New year stunts |
- New year stunts
- Malaysians living abroad fail in bid to be absentee voters
- Court denies Malaysians abroad right to vote
- Beijing to issue new air quality data after outcry
- Malaysia police give rare nod for Anwar court rally
- Hong Kong breaks tourist record in 2011
- US job picture brightens, but risks remain
- Over 3,000 killed in South Sudan massacre: local official
- Antarctica not free of earthquakes: expert
- HSBC trims Malaysia's GDP forecast to 3.7%
- Lithuanian man blows up himself near U.S. Embassy
- Turkish ex-army chief in jail over anti-government plot
- Myanmar's Suu Kyi, Hague in tune on sanctions
- Indonesian students collect bananas to protest convictions of petty thieves
- Saudi hacker releases more Israeli credit info
- 2012 Olympics set to be glossy affair: Jessica Ennis latest UK athlete linked to beauty deal
- VIDEO: Mexico hails world's tallest bridge
- VIDEO: France cracks down on Roma gangs
- Iraq militia says kidnapped Briton killed in escape
- Hague to meet Myanmar's Suu Kyi, elections in focus
| Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:27 AM PST Members of the Edo Firemanship Preservation Association carry bamboo ladders prior to performing stunts during the annual new year fire review in Tokyo. A total of 2,700 fire fighters, 130 vehicles, 4 helicopters and 8 boats take part in the new year fire exercises.
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| Malaysians living abroad fail in bid to be absentee voters Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:11 AM PST Six Malaysians working and living in the United Kingdom today failed in their bid to get registered as "absent voters" after the High Court rejected their application to challenge the decision of the Election Commission (EC) not to register them as absentee voters for the next general election.
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| Court denies Malaysians abroad right to vote Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:55 PM PST A Malaysian high court ruled Friday that six Malaysians working in Britain do not have the right to cast their ballots abroad despite promises of electoral reforms.
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| Beijing to issue new air quality data after outcry Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:53 PM PST Beijing's government on Friday bowed to a vocal online campaign for a change in the way air quality is measured in the Chinese capital, one of the world's most polluted cities.
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| Malaysia police give rare nod for Anwar court rally Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:51 PM PST Malaysian police said Friday they would allow a rally for opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to take place when the court delivers a verdict in his sodomy trial at the start of next week.
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| Hong Kong breaks tourist record in 2011 Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:50 PM PST Tourist arrivals hit a record high in Hong Kong in 2011 with nearly 42 million visitors, boosted by a huge increase of people from mainland China, tourism officials said.
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| US job picture brightens, but risks remain Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:49 PM PST Official US job numbers for December come Friday amid hopes raised by a sizzling increase in private hiring and signs the economy is picking up steam.
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| Over 3,000 killed in South Sudan massacre: local official Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:45 PM PST More than 3,000 people were killed in South Sudan in brutal massacres last week in bloody ethnic violence that forced thousands to flee, the top local official in the affected area said Friday.
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| Antarctica not free of earthquakes: expert Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:42 PM PST Surveillance data on the size and frequency of earthquakes in Antarctica collected by China's Great Wall Station show that the continent is not earthquake-free, Xinhua news agency reported.
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| HSBC trims Malaysia's GDP forecast to 3.7% Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:42 PM PST HSBC has reduced its 2012 gross domestic product forecast for Malaysia to 3.7 per cent from five per cent due to slower global growth which will continue to dampen exports.
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| Lithuanian man blows up himself near U.S. Embassy Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:16 AM PST VILNIUS (Reuters) - A Lithuanian man blew up himself near the U.S. Embassy in the Baltic state's capital overnight but the embassy was not thought to have been targeted, police said on Friday. 
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| Turkish ex-army chief in jail over anti-government plot Posted: 06 Jan 2012 12:03 AM PST ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Former Turkish armed forces chief General Ilker Basbug spent his first night behind bars on Friday, charged with trying to overthrow the government in an unprecedented development likely to exacerbate tensions with the military. 
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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi, Hague in tune on sanctions Posted: 05 Jan 2012 10:31 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary William Hague and Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, set out similar conditions for the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country under the previous military regime at an historic meeting on Friday. 
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| Indonesian students collect bananas to protest convictions of petty thieves Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:58 PM PST  JAKARTA, Jan 6: Banyumas Muhammadiyah student activists initiated on Friday a movement to collect 1,000 bananas for Kuatno, a man charged with stealing bananas in Cilacap, Central Java.
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| Saudi hacker releases more Israeli credit info Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:45 PM PST  Jan 6: An alleged Saudi hacker has released a new file containing credit card information belonging to 11,000 Israelis on Thursday, days after leaking a list of 18,000 such entries
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| 2012 Olympics set to be glossy affair: Jessica Ennis latest UK athlete linked to beauty deal Posted: 05 Jan 2012 11:03 PM PST The London 2012 Olympic Games are a mere six months away and while fashionistas were already set to tune in just to see Team Great Britain's Stella McCartney-designed kit, UK beauty fans too have a reason to watch thanks to a string of recently announced beauty partnerships.
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| VIDEO: Mexico hails world's tallest bridge Posted: 05 Jan 2012 08:56 PM PST A bridge in Mexico, officially recognised as the tallest in the world, has been inaugurated by President Felipe Calderon.
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| VIDEO: France cracks down on Roma gangs Posted: 05 Jan 2012 09:42 PM PST The French government has issued deportation notices to hundreds of Roma people, in what they say is an effort to crack down on gangs using children to beg and pick pockets.
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| Iraq militia says kidnapped Briton killed in escape Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:41 PM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of an Iraqi Shi'ite militia who kidnapped British bodyguard Alan McMenemy in 2007 said Thursday he was killed trying to escape and it was willing to return his body without conditions. 
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| Hague to meet Myanmar's Suu Kyi, elections in focus Posted: 05 Jan 2012 07:38 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary William Hague was due to hold talks on Friday with the leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, a key player now that a civilian government is trying to end Western sanctions against the country. 
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