Second major aftershock in a day hits Japan |
- Second major aftershock in a day hits Japan
- 15 per cent income tax incentive for returning Malaysian professionals
- A war against a man
- Syrian opposition says 200 killed in protests
- Japan raises severity of nuclear accident to highest
- Transitional income tax incentive is to better target higher value talent, says TalentCorp
- RM30 mln spent to help poor in S'wak in Q1
- Nine or 10 ETP projects to be announced this week
- Bill to corporatise Mida to come into force in July, says Najib
- INSTANT VIEW - Japan raises nuclear crisis to on par with Chernobyl
- Syrian opposition says 200 killed in protests
- Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl
- Powerful quake strikes northeast Japan (UPDATED)
- Kangaroo castrated while alive: Australian police
- N. Korean refugees accused over China sex trade
- China woman kills grandson over zodiac sign: report
- Mongolia gays face uphill battle for acceptance
- Indonesian clinic touts smoking as cancer cure
- FACTBOX - International nuclear event scale explained
- Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl
| Second major aftershock in a day hits Japan Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:39 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - A second major aftershock measuring 6.3 rocked northeast Japan on Tuesday, swaying buildings in central Tokyo, shortly after the government upgraded its nuclear crisis to that on par with Chernobyl in 1986. 
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| 15 per cent income tax incentive for returning Malaysian professionals Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:58 PM PDT As an incentive to lure them from abroad, returning Malaysian professionals were now eligible for a flat rate of 15 per cent income tax for five years, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced today.
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| Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:54 PM PDT Perhaps, Najib could feel that the situation in Sarawak is not as optimistic as before and he has underestimated the discontentment of urban voters against Taib.
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| Syrian opposition says 200 killed in protests Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:02 PM PDT AMMAN, April 12 — Syria's main human rights movement has said the death toll from less than a month of protests has reached 200 and called on the Arab League to impose sanctions on the ruling hierarchy. "Syria's uprising is screaming with 200 martyrs, hundreds of injured and a similar number of arrests," the Damascus Declaration group said in a ... 
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| Japan raises severity of nuclear accident to highest Posted: 11 Apr 2011 08:34 PM PDT TOKYO, April 12 — Japan today raised the severity of its nuclear disaster to the highest level, putting it on a par with the world's worst disaster nuclear accident at Chernobyl after another major aftershock rattled the quake-ravaged east. Engineers were no closer to restoring the cooling systems at the plant's reactors, critical to bringing down ... 
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| Transitional income tax incentive is to better target higher value talent, says TalentCorp Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:15 PM PDT The rationale for the transitional income tax incentive under the Returning Expert Programme (REP), is to better target higher value talent and assist with the adjustment to income on returning to Malaysia, Talent Corp Malaysia Bhd (TalentCorp) said.
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| RM30 mln spent to help poor in S'wak in Q1 Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:14 PM PDT The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has spent RM30 million in the first three months of this year to help the poor in Sarawak, said its minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
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| Nine or 10 ETP projects to be announced this week Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT Nine or 10 projects are expected to be announced under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) fifth progress this week, said Performance Management and Delivery Unit Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Idris Jala.
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| Bill to corporatise Mida to come into force in July, says Najib Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:13 PM PDT The Bill to enable the corporatisation of the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) which has been tabled before the Dewan Rakyat is expected to come into force in July, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, said today.
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| INSTANT VIEW - Japan raises nuclear crisis to on par with Chernobyl Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:07 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan raised the severity of its nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to a level 7 from 5, putting it on par with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. 
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| Syrian opposition says 200 killed in protests Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:07 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's main human rights movement has said the death toll from less than a month of protests has reached 200 and called on the Arab league to impose sanctions on the ruling hierarchy. 
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| Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl Posted: 11 Apr 2011 11:07 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan raised the severity of its nuclear crisis to the highest level on Tuesday, putting it on a par with the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in 1986 because of the amount of radiation released into the air and sea. 
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| Powerful quake strikes northeast Japan (UPDATED) Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:32 PM PDT A powerful earthquake struck near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Tuesday, shaking buildings in Tokyo. No tsunami warning was issued and no damage immediately reported.
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| Kangaroo castrated while alive: Australian police Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:31 PM PDT Australian police were Tuesday investigating an incident in which a kangaroo was hit by a car and then apparently castrated while still alive.
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| N. Korean refugees accused over China sex trade Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:31 PM PDT Two female refugees from North Korea have been arrested in South Korea for allegedly forcing fellow fugitives into prostitution while they were in China, police said Tuesday.
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| China woman kills grandson over zodiac sign: report Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:30 PM PDT A woman in eastern China killed her infant grandson by tossing him into a well after a fortune-teller told her the child's zodiac sign would bring ruin to the family, state media reported.
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| Mongolia gays face uphill battle for acceptance Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:21 PM PDT When Zaya told her sisters five years ago that she was a lesbian, they berated her and asked her what was wrong with her. When her father found out, he responded with brutal violence.
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| Indonesian clinic touts smoking as cancer cure Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:20 PM PDT An Indonesian woman exhales cigarette smoke into the mouth of a gaunt, naked patient at a Jakarta clinic, where tobacco is openly touted as a cancer cure.
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| FACTBOX - International nuclear event scale explained Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:36 PM PDT 
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| Japan raises nuclear crisis to same level as Chernobyl Posted: 11 Apr 2011 10:05 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan raised the severity of its nuclear crisis to the highest level on Tuesday, putting it on a par with the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in 1986. 
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