VIDEO: Protest too 'noisy and unsanitary'

VIDEO: Protest too 'noisy and unsanitary'


VIDEO: Protest too 'noisy and unsanitary'

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:51 PM PDT

People living near the public park where the Wall Street protest is based have complained about the unsanitary conditions and levels of noise coming from the camp.


Chinese vice premier meets South Korean leader

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:53 PM PDT

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak met China's vice-premier Wednesday amid a flurry of diplomacy to revive long-stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.

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Hong Kong court rejects bid to suspend maid ruling

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:52 PM PDT

A Hong Kong court rejected a government bid Wednesday to suspend the processing of residency applications by foreign maids, after a key ruling last month paved the way for them to settle in the city.

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Boeing Dreamliner makes first commercial flight

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:50 PM PDT

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner made its first commercial flight on Wednesday, giving a handful of deep-pocketed passengers the chance to fly into history on what is touted as an aviation breakthrough.

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Turkey accepts foreign aid for quake: source

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:48 PM PDT

Turkey will accept foreign aid, including from Israel, to cope with a major earthquake that has left 459 people dead, a diplomatic source said Wednesday.

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N. Korea remains serious threat: US defence chief

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:48 PM PDT

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in South Korea Wednesday, pledging to keep a "nuclear umbrella" in place over Washington's close ally to deter threats from North Korea.

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Collecting bones and remains for re-interment

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:47 PM PDT

There are numerous ancestral graves at the Leong Kwong Yee San Cemetery in Bentong. Descendants would unearth and rebury the remains of their ancestors in the past. However, some people nowadays prefer to keep the bones remains in an urn columbarium.

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VIDEO: Claim Pakistan 'supports Taliban'

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:11 PM PDT

Allegations that Pakistan has actively been supporting Taliban insurgents, while acting as an ally of the US in public, have been made to a BBC investigation.


MCA objects to proposed changes in Income Tax Act

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:43 PM PDT

MCA objected to the proposed changes in the Income Tax Act which would give the director-general of Inland Revenue Board sole discretion over late or incorrect submissions, said its president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

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Will Sarawak BN perform better in next GE?

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:42 PM PDT

Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi Utom is expected to meet Barisan Nasional (BN) top leadership on Nov 1 to present a report on the state's preparation for the 13th general election.

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Deepavali celebration turns into tragedy for couple

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:42 PM PDT

A couple met a fiery end, while their two children sustained severe burns, when their car caught fire following a three-vehicle accident in Batu 10, Jalan Seremban-Tampin here today.

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Bangkok floods could last weeks: Thai PM

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Thailand's premier on Wednesday warned a confused and on-edge Bangkok that incoming floods could last for four weeks, as panic buying peaked and rising waters shut down the city's second airport.

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Festival of Lights

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:26 PM PDT

Hindu women Nikitha (L), Rishitha (C), and Sneha pose with sparklers at the entrance to their home on the eve of Diwali in Hyderabad, India.

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Encampment

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:23 PM PDT

A demonstrator sits outside a tent at the Occupy LA encampment in front of Los Angeles City Hall against bank bailouts, foreclosures and high unemployment.

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Tintin's adventures in videogames

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:17 PM PDT

(France-AFP) - Tintin-mania is hitting France, not just with the release of Steven Spielberg's new film, but with a new tie-in videogame that lets you live out your fantasies of being the famous Belgian boy-reporter. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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A moveable feast: France's museums on wheels

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:15 PM PDT

(France-AFP) - If you're an art lover but live too far from big cities to visit museums, what to do? Well in France, the museum now comes to you. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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Police fire tear gas at US anti-Wall Street protest

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:53 PM PDT

Police fired tear gas and sound grenades to disperse hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in Oakland, near San Francisco, late Tuesday night, an AFP photographer said.

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A financial management report card

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:52 PM PDT

The government's attitude and changes of the political situation after the 2008 general election have also led to the growing concern on the Auditor-General's Report.

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Arsonists attack Philippine church radio station

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:45 PM PDT

A Roman Catholic Church-run radio station was set on fire in the central Philippines on Wednesday in the latest attack on the press in the country, police said.

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Prisons Dept denies no post-mortem on Mogana

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:42 PM PDT

The Prisons Department today denied that the body of R. Mogana Sundram, who was found hanged in prison three days ago, was not sent for a post-mortem before it was released to his family.

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