Typhoon smashes into Japan, four already dead

Typhoon smashes into Japan, four already dead


Typhoon smashes into Japan, four already dead

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:35 AM PDT

A powerful typhoon smashed into disaster-ravaged Japan on Wednesday, having already killed at least four people, less than a month after a vicious storm left 100 dead.

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Najib, Rosmah to set aside subpoenas over Anwar's sodomy trial

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:19 AM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, are applying to set aside subpoenas asking them to be defence witnesses in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's ongoing sodomy trial.

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India presses for UNSC seat

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:19 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday pressed for an early reform of the United Nations, particularly an expansion of the Security Council, noting it must be seen as an impartial, credible and effective world body.

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Beware of post-election syndrome

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:18 AM PDT

The condition in Malaysia has not gone as bad as in Taiwan. However, many voters have been facing difficulties to return to their daily routine after the general election in 2008. Some of them are even looking for the next general election very anxiously.

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Conserving nature for the sake of photography

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:13 AM PDT

While many were mesmerised by the display of fireworks at the Putrajaya Flower and Garden Festival 2011 (Floria 2011), a man was busy recording the spectacular sights on his camera.

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Fed govt knows Sarawak's requirement in Budget: Taib

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:10 AM PDT

Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud believes the federal government knows Sarawak's required allocation in the 2012 Budget, which will be tabled in parliament in October.

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Fed govt knows Sarawak's requirement in Budget: Taib

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:10 AM PDT

Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud believes the federal government knows Sarawak's required allocation in the 2012 Budget, which will be tabled in parliament in October.

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Staff race to save Fukushima plant from Japan storm

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:03 AM PDT

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Japan's Pacific coast were racing against time to ready the crippled plant against a powerful typhoon heading straight for it, a spokesman said Wednesday.

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India orders cull to tackle bird flu outbreak

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 01:02 AM PDT

India has ordered the immediate culling of chickens in an eastern part of the country in a bid to contain an outbreak of bird flu.

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Typhoon

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:54 AM PDT

High waves batter a breakwater at Komatsu beach in the city of Tokushima in western Japan. Powerful Typhoon Roke smashed into disaster-ravaged Japan, having already killed at least four people, less than a month after a vicious storm left 100 dead.

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Seminar: Should Sedition Act be amended or abolished?

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:44 AM PDT

The public, including bloggers, will have the opportunity to give their views on whether there is a need for the Sedition Act 1948 to be amended or abolished at a seminar organised by the Attorney-General's (AG) Chambers on Sept 26 and 27.

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On peace day, Afghans bury murdered peace broker

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:32 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghans gathered to mourn assassinated former President and chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani on Wednesday, world peace day, as fears mounted that his death could worsen ethnic divisions and nudge the country towards civil war.



Former Afghan leader Rabbani killed in bomb attack

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:17 PM PDT

KABUL, Sep 21: A suicide bomber hiding explosives in his turban assassinated former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed a government peace council trying to cultivate contacts with Taliban insurgents. Four of Rabbani's bodyguards also died and a key presidential adviser was wounded in the attack at Rabbani's Kabul home Tuesday.


Obama to meet Palestinian leader amid UN crisis

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:42 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 — US President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today to urge him to drop plans to ask the UN Security Council to recognise a Palestinian state despite US and Israeli objections. The White House said Obama would meet Abbas at 6pm on the sidelines of this week's UN General Assembly session in New ...



HSBC Malaysia named best foreign commercial bank

Posted: 21 Sep 2011 12:03 AM PDT

HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd has been awarded the "Best Foreign Commercial Bank" for 2011 by FinanceAsia magazine.

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Mat Sabu pleads not guilty to defamation charge

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:55 PM PDT

PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu was charged in the Sessions Court here today with criminal defamation against policemen and their families attacked by communists in the Bukit Kepong tragedy in Johor.

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Broad outlines on TPP before APEC summit

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Broad outlines of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are expected to be ready prior to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in November, says a senior US official.

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Broad outlines on TPP before APEC summit

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:55 PM PDT

Broad outlines of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are expected to be ready prior to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in November, says a senior US official.

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Two arrested over China 'gutter' oil murder

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:51 PM PDT

Police in China said Wednesday they have arrested two people suspected of killing a Chinese journalist who had been following a scandal involving the sale of "gutter" cooking oil.

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Manager pleads not guilty to bribe

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:50 PM PDT

A plywood factory manager pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to bribing a Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) manager.

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