MCA pledges continued loyalty as BN component party

MCA pledges continued loyalty as BN component party


MCA pledges continued loyalty as BN component party

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:36 AM PDT

MCA today pledged continued loyalty as a Barisan Nasional (BN) component party and its full commitment to making BN the people's choice.

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Penang Gerakan Chairman survives no-confidence vote at EGM

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:21 AM PDT

Penang Gerakan Chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan survived a no-confidence vote against him at an extraordinary general meeting held here today.

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Najib suggests the "heart" way to regain people's support

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:48 PM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today called on MCA grassroots leaders to redouble their efforts to regain the people's confidence, saying that being available and approachable was more important than merely giving out money.

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Rescue of trapped miners in Chile could start Wednesday

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:26 PM PDT

SAN JOSE MINE, Sunday 10 October 2010 (AFP) - The rescue of 33 workers trapped in a Chilean mine for more than two months is likely to start on Wednesday, officials said after drillers made a dramatic breakthrough to reach the men.

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Taiwan to keep buying arms despite warmer China ties: Ma

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:22 PM PDT

TAIPEI, Sunday 10 October 2010 (AFP) - Taiwan will keep buying arms abroad as it cannot rely solely on improving ties with China to ensure its security, President Ma Ying-jeou said Sunday.

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Dr Ting remains as Penang Gerakan Chairman

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:01 PM PDT

Dr Ting Hock Nan remains as Penang Gerakan Chairman after the Penang Gerakan extraordinary general meeting has failed to pass a motion of no-confidence against him on 10 October 2010.

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N.Korea's heir debuts at giant military parade

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:44 PM PDT

PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Secretive North Korea's leader-in-waiting, the youngest son of ailing ruler Kim Jong-il, took centre stage during a massive military parade on Sunday, his public appearing being broadcast live for the first time.


Sudan president warns of greater conflict with south

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:44 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's president accused former southern rebels of going back on the terms of a peace deal, warning that conflict could re-erupt if the sides did not settle disputes before a referendum on secession.


Chile rescuers reinforce shaft for miners' escape

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:04 PM PDT

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean rescuers on Sunday reinforced an escape shaft to hoist 33 miners to freedom two months after they were trapped deep underground in a cave-in, as a stunning survival story that gripped the world nears its climax.


Japan, China defence chiefs to meet Monday - media

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:04 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie will hold a meeting in Hanoi on Monday, Kyodo news agency said, the latest sign of a thaw in the two nations' strained ties.


U.S. drill operator a hero in Chile mine drama

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:04 PM PDT

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chileans have found a new hero in American Jeff Heart, the drill operator who has spent weeks drilling down to where 33 miners have been trapped deep underground for more than two months.


Malaysian astronaut weds

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:44 PM PDT

Malaysian astronaut Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor married Dr Halina Mohd Yunos here today, on the auspicious 10.10.10 date.

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Vietnam flood death toll reaches 64: officials

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:42 PM PDT

HANOI, Sunday 10 October 2010 (AFP) - The death toll from flooding in central Vietnam jumped further on Sunday, with 64 people listed as killed and 19 missing more than a week after heavy rains struck the area.

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Indonesia flood toll rises to 148: official

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 09:31 PM PDT

JAKARTA, Sunday 10 October 2010 (AFP) - The death toll from flash floods that struck a remote region of eastern Indonesia last week climbed to at least 148 Sunday, with more than a hundred people still missing, an official said.

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N.Korea's heir debuts at giant military parade

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 09:40 PM PDT

PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Secretive North Korea's leader-in-waiting, the youngest son of ailing ruler Kim Jong-il, took centre stage during a massive military parade on Sunday, appearing live for the first time in public.


Mohamed Khalid Yusuf is new Customs D-G

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:51 PM PDT

Customs Deputy Director-General (Enforcement and Compliance) Datuk Mohamed Khalid Yusuf will take over as the new Customs director-general tomorrow, it was announced today.

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Singaporean confirmed dead in Vietnam fireworks blast

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:47 PM PDT

HANOI, Sunday 10 October 2010 (AFP) - A Singaporean woman has been confirmed killed in a fireworks blast that killed four people last week during preparations for Hanoi's millennium festival.

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Hundreds of theatres in Buenos Aires

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:45 PM PDT

(BUENOS AIRES-AFP) - From the factory floor, to the living room, actors and directors are transforming hundreds of Buenos Aires locales into theatres. The past decade has seen a blossoming of independent dramatic arts in the Argentinian capital, which, in ambition and inventiveness, now rivals other dramatic hot spots like New York or London. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2010.

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Japan, China defence chiefs to meet Monday-media

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:56 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa and his Chinese counterpart Liang Guanglie will hold a meeting in Hanoi on Monday, Kyodo news agency said, the latest sign of a thaw in the two nations' strained ties.


Top North Korea defector dies in South

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 08:45 PM PDT

SEOUL, Oct 10 — The highest-ranking North Korean official who had defected to the South was found dead this morning, a local report said. YTN TV reported cited an unnamed government official as saying that Hwang Jang-yop, 87, a former North Korean Workers' Party secretary, appeared to have died of a heart attack at his home in South Korea. His ...


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