W(h)at-er politics in Selangor |
- W(h)at-er politics in Selangor
- Back to school for India's communist leaders
- S.Korea to guard against N.Korea's chemical weapons
- Can corruption in Indonesia be stopped?
- Reviving ancient Chinese culture (I)
- S.Korea council plans to turn ruins of shelling into park
- The marriage dilemma
- China video site Youku soars on Wall Street debut
- China, North Korea reach consensus over crisis - Xinhua
- China says will not give in to pressure on Nobel winner
- Financial crisis hits trust in political parties - report
- More U.S. billionaires pledge to give away half wealth
- WikiLeaks raises risks to U.S. effort in Yemen
- Three Iranian ships held in Singapore over French loan
- Nestle invests 100 million dollars in new Indonesia plant
- Indonesia warns of gap in Asian political development
- Thai ruling party survives ban threat
- Death toll reaches 10 after trains collide in Bangladesh
- N.Korea's Kim meets top China official in Pyongyang (UPDATED)
- AirAsia X to launch Japan route on Thursday
| W(h)at-er politics in Selangor Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:19 AM PST W(h)at-er politics in Selangor! It appears that it all boils down to politics when it comes to Selangor's water restructuring exercise which has been dragging on for the past few months.
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| Back to school for India's communist leaders Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:19 AM PST NEW DELHI, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - India's communist party leaders are to be sent back to school to brush up on their Marxist ideology, a party spokesman told AFP Thursday, as the revolutionary movement struggles to retain popular support.
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| S.Korea to guard against N.Korea's chemical weapons Posted: 09 Dec 2010 12:18 AM PST SEOUL, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - South Korea will buy gas masks to protect residents of border islands against any North Korean chemical attack, officials said Thursday, as tensions remained high after last month's bombardment.
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| Can corruption in Indonesia be stopped? Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:34 PM PST It's 9 December again, the International Day against Corruption. Time to take stock of the developments in the corruption front in Indoensia during the last one year.
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| Reviving ancient Chinese culture (I) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:28 PM PST Lately there is a group of young educated Chinese Malaysians promoting the Han costumes in the country in a bid to revive the ancient culture of Hua Xia.
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| S.Korea council plans to turn ruins of shelling into park Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:26 PM PST SEOUL, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - A South Korean local council plans to turn the site of homes ruined by North Korean shellfire into a public park to help raise awareness of the attack, a spokesman said Thursday.
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| Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:26 PM PST Nowadays, the more educated and liberal Chinese young people are opting for late marriages, or even not marrying at all.
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| China video site Youku soars on Wall Street debut Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:14 PM PST SHANGHAI, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - Shares in Chinese online video company Youku.com's soared 161% on their first day of trading on Wall Street -- the strongest New York Stock Exchange debut in more than five years.
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| China, North Korea reach consensus over crisis - Xinhua Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:56 PM PST SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - China and its ally North Korea reached a consensus on the Korean peninsula crisis after "candid" talks in Pyongyang between Beijing's top diplomat and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Chinese state media reported. 
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| China says will not give in to pressure on Nobel winner Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:56 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday that any attempt to put pressure on the country over the issue of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo would not succeed. 
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| Financial crisis hits trust in political parties - report Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:22 PM PST BERLIN (Reuters) - The public's faith in political parties has been sharply eroded during the financial crisis, with four out of five people saying they are corrupt or very corrupt, a survey showed on Thursday. 
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| More U.S. billionaires pledge to give away half wealth Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:22 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seventeen U.S. billionaires, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, have joined other wealthy American in pledging to give away at least half their fortunes as part of a philanthropic campaign by two of the world's richest men -- Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. 
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| WikiLeaks raises risks to U.S. effort in Yemen Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:22 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Of all the disclosures so far by WikiLeaks, among the most potentially damaging to U.S. national security interests could be U.S. diplomatic cables about Yemen, home to one of al Qaeda's most active affiliates. 
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| Three Iranian ships held in Singapore over French loan Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:12 PM PST SINGAPORE, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - Singaporean authorities have impounded three Iranian-owned ships for auction after their owners failed to repay a loan from a French bank, court documents showed Thursday.
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| Nestle invests 100 million dollars in new Indonesia plant Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:58 PM PST JAKARTA, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - Nestle, the world's biggest food and beverage company, said Wednesday it had invested 100 million dollars in a new factory in Indonesia to meet growing demand in Southeast Asia's biggest economy.
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| Indonesia warns of gap in Asian political development Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:53 PM PST NUSA DUA, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned Thursday that uneven political development posed a threat to Asian security, as he opened the third annual Bali Democracy Forum.
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| Thai ruling party survives ban threat Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:52 PM PST BANGKOK, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - Thailand's ruling Democrats escaped a political ban Thursday for the second time in less than two weeks, clearing the way for premier Abhisit Vejjajiva to lead the party into an election battle next year.
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| Death toll reaches 10 after trains collide in Bangladesh Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:51 PM PST DHAKA, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - Railway workers in Bangladesh on Thursday untangled two trains that collided at a station just outside the capital Dhaka, as the death toll from the crash reached 10 with at least 60 people injured.
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| N.Korea's Kim meets top China official in Pyongyang (UPDATED) Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:50 PM PST SEOUL, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il Thursday met China's most senior foreign policymaker Dai Bingguo in Pyongyang, official media reported, amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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| AirAsia X to launch Japan route on Thursday Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:22 PM PST TOKYO, Thursday 9 December 2010 (AFP) - Malaysian long-haul budget airline AirAsia X is to launch regular flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo starting on Thursday, airport officials said.
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