PAS eyeing seven seats in Penang

PAS eyeing seven seats in Penang


PAS eyeing seven seats in Penang

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:40 AM PDT

PAS is eyeing to win seven seats - five state and two parliamentary - in Penang in the next General Election (GE).

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No hike in fare: AirAsia

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:39 AM PDT

AirAsia today assured that the airline will continue to remain a low-cost carrier and maintain the current fare structure despite its recent collaboration with Malaysia Airlines.

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PAS to go on with Islamic struggle: Hadi

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:39 AM PDT

PAS will continue with its Islamic struggle and will not stray from this cause, said its president Datuk Abdul Hadi Awang.

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18 dead in Indonesian plane crash

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:30 AM PDT

All 18 people aboard a plane that crashed on Indonesia's Sumatra island were found dead Saturday, an official said, after two days of hampered efforts to reach the remote jungle site.

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Second typhoon slams Philippines

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Typhoon Nalgae lashed the Philippines on Saturday, killing at least one person and bringing fresh misery for more than a million people still trapped by floods from a storm earlier this week, officials said.

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Pakistani Punjab governor killer sentenced to death

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:32 PM PDT

RAWALPINDI, Oct 1 — A Pakistani court sentenced to death today the killer of the governor of Pakistan's largest province, a defence lawyer said. "He has been given the death sentence," Shuja-ur-Rehman told Reuters. The court handed down two death sentences for murder and terrorism to Mumtaz Qadri, who has seven days to file an appeal, state ...



No survivors from plane crash on Sumatra

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:08 PM PDT

JAKARTA, Oct 1 — All 18 people on board a small plane that crashed in Indonesia's mountainous northern Sumatra region were killed, a rescue agency official said today. Search and rescue teams have found all of the bodies at the site of Thursday's crash in the Bahorok area. The search had to be called off yesterday because of bad ...



US struggles to chart fresh course with Pakistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:12 PM PDT

  WASHINGTON, Oct 1 — The White House's attempts to set a fresh course with Pakistan are being hobbled by bad options, bureaucratic tensions and the desire to avoid severing a vexing but critical relationship.  In the wake of a blunt and public accusation by the top US military officer that Pakistani intelligence supported a militant attack on the ...



Power down as typhoon Naglae hits Philippines north

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:42 PM PDT

MANILA, Oct 1 — A powerful typhoon, the second to hit the Philippines in a week, slammed into two northern rice-producing provinces today, dumping heavy rain, downing power lines and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of residents in danger of landslides.  Typhoon Nalgae, packing winds of up to 160 kph, slammed into coastal areas of Isabela and ...



Boeing arrest points to US workplace drug problems

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:21 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 — The arrest of more than three dozen people on drug charges at a Boeing military aircraft plant highlights the growing problem of prescription drug abuse by US workers, experts said today.  Federal authorities on Thursday charged 37 people, all but one of them current or former Boeing employees, with selling or trying to buy ...



One in three N.Korean children malnourished: UN agency

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT

The U.N. food agency said a third of all North Korean children under five are chronically malnourished, the latest sign of food shortages in the communist country, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.

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Do not politicise nation's history: Sultan

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:16 AM PDT

The Sultan of Kedah, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, today advised the people not to politicise the nation's history but to use it to guide them through life.

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Budget should address human capital development in aviation: Fernandes

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:16 AM PDT

Aviation tycoon, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, hopes the government will address the need to invest in aviation human capital development in next year's budget proposals.

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MCA Youth proposes motions to enhance public well-being

Posted: 01 Oct 2011 12:15 AM PDT

The MCA Youth today proposed five motions to enhance the country's development and the people's well-being.

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Michael Moore bemoans US wealth, poverty paradox

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:52 PM PDT

Michael Moore, clad in customary baseball cap, a black T-shirt, baggy trousers and white sneakers, strolled into the neo-Gothic splendor of Georgetown University's Gaston Hall and began to preach.

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Awlaqi latest victim of relentless US secret war

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:51 PM PDT

US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi is the latest American enemy wiped out by a furtive yet relentless and deadly assault on terror suspects on foreign soil pursued by President Barack Obama.

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China marks national day with vows for 'democracy'

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:50 PM PDT

China's top leaders marked national day Saturday with an appearance on Tiananmen Square in central Beijing after Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged greater "democracy" and rights for the people.

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No survivors from plane crash on Indonesia's Sumatra

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:51 PM PDT

JAKARTA (Reuters) - All 18 people on board a small plane that crashed in Indonesia's mountainous northern Sumatra region were killed, a rescue agency official said on Saturday.



VIDEO: Meeting the real Girl from Ipanema

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:37 PM PDT

Everyone wants to meet and have their photograph taken with Heloisa Pinheiro, who inspired the world famous song The Girl from Ipanema.


U.S. struggles to chart fresh course with Pakistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House's attempts to set a fresh course with Pakistan are being hobbled by bad options, bureaucratic tensions and the desire to avoid severing a vexing but critical relationship.



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