latest toll, a member of the crisis unit in Pointe Noire told AFP on Wednesday.
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| Sri Lanka slams UN over war crimes probe Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:56 PM PDT COLOMBO, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka accused the UN on Wednesday of a "hidden agenda" behind its plans to investigate alleged human rights abuses by soldiers in the final months of the island's savage civil war.
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| Bangladesh re-opens factories after rioting Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:54 PM PDT ASHULIA, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (AFP) - Hundreds of factories in Bangladesh that make clothes for Western brands reopened on Wednesday under a heavy police presence after riots by workers forced their closure.
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| Lotus aims to sell 30 Evoras in first year Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:43 PM PDT Lotus Cars Malaysia, a division of Proton Edar Sdn Bhd, aims to sell 30 Lotus Evoras in the first year, driven by price attractiveness and upgrading of the car by Lotus' owners.
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| PNB to conduct study on Kampung Baru redevelopment Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:42 PM PDT Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Malaysia's largest fund manager, will conduct a study on the government's plan to redevelop Kampung Baru, the only Malay heartland in metropolitan Kuala Lumpur.
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| Sarawak BN to meet for early election? Posted: 22 Jun 2010 11:41 PM PDT An unannounced Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) meeting this weekend has given rise to speculation that the state is possibily gearing up for an early election before its term ends in July, next year.
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| U.S. scores dead last again in healthcare study Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:30 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans spend twice as much as residents of other developed countries on healthcare, but get lower quality, less efficiency and have the least equitable system, according to a report released on Wednesday.
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