Federal court dismisses ex-sultan's petitions |
- Federal court dismisses ex-sultan's petitions
- MIC CWC meeting postponed to Dec 5
- Police arrest Indian man who 'sold 60 wives'
- Time to eliminate the Lima Sen image
- China launches hourly air quality data index
- India marks two years since the Mumbai attacks
- China talent show beauty dies during plastic surgery
- N. Korea says U.S.-S.Korea exercises bring war closer
- Judge to decide on Anwar's bid to recuse him
- The Baboon House
- Cambodian festival to go ahead next year despite stampede
- N.Korea stages artillery drill, warns of threat of war
- Decision day this Sunday
- Coptic Christians clash with Egyptian police over church
- North Korea warns US, South they are inching to 'brink of war'
- Countdown to elections in Haiti
- Russian-U.S. space crew land safely in Kazakhstan
- South Korea says artillery fire heard in North
- Portugal to vote on austerity budget
- Singapore's October manufacturing output up 31%
| Federal court dismisses ex-sultan's petitions Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:30 AM PST The Regent of Kelantan assumed full power of the Sultan under the Laws of the Kelantan Constitution, once the ruler was incapacitated, the Federal Court ruled here today.
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| MIC CWC meeting postponed to Dec 5 Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:29 AM PST The MIC Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting which was scheduled on Monday, has been deferred to Dec 5.
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| Police arrest Indian man who 'sold 60 wives' Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:29 AM PST KOLKATA, Friday 26 November 2010 (AFP) - Indian police said Friday they had arrested a man suspected of duping 60 women into marrying him before later selling them into prostitution.
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| Time to eliminate the Lima Sen image Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:12 AM PST The image of the police needs to be redeemed, given the poor perception among the poeple. Hence, the Inspector-General of Police must start disciplining the police force.
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| China launches hourly air quality data index Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PST BEIJING, Friday 26 November 2010 (AFP) - China has started publishing hourly air-quality information for major cities across the country as the world's top source of greenhouse gas emissions tries to rein in its notorious pollution.
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| India marks two years since the Mumbai attacks Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:31 PM PST
Police and security forces who tackled the 10 Islamist gunmen paraded through the city, while mourners also gathered at the hotels, railway station, cafe and Jewish centre where the massacres took place. The attackers arrived by sea on the evening of Nov 26, and authorities regained full control of the city only three days later. Live television footage was shown around the world as commandos battled with the militants and terrified civilians tried to escape the bloodbath. About 300 people were injured. Nine of the gunmen were killed and the sole survivor, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, was condemned to death by a Mumbai court in May. He is challenging the sentence. Both New Delhi and Washington blame the attacks on the Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba. "We will never succumb to the designs of our enemies," Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a statement today. "We pledge to redouble our efforts to bring the perpetrators of this crime against humanity to justice." Police officers were due to unveil a memorial to Constable Tukaram Ombale at Chowpatty beach in south Mumbai, where he lost his life as he tackled Kasab. Earlier this month, US President Barack Obama visited the city, and met the families of victims and survivors, as well as paying his respects at a memorial in the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, which was one of the militants' prime targets. Obama and his delegation made a point of staying overnight at the hotel, the scene of a three-day siege, in what was seen as a gesture of solidarity. Solidarity with India US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement in Washington late Wednesday which also expressed the United States' solidarity with India. "As the people of the United States gather with family to celebrate Thanksgiving, we pause to remember the horrific attack on innocent men, women and children that occurred in Mumbai two years ago," Clinton said. India has accused Islamabad of not doing enough to bring the plotters behind the attacks to justice, and the incident still colours relations between the two nuclear-armed rivals. India yesterday sent an official diplomatic message to Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi, urging its neighbour to "fulfil its obligation and commitment" to bring the plotters of the Mumbai attacks to justice. The letter accused Islamabad of stalling over the trial in Pakistan of seven suspects accused of plotting the attacks, adding that "New Delhi expresses regret for not receiving feedback on issues raised by it". Indian authorities remain wary of further attacks by Pakistan-based Islamist militants, and security in Mumbai was raised for the anniversary. "With the terror threat lingering over the city in the view of the second anniversary... we have made elaborate security arrangements and Mumbai has been put on alert," senior city policeman Rajkumar Vhatkar said. Home Minister P Chidambaram attended a commemoration function in Mumbai, while other senior politicians laid wreaths at a martyrs' memorial at a police club. Candlelight vigils were held overnight and a multi-faith meeting will be held at the Gateway of India monument in the evening. - AFP
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| China talent show beauty dies during plastic surgery Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:29 PM PST BEIJING: The death of an aspiring Chinese pop singer during plastic surgery has cast an ugly light on an obsession with beauty that sees millions go under the knife in China each year. Wang Bei, 24, a former contestant on China's answer to "American Idol", died on Nov 15 during "facial bone-grinding surgery" in the central city of Wuhan, Chinese media have reported. That Wang even felt she needed to improve her looks has underlined the extent to which cosmetic surgery has taken hold. Her beauty had already made her a popular contestant on the smash television hit "Super Girl". Her death has fuelled concerns about the dangers of plastic surgery in a country where three million people have operations each year to improve their appearances, according to figures published by state media. An "anaesthetic accident" occurred during Wang's procedure at the Zhong Ao Cosmetic Surgery Hospital, according to Xinhua news agency, citing the local health bureau. Wang's jaw suddenly started bleeding during the procedure, blocking her windpipe and causing her to suffocate, reports said. Wang's mother was having the same procedure at the clinic when her daughter died. Surging demand for cosmetic surgery has led to untrained doctors carrying out operations, "which is risky and irresponsible", Zhang Huabin, a professor of plastic surgery at southern China's Guangdong Medical College, was quoted by Xinhua saying. Web users also have vented concern and questioned why a pretty girl like Wang would feel the need for plastic surgery. "I hope the tragedy can raise people's awareness of the slack supervision of the plastic surgery industry," one web user said. Wang "paid a painful price for beauty," said an entry on popular Internet portal sina.com. Another web user asked why Wang wanted cosmetic surgery when she was already "so beautiful". "It is not possible to be famous only based on one's face," the posting said. - AFP
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| N. Korea says U.S.-S.Korea exercises bring war closer Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:22 AM PST PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday that impending military exercises by the South and the United States were pushing the region towards war, days after it launched its heaviest bombardment since the 1950-53 Korean War. 
