SUPP still facing Herculean task to patch up

SUPP still facing Herculean task to patch up

SUPP still facing Herculean task to patch up

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:23 AM PST

Newly elected Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) president Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui will make several announcements on Friday as part of the party's transformation plans since he took over the party presidency last month.

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IRB aims to collect higher income tax this year

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:22 AM PST

The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) believes it can collect higher income tax this year following its capacity to venture into "hidden resources" under the blue ocean strategy, chief executive officer Datuk Dr Mohd Shukor Mahfar said today.

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iPhone attachment captures panoramic video

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:18 AM PST

Jeff Glasse is giving the iPhone eyes in the back of its virtual head.

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US twins surge due to fertility advances

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:17 AM PST

Advances in fertility treatment and a trend toward later-life childbirth are fueling a boom in twins in the United States, where one in 30 babies is a twin, according to US data out Wednesday.

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N. Korea's communist paper opens English website

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 11:54 PM PST

North Korea's main newspaper has opened an English-language website, the country's latest move to strengthen its online presence after forays into Facebook and Twitter.

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Activists hurl stink bombs, paint at Japan whalers

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 11:54 PM PST

Environmental activists threw paint and foul smelling acid at whaling ships in the Antarctic ocean in a fresh bid to halt the annual hunt, Japanese authorities said Thursday.

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German inflation tops three-year high in 2011: data

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 11:53 PM PST

Inflation in Germany jumped to 2.3 percent for the whole of 2011, its highest level in three years and and above European Central Bank targets, official data showed on Thursday.

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Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet Friday

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 11:52 PM PST

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will reshuffle his four-month-old cabinet Friday, a senior ruling-party lawmaker said amid expectations that he will sack two ministers.

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Bursa has potential to receive more foreign funds: Citibank

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 11:29 PM PST

Bursa Malaysia has the potential to receive more foreign funds, said Citibank Malaysia's Head of Investment Strategist and Research (Wealth Management Products) Steven Yong today.

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Thai panel calls for reform to royal insult law

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:57 PM PST

An independent Thai commission has called for reform of the kingdom's law against insulting the monarchy, which has attracted mounting criticism for suppressing freedom of expression.

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Microsoft says probing China plant protest

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 10:56 PM PST

US computing giant Microsoft said Thursday it was probing unrest at a supplier plant in China after about 150 workers protested last week, some reportedly threatening suicide.

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VIDEO: Bloodshed in Homs amid Syria turmoil

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 11:20 PM PST

Opposition groups say 24 people died around Syria on Wednesday, as violence linked to anti-government protests continued.


A trip to Penang

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:49 PM PST

The momentum of the two camps is reflected in Penang and Kedah. However, who knows whether there would be chances before the end is reached?

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Australian airlines reject 'fat tax'

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:38 PM PST

Calls for overweight passengers to pay a surcharge to fly with Australian airlines fell flat Thursday with the major carriers all rejecting the idea.

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Taiwan's Ma expects stable ties under new China leader

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:38 PM PST

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said Thursday ties with China are unlikely to change despite an imminent, once-in-a-decade generational change in Beijing.

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Third S. Korean banker suicide over loan scandals

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:35 PM PST

A South Korean banker died Thursday in an apparent suicide -- the third such case in four months -- after being summoned in a probe into corruption at troubled savings banks, prosecutors said.

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Bowing to pressure, Beijing begins hourly smog data

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:35 PM PST

Beijing on Thursday began publishing real-time air quality data on the Internet, bowing to a vocal online campaign for greater government transparency over pollution in China's capital.

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Quake hits eastern Japan; nuclear plant stable

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:33 PM PST

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Japan on Thursday near the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, but did not cause any further problems at the power station, officials said.

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Police raid prominent Chinese dissident's flat

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:33 PM PST

One of China's most prominent dissidents said Thursday police raided his flat while his four-year-old daughter was present, confiscating two computers and warning him against writing comments online.

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Underwear escaper strips away Japan jail security

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 09:31 PM PST

A prisoner serving 23 years for attempted murder was on the run Thursday after escaping from a penitentiary in Hiroshima clad only in white underwear, Japan's first jailbreak in more than two decades.

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