Female lion dancers

Female lion dancers

Female lion dancers

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:00 AM PST

Teluk Intan Hoong Tuck Lion Dance Association has trained more than 20 lion dancers, three of them are young ladies.

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Abortion curb restores birth sex ratio in Taiwan

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 12:23 AM PST

Taiwanese health authorities said Tuesday that tougher checks on illegal gender-selective abortions prevented nearly 1,000 terminations of female foetuses last year.

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Finance heavyweight named Taiwan's new PM

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 12:04 AM PST

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday named a former top financial regulator as the new premier in the hope that he can lead the island through economic trouble caused by the European debt crisis.

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Germany returns two millennia old Afghan sculpture

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:54 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Germany this week returned an ancient pre-Islamic sculpture looted during Afghanistan's civil war, giving hope to Kabul's cultural mavens that the rest of its stolen treasures will also make their way home.

U.N. nuclear agency approves Japan's stress tests

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:10 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear experts have endorsed stress tests designed to show that Japanese nuclear plants could withstand a repeat of last year's quake and tsunami, as the government campaigns to restart idled reactors and avoid a summer power crunch.

As Florida votes, Romney seems in driver's seat

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST

COCOA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Florida's Republican voters go to the polls on Tuesday in a high-stakes presidential primary election that could determine the direction of the race.

Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air strike - residents

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 09:58 PM PST

ADEN (Reuters) - At least 11 al Qaeda militants, including a number of local leaders, were killed in an overnight air strike in southern Yemen, local residents said on Tuesday.

VIDEO: Europe struggles in grip of snow

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:55 PM PST

Falling temperatures and heavy snowfalls across Eastern Europe leave at least 36 people dead and major power and transport problems.


Qaeda militants killed in Yemen air strike

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:02 PM PST

ADEN, Jan 31 — At least 11 al Qaeda militants, including a number of local leaders, were killed in an overnight air strike in southern Yemen, local residents said today. They said an unidentified drone attacked the militants while they were travelling in two vehicles east of the city of Lawdar in Abyan provice in southern Yemen. A tribal leader ...

More examples of A380 cracks, repairs under way

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 06:53 PM PST

FRANKFURT, Jan 31 — Singapore Airlines said yesterday it had found examples of recently identified wing cracks in all six of the Airbus A380s on which it carried out mandatory inspections, as a senior pilot issued reassurance over the superjumbo's safety. The discovery of more instances of cracked wing components was expected after Airbus said ...

UN atomic watchdog green lights Japan's reactor tests

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:48 PM PST

The UN's nuclear watchdog on Tuesday gave its seal of approval to Japan's reactor safety checks, but said utilities should beef up plans for managing disasters in the wake of the Fukushima meltdowns.

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Singapore unemployment down to 14-year low

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:45 PM PST

Supported by strong employment creation, Singapore's unemployment rate declined to a 14-year low in 2011, according to the "Employment Situation, 2011" report.

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Hasan Ali to form new NGO

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:44 PM PST

Datuk Dr Hasan Ali will set up a non-governmental organisation (NGO) called Jati to fight for Islam, Malay rights and the Malay rulers.

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White ang pow nothing to do with government: Najib

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:43 PM PST

The use of white envelopes along with the customary "ang pow" red packets at Perkasa's Chinese New Year gathering last Sunday has nothing to do with the government, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

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Bangladeshi student arrested over Facebook post

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:16 PM PST

A Bangladeshi student has been arrested for allegedly posting obscene remarks about the father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Facebook, police said Tuesday.

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Thailand to probe army shooting of four Muslims

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 11:14 PM PST

Thailand has ordered an investigation into the deadly shooting of four Muslim civilians by paramilitaries in the restive south, a top official said Tuesday, after the deaths sparked local outrage.

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VIDEO: EU agrees pact to balance budgets

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:32 PM PST

At the EU summit in Brussels, 25 of the 27 member states have agreed to sign a new pact designed to force eurozone countries to balance their budgets.


VIDEO: Spanish court to decide on judge trial

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST

The supreme court in Spain is due to decide later today whether to proceed with the prosecution of the country's most prominent judge for abuse of power


VIDEO: UN to debate Syria resolution

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST

Western powers are increasing the pressure on the UN Security Council to take action in Syria, where violence continues to rage.


Art show celebrates German bargain obsession

Posted: 30 Jan 2012 10:59 PM PST

An exibition called "I Love Aldi", referring to the budget supermarket chain, at the Wilhelm Hack Museum in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, western Germany, presents forty artisitc works celebrating the German addiction to finding a good bargain. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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