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- Coastal swamps a potential eco-system
- Najib reveals interesting personal bits
- HwangDBS trims Malaysia's TIV
- Veteran enters Taiwan presidential race
- Thai court jails two over deadly nightclub inferno
- Swiss cut 2012 growth forecast to 0.9%
- Japan unveils yen-mitigation package
- Aussie TV in trouble over PM comedy sex scene
- Indonesian pirate attack thwarted off Malaysia
- Residents want China plant moved over pollution
- Suggestion to change flag disrespectful: observers
- China to launch "Heavenly Palace" space test unit next week
- Ex-prisoners urge Singapore to scrap security law
- Hong Kong jails Chinese farmer for flag-burning
- Himalayan quake rescuers blast route to epicentre
- Resolve conflicts and promote reconciliation
- China reporter killed after 'gutter' oil news
- 400,000 urged to evacuate as typhoon heads to Japan
- Myanmar's jungle capital stirs to life
- China flood deaths rise to 57, thousands evacuated
| Coastal swamps a potential eco-system Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:35 AM PDT Did you know that the coastal swamp forest in Matang (HPL Matang) has been acknowledged as the best maintained coastal swamp forest in Malaysia, if not the world?
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| Najib reveals interesting personal bits Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:34 AM PDT What makes Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tick? Well, the prime minister today bared all to Malaysians, what made him tick, revealing interesting personal bits about his life as he went about fulfilling his duties and the trust of the people.
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| Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:33 AM PDT HwangDBS Vickers has trimmed Malaysia's total industry volume (TIV) estimate this year by two per cent to 599,000 units from an earlier forecast of 611,000 units to reflect a longer-than-expected recovery post-Japan disasters.
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| Veteran enters Taiwan presidential race Posted: 20 Sep 2011 12:27 AM PDT A veteran Taiwan politician Tuesday unveiled his candidacy for January's presidential poll, in a development that observers said could seriously damage incumbent Ma Ying-jeou's re-election chances.
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| Thai court jails two over deadly nightclub inferno Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:46 PM PDT The owner of a Bangkok nightclub destroyed by a fire that killed 67 people on New Year's Day in 2009 was convicted of gross negligence and sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
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| Swiss cut 2012 growth forecast to 0.9% Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:46 PM PDT The Swiss government on Tuesday cut its growth forecast for 2012 to 0.9 percent, citing a worsening world economic environment and the strength of the franc.
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| Japan unveils yen-mitigation package Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:45 PM PDT The Japanese government on Tuesday unveiled an interim report on a series of measures aimed at preventing the persistently high yen from squeezing the nation's economy and industry.
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| Aussie TV in trouble over PM comedy sex scene Posted: 19 Sep 2011 09:36 PM PDT CANBERRA, Sept 20 — Australia's national broadcaster faced calls for a review of funding today over a television comedy scene with a fictional Prime Minister Julia Gillard draped in a national flag after having sex on her office floor. Conservative opposition lawmakers said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had overstepped good taste with a ... 
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| Indonesian pirate attack thwarted off Malaysia Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:16 PM PDT Malaysian maritime authorities said Tuesday they arrested six Indonesians attempting to rob a ship in the Strait of Malacca, the latest in a surge of piracy attacks in the strategic waterway.
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| Residents want China plant moved over pollution Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:16 PM PDT Residents have called for authorities to move a polluting solar panel factory in eastern China, locals and media said Tuesday as anger simmered after days of violent environmental protests.
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| Suggestion to change flag disrespectful: observers Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:13 PM PDT Several socio-political observers have described the opposition's suggestion of wanting to change the Jalur Gemilang as the symbol of Malaysia's identity as impertinent and disrespectful.
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| China to launch "Heavenly Palace" space test unit next week Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:01 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch a prototype module for a planned space lab next week, state media said on Tuesday, a step that will bring it closer to the United States and Russia as space powers. 
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| Ex-prisoners urge Singapore to scrap security law Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:24 PM PDT Former political prisoners in Singapore have demanded the abolition of a British colonial law allowing detention without trial after neighbouring Malaysia vowed to repeal similar legislation.
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| Hong Kong jails Chinese farmer for flag-burning Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:24 PM PDT A mainland Chinese farmer has been jailed for three weeks after setting fire to a Chinese flag in Hong Kong, officials said Tuesday, raising questions over freedom of speech in the territory.
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| Himalayan quake rescuers blast route to epicentre Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:23 PM PDT Rescue teams backed by army sappers using explosives tried to force their way Tuesday to the remote epicentre of a powerful Himalayan earthquake that killed 67 people in India, Nepal and Tibet.
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| Resolve conflicts and promote reconciliation Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:21 PM PDT The Prime Minister's announcement and commitments are undoubtedly a "courageous and historical" political transformation move. However, it has at the same time re-opened the wound of history, bringing a mixed-feeling to former detainees.
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| China reporter killed after 'gutter' oil news Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:10 PM PDT A Chinese journalist who had been following a scandal involving the sale of cooking oil made from leftovers taken from gutters has been stabbed to death, police and state media said Tuesday.
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| 400,000 urged to evacuate as typhoon heads to Japan Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:09 PM PDT Hundreds of thousands of people in Japan were warned to leave their homes on Tuesday as an approaching typhoon brought heavy rain and fears of landslides and flash flooding.
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| Myanmar's jungle capital stirs to life Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:09 PM PDT Construction cranes tower over two new football stadiums rising up from the tropical scrubland of Naypyidaw -- part of a building boom that is transforming Myanmar's remote capital.
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| China flood deaths rise to 57, thousands evacuated Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:06 PM PDT Heavy rains and floods across China have left 57 people dead, dozens of others missing and hundreds injured, while more than a million residents have been evacuated from their homes, the government said.
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