Taiwan to improve presidential security after guard suicide |
- Taiwan to improve presidential security after guard suicide
- Company director charged for fraud
- Licences of travel agencies revoked for cheating customers
- Malaysian ports register higher container throughput
- Sarah Burton and Spanx founder feature in Time 100’s most influential people in the world 2012
- Malaysia's affluent aggressive in growing wealth: study
- Green groups say Indonesia deforestation ban 'weak'
- Pakatan reps in rally show no respect for law: Ahmad Zahid
- Airport passenger traffic on the rise
- Chinese dissident seeks exile, strains US-China ties
- VIDEO: Ikea probes forced labour claims
- VIDEO: Biker delighted at tsunami Harley find
- VIDEO: France parties try to regain trust
- VIDEO: Gingrich suspends presidency bid
- World Press Freedom Day
- Analysts optimistic over MAS-AirAsia MoU
- A rare glimpse of North Korea by train
- Australia had tree-climbing sheep-sized marsupials
- US ready to help Chinese activist: official
- Jakarta road 'jockeys' help motorists skirt the rules
| Taiwan to improve presidential security after guard suicide Posted: 03 May 2012 01:02 AM PDT Taiwan said Thursday it will enhance security arrangements at the presidential office after a guard shot himself dead in an apparent suicide while on duty.
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| Company director charged for fraud Posted: 03 May 2012 12:52 AM PDT A company director pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to three counts of fraud by providing false information to the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) involving a non-existent cow-rearing investment scheme.
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| Licences of travel agencies revoked for cheating customers Posted: 03 May 2012 12:52 AM PDT The licences of eight travel and travel agencies were cancelled for fraudulent activities involving clients, from 2010 to March 31, the Dewan Negara was told today.
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| Malaysian ports register higher container throughput Posted: 03 May 2012 12:51 AM PDT Malaysian ports recorded an increase in container throughput of 0.31 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) or 6.5 per cent to 5.1 million TEUs in the first quarter 2012 compared with the same period last year, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha today.
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| Sarah Burton and Spanx founder feature in Time 100’s most influential people in the world 2012 Posted: 03 May 2012 12:25 AM PDT The fashion industry hasn't exactly set this year's Time 100 compilation of the world's most influential people alight, although there are nods for the founder of Spanx Sara Blakely and Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton -- who joins an elite group of designers such as Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs to have previously featured in the list.
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| Malaysia's affluent aggressive in growing wealth: study Posted: 03 May 2012 12:19 AM PDT Seventy-five per cent affluent Malaysians are ambitious and aggressive in growing their wealth to close to US$4 million in 10 years, according to a study by Standard Chartered Bank.
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| Green groups say Indonesia deforestation ban 'weak' Posted: 03 May 2012 12:15 AM PDT A coalition of green groups in Indonesia on Thursday criticised a moratorium on deforestation as "weak", saying the year-long ban still excludes large tracts of the country's carbon-rich forests.
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| Pakatan reps in rally show no respect for law: Ahmad Zahid Posted: 03 May 2012 12:01 AM PDT The opposition-backed demonstration around Dataran Merdeka here which turned violent last Saturday shows that the opposition members of parliament involved have no respect for the law which they themselves supported in parliament.
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| Airport passenger traffic on the rise Posted: 03 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Passenger traffic at the country's airports grew 3.54 per cent to 15.91 million between January and March, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.
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| Chinese dissident seeks exile, strains US-China ties Posted: 02 May 2012 11:14 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng appealed on Thursday for asylum in the United States, throwing into doubt a deal used to coax him out of hiding in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and fanning U.S.-China tensions at a sensitive time. 
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| VIDEO: Ikea probes forced labour claims Posted: 02 May 2012 06:45 PM PDT Ikea is investigating claims it used forced labour in former East Germany to make its furniture during the 1970s and 1980s.
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| VIDEO: Biker delighted at tsunami Harley find Posted: 02 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT The owner of a Harley Davidson swept away by last year's tsunami in Japan is delighted that the motorbike has been found washed up on the Canadian coast.
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| VIDEO: France parties try to regain trust Posted: 02 May 2012 11:13 PM PDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his challenger Francois Hollande have traded insults in their only TV debate of the election campaign.
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| VIDEO: Gingrich suspends presidency bid Posted: 02 May 2012 10:21 PM PDT Newt Gingrich has officially ended his bid for the Republican nomination but he did not immediately endorse his rival Mitt Romney.
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| Analysts optimistic over MAS-AirAsia MoU Posted: 02 May 2012 10:50 PM PDT Analysts are optimist that the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia will benefit both and the country as well.
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| A rare glimpse of North Korea by train Posted: 02 May 2012 10:39 PM PDT (PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA-AFP) - For those who have the rare opportunity, the train linking Dandong in China to Pyongyang in North Korea offers a unique glimpse of the most closed country in the world. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Australia had tree-climbing sheep-sized marsupials Posted: 02 May 2012 10:37 PM PDT Sheep-sized relatives of modern-day wombats lived in Australian treetops 15 million years ago, a palaeontologist said Thursday as she was honoured for her discovery.
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| US ready to help Chinese activist: official Posted: 02 May 2012 10:28 PM PDT The United States is ready to help Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng if he has changed his decision to leave US protection and wants to leave into exile, a senior US official said Thursday.
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| Jakarta road 'jockeys' help motorists skirt the rules Posted: 02 May 2012 10:27 PM PDT Jakarta's carpooling laws were meant to ease traffic jams. Instead, they have spawned an industry of professional hitchhikers who help drivers comply with highway rules -- for a fee.
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