WikiLeaks cable shed light on Singaporeans' view of Anwar

WikiLeaks cable shed light on Singaporeans' view of Anwar


WikiLeaks cable shed light on Singaporeans' view of Anwar

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:19 AM PST

Singapore's intelligence services as well as its senior minister Lee Kuan Yew believe that opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim "did indeed commit the acts for which he is currently indicted."

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Those who claim Felda bankrupt are traitors: Najib

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:18 AM PST

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak regards those who alleged that Felda was bankrupt as traitors to the nation as they were prepared to insult an institution that has served the people well.

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Seven killed in bomb blast in Iraqi city of Ramadi

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:39 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and nine wounded by a bomb blast in the western Iraq city of Ramadi on Sunday and the toll was expected to rise, police and hospital sources said.



Poll: Tuition fee plan costs coalition partner

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:06 AM PST

LONDON, Dec 12 − The popularity of Nick Clegg, the leader of the LibDems, has plummeted and supporters deserting his party over plans to raise university tuition fees, said a poll published today. Parliament voted on Thursday in favour of government's plans to allow English universities to charge students almost treble the current limit, a policy ...


Kosovo starts voting, some Serbs boycott election

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:31 PM PST

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovars began voting in their first parliamentary elections as citizens of an independent country on Sunday eager to see the new leaders pull them out of poverty.



South Korea to stage firing drills off coasts

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:31 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will conduct live-fire drills at sea on Monday, the latest in a series of military exercises taking place against a backdrop of heightened tension with North Korea, a military official said on Sunday.



South Korea to stage firing drills off coasts

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:00 PM PST

SEOUL, Dec 12 — South Korea will conduct live-fire drills at sea tomorrow, the latest in a series of military exercises taking place against a backdrop of heightened tension with North Korea, a military official said today. "The drills running through December 17 are routine," the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. However, the ...


WikiLeaks: Singapore believes Anwar guilty of sodomy

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:51 PM PST

Singapore leaders believe Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had sex with a male aide in a honey trap set by his enemies, according to leaked US cables published by WikiLeaks on Sunday.

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14-year-old bride defends controversial marriage

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:50 PM PST

A 14-year-old Malaysian Muslim schoolgirl has defended her controversial marriage to a 23-year-old teacher after an uproar from rights groups, a report said Sunday.

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China in 2010: economic power, but more diplomatic isolation

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:49 PM PST

BEIJING, December 12, 2010 (AFP) - China solidified its financial might in 2010, becoming the world's second-largest economy, but it was often inflexible and isolated on the political stage -- an intransigence typified by the Nobel peace prize drama.

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Worldwide demos called in support jailed WikiLeaks chief

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:47 PM PST

WASHINGTON, December 12, 2010 (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has offered his strongest condemnation yet of WikiLeaks' "deplorable" documents dump, as defenders of the website's founder denounced the rush to judgement against him.

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Palin tours politically unstable Haiti

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:46 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, December 12, 2010 (AFP) - Haiti's post-election crisis deepened on Sunday after opposition presidential candidates prolonged the political uncertainty by refusing to participate in a proposed recount.

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Branson to be AirAsia 'stewardess' February next year

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:44 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR, December 12, 2010 (AFP) - Virgin boss Richard Branson will serve as a flight attendant on an AirAsia X flight in February next year after losing a cross-dressing bet to rival Tony Fernandes, officials said Sunday.

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Philippine Nobel no-show a bid to save drug mules in China

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:41 PM PST

MANILA, December 12, 2010 (AFP) - The Philippines did not send a representative to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in an attempt to encourage China to spare the lives of five of its nationals on death row, a government spokesman said Sunday.

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Australia unveils sweeping banking reforms

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:40 PM PST

SYDNEY, December 12, 2010 (AFP) - Australia unveiled tough changes to finance laws Sunday, banning unpopular mortgage fees and cracking down on price collusion between major banks in a bid to boost competition in the sector.

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Kazakhstan revives hunting with eagles

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:33 PM PST

Enthusiasts in Kazakhstan are attempting to revive their county's ancient tradition of hunting with eagles.


WikiLeaks highlights German doubt on Turkish EU bid

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:14 PM PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's senior diplomat considered Turkey was too big and not modern enough to join the European Union, a magazine reported on Saturday, citing U.S. diplomatic cables made available by WikiLeaks.



Bernard Madoff's elder son dead in suicide

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:14 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mark Madoff, the elder son of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff, was found hanged in his New York City apartment in an apparent suicide on the second anniversary of his father's arrest, police and his lawyer said on Saturday.



Haiti presidential candidates reject vote recheck

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:39 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Two of the top three candidates in Haiti's presidential election on Saturday rejected a plan to have vote tally sheets rechecked by a new commission amid allegations of irregularities and fraud.



Obama calls WikiLeaks' "deplorable" - White House

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:39 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Turkish and Mexican leaders on Saturday that WikiLeaks' actions were "deplorable" as the U.S. administration kept up damage control efforts over the website's embarrassing release of masses of secret U.S. cables.



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