Asian Games safety contingency plan unveiled

Asian Games safety contingency plan unveiled

Asian Games safety contingency plan unveiled

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:18 AM PDT

GUANGZHOU, Friday 22 October 2010 (Bernama) -- The Guangzhou Quality Supervision Bureau launched a contingency plan to deal with any emergencies around the clock if the host Guangzhou is threatened by any disasters, Xinhua news agency reported.

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New US envoy calls on Muhyiddin

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:16 AM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today received newly-appointed United States Ambassador to Malaysia Paul W. Jones to discuss the US-sponsored Peace Corps.

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Opposition's anti-govt tactics overseas

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:14 AM PDT

A representative of an Umno club overseas said that opposition leaders are trying to turn Malaysian students abroad against the government.

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Delegate calls for a stop to psychological war by BN parties

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:13 AM PDT

A delegate at the Umno General Assembly has called on Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties to put a stop to their psychological war and cease questioning the rights of the Malays.

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Don't be shy to defend Malay rights, Umno members told

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:11 AM PDT

Umno members should not be timid or reluctant to defend Malay rights which are enshrined in the Federal Constitution, just to care for the feelings of the other communities, said Sabah Umno delegate Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Tun Said.

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Call to suspend media bent on arousing racial sentiments

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:08 AM PDT

An Umno delegate from Kedah today urged the government to immediately suspend those media which have been arousing racial sentiments as this could disrupt unity in the country.

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Chinese smelter found leaking thallium into river

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:07 AM PDT

BEIJING, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - A major state-owned industrial conglomerate in China said Friday it had been ordered to stop production at one of its smelters after it was found to be leaking highly toxic thallium into a river.

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Currency skirmishes as G20 powers meet

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:06 AM PDT

GYEONGJU, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - The United States urged G20 powers to alter their currency regimes to shore up fragile global growth, but faced resistance Friday to its ideas to reorder the post-crisis world economy.

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The Great California ShakeOut

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:04 AM PDT

Choppers clattering in the sky above, bloodstained students watch in shock as blaring ambulances screech into the schoolyard, disgorging paramedics with medicine packs and gurneys. At least that's what it looked like, as one California school put on a graphic display of what will happen when -- not if -- the Big One hits this earthquake-prone western US state. Nearly eight million Californians were signed up for Thursday's drill, the most ever, after 6.9 million took part last year.

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Cambodian ex-monk gets 17 years for filming naked girls

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:46 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - A Cambodian court has sentenced a former Buddhist monk to 17 years in jail for secretly filming two teenage girls as they bathed naked at a temple, a prosecutor said Friday.

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Q+A - Will the worst Thai floods in decades hurt crops?

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:17 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - At least 17 people have been killed in the worst flooding for decades in Thailand, which has swamped thousands of acres of farmland.


Dozens dead in Haiti outbreak

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

A suspected outbreak of cholera has killed at least 135 people in central Haiti, officials have said.


Moon crash kicks up ice, silver, mercury - NASA

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rocket sent crashing into the Moon last year kicked up several hundred pounds (kg) of water, silver, mercury and other surprising chemicals, scientists reported on Thursday.


U.N. envoy defends Falun Gong, "evil cult" for China

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:22 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on Thursday spoke out against intolerance toward religious groups such as Falun Gong and the Baha'is, remarks that irritated China.


Following Cambodia's restored railway

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 07:25 PM PDT

In Cambodia the first section of the country's newly-restored railway is ready to be unveiled.


Cuba to release five more political prisoners

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will set free and send to Spain another five political prisoners who are not part of the 52 dissidents the government agreed in July to release as President Raul Castro continued emptying the communist-led island's jails of opposition members.


M'sian restaurant in New York awarded Michelin star

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:30 PM PDT

"Laut", the Malaysian restaurant in New York City, has been awarded the prestigious "Michelin" star for its achievements in Malaysian cuisine.

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Kuala Nerang rep not a bankrupt - aide

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

An aide to the Kuala Nerang assemblyman has refuted a report by a news portal that the assemblyman, Datuk Syed Sobri Syed Hashim, has been declared a bankrupt.

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Singapore offers to help Indonesia put out forest fires

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:20 PM PDT

SINGAPORE, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - Singapore on Friday stepped up the pressure on Indonesia to put out forest fires in Sumatra that have caused severe air pollution and health problems in neighbouring countries.

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Death toll from Philippine typhoon rises to 36

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT

MANILA, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Megi, which roared across the country earlier this week, rose to 36 on Friday, the government and Red Cross reported.

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