Rais wants radio stations to uplift national language

Rais wants radio stations to uplift national language

Rais wants radio stations to uplift national language

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:57 AM PST

Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim today called on the 56 radio stations in the country, including 22 private stations, to play their role in promoting the use of the national language.

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S. Korean students get jail terms for school bullying

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:43 AM PST

Two South Korean middle school students received rare prison sentences on Monday for brutally and regularly bullying a classmate who later committed suicide.

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Myanmar opposition complains of campaign restrictions

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:42 AM PST

Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party said Monday that restrictions on its political campaigning threatened the fairness of upcoming by-elections.

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Selangor Sultan conferred french award of distinction

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:06 AM PST

The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, was today conferred the "Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur" (Commander of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour) decoration by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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China’s Vice President XI samples Irish sport in Dublin

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:20 PM PST

DUBLIN, Feb 20 — Ireland's national sports — Gaelic football and hurling — won an unlikely new audience when pictures of China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping kicking a football were beamed to Beijing from Ireland, the only European stop on his current world tour. Xi, whose trip began in the United States last week, arrived in Dublin yesterday from ...

News Corp to launch ‘Sun on Sunday’ February 26

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 09:10 PM PST

LONDON, Feb 20 — News International, the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp group, announced yesterday it would publish a Sunday edition of Britain's scandal-hit Sun tabloid for the first time next weekend. In an internal memo to all staff, News International chief executive Tom Mockridge said the first edition of 'The Sun ...

China paper says West stirring up civil war in Syria

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 08:07 PM PST

BEIJING, Feb 20 — Western countries are stirring up a civil war in Syria with their wholehearted support for the opposition, a top Chinese newspaper said today, slamming calls for the country's leader to hand over power as an incitement to further violence. China and Russia angered Western and Arab states this month by blocking a draft UN Security ...

VIDEO: Greek immigrants 'want to go home'

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 12:05 AM PST

Greece is one of the main entry points to Europe for illegal migrants who travel there hoping for a better life. But many now want to leave.


Cambodian workers shot during protest: police

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:53 PM PST

Several Cambodian textile workers were shot and wounded on Monday when a man opened fire at a thousands-strong protest at an industrial zone in the east of the kingdom, officials said.

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Singapore PM demands apology from dissident website

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:49 PM PST

Singapore's prime minister has demanded an apology from a political website for a post his lawyer said alleged nepotism in the appointment of the premier's wife as head of a state-linked firm.

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Biodiesel B5 suitable for fishing boats - Dompok

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:49 PM PST

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok has given an assurance that biodiesel B5 is safe for use in fishing boat engines.

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Zimbabwe teenager to be caned over Facebook slur

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:44 PM PST

A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said Monday.

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U.N. inspectors arrive in Iran for nuclear talks

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:09 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A team of U.N. inspectors arrived in Tehran early on Monday for talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme, a day after the Islamic Republic ordered a halt to its oil sales to Britain and France in apparent retaliation for tightening EU sanctions.

China paper says West stirs civil war in Syria

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:08 PM PST

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - A leading Chinese newspaper accused Western countries on Monday of stirring civil war in Syria, where police and militia patrols clamped down on a district of the capital to prevent new demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad.

Australian PM urged to sack minister, end leadership crisis

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 10:39 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard should sack her foreign minister, who she toppled to be premier in 2010, and end a bitter leadership crisis that threatens her minority government and is repelling voters, a senior minister said on Monday.

EPU to be restructured, says Nor Mohamed

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:33 PM PST

The Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department will be restructured this year to enhance its effectiveness amid the challenging economic situation.

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Thai PM yYngluck arrives for official visit to Malaysia

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST

Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived here today for a one-day official visit to Malaysia.

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The debate

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:28 PM PST

Therefore, the debate might be considered a small step forward to set a good precedent, but not good enough to become a model.

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JPJ transformation programme nation wide in April

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:22 PM PST

The Road Transport Department's (JPJ) Transformation Programme or JTP which was started in mid-2010 is expected to be implemented nation wide this April.

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King receives certificate of recognition from Malaysia Book of Records

Posted: 19 Feb 2012 11:21 PM PST

The Malaysia Book of Records today presented Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah with a certificate recognising the monarch as the first sultan to be appointed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for a second time.

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