Nanotechnology helps detect smuggled subsidised fuel, Dewan Rakyat told

Nanotechnology helps detect smuggled subsidised fuel, Dewan Rakyat told


Nanotechnology helps detect smuggled subsidised fuel, Dewan Rakyat told

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT

The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry uses nanotechnology to detect smuggled subsidised fuel, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

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Police detain seven men to assist in investigations into murder of couple

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT

Police have detained seven men, including a father and son, to help with investigations into the murder of a married couple last month at a durian orchard near a rubber farm at Batu 30, Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh, Hulu Yam, Selangor.

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10,000 Territorial Army members in Johor inactive

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT

The level of preparedness of 501st Regiment Territorial Army in Johor is still high although 10,000 are inactive, said its commander Brig Gen Tajuddin Joned.

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Robbery, jealousy and revenge motives for acid attacks

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:10 AM PDT

Robbery, jealousy and revenge have been identified as motives for the increasing number of acid attacks, Dewan Rakyat was told today.

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B5 supply nationwide earliest by 2013, says Dompok

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 01:09 AM PDT

The supply of the new fuel, biodiesel or B5 will be introduced nationwide earliest in 2013, taking into account companies' time frame to build the blending facilities accurately, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

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Taiwan's ex-leader Lee to stand trial this month

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:59 AM PDT

Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui is to stand trial on corruption charges this month, court officials said Thursday.

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Asian tech giants remember Jobs as 'leading light'

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:59 AM PDT

Asia's technology giants paid tribute to Steve Jobs on Thursday, with Sony and Samsung hailing the late Apple co-founder as the leading light of the digital age and an inspirational entrepreneur.

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Rest in peace

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:44 PM PDT

Apple founder and visionary Steve Jobs died Wednesday from cancer aged just 56, a premature end for a man who revolutionized modern culture and changed forever the world's relationship to technology through inventions such as the iPad and iPhone.

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Japan "Shadow Shogun" says charges aimed at his destruction

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:50 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's most controversial politician pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of violating fund-raising laws that could dent the veteran lawmaker's clout, regardless of the outcome of the trial.



VIDEO: Palin not running for president

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 12:27 AM PDT

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has declared she will not run for the White House next year


Pros and cons of the alternative budget

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:25 PM PDT

The Pakatan Rakyat promised benefits and assistance for teachers, senior citizens, housewives and destitute families. It is estimated to cost RM4.4 billion a year and once it is started, it could hardly be stopped.

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Three dead, seven wounded in California shootings

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:18 PM PDT

CUPERTINO, Calif (Reuters) - Three people were killed and seven were wounded when a disgruntled worker opened fire at a Northern California cement plant and then tried to steal a car, police said on Wednesday.



Clinton says U.N. Security Council failed Syria

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:18 PM PDT

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the U.N. Security Council failed its duty by not passing a resolution on Syria and said Russia and China would have to explain their vetoes to the Syrian people.



BRICS' power seen in 'double veto' of U.N. Syria text

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:47 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Russian and Chinese "double veto" of a U.N. resolution condemning Syria highlights the power of a small club of emerging-market nations -- and the extent to which Libya still divides the U.N. Security Council.



Libya militia says finds mass grave with 200 bodies

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:47 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A military unit allied to Libya's new rulers said on Wednesday it had discovered a mass grave in Tripoli containing the bodies of more than 200 people who died in the chaos surrounding the rebel assault that ousted Mummar Gaddafi.



Palestinians near UNESCO membership

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:47 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinians moved a step closer to full membership of the U.N. cultural agency on Wednesday when its board decided to let 193 member countries vote on admission this month.



Q+A - What comes next with Palestinian U.N. application?

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:47 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Despite U.S. and Israeli objections, the Palestinian Authority has applied for full U.N. membership and recognition of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital.



Syria woman thought mutilated turns up alive on TV

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Syrian state television has aired an interview with a woman who had reportedly been found decapitated, armless and skinned in a morgue last month, amid a deadly protest crackdown.

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On Twitter: People’s obituary of Jobs

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:53 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Oct 6 — For the people's obituary of Steve Jobs, look on Twitter. The death of Apple Inc's visionary leader prompted an outpouring by Apple fans and customers that appeared to dwarf any news ever chronicled on the micro-blogging site. Twitter users from around the world contributed eulogies of 140 characters or less, supplementing ...



Dollars stuffed in fruit box put Indonesia president on the spot

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:26 PM PDT

JAKARTA, Oct 6 — The multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol ...



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