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- Old street steaming ahead
- Taiwan Evergreen tycoon vows to give all to charity
- Two civilians killed in Thai south shootings
- HK chief exec candidate denies poll shenanigans
- S. Korea bans cross-border meeting of activists
- Maldives police mutiny, take over state broadcaster - witnesses
- Toll from Pakistan factory collapse rises to 17 dead
- Bombardment of Syria's Homs resumes - activists
- Santorum aims for a victory in U.S. Republican contests
- Bombardment of Syria's Homs city resumes - activists
- Perak BN to launch election manifesto soon: Zambry
- VIDEO: Medical system for Libyan's 'abused'
- Penance
- Gustavo Lins prepares Haute Couture show
- Hindu devotees, tourists throng Batu Caves for Thaipusam
- Be a partner based on nambikei, Indian community urged
- Pakistan hunts for survivors as factory toll hits 17
- VIDEO: Syria artillery onslaught on Homs
- Maldives protests boil over, police join against government
- In shift, Obama campaign to support Super Pac fundraiser
| Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:11 AM PST Johor Bahru's Jalan Wong Ah Fook was named after a local Chinese pioneer, Wong Ah Fook, and has since become the main arterial road in town.
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| Taiwan Evergreen tycoon vows to give all to charity Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:09 AM PST Taiwan tycoon Chang Yung-fa, the founder of Evergreen Group, one of the island's leading conglomerates, Tuesday pledged to donate all of his wealth to charity after he dies.
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| Two civilians killed in Thai south shootings Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:08 AM PST Gunmen shot dead two civilians in Thailand's deep south on Tuesday, police said, as the army defended its record on an eight-year insurgency in the Muslim-majority region.
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| HK chief exec candidate denies poll shenanigans Posted: 07 Feb 2012 01:08 AM PST The man many expect to be Hong Kong's next chief executive denied Tuesday that he interfered with a university survey to improve his popularity ratings ahead of March elections.
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| S. Korea bans cross-border meeting of activists Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:50 AM PST Seoul has banned a planned meeting in China between political activists from North and South Korea, an official said Tuesday, amid a prolonged deadlock in cross-border ties.
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| Maldives police mutiny, take over state broadcaster - witnesses Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST MALE (Reuters) - Mutinying police on the holiday islands of the Maldives took over the state broadcaster on Tuesday and broadcast an opposition-linked station's calls for people to come on the streets to overthrow President Mohamed Nasheed, witnesses said. 
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| Toll from Pakistan factory collapse rises to 17 dead Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:31 PM PST LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The death toll from the collapse of a three-storey factory in the Pakistani city of Lahore rose to 17 on Tuesday as rescue workers continued to search for survivors amidst the rubble, an emergency official said. 
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| Bombardment of Syria's Homs resumes - activists Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:18 PM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Heavy bombardment of the Syrian city of Homs resumed on Tuesday after at least 95 civilians were killed on Monday in an offensive to put down a popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, activists and residents said. 
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| Santorum aims for a victory in U.S. Republican contests Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:02 PM PST DENVER (Reuters) - Republican candidate Rick Santorum is gunning for a victory in at least one of the three states holding presidential nominating contests on Tuesday in an attempt to slow down front-runner Mitt Romney and revive his fading White House hopes. 
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| Bombardment of Syria's Homs city resumes - activists Posted: 06 Feb 2012 10:45 PM PST AMMAN (Reuters) - Heavy bombardment of the Syrian city of Homs resumed on Tuesday after at least 95 civilians were killed on Monday in an offensive to put down a popular revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, activists and residents said. 
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| Perak BN to launch election manifesto soon: Zambry Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:33 AM PST Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) will launch its manifesto for the 13th general election soon, after it has been fine-tuned, said its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.
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| VIDEO: Medical system for Libyan's 'abused' Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:09 AM PST A system for sending wounded people from the Libyan conflict abroad for treatment has been suspended after it came to light that it has been abused.
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| Posted: 07 Feb 2012 12:24 AM PST A Hindu devotee makes his way towards Batu Caves to perform religious rites before sunrise during the Thaipusam festival on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Thaipusam is celebrated during the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai and commemorates the birth of Hindu deity Murugan. To mark this day of penance and thanksgiving, Hindus pierce their body with metal skewers and carry pots of milk on their heads in procession.
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| Gustavo Lins prepares Haute Couture show Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:56 PM PST (France-AFP) - Top Brazilian fashion designer Gustavo Lins is the only Latin American to have made the prestigious Paris Haute Couture week. An encounter with Lins in his Paris workshop, where AFPTV got a glimpse of what he's preparing for his coming Paris show. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Hindu devotees, tourists throng Batu Caves for Thaipusam Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:28 PM PST Thousands of Hindu devotees thronged Batu Caves, the focal point of the Thaipusam festival today, where they were joined by a score of local and foreign tourists.
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| Be a partner based on nambikei, Indian community urged Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:27 PM PST Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has urged the Indian community to become a partner to the government based on the 'nambikei' concept (believe, trust, confidence and hope) to spur the transformation programme in charting the development towards a high-income economy.
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| Pakistan hunts for survivors as factory toll hits 17 Posted: 06 Feb 2012 11:25 PM PST Pakistani rescuers on Tuesday recovered more bodies from the rubble of a factory that collapsed in the city of Lahore, raising the death toll to 17 in a grim search for survivors.
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| VIDEO: Syria artillery onslaught on Homs Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:24 AM PST Residents in the restive Syrian city of Homs are suffering one of the fiercest assaults from government troops since the uprising began.
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| Maldives protests boil over, police join against government Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:46 PM PST MALE, Maldives (Reuters) - Opposition-led protests in the Maldives boiled over on Tuesday with some police officers defying orders to break them up and instead joining in an assault on the military headquarters in the capital Male. 
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| In shift, Obama campaign to support Super Pac fundraiser Posted: 06 Feb 2012 09:14 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, worried about the influx of money to groups supporting Republican candidates, said on Monday it would start supporting the struggling Super PAC designed to help Obama stay in office. 
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