Khairy brushes aside allegation of sex video

Khairy brushes aside allegation of sex video


Khairy brushes aside allegation of sex video

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:56 AM PDT

Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said today the matter of a sex video allegedly involving him was being raised intentionally to divert attention from the sex video allegedly involving Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

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Mandatory build-then-sell concept will hamper property industry growth

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:56 AM PDT

The mandatory build-then-sell (BTS) concept will hamper the growth of the property industry as well as the country's economic growth, says the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association of Malaysia.

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Cambodia disappointed with Thailand in border row

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:53 AM PDT

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Saturday expressed disappointment over Thailand's refusal to send Indonesian military observers to the disputed Thai-Cambodia border.

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Djibouti president leads in vote, calls for unity

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:51 AM PDT

DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh garnered 80.58 percent of votes cast in the country's elections on Friday, provisional results showed on Saturday, giving him a third term in power.



NGO wants gov't to consult public and NGOs on nuclear energy

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:20 AM PDT

The government should consult the public and professional non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country regarding its plan to develop nuclear energy, Malaysian Society for Engineering and Technology (mSET) President Prof Datuk Abang Abdullah Abang Ali said today.

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Indian activist ends anti-graft hunger strike

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:16 AM PDT

A 73-year-old Indian social activist who staged a five-day hunger strike in protest at corruption ended his fast Saturday after the government agreed to his demands over a new anti-graft bill.

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SRA investigates alleged illegal activities in S'pore casinos

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:05 AM PDT

The Casino Regulatory Authority has initiated investigations against casinos here after receiving information alleging illegal activities, according to a news report by Channel NewsAsia.

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Four shot dead in Thai south: police

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 12:04 AM PDT

A suspected gunman killed in a shoot-out with security forces was among four people shot dead in violence across Thailand's troubled deep south, police said Saturday.

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Lobby group urges tax breaks for Japan quake zone

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:57 PM PDT

Japan should set up a special economic zone in areas worst hit by the March 11 disaster, a leading business group said, as new research indicated more than 80,000 jobs would be lost over the next six years.

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PM Prepared to meet Customs unions over issues

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:33 PM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today he was prepared to entertain a request to meet Customs union representatives over the issues faced by the department.

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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo regains ground

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:19 PM PDT

ABIDJAN/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, besieged in his Abidjan residence, have retaken ground and are edging closer to where rival presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara is holed up, the United Nations said.



Obama, Congress make budget deal, avert shutdown

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:19 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and congressional leaders struck a last-minute budget deal on Friday, narrowly averting a government shutdown that would have idled hundreds of thousands of federal workers.



Homemade bomb caused LA synagogue blast: police

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:23 PM PDT

A homemade bomb caused an explosion near a Californian synagogue, police said Friday, naming an "extremely dangerous" homeless person they are hunting over the blast.

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Japan disaster evacuees move into luxury hotel

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:08 PM PDT

People made homeless by Japan's quake-tsunami disaster began moving into a luxury Tokyo hotel on Saturday, a report said.

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Egypt forces fire shots to disperse Tahrir protest

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:52 PM PDT

Egyptian forces fired in the air early Saturday to disperse several hundred protesters who camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square overnight after the biggest demonstration in more than a month, witnesses said.

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PM dismisses Sarawak opposition manifesto as mere election promises

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today dismissed the Sarawak election manifesto of the opposition pact as mere election promises, unlike what he said was the ongoing infrastructure development of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government in that state.

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Philippine volcano alert level raised

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:24 PM PDT

Magma rising to the surface of a volcano on a popular island close to the Philippine capital prompted the government Saturday to push up its alert level and urge visitors to stay away.

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Toshiba could decommission Japan reactors in 10 years

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:23 PM PDT

Reactor maker Toshiba has told the government it could decommission four stricken units at Japan's crippled nuclear plant in around 10 years, a report said.

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Disabled Japanese struggle in disaster aftermath

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:22 PM PDT

Sachiko Miura had no warning before a huge tsunami slammed into the small Japanese fishing village where she has lived all her life -- because she could not hear the sirens.

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Japan to pump radioactive water into sea until Sunday

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:17 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will pump radioactive water into the sea from a crippled nuclear plant until Sunday, a day later than previously planned, its nuclear safety agency said.



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