VIDEO: Afghan talks hit by Pakistan snub

VIDEO: Afghan talks hit by Pakistan snub

VIDEO: Afghan talks hit by Pakistan snub

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:23 AM PST

Germany hosts an international conference to plan Afghanistan's future as Nato troops prepare to leave, but key player Pakistan is boycotting the talks.


Terengganu tables RM1.95-bln budget for 2012

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:45 AM PST

Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said today tabled in the state legislative assembly a RM1.95-billion state budget for next year which he said would focus on developing quality human capital, maintaining the people's well-being and enhancing the state's competitiveness.

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Woman with six children jailed and fined RM800 for theft

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:09 AM PST

A woman with six children was sentenced to a day's jail and fined RM800, in default a month's jail, by the Magistrate's Court here today after she pleaded guilty to stealing several items, worth RM599.26, at the Carrefour hypermarket last Friday.

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Japan supercars in $4m highway pile-up

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:06 AM PST

Speeding was fingered as a possible cause Monday of what is believed to be Japan's most expensive ever road accident when up to $4 million-worth of supercars ended up in a crumpled heap on a highway.

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Japan apologises to elderly Australian PoW nurse

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:04 AM PST

Japan has voiced "deep remorse and a heartfelt apology" to an elderly former nurse and other Australians it once held as prisoners of war, the foreign ministry and reports said.

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US ramps up warnings on Iran strike risks

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:09 AM PST

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 ― The United States has pointedly ramped up its public warnings over the last few weeks about the risks of military action against Iran, accompanied by private words of caution to Israel, which sees Tehran's nuclear push as a direct threat. But so far, at least, comments by US and Israeli officials suggest that Washington's ...

Syrian secret police defect, Arab deadline passes

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:06 AM PST

BEIRUT, Dec 5 — At least a dozen Syrian secret police have defected from an intelligence compound, activists said, in what appeared to be the first major desertion from a service that has acted as a pillar of President Bashar al-Assad's rule. A gunfight broke out overnight on Saturday after the defectors fled the Airforce Intelligence complex in ...

Pakistan says no plans to attend Bonn conference

Posted: 05 Dec 2011 12:04 AM PST

ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 ― Pakistan said today it had no plans to reverse a decision to boycott a conference on the future of Afghanistan in Bonn in protest over a NATO strike, even though US President Barack Obama had expressed regret over the incident. "There is no change in our position vis-à-vis the Bonn conference," Abdul Basit, Pakistani Foreign ...

Argentina flirts with Iran as West watches nervously

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:10 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 5 — Argentina is quietly reaching out to Iran, worrying key Western powers and Israel as they try to tighten Tehran's international isolation over its nuclear programme, UN diplomats told Reuters. Argentina's ties with Iran have been virtually frozen since Argentine authorities secured Interpol arrest warrants for five Iranians ...

US official says no sign Iran shot down drone

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 08:40 PM PST

TEHRAN, Dec 5 — Iranian media reported yesterday that their country's military had shot down a US reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran, but a US official said there was no indication the aircraft had been shot down. NATO's US-led mission in neighbouring Afghanistan said the Iranian report could refer to an unarmed US spy drone that went missing ...

Police ready for the election, discussing with ministry on requirements

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:22 PM PST

The federal police logistics department is all geared up to face the 13th general election which is expected to be held in the near future.

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Scientists confirm Himalayan glacial melting

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:20 PM PST

Millions of people are under threat from melting of Himalayan glaciers, according to scientists carrying out the most comprehensive ever assessment of climate change in the region.

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Bomb hoax suspect detained

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:08 PM PST

Police have detained a man who is believed to have made a prank call to the Tapah police headquarters claiming there was a bomb at a railway bridge between Bidor to Tanjung Malim on Nov 1.

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Fresh radioactive runoff at Japan plant

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:06 PM PST

A fresh leak of radioactive water into the open ocean has been discovered at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear complex, its operator said Monday as cleanup efforts continued.

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Philippines urges quick end to Muslim rebellion

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:05 PM PST

The Philippines called on Muslim rebels to pull together with Manila to formally end a long-running insurgency in the south by early 2012 as the two sides opened a new round of peace talks Monday.

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Putin party suffers blow in Russia polls

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 11:05 PM PST

The ruling party of Vladimir Putin Monday won Russia's parliamentary elections but with a sharply reduced majority, in a blow for the Russian strongman ahead of his planned return to the Kremlin in 2012.

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VIDEO: Nigerian gay man on country's hostility

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:31 PM PST

As Nigeria moves towards banning same sex marriage, one gay man talks about the difficulty and hostility faced by people like himself.


VIDEO: Sarkozy and Merkel meet on euro

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:12 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are to meet to agree on joint proposals aimed at resolving the eurozone debt crisis.


VIDEO: Gbagbo faces criminal court

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:15 PM PST

The former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, is due to make an initial appearance before the International Criminal Court at The Hague.


Thai king leaves hospital for birthday speech

Posted: 04 Dec 2011 10:21 PM PST

Thailand's frail king, the world's longest reigning monarch, left the hospital where he has been staying for more than two years on Monday and addressed his subjects to mark his 84th birthday.

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