Health Ministry to look into kidney trade allegation

Health Ministry to look into kidney trade allegation


Health Ministry to look into kidney trade allegation

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:00 AM PDT

The alleged involvement of Malaysian hospitals in illegal kidney trade will see the health ministry liaising with the federal police to launch an investigation.

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Wary on Greece, EU mulls deepening bailout fund

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:57 AM PDT

Greece and the euro are facing a tough week as European Union and IMF experts resume an audit of progress on cutting the public deficit and reforming the economy, with default threatening.

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Call for Indian youths to pursue technical education, vocational training

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:45 AM PDT

MIC President Datuk G.Palanivel today called on Indian youths, who failed to pursue higher education, to take up the available opportunities in the field of technical education and vocational training.

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Can eating fish lower the risk of strokes?

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

The omega-3 fatty acids in fish may lower stroke risk through their positive effects on blood pressure and cholesterol, wrote Susanna Larsson and Nicola Orsini of Sweden's Karolinska Institutet in the journal Stroke.



Novartis's Afinitor shows promise in breast cancer

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Combining two drugs from Novartis and Pfizer to treat post-menopausal women with a certain type of advanced breast cancer more than doubled the time they lived without their disease getting worse, study data showed on Monday.



Creepy-crawlies may help heal diabetes wounds

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

To allow such wounds to heal, doctors remove infected or dead tissue with scalpels or enzymes, a process they call debridement. But these tools often fail.



ANALYSIS - U.S., Palestinians race for votes at U.N. council

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians' initiative to seek U.N. recognition as a state, which goes to the Security Council on Monday, faces an uphill struggle to secure the nine votes needed for approval.



Fidel Castro calls Obama U.N. speech "gibberish"

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro accused U.S. President Barack Obama of speaking "gibberish" in his recent address to the United Nations and called NATO's actions in Libya a "monstrous crime" on Monday in his first opinion column since early July.



ANALYSIS - Libya's last battle may be its toughest

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:42 AM PDT

NORTH OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) - The hilltop desert badlands of Bani Walid could be where Muammar Gaddafi's supporters make their final stand. They could hardly have picked a better place.



VIDEO: Hikers back in US after Iran release

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 05:33 PM PDT

Two Americans released after spending more than two years in jail in Iran on spying charges have expressed their anger at the Iranian authorities.


VIDEO: Rare glimpse of life in Damascus

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:56 PM PDT

For six months Syria has been gripped by almost daily anti-regime protests and a heavily criticised crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad's army.


VIDEO: Aborigines celebrate ball anniversary

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 08:46 PM PDT

Aboriginal people in Australia have been celebrating 60 years of debutantes' balls.


VIDEO: Police patrol world murder capital

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:17 PM PDT

In the Venezuelan capital Caracas, Jonathan Dimbleby witnesses police tactics in Ojo de Agua, one of the slums or barrios, notorious for murder and gang warfare, which are home to two million people.


AUDIO: William wanted my wedding photos

Posted: 24 Sep 2011 10:31 PM PDT

Photographer Arthur Edwards reveals it was a request by Prince William that secured him a top position at Buckingham Palace after William and Kate's wedding.


Tariff for use of national single window reduced by 9%

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:26 AM PDT

The tariff imposed on the use of Malaysia's National Single Window (NSW) has been reduced by nine per cent from 0.88 sen to 0.80 sen per kilobyte for all private users in line with the agreement inked between Dagang Net Technologies Sdn Nhd and the Malaysian government.

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Some Russians wary of Putin's return

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:40 PM PDT

TITOV, Russia (Reuters) - Some Russians fear stagnation or a return to the ways of the past if Vladimir Putin returns as president, even though he is all but certain to win an election next year.



Evacuations as typhoon nears Philippines

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:54 PM PDT

Philippine authorities on Monday ordered more than 100,000 people living along the country's east coast to evacuate as approaching Typhoon Nesat forced schools to close and flights to be cancelled.

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Australia medics alarmed over child detainee suicide

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:53 PM PDT

Asylum-seekers as young as nine have attempted suicide while in Australian immigration lock-ups, the peak medical body said Monday as it slammed detention of youngsters as akin to "child abuse".

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Glove puppetry struggles to survive

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:46 PM PDT

Chinese street glove puppet opera used to attract adults and children in the past and perhaps, your parents might still remember their good old time of watching the performance.

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Atlantic storm seen becoming short-lived hurricane

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 11:10 PM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - The Atlantic's latest tropical storm is likely to strengthen soon into a short-lived hurricane while staying far from land, U.S. hurricane foresters said on Sunday.



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