Umno Youth registers 8,000 as electors |
- Umno Youth registers 8,000 as electors
- David Hockney exhibition to feature iPad drawings
- Epic Greek battle recreated
- Bhutan weavers create dress for future queen
- Russian film 'Faust' takes Venice top prize
- Chaos before war
- China general's son crashes into wall of outrage
- China regatta makes waves, no clear sailing yet
- China general’s son crashes into wall of outrage
- Japan’s new PM pledges reform, seeks opposition help
- Miss Angola crowned Miss Universe in Brazil
- Sri Lanka bans mass animal sacrifice at temple
- Australia to probe media after hacking scandal
- No-limit term still practical: minister
- Malaysian diaspora an asset: Muhyiddin
- RCI findings not reviewable: federal court
- Yuan to replace dollar as main trading currency
- Al Qaeda releases video supporting Arab Spring
- China detains 32 for selling cooking oil made from waste
- Contact lost with wayward penguin "Happy Feet"
| Umno Youth registers 8,000 as electors Posted: 13 Sep 2011 01:21 AM PDT Umno Youth has successfully registered 8,000 members to become electors during the Ramadan and Aidilfitri, its membership bureau chairman Hisamuddin Yahya said.
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| David Hockney exhibition to feature iPad drawings Posted: 13 Sep 2011 01:18 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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| Posted: 13 Sep 2011 01:15 AM PDT (Greece-AFP) - Reenactors play out the battle of Marathon, the 490BC clash between Athens and the invading Persian army. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Bhutan weavers create dress for future queen Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:47 AM PDT (Bhutan, Thimphu-AFP) - As excitement builds in Bhutan ahead of next month's royal wedding that will see the young king of the Himalayan nation wed in a fairy-tale ceremony, royal weavers are busy creating an outfit for the future queen. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Russian film 'Faust' takes Venice top prize Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:47 AM PDT (Italy, Venice-AFP) - Filmmaker Alexander Sokurov became the second Russian ever to scoop the the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice film festival, with his visceral take on Goethe's classic "Faust". Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:46 AM PDT There are only about 500 days left before the deadline to hold the next general election. All parties have started making preparations and deployments for a life and death war, while factional fights have also gradually surfaced.
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| China general's son crashes into wall of outrage Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:41 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A celebrity army general and his fast-driving son have become the target of Chinese public ire about the privileges of the political elite after the son hit and beat up a couple and then scoffed at bystanders about calling the police. 
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| China regatta makes waves, no clear sailing yet Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:41 AM PDT QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - The rules of the sea are as unpredictable as the rules of the road in China, and more so when a yachting regatta involves dodging dimly-lit trawlers and fishing nets at night. 
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| China general’s son crashes into wall of outrage Posted: 12 Sep 2011 11:59 PM PDT BEIJING, Sept 13 — A celebrity army general and his fast-driving son have become the target of Chinese public ire about the privileges of the political elite after the son hit and beat up a couple and then scoffed at bystanders about calling the police. Li Tianyi, the teenage son of People's Liberation Army general Li Shuangjiang (picture left), a ... 
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| Japan’s new PM pledges reform, seeks opposition help Posted: 12 Sep 2011 10:06 PM PDT TOKYO, Sept 13 — Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reaffirmed his commitment today to fiscal reforms and warned that taxes will have to rise, while reaching out to the opposition for help in tackling the multitude of problems the country faces. Noda, who became the nation's sixth premier in five years early this month, broke no new ground in ... 
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| Miss Angola crowned Miss Universe in Brazil Posted: 12 Sep 2011 09:12 PM PDT SAO PAOLO, Sept 13 — Miss Angola Leila Lopes, a business student from the town of Benguela in her home country, was crowned Miss Universe yesterday after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain. Lopes, 25, laughed and smiled as she hugged runner-up Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, then felt a crown placed ... 
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| Sri Lanka bans mass animal sacrifice at temple Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:37 AM PDT A Sri Lankan court has ordered an annual sacrifice ritual in which hundreds of goats are slaughtered to be halted after a petition by animal rights activists, police said Tuesday.
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| Australia to probe media after hacking scandal Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:36 AM PDT Canberra on Tuesday said it would hold an inquiry into the media following the British hacking scandal that sank Australian-born Rupert Murdoch's best-selling tabloid News of the World.
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| No-limit term still practical: minister Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:22 AM PDT Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor said Malaysia's existing no-limit term system for the prime minister, chief ministers and menteri besar was still relevant in the country.
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| Malaysian diaspora an asset: Muhyiddin Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:22 AM PDT The government does not view Malaysians who have migrated abroad as unpatriotic, but an asset which it wants to cooperate with and "hopefully entice to return," Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.
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| RCI findings not reviewable: federal court Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:20 AM PDT The findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry(RCI) are not reviewable, ruled the Federal Court in a landmark decision today.
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| Yuan to replace dollar as main trading currency Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:19 AM PDT An academician has predicted that the Chinese yuan will replace the US dollar as the main trading currency within the next 10 to 15 years.
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| Al Qaeda releases video supporting Arab Spring Posted: 13 Sep 2011 12:09 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has released a message in which Osama bin Laden's successor as the group's leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, said al Qaeda supported the Arab Spring. 
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| China detains 32 for selling cooking oil made from waste Posted: 12 Sep 2011 11:38 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities detained 32 people for making and selling tonnes of cooking oil dredged from gutters, the ministry of public security said on Tuesday, in the latest food safety scandal to hit the country. 
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| Contact lost with wayward penguin "Happy Feet" Posted: 12 Sep 2011 11:38 PM PDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Nothing has been heard for several days from a young Emperor penguin released last week after capturing global attention when it washed up on a New Zealand beach thousands of kilometres from home. 
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