Malaysia steadfast in supporting Palestinian cause: Najib

Malaysia steadfast in supporting Palestinian cause: Najib


Malaysia steadfast in supporting Palestinian cause: Najib

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:09 AM PST

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today said Malaysia remained steadfast in its support for the Palestinian cause.

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Malaysia's per capita income continues to rise: Nor Mohamed

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:08 AM PST

The Malaysian economy has continued to grow, as reflected in the rising per capita income which has gone up significantly since 1970, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop.

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GST after govt gets agreement from business community

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:07 AM PST

The government will only implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) after it has received the agreement from the business community including the country's small and medium enterprises.

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Private sectior retirement age bill at final stage of drafting

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:06 AM PST

Human Resource Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam says the Private Sector Retirement Age Bill is at final stage of drafting.

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Indonesia optimistic of 6.7% growth

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:05 AM PST

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is optimistic that his country's economy will grow 6.7 per cent this year despite stagnating economic growth in several countries including China, India and Japan.

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Powerful quake jolts Japan's Honshu

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:05 AM PST

A strong earthquake, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale, hit the Honshu Island region today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department reported.

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Samsung chairman sued by brother over inheritance

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:04 AM PST

The chairman of South Korea's Samsung Electronics Lee Kun-hee has been sued by his elder brother over a multi-million dollar inheritance, a law firm said Tuesday.

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Feb 22 hearing of preliminary objections to columnist's habeas corpus application

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:03 AM PST

The High Court here will hear on Feb 22 a preliminary objection by the Malaysian government and three others against a habeas corpus application filed by Saudi Arabian columnist, Hamza Kashgari Mohamad Najeeb, who is alleged to have insulted Islam and Prophet Muhammad.

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Israeli diplomat has surgery after Delhi bomb blast

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:46 PM PST

An Israeli diplomat badly wounded in a bomb blast in New Delhi had shrapnel removed from her spine, doctors said Tuesday, as Israel accused Iran of being the world's "biggest exporter of terror".

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VIDEO: Xi Jinping: China's next leader?

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 03:14 PM PST

Damien Grammaticas looks at Chinese vice president Xi Jinping, who has just arrived in the US where he will meet President Obama.


China’s leader-in-waiting to meet Obama at White House

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 — President Barack Obama and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping will hold talks today that could help boost the international stature of Beijing's leader-in-waiting while testing Obama's ability to balance thorny US-China diplomacy with election-year pressures. Taking his biggest step onto the world stage at a time of growing ...



Republican Santorum catches Romney in US polls

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 08:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 14 — Former US Senator Rick Santorum has surged into a virtual tie in opinion polls with Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, setting up a tough fight in the party's primary in Michigan on February 28. Picking up support from voters aligned with the conservative Tea Party movement and white Christian evangelicals, ...



Samsung boss sued by brother for inheritance

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:26 PM PST

The chairman of South Korea's Samsung Electronics has been sued by his elder brother over a multi-million dollar inheritance, a law firm said Tuesday.

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VIDEO: Illegal immigrants detained in Libya

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:54 PM PST

A small Libyan town is pleading for help to deal with a growing influx of illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.


Altuzarra dazzles New York fashion world

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:10 PM PST

(America, New York-AFP) - AFPTV goes backstage at Joseph Altuzarra's first runway show since winning the coveted CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Quake hits eastern Japan: nuclear plant stable

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:03 PM PST

A powerful earthquake rocked eastern Japan Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was reported at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Italy cruise ship passengers sharpen US lawsuit

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 11:01 PM PST

Passengers aboard a Costa Concordia cruise ship that capsized off Italy last month have amended their US lawsuit to bring additional charges of negligence against the ship's captain and crew.

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Firm in Apple dispute seeks to ban China iPad imports

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:58 PM PST

An electronics firm said Tuesday it would ask customs in China to block iPad imports after it won a copyright case against Apple, prompting one city to pull some of the tablet computers from shops.

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China local debt clean-up is no policy shift - source

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:32 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's clean-up of $1.7 trillion (1.08 trillion pounds) of local government debt must boost the credit worthiness of loans on bank books without changing underlying lending policy, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.



Exclusive - Attack on Israeli may hurt Indian trade with Iran

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 10:22 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An attack on an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi may "dampen" and "hurt" India's efforts to carry on trade with sanctions-hit Iran, the head of India's rice trade body said on Tuesday, and may complicate efforts to resolve a trade payment impasse.



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