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- Case management for suit against Anwar's counsel on Apr 18
- Jakim not involved in explaining Islam to non-Muslim NGOs
- Mikulski: pint-sized trailblazer for women in Congress
- Philippine police placed on full alert
- Two Thai political parties dissolved
- Car crash kills 7, injures 12 in central Thailand
- Myanmar election commission promises free, fair by-elections
- Syrian forces storm central town
- Nuclear talks with world powers on April 13: Iran
- Revolving credit - the beating heart of China's metal trade
- Myanmar central bank confirms currency float from April 1
- China allows detained rights lawyer first visit in two years
- Fiji takes control of national carrier Air Pacific from Qantas
- Jail may await Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape - HRW
- Pope pushes for change in Cuba, government rebuffs
- VIDEO: Can Nigerian Islamic schools prevent militants?
- US plane in emergency landing after pilot rant
- Hundreds of Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes': HRW
- New Zealand offers tourists tanks for their memories
- Indonesia's Batam island eyes Singapore tourism boom
| Case management for suit against Anwar's counsel on Apr 18 Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:27 AM PDT The High Court here fixed April 18 for the case management of the RM10 million defamation suit filed by Malaysian Muslim Lawyers Association president Datuk Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar against lawyer Kamar Ainiah Kamaruzaman.
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| Jakim not involved in explaining Islam to non-Muslim NGOs Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:26 AM PDT The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) is not involved in activities related to inter-religious relations and explaining Islam to non-Muslim non-government organisations (NGO).
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| Mikulski: pint-sized trailblazer for women in Congress Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:24 AM PDT She stands 4'11" (1.5 meters) and had trouble being seen over the microphones when elected. Thirty-five years later, Barbara Mikulski is a towering figure in the Senate, the longest-serving female lawmaker in the US Congress.
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| Philippine police placed on full alert Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:19 AM PDT The 130,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) will be placed on full alert starting 5:00 p. m. Wednesday in view of the summer vacation and forthcoming Holy Week next week.
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| Two Thai political parties dissolved Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:19 AM PDT Thailand's Constitution Court on Wednesday decided to dissolve two political parties and banned their executive committee members from politics for failing to comply with the political party law.
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| Car crash kills 7, injures 12 in central Thailand Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:18 AM PDT Seven people were killed and 12 others injured Wednesday when a pickup truck plunged into a roadside irrigation canal in central Ayutthaya province of Thailand, 65 km north of Bangkok.
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| Myanmar election commission promises free, fair by-elections Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:18 AM PDT Myanmar's Union Election Commission promised to the public Wednesday that the upcoming April 1 by-elections will be free and fair.
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| Syrian forces storm central town Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:14 AM PDT Syrian forces backed by tanks stormed the central town of Qalaat al-Madiq and nearby villages on Wednesday after a siege lasting more than two weeks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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| Nuclear talks with world powers on April 13: Iran Posted: 28 Mar 2012 12:14 AM PDT Long-stalled talks between Iran and world powers are to be revived on April 13 at a place yet to be agreed, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying on Wednesday by official media.
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| Revolving credit - the beating heart of China's metal trade Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:53 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - In a dilapidated high rise in a residential district of Shanghai sits the beating heart of China's physical metal trade. 
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| Myanmar central bank confirms currency float from April 1 Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:44 PM PDT (Reuters) - Myanmar will begin a managed float of its currency, the kyat, from April 1, the central bank said in a statement published in an official newspaper on Wednesday. 
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| China allows detained rights lawyer first visit in two years Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:32 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's best known rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, whose case is a sore point in Sino-U.S. relations, was allowed a visit from his family last weekend, the first time he has been seen for nearly two years, his wife said on Wednesday. 
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| Fiji takes control of national carrier Air Pacific from Qantas Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:01 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fiji's military government on Wednesday said it would take control of national carrier Air Pacific from Australia's Qantas Airways using a decree that states "substantial ownership and effective control" of all Fijian airlines should be local. 
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| Jail may await Afghan women fleeing abuse, rape - HRW Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:35 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. 
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| Pope pushes for change in Cuba, government rebuffs Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:32 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Pope Benedict stepped up his calls for change and a greater role for the Catholic Church in communist-run Cuba on Tuesday but was quickly rebuffed by a senior government official who ruled out political reforms in the one-party state. 
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| VIDEO: Can Nigerian Islamic schools prevent militants? Posted: 27 Mar 2012 11:05 PM PDT The Nigerian government has announced that it intends to build hundreds of new religious schools to fight poverty and extremism in the north of the country.
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| US plane in emergency landing after pilot rant Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:50 PM PDT A US airliner made an emergency landing in Texas on Tuesday after the pilot, shouting about Al-Qaeda and bomb threats, had to be restrained by passengers, officials and reports said.
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| Hundreds of Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes': HRW Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:49 PM PDT Hundreds of Afghan women are languishing in prison having been accused or convicted of so-called "moral crimes", including "running away" and having sex outside marriage, campaign group Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
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| New Zealand offers tourists tanks for their memories Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:47 PM PDT In a country regarded as the adrenaline-pumped home of adventure sports, one New Zealand company is offering frustrated drivers the chance to squash a car with a Centurion tank.
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| Indonesia's Batam island eyes Singapore tourism boom Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:35 PM PDT Indonesia's Batam island, an industrial zone with dreams of transforming into a major tourist destination, is sprucing itself up to lure big-spending visitors from next-door Singapore.
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