Express buses to be inspected twice during Raya |
- Express buses to be inspected twice during Raya
- Pressure builds on Israel PM after massive protests
- Ramadan hits Paris luxury retail trade
- NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 38
- NATO investigates deadly Afghan helicopter crash
- London rioters battle police after shooting protest
- Japanese inventor develops flying sphere drone
- Cathay investigates 'aircraft sex photos'
- Asia eyes South America for resources, markets
- Loss of AAA status tough but logical for US
- China pushes public housing as prices boom
- Saleh to leave hospital, fighting flares in Sanaa
- Libya rebels say they are advancing on Brega
- Quarter-million Israelis march for economic reform
- Crowds attack police, burn cars after UK protest
- Flights cancelled as typhoon nears Chinese coast
- Swiss consumers ask: why shop in Switzerland?
- London rioters battle police after shooting protest
- Nato probes deadly Afghan copter crash
- VIDEO: Massive protests in Israel
| Express buses to be inspected twice during Raya Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:55 AM PDT Beginning Aug 14, express buses departing stations and terminals here and in Putrajaya will undergo inspections twice by the Road Transport Department (JPJ), in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations this year.
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| Pressure builds on Israel PM after massive protests Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:31 AM PDT Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to announce on Sunday a new bid to calm anger over the cost of living in the Jewish state, a day after nationwide protests by more than 250,000 people.
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| Ramadan hits Paris luxury retail trade Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:59 PM PDT (France, Strasbourg-AFP) - With Ramadan underway, France's retail sector is feeling the pinch. Middle Eastern customers, who make up a significant proportion of luxury sales in Paris, have returned to their home countries to be with family, leaving many shops and high-end hotels counting the cost. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, killing 38 Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:52 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - A NATO helicopter crashed during a battle with the Taliban in Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. soldiers, an interpreter and seven Afghans, the Afghan president said on Saturday, the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war. 
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| NATO investigates deadly Afghan helicopter crash Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:52 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Foreign forces in Afghanistan were investigating on Sunday the crash of a helicopter believed to have been shot down, killing 30 U.S. soldiers, seven Afghans and an interpreter in the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in a decade of war. 
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| London rioters battle police after shooting protest Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:52 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Rioters throwing petrol bombs battled police in north London overnight, setting patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire in some of the worst disorder seen in the British capital in recent years. 
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| Japanese inventor develops flying sphere drone Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:45 PM PDT (Japan, Tokyo-AFP) - A Japanese defence researcher has invented a spherical observation drone that can fly down narrow alleys, hover on the spot, take off vertically and bounce along the ground. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Cathay investigates 'aircraft sex photos' Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:18 PM PDT Cathay Pacific said Sunday it had launched a "full investigation" into photos allegedly showing a flight attendant performing oral sex on a pilot aboard an aircraft of the Hong Kong carrier.
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| Asia eyes South America for resources, markets Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:07 PM PDT When Japanese beverage giant Kirin said this week it would take a large stake in Brazil's Schincariol, it was the latest example of Asia's growing thirst for South American markets and resources.
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| Loss of AAA status tough but logical for US Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:05 PM PDT Standard & Poor's decision to strip the United States of its triple-A credit rating is a tough but logical sanction of the country's inability to contain its spiraling debt, experts say.
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| China pushes public housing as prices boom Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:04 PM PDT With their monthly income of 10,000 yuan (about $1,500), Beijing nurse Liang Huiqing and her husband would not have been able to get a foothold in China's soaring property market without government help.
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| Saleh to leave hospital, fighting flares in Sanaa Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:19 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's president Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave hospital soon, a government source said on Saturday, as clashes between his loyalists and opponents flared in the capital he left when protests against his rule turned into open warfare. 
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| Libya rebels say they are advancing on Brega Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:19 PM PDT BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels on Saturday said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi's forces had sown minefields across its approaches. 
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| Quarter-million Israelis march for economic reform Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:19 PM PDT TEL AVIV (Reuters) - A quarter-million Israelis marched on Saturday for lower living costs in an escalating protest that has catapulted the economy onto the political agenda and put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 
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| Crowds attack police, burn cars after UK protest Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:19 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Crowds attacked riot police and set two squad cars and a bus alight in north London on Saturday following a protest at the fatal shooting of a man by armed officers earlier in the week. 
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| Flights cancelled as typhoon nears Chinese coast Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:56 PM PDT Shanghai's airports cancelled most of their flights Sunday as authorities braced for Typhoon Muifa, a report said, but the storm bypassed China's commercial capital and may hit land further north.
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| Swiss consumers ask: why shop in Switzerland? Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:55 PM PDT Swiss officials and businesses may be fretting about the franc's rise against other currencies, but one group of people are clearly loving it: Swiss consumers.
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| London rioters battle police after shooting protest Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:43 PM PDT LONDON, Aug 7 — Rioters throwing petrol bombs battled police in north London overnight, setting patrol cars, buildings and a double-decker bus on fire in some of the worst disorder seen in the British capital in recent years. About 200 people rained missiles and bottles on riot officers near Tottenham police station after a protest at the fatal ... 
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| Nato probes deadly Afghan copter crash Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:34 PM PDT KABUL, Aug 7 — Foreign forces in Afghanistan were investigating today the crash of a helicopter believed to have been shot down, killing 30 US soldiers, seven Afghans and an interpreter in the deadliest single incident for foreign troops in a decade of war. The Taliban quickly claimed to have shot down the troop-carrying helicopter with a ... 
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| VIDEO: Massive protests in Israel Posted: 06 Aug 2011 09:56 PM PDT At least a quarter of a million Israelis have staged marches over the rising cost of living.
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