Police bust three drug smuggling syndicates

Police bust three drug smuggling syndicates


Police bust three drug smuggling syndicates

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:45 AM PDT

Police busted three drug trafficking syndicates following raids at several locations here last week which resulted in the arrest of nine people, including a foreigner, and seizure of several types of drugs.

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Teen fights for life in hospital after mistakenly attacked by 30 youths

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:44 AM PDT

A teenager is fighting for his life at the Penang Hospital, following an attack by a gang of 30 youths in what police suspect to be a case of mistaken identity.

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Gov't assures people of order during and after general election

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:44 AM PDT

Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today assured the people the authorities would maintain peace and order at all costs should there be attempts to create chaos during and after the next general election.

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Never relax vigilance against evil-doers

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:40 AM PDT

However, whatever the truth, the baby sitter cannot evade the responsibility or escape from being questioned and condemned by the community and families of the victims.

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Libya women plunge into politics

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:23 AM PDT

Showing that women in Libya can be much more than just sexy bodyguards or accessories to murder, women are dipping into politics in the hope of drafting a constitution which protects their rights.

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U.S. - Israel "supportive" on future Iran sanctions

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:15 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States is conferring with Israel about new sanctions planned against Iran should international negotiations this month fail to curb the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, a U.S. official said on Monday.



African migrants targeted in Israeli arson attack

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:14 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli arsonists set fire on Monday to an apartment housing Eritrean migrants, spray-painting "get out of the neighbourhood" over the entrance in the latest flare-up of violence against African border-jumpers.



Relatives cram Kazakh court for riot trial verdict

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:58 PM PDT

AKTAU, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Relatives of 37 protesters accused of rioting in a Kazakh oil town crammed into a makeshift courtroom on Monday to await the verdicts in the largest trial relating to the deadly December clashes.



French populists face off in mining country

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:14 PM PDT

HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (Reuters) - For a glimpse into the possible future of European politics in an age of economic despair, look to the French town of Henin-Beaumont, where a firebrand leftist is taking on far-right chief Marine Le Pen for a parliamentary seat in her home district.



Japan PM sacks five ministers to win tax-plan backing

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:12 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda replaced five cabinet ministers on Monday hoping to smooth the way to a deal with the opposition on doubling sales tax in spite of a rift in the ruling