VIDEO: Why director plans deepest dive

VIDEO: Why director plans deepest dive

VIDEO: Why director plans deepest dive

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 05:27 PM PDT

Director James Cameron tells the BBC why he is risking it all to dive to the deepest part of the ocean.


VIDEO: Director heads for deepest dive

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 01:00 AM PDT

Hollywood director James Cameron may be close to making a dive to the deepest place on Earth.


TCM effective in treating AIDS: expert

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 01:02 AM PDT

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has proven to be a cost-effective AIDS treatment that enhances patients' immunity and improves their quality of life, a five-year clinical trial has concluded

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No plan to limit age of vehicles on road

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 01:00 AM PDT

The government has no plans to set a limit on the age of vehicles allowed on the road in the interest of the people, Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said today.

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Singapore remains world's busiest port

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 01:00 AM PDT

Singapore retains its position as the world's busiest port in 2011 despite the past few years being challenging ones for shipping, says its Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam.

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MMC-Gamuda JV awarded MRT package

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:59 AM PDT

Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) announced today the award of the underground package of the MY Rapid Transit (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang line to a joint venture comprising MMC Corp Bhd and Gamuda Bhd (MMC-Gamuda JV).

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Complaining too much 'unhealthy'?

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:58 AM PDT

It was 7.30am on Monday, and as it was the first working day after the weekend, many people were seen queuing up at the counters of a pharmacy inside a hospital in Kuala Lumpur recently.

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Legalising of factories to continue in Selangor

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:57 AM PDT

The Selangor government has decided to continue with the programme of legalising illegal factories in the state up to Dec 31 this year, the State Assembly was told today.

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Foreign cruise ships can operate without domestic shipping licence

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:57 AM PDT

Foreign cruise ships are allowed to operate from any port or place in Malaysia to another port or place in Malaysia without a Domestic Shipping Licence, announced the Transport Ministry today.

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Malaysia on track for high-income status: economist

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:56 AM PDT

Malaysia is on the right track to attain the high-income status by 2020 even though the current financial and economic shocks in the West are expected to slow down the growth of Asian countries, says an economist.

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S. Korea to push tourism near tense border with North

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:37 AM PDT

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red flags with a skull motif dot roadsides, warning of mines.

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Guangdong police repatriate 115 Vietnamese for illegal entry

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:29 AM PDT

Border police in south China's Guangdong province have repatriated 115 Vietnamese job seekers after they were nabbed for illegal entry into China.

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Vaginal birth after C-section carries more risks: study

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:28 AM PDT

Women who had a Cesarean section for their first child's birth face more health risks if they attempt a vaginal birth with their second, Australian researchers said Tuesday.

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France launches massive manhunt for Jewish school killer

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:26 AM PDT

France launched a massive manhunt Tuesday for a serial killer who gunned down three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in Toulouse, slapping an unprecedented terror alert on the southwest of the country.

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28 dead as Iraq rocked by spate of attacks

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:17 AM PDT

Near-simultaneous attacks in several Iraqi cities killed at least 28 people Tuesday on the anniversary of the US-led invasion of the country, just days before Baghdad hosts a landmark Arab summit.

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Explosions across Iraq kill at least 29 - sources

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:49 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car and roadside bombs exploded in cities and towns across Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people, police and hospital sources said, the latest in a spate of violence ahead of next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad.

Exclusive - Myanmar plans to set kyat at 820 per dollar - sources

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Myanmar's central bank plans to set the country's new exchange rate at around 820 kyat per U.S. dollar, close to its black market level, as the nation pushes ahead with economic reforms, two officials with private Myanmar banks said on Tuesday.

Bride who demanded toilet after marriage rewarded by Indian govt

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 12:25 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, Mar 20: As if to buttress Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's emphasis on drinking water and sanitation in his reply to the motion of thanks to the President's address, a young woman was rewarded for her successful insistence on a toilet as a precondition for living at her husband's place.

VIDEO: Race to build world's fastest car

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 10:41 PM PDT

A team in Perth is developing what it hopes will be the fastest car on the planet.


Tablets, e-readers could soon be approved for use on planes

Posted: 19 Mar 2012 11:43 PM PDT

America's Federal Aviation Administration is reported to be considering a change in the law that could allow passengers to use personal electronics freely on a flight.

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