Thai minister apologises for false flood evacuation alarm

Thai minister apologises for false flood evacuation alarm


Thai minister apologises for false flood evacuation alarm

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:39 AM PDT

Thai Science and Technology Minister on Friday apologised to Bangkok people for his premature flood evacuation alert on Thursday evening, says China's Xinhua news agency citing Bangkok Post online report.

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Testing

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:35 AM PDT

Testing

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Expose and counter-attack opposition lies,.Wanita Gerakan told

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:33 AM PDT

Gerakan deputy president Datuk Chang Ko Youn has called on its Wanita members to expose and counter-attack the opposition's dirty tactics in deceiving the people.

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AEC council retreat to discuss region's economy

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:23 AM PDT

The Asean Economic Community (AEC) council retreat enters its last day today at the Palace of Golden Horses with a meeting between Asean secretary-general Dr Surin Pitsuwan, ministers and secretariat officials.

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Death penalty sought in US salon shooting rampage

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:20 AM PDT

California prosecutors said Friday they would seek the death penalty for a gunman accused of killing eight people in an upmarket hair salon south of Los Angeles earlier this week.

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Europe moves to convince G20 as ministers meet

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:18 AM PDT

Europe went into a meeting of the G20 bloc of leading economies Saturday seeking to convince its partners that it can tackle a debt crisis that threatens to trigger a global downturn.

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Gerakan wants to win more seats in general election

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:13 AM PDT

Gerakan has set its sights on regaining more seats in the upcoming 13th General Election (GE) after its dismal performance in the previous election.

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Malaysia supplies world class talent for Islamic finance: Zeti

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:12 AM PDT

Malaysia, via the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), is supplying world class talent for the fast-growing Islamic finance, says chairman and chancellor, Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.

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Peter Chin plays down talk of contesting SUPP presidency

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:50 PM PDT

Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) organising secretary Datuk Seri Peter Chin has refused to be dragged into the latest speculation that he would contest the party president's post during their Triennial Delegates Conference (TDC) in December.

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Government intervention allows people to own quality homes: Najib

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:49 PM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today government intervention through the implementation of specific programmes had allowed more Malaysians to own quality homes.

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Police ready to face general election

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:49 PM PDT

Police have put in place detailed preparations for the 13th General Election, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said.

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Toyota, Honda to suspend Thai production due to floods

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Two major Japanese automakers, Toyota and Honda, has announced to suspend production in Thailand until next weekend as the the flooding situation deteriorates, according to China's Xinhua News Agency on Saturday, citing the Bangkok Post.

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Toyota, Honda to suspend Thai production due to floods

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Two major Japanese automakers, Toyota and Honda, has announced to suspend production in Thailand until next weekend as the the flooding situation deteriorates, according to China's Xinhua News Agency on Saturday, citing the Bangkok Post.

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Wall Street sit-in protest goes global

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:28 PM PDT

MILAN (Reuters) - Protesters worldwide geared up for a cry of rage on Saturday against bankers, financiers and politicians they accuse of ruining global economies and condemning millions to poverty and hardship through greed.



Don't be hoodwinked by opposition: Muhyiddin

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin reminded the people today to be grateful for the efforts of the government to improve their lots and not to be hoodwinked by the promise made by the opposition.

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Oil spill discovered in China's Bohai Sea

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:47 PM PDT

An oil spill was discovered in north China's Bohai Sea Friday evening and is being assessed for damage, maritime authorities said, reported Xinhua news agency.

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U.S. Catholic bishop charged in alleged porn cover-up

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Kansas City's Roman Catholic bishop has become the highest-ranking church official charged in the United States in the long-running clergy sexual abuse scandal, accused of failing to report suspected child abuse involving a priest's photographs of young naked girls.



Mexican state 'left in hands' of drug gang - Calderon

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Friday the eastern state of Veracruz, which has been convulsed by a wave of killings, had been "left in the hands" of the violent Zetas drug cartel.



Leader of Cuba's Ladies in White dead at 63

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Laura Pollan, who helped found the dissident group Ladies in White after her husband was jailed in a 2003 crackdown on government opponents, died on Friday in a Havana hospital at the age of 63, her family and fellow dissidents said.



Defences bolstered as floods threaten Thai capital

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 08:32 PM PDT

BANGKOK, Oct 15 — Rescue workers scrambled to reinforce make-shift walls and sand-bags around Bangkok today as the worst floods in half-a-century threatened Thailand's low-lying capital after swamping entire villages in the north. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has sought to reassure Bangkok's 12 million people they should largely escape ...



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