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- Sarkozy, Hollande snipe at EU to woo voters
- NATO failed to investigate Libya civilian deaths, says Amnesty
- South Korea says North wants rocket for nuclear weapon
- Bissau election marred by military assassination
- East Timor President Ramos-Horta concedes election defeat
- No change in Proton's aim to spearhead car sector following DRB-Hicom takeover, says Mustapa
- Chinese biz community less optimistic on 2012 economy, more upbeat for 2013
- Siti is so professional
- Superman stunt earns student 200 hours community service
- Sydney Harbour Bridge turns 80
- Kadir quits Umno
- UTAR looking for partners to commercialise new solar power technology
- 10,500 drug traffickers detained since 2009 - Hishammuddin
- VIDEO: Bangkok's celebrity taxi tweeter
- VIDEO: Eurozone migrants head to Switzerland
- VIDEO: Russian grannies prepare for Eurovision
- Jewish rabbi says Zionism created 'rivers of blood'
- Video of maid being beaten sparks outrage in Lebanon
- VIDEO: US military's 'most troubled' base
- VIDEO: Lake Titicaca swell floods farmland
| Sarkozy, Hollande snipe at EU to woo voters Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:40 AM PDT PARIS, March 19 — To a visitor from Mars, France's presidential election must seem a bizarre contest between candidates waging largely artificial battles with Europe before an electorate of economic illiterates. President Nicolas Sarkozy boasts of having saved the euro and turned the corner in the currency area's sovereign debt crisis (with a ... 
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| NATO failed to investigate Libya civilian deaths, says Amnesty Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:26 PM PDT LONDON, March 19 — NATO has failed to properly investigate or provide compensation for civilian deaths caused by its air strikes during the seven-month operation in Libya that helped bring about the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Amnesty International said today. Echoing similar criticisms aired this month by Russia, Amnesty said scores of Libyans, ... 
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| South Korea says North wants rocket for nuclear weapon Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:10 PM PDT SEOUL, March 19 — South Korea today condemned rival North Korea's planned rocket launch as a "grave provocation", saying it was a disguised attempt to develop a long-range ballistic missile capable of delivering nuclear weapons. Seoul also extended a security alert in the capital, and said it was concerned the North might follow the ballistic ... 
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| Bissau election marred by military assassination Posted: 18 Mar 2012 09:33 PM PDT BISSAU, March 19 — Guinea Bissau's former head of military intelligence was shot dead at a bar near his residence in the capital Bissau late yesterday, hours after citizens voted peacefully in a presidential election, witnesses and a security source said. The killing of Colonel Samba Diallo follows a rash of political assassinations in the tiny ... 
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| East Timor President Ramos-Horta concedes election defeat Posted: 18 Mar 2012 07:57 PM PDT DILI, March 19 — East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta, who won the 1996 Nobel peace prize, conceded defeat today in his bid to win re-election to a second term and congratulated two rivals set to proceed to a second round of voting. Francisco Guterres from the main opposition party Fretilin and Jose Maria de Vasconcelos, the former army chief and ... 
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| No change in Proton's aim to spearhead car sector following DRB-Hicom takeover, says Mustapa Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:09 AM PDT Proton Holdings Bhd's original aim to spearhead the nation's car industry will not be changed following its takeover by DRB-HICOM Bhd, said Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
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| Chinese biz community less optimistic on 2012 economy, more upbeat for 2013 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:08 AM PDT The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) today said the Chinese business community is less optimistic about the economic outlook for 2012 but remained cautiously optimistic for 2013.
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| Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:05 AM PDT "Ma'am, times have changed. Nowadays, one maid only focuses on one task. This is what we called professional!"
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| Superman stunt earns student 200 hours community service Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:58 PM PDT A student was ordered to undergo 200 hours of community service by the Magistrate's Court, here today, for a superman stunt while riding his motorcycle.
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| Sydney Harbour Bridge turns 80 Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:56 PM PDT A group of Sydney Symphony Orchestra musicians scaled the city's Harbour Bridge for an exclusive concert Monday to celebrate the sweeping structure's 80th birthday.
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| Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:52 PM PDT Former Information Minister Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir today resigned from Umno of which he had been a member for 56 years.
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| UTAR looking for partners to commercialise new solar power technology Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:48 PM PDT Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) is in the final stage of research in a new solar power project and is looking for partners to commercialise the technology.
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| 10,500 drug traffickers detained since 2009 - Hishammuddin Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:48 PM PDT Police statistics showed that 10,500 drug traffickers had been detained under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 since 2009, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein told the Parliament today.
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| VIDEO: Bangkok's celebrity taxi tweeter Posted: 18 Mar 2012 03:29 PM PDT A motorcycle taxi driver has found celebrity after tweeting scoops on the city's news events.
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| VIDEO: Eurozone migrants head to Switzerland Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:49 PM PDT Rising unemployment and cuts in salaries across large parts of the eurozone are leading many citizens to look for work beyond its borders, to countries like Switzerland.
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| VIDEO: Russian grannies prepare for Eurovision Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:21 PM PDT A group of grannies from a remote village in the Ural mountains will represent Russia at the next Eurovision contest in May. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg attended their rehearsal.
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| Jewish rabbi says Zionism created 'rivers of blood' Posted: 19 Mar 2012 12:02 AM PDT  NEW YORK, Mar 19: When Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, visited Washington last week on the eve of the Purim holiday, he gave Barack Obama, the US president, what he considered a symbolic gift – a copy of the old testament book of Esther.
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| Video of maid being beaten sparks outrage in Lebanon Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:57 PM PDT  BEIRUT, Mar 19: A video showing a young Ethiopian maid being dragged by the hair, beaten and forced into a car by several Lebanese men in a busy Beirut street has shocked and alarmed the Lebanese public. A few days after the video was shot, the young maid committed suicide in a psychiatric ward.
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| VIDEO: US military's 'most troubled' base Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:27 PM PDT The Lewis McChord military facility has the worst record for dealing with post traumatic stress disorder, according to the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
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| VIDEO: Lake Titicaca swell floods farmland Posted: 18 Mar 2012 11:40 PM PDT Water levels on Lake Titicaca, which straddles the border between Bolivia and Peru, have risen to their highest for decades.
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