Rolls-Royce opens largest Asian facility

Rolls-Royce opens largest Asian facility


Rolls-Royce opens largest Asian facility

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:14 AM PST

Aircraft engine giant Rolls-Royce opened its largest Asian facility in Singapore on Monday as it looks to capitalise on the region's booming aviation sector.

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Vietnam arrests four more dissidents

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:09 AM PST

Vietnam has arrested four more men linked to an organisation accused of plotting to overthrow the communist government, state media said Monday.

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Police detain suspect and free kidnapped boy

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:09 AM PST

Police believe they have solved a kidnap case involving a 14-year old boy with the arrest of a 26-year-old suspect in Perak on Saturday.

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State Islamic Depts to act against Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:08 AM PST

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom has urged State Islamic Religious Departments to act against Muslims celebrating Valentine's Day.

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No need for royal commission on illegal sand mining, says S'gor MB

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:08 AM PST

There is no necessity for a royal commission to be set up to investigate the alleged irregularities in sand mining in Selangor, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

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Court reject PTPTN's bid to strike out suit

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:08 AM PST

The Sessions Court today dismissed the National Higher Education Corporation Fund's (PTPTN) application to strike out a suit by a study loan borrower.

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Malaysia not transit or hiding place for criminals, says Hishamuddin

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:07 AM PST

Criminals or those wanted in their home countries will not be allowed to use Malaysia as a hiding place or transit, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said today.

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Indonesia to intensify efforts to send maids to Malaysia

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:07 AM PST

The Manpower and Transmigration Ministry of Indonesia has intensified cooperation and coordination with provinces and local authorities involved in recruiting maids who will be send to Malaysia next month.

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Court of Appeal reduces jail term in church arson case

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:07 AM PST

The Court of Appeal today reduced from five years to two the jail sentence on two brothers found guilty by the Session Court for an arson attack on the Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati two years ago.

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Govt delivers 78.5% of projects promised during walkabouts in Sarawak

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 01:06 AM PST

A total of 245 or 78.5 per cent of 312 projects costing RM213.7 million announced during the walkabouts by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his deputy, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin before the Sarawak state election last year have been completed.

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Myanmar by-elections vital for EU sanctions move - official

Posted: 13 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - A top EU official held out the prospect of a further easing of sanctions on Myanmar after a meeting on Monday with the country's president and announced increased aid to acknowledge reforms already begun by a new civilian administration.



A year on, only brief home visits for Japan nuclear evacuees

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:41 PM PST

OKUMA, Japan (Reuters) - Back home for just three hours, a tearful Miyoko Takeda sorted through her belongings. She left behind the kimonos she once wore as a traditional dancer, fearful they might be contaminated by radiation.



Insight - India's sour food safety record

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:28 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bhim can't understand what he's done wrong.



Arabs back Syria opposition; Homs bombardment resumes

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:18 PM PST

AMMAN/CAIRO (Reuters) - Syrian forces resumed their bombardment of the city of Homs on Monday after Arab countries called for U.N. peacekeepers and pledged their firm support for the opposition battling President Bashar al-Assad.



Myanmar by-elections vital for EU sanctions move - official

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 11:11 PM PST

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - A top EU official held out the prospect of a further easing of sanctions on Myanmar during a meeting on Monday with a senior member of the new civilian administration and announced increased aid to acknowledge reforms already begun.



New Fukushima scare blamed on faulty thermometer

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:47 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A scare over temperatures rising near danger level in a reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where workers are battling to prevent a resurgence of the radiation crisis, could be a false alarm, the plant operator said on Monday.



Pakistan PM charged with contempt in case that could drag on

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:43 PM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court charged the embattled prime minister with contempt of court on Monday for his refusal to re-open old corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, complicating the country's political crisis.



Trial starts for militant accused of building Bali bombs

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:38 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Islamic militant captured in the same Pakistan town where U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden went on trial in Indonesia on Monday accused of making bombs that exploded at Bali nightclubs packed with Australian tourists in 2002, killing 202 people.



Tough calculus for Obama in Chinese leader's election-year visit

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:28 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as he greets China's vice president in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Barack Obama is quietly overhauling U.S. economic policy toward Beijing, looking for new ways to extract results on issues such as market access and currency manipulation that have bedevilled him and his predecessors.



Venezuela's Capriles wins primary, seeks to beat Chavez

Posted: 12 Feb 2012 10:15 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles easily won a primary election on Sunday to become the unity candidate against President Hugo Chavez, vowing to end 13 years of socialist rule that he said has left the OPEC nation in crisis.



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