Sabu among PAS leaders arrested by police

Sabu among PAS leaders arrested by police


Sabu among PAS leaders arrested by police

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 01:26 AM PDT

PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu and two of the party's vice-presidents, Salahuddin Ayub and Datuk Mahfuz Omar, were among 540 people arrested as of 1.30pm today on suspicion of being involved in illegal rallies here.

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When work turns into passion

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT

I have always thought that only the older generations like to collect artifacts but 34 year-old Feng Jia-bao changed my perception. Apparently, there are also young people who love to keep ancient artifacts which form part of our history.

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VIDEO: Hiroshima bomb photos go on show

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 01:10 AM PDT

Previously classified photos of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima have gone on display in New York.


Gaddafi threatens Europe as rebels renew push

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:14 AM PDT

DAFNIYA, July 9 — Muammar Gaddafi threatened to take the war in Libya to Europe yesterday while rebels came under heavy fire as they renewed their push against his forces. Tens of thousands of Gaddafi supporters rallied in Tripoli's Green Square for Friday prayers, underscoring his refusal to step down after four decades in power and five months ...



Stable cooling system in place for Japan reactors

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:49 PM PDT

TOKYO, July 9 — Tokyo Electric Power Co has met a government-set target of setting up a cooling system for the crippled nuclear reactors at Fukushima within four months of the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, a senior official was quoted as saying today. Goshi Hosono, the government minister appointed to oversee Japan's response to the ...



US space shuttle leaves Earth on final flight

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:38 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, July 9 — Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed off its seaside launch pad yesterday, rising atop a tower of smoke and flames as it left Earth on the final flight of the US space shuttle programme. After a 30-year history that has cost nearly US$200 billion (RM600 billion) and claimed the lives of 14 astronauts, the shuttles are being ...



Independent S. Sudan "free at last", tensions remain

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 12:27 AM PDT

JUBA (Reuters) - Thousands of South Sudanese danced through the night to mark the first hours of their independence on Saturday, a hard-won separation from the north that also plunged the fractured region into a new period of uncertainty.



Rallies disrupt business

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:38 PM PDT

The three illegal rallies planned for today here, which forced the police to restrict entry of people into the city centre, have disrupted the usual business and other activities.

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Inflation, food safety important input for Budget: Husni

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:37 PM PDT

The problem of rising prices of goods and the implementation of a food safety programme are two important input for the preparation of the Budget 2012, says Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.

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Bangkok voted world's best city

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:37 PM PDT

Travel + Leisure Magazine has released its 2011 "World's Best" list, with Bangkok voted as the top city in the world in the annual poll voted on by the American luxury travel magazine's readers, according to Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

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236 arrested as at 11.10am

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:36 PM PDT

Police arrested 236 people in several locations around the national capital as at 11.10am today for attempting to take part in illegal rallies.

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Confrontation

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 11:26 PM PDT

Protestors calling for clean elections assemble inside the old KL railway station as the police descend on them, firing tear gas and making hundreds of arrests.

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WikiLeaks loses Icelandic financial lifeline

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:55 PM PDT

NEW YORK, July 9 — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost a financial lifeline. Since December bans by the world's major credit card networks, it has been difficult for supporters of the controversial whistleblower to send him donations. But this week, WikiLeaks gained a brief respite with the unwitting help of an Icelandic bank. The window was ...



VIDEO: Royal couple stops traffic in Los Angeles

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:29 PM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived in Los Angeles for a whirlwind weekend trip to California.


UN votes for South Sudan peacekeeping force

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:40 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS, July 9 — The UN Security Council voted yesterday to establish a force of up to 7,000 peacekeepers for poor, conflict-ravaged but oil-producing South Sudan, which became independent after a referendum. The unanimous action occurred six years after a 2005 peace deal ended years of war in Sudan, Africa's largest nation. But the vote ...



Gunmen kill at least 20 in Mexican bar

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:02 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY, July 9 — Gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican city of Monterrey and shot dead at least 20 people yesterday, the latest massacre in the city battered by drug-gang violence, El Universal newspaper reported. At least five people were injured, the paper reported, citing local police. The gunmen fired AK-47 assault rifles throughout the ...



British author freed from Singapore prison

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 09:54 PM PDT

SINGAPORE, July 9 — A British author who spent about five weeks in a Singapore prison after being convicted of contempt of court has been freed and has left the city-state, his lawyer said today. Alan Shadrake (picture), 76 was sentenced to six weeks in jail and fined S$20,000 (RM49,141) for scandalising the judiciary in his book "Once A Jolly ...



High levels of caesium found in Fukushima beef

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:51 PM PDT

More than six times the legal limit of radioactive caesium has been found in beef from Fukushima prefecture, home to Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official statement said Saturday.

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Lockdown

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:45 PM PDT

The city of Kuala Lumpur is being locked down by the police since Friday in anticipation of the planned Bersih rally in the capital.

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Facebook still dominant: study

Posted: 08 Jul 2011 10:24 PM PDT

An analysis of the front pages of Internet's 10,000 largest sites showed that Facebook still enjoys a dominant position on the adoption of social sharing plug-ins and links to social sites, according to a study released Friday.

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