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| Judge to decide on Anwar's bid to recuse him Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:23 AM PST The High Court is to decide on Dec 6 on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's application to recuse High Court Judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah from continuing to preside over his sodomy trial.
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| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:06 AM PST Holland Street used to have plenty of abandoned, old and dilapidated houses. When Song Luo Zhe, 30, and his friends stepped into the old house at No. 89 Holland Street two years ago, he was amazed by the beauty of the house and decided to rent it without any specific reasons.
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| Cambodian festival to go ahead next year despite stampede Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:58 PM PST PHNOM PENH, Friday 26 November 2010 (AFP) - The Cambodian capital will continue to host an annual water festival despite the deaths of nearly 350 people at this year's event in a stampede on a bridge, an official said Friday.
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| N.Korea stages artillery drill, warns of threat of war Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:54 PM PST SEOUL, Friday 26 November 2010 (AFP) - North Korea staged an artillery firing drill on Friday near the South Korean border and warned that planned US-South Korean naval exercises at the weekend would bring the peninsula closer to war.
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| Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:44 PM PST Will there be a protest during the PKR annual assembly thi weekend? Can Teng Chang Khim emerge winner at the Selangor DAP election? We will get the answers on Sunday.
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| Coptic Christians clash with Egyptian police over church Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:18 PM PST CAIRO, Nov 26: Dozens of political and human rights activists protested on Thursday before the Public Prosecutor's office in downtown Cairo to demand the release of Coptic Christians arrested and detained following violent clashes between Copts and riot police over construction of a church in Giza's al-Omranya neighborhood.
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| North Korea warns US, South they are inching to 'brink of war' Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:37 PM PST  SEOUL: North Korea, after its artillery attack on the South this week, warned today that plans for a US-South Korean naval exercise bring the peninsula "closer to the brink of war". The hardline communist regime on Tuesday fired shells and rockets at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, killing four people. It later claimed it was retaliating after South Korea had staged military exercises. The USS George Washington carrier strike group, based in Japan, was today heading for waters west of the Korean peninsula where the US and South Korea plan four days of naval exercises in the Yellow Sea from Sunday. US Forces Korea said in a statement on Wednesday the drill had been planned well before North Korea's "unprovoked artillery attack" but it demonstrated the US "commitment to regional stability through deterrence". Pyongyang's state-run Korean Central News Agency, in an article today on the planned war games, attacked "the US imperialists and south Korean puppet war-like forces" for what it called an exercise in "sabre-rattling". "The situation on the Korean Peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war due to the reckless plan of those trigger-happy elements to stage again the war exercises targeted against the DPRK," it said, using the country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. US Forces Korea said in its statement on Wednesday that the exercise is defensive in nature. "While planned well before yesterday's unprovoked artillery attack, it demonstrates the strength of the Republic of South Korea-US alliance and our commitment to regional stability through deterrence," it said. "It is also designed to improve our military interoperability." The statement said that the US Navy "routinely operates in the waters off the Korean peninsula and has conducted numerous operations and exercises in this area." North Korea's key ally China said yesterday it opposed the US-South Korea war games. "We have taken note of relevant reports and express concern," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters when asked about the exercises. "We oppose any act that undermines peace and stability on the peninsula." China has previously come out strongly against such exercises in what it sees as its backyard, saying they risk exacerbating tensions. - AFP
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| Countdown to elections in Haiti Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:55 PM PST Thousands of people have been queuing in Haiti to collect their identity papers to allow them to vote in Sunday's presidential election.
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| Russian-U.S. space crew land safely in Kazakhstan Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:46 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut back to earth from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Friday. 
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| South Korea says artillery fire heard in North Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:46 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military said sounds of distant artillery fire were heard on Friday from within North Korea, and a Reuters witness said he saw smoke rising from inland North Korea. 
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| Portugal to vote on austerity budget Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:13 PM PST The parliament in Portugal is due to vote on an austerity budget, two days after a general strike hit the country.
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| Singapore's October manufacturing output up 31% Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:56 PM PST SINGAPORE, Friday 26 November 2010 (Bernama) – Singapore's manufacturing output increased 31% in October, boosted by the biomedical industry.
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