China plans to help Nepal develop Buddha's birthplace |
- China plans to help Nepal develop Buddha's birthplace
- Indonesia jails Islamist cleric for 15 years
- Zawahri appointed al Qaeda leader - Al Arabiya TV
- Russian envoy travels to Tripoli for Libya talks
- Greek PM to reshuffle govt to push austerity plan
- ANALYSIS - Thai PM Abhisit's election campaign stalls
- Orange Book issue heats up Dewan Rakyat sitting
- Former nursing assistant pleads not guilty to child trafficking
- Demonstration culture unacceptable in M'sia, says Salleh
- Former president wants SUPP leaders to resign en bloc
- BNM warns of email scams requesting for banking info
- From wasting to saving
- Citigroup says 360,000 accounts hacked
- Malaysian 'assassinated' in PNG
- Traces of dioxin found near US base in S. Korea
- 'Crocosaurus' found Down Under
- Japan region to cut power use with siestas
- Claws out at Moscow's international cat show
- Libyan rebels take new villages in Western Mountains
- China closes Tibet to foreigners ahead of anniversary
| China plans to help Nepal develop Buddha's birthplace Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - A Chinese-backed foundation and Nepal's government plan to transform Lord Buddha's birthplace in southern Nepal into a magnet for Buddhists in the same way as Mecca is to Muslims and the Vatican for Catholics. 
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| Indonesia jails Islamist cleric for 15 years Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was jailed for 15 years on Thursday for his involvement with a group that aimed to kill the country's president. 
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| Zawahri appointed al Qaeda leader - Al Arabiya TV Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's long-time lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, is now the leader of al Qaeda, Al Arabiya television reported on Thursday. 
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| Russian envoy travels to Tripoli for Libya talks Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:21 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - An envoy leading Moscow's efforts to help end the war in Libya departed for Tripoli on Thursday for talks with senior officials in Muammar Gaddafi's government, Russian media reported. 
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| Greek PM to reshuffle govt to push austerity plan Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:21 AM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou plans to form a new cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence from his fractious Socialist party to try to push through an austerity package and avoid default. 
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| ANALYSIS - Thai PM Abhisit's election campaign stalls Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:50 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva pulled on a crash helmet, sat astride a vintage side-car motorbike and posed for the photographers as his election campaign convoy moved through central Bangkok one day last week. 
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| Orange Book issue heats up Dewan Rakyat sitting Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:02 AM PDT The situation at the Dewan Rakyat heated up today after several opposition members engaged in a war of words when the issue of the Orange Book was raised by a backbencher.
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| Former nursing assistant pleads not guilty to child trafficking Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:57 PM PDT A former nursing assistant of a private hospital pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to a charge with trafficking in a eight-month old girl last year.
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| Demonstration culture unacceptable in M'sia, says Salleh Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:57 PM PDT The threat by Bersih, the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, to go ahead with a planned public rally on July 9 in the Federal capital despite the police's decision not to issue a permit does not augur well for this peaceful country which practises parliamentary democracy, said Sabah Umno deputy liaison chief Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak.
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| Former president wants SUPP leaders to resign en bloc Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:56 PM PDT The current Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) leadership, including its president Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam, has been asked to resign en bloc to give way to a new crop of leaders to pull the party out from its worst crisis since its formation.
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| BNM warns of email scams requesting for banking info Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:56 PM PDT Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has advised the public to be wary of the phishing attempts by fraudsters using its name to deceive them in disclosing their personal banking details.
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| Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:41 PM PDT According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), one third of the world's food, or 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption, is wasted each year.
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| Citigroup says 360,000 accounts hacked Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:17 PM PDT US banking giant Citigroup had told its clients that about 360,000 credit cards were affected by a computer hacking attack last month -- nearly twice the number previously acknowledged.
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| Malaysian 'assassinated' in PNG Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:14 PM PDT Police in Papua New Guinea on Thursday vowed to track down the killers of a Malaysian businessman who they say was "assassinated."
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| Traces of dioxin found near US base in S. Korea Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:12 PM PDT Investigators said Thursday they had found tiny traces of dioxin in streams near a US army base in South Korea, but had no evidence yet to support claims that Agent Orange was buried there in 1978.
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| 'Crocosaurus' found Down Under Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:10 PM PDT The neck bone of a crocodile-faced dinosaur species has been found in Australia, scientists said, showing the creature roamed much further than previously thought.
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| Japan region to cut power use with siestas Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:06 PM PDT As Japan looks to save electricity this summer amid its ongoing nuclear crisis, one regional government has come up with a novel solution not usually found in workplaces here -- siestas.
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| Claws out at Moscow's international cat show Posted: 15 Jun 2011 11:05 PM PDT (Russia-AFP) - Competition was particularly fierce at this year's international cat show in Moscow. More than 500 cats attended the two-day exhibition. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Libyan rebels take new villages in Western Mountains Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:48 PM PDT GHARYAN, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels have pushed deeper into government-held territory from their base in the Western Mountains, taking two villages from which forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi had been shelling rebel-held towns. 
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| China closes Tibet to foreigners ahead of anniversary Posted: 15 Jun 2011 10:02 PM PDT BEIJING, June 16 — China has closed Tibet to foreigners ahead of the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, travel agents said today of a restive region where many ethnic Tibetans have chafed under Chinese rule. China, sensitive to instability or any other perceived threat to one-party rule, is wary of foreigners in its ethnic ... 
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