Kedah losing revenue over land misuse: Azizan |
- Kedah losing revenue over land misuse: Azizan
- APEC ministers pledge to promote energy-efficient transportation
- 5% growth attainable: ISIS
- Kenyans still reeling from fire disaster
- David Hockney exhibition to feature iPad drawings
- China's Li Yundi plays Chopin at Enescu festival
- At least 25 wounded in another Iraq bomb attack
- Kabul attack ends after 20 hours, 6 attackers dead
- Japan PM: No sales tax hike without voter mandate
- Australian government to hold media inquiry
- Civilians flee pro-Gaddafi town ahead of assault
- Kabul attack ends after 20 hours as last gunman killed
- Bomb kills 15 Iraqi soldiers, wounds 20 - army sources
- Malaysia to bring back students from Syria
- Taiwan crash sparks calls for US jets sale
- VIDEO: Sidecar to the rescue
- A folktale in Malaysia
- Soup kitchen
- S. Korea to try to break deadlock with N. Korea
- Driver blamed for Indian train crash, nine dead
| Kedah losing revenue over land misuse: Azizan Posted: 14 Sep 2011 01:00 AM PDT The Kedah government requires owners of agricultural land misused for other purposes to obtain a temporary permit pending application for conversion of the category of land use, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak said today.
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| APEC ministers pledge to promote energy-efficient transportation Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:59 AM PDT Ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies on Tuesday called for concerted efforts to honour their commitments to promoting cleaner and more energy-efficient transportation across the region.
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| Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:58 AM PDT Malaysia will be able to achieve the targeted five per cent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth this year, says Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Chief Executive Datuk Dr Mahani Zanal Abidin.
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| Kenyans still reeling from fire disaster Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:58 AM PDT Kenyans, still reeling from a a fire tragedy which has claimed more than 90 lives, have been staggered by news of another tragedy in which at least 12 have died from drinking an illicit home-made brew.
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| David Hockney exhibition to feature iPad drawings Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:36 AM PDT (Britain-AFP) - British artist David Hockney on Wednesday presented his upcoming 2012 London exhibition, featuring many works drawn on an iPad. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| China's Li Yundi plays Chopin at Enescu festival Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:35 AM PDT (USA, Dover Plains-AFP) - Chinese classical pianist Li Yundi won international recognition when he was in his teens, in particular for his interpretations of Chopin. Now, aged 28, he sees himself as a role model to millions of young musicians in his home country. AFPTV interviewed Li Yundi in Bucharest, where he attended the "George Enescu" festival this week. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| At least 25 wounded in another Iraq bomb attack Posted: 13 Sep 2011 11:43 PM PDT HILLA, Sept 14 — At least 25 people were wounded when a bomb exploded in a small town in southern Iraq today, police sources said. The sources said the bomb went off in a popular area with restaurants and coffee shops in the town of al-Hamza, just south of Hilla, 100km south of Baghdad. They said the toll was an initial one. In western Iraq, a ... 
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| Kabul attack ends after 20 hours, 6 attackers dead Posted: 13 Sep 2011 10:59 PM PDT KABUL, Sept 14 — An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave has ended after 20 hours, when security forces killed the last of six attackers, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said today. "The operation just ended and 6 terrorists were killed by police. Details on casualties will be announced ... 
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| Japan PM: No sales tax hike without voter mandate Posted: 13 Sep 2011 10:49 PM PDT TOKYO, Sept 14 — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said today that he would seek a mandate from voters before hiking the country's sales tax from five per cent, a continuation of his predecessor's stance. Noda, speaking to parliament's lower house, also said that now is not the time to call a snap election. The government of Noda's ... 
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| Australian government to hold media inquiry Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:41 AM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia launched an inquiry into media regulations on Wednesday in a move seen as a veiled attack on some of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp newspapers following the British phone-hacking scandal. 
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| Civilians flee pro-Gaddafi town ahead of assault Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:41 AM PDT NORTH GATE OF BANI WALID, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan transitional government forces handed out free petrol to help hundreds of civilians flee a desert town held by Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists ahead of an onslaught aimed at capturing one of the ousted ruler's last bastions. 
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| Kabul attack ends after 20 hours as last gunman killed Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:41 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave ended on Wednesday after 20 hours when security forces killed the last of six attackers, an Afghan government spokesman said. 
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| Bomb kills 15 Iraqi soldiers, wounds 20 - army sources Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:09 AM PDT FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A bomb attached to a military bus killed 15 Iraqi soldiers and wounded 20 others when it went off in western Iraq on Wednesday, army sources said. 
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| Malaysia to bring back students from Syria Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:19 AM PDT Malaysia will bring home its 220 students in Syria after Sept 15, once they have sat for their exams, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said.
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| Taiwan crash sparks calls for US jets sale Posted: 14 Sep 2011 12:15 AM PDT The crash of two Vietnam War-era jets in Taiwan that killed three sparked calls Wednesday for the US to sell the island new planes and save its pilots from "risking their lives" in old aircraft.
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| Posted: 13 Sep 2011 05:11 PM PDT Medical technology and devices more suited to use in the world's poorest countries are revealed at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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| Posted: 13 Sep 2011 11:25 PM PDT Unlike the magic beans that grew overnight, reforms must be done gradually. However, no progress could be made if they do not even try to make a move.
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| Posted: 13 Sep 2011 11:19 PM PDT People wait in line outside St. Francis Centre for the opening of the soup kitchen in Los Angeles, California. The non-profit agency, which specialises in food services to the needy, provides daily assistance in programs, supplies and services to low-income families, youths and the homeless. According to the latest Census Bureau report, a record 46.2 million Americans are living in poverty.
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| S. Korea to try to break deadlock with N. Korea Posted: 13 Sep 2011 11:11 PM PDT South Korea's next point man on North Korea said Wednesday he would try to end the deadlock in cross-border ties, starting with humanitarian exchanges.
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| Driver blamed for Indian train crash, nine dead Posted: 13 Sep 2011 11:10 PM PDT Indian railway officials Wednesday blamed driver error for a late-night collision between two passenger trains that killed nine people and injured more than 80.
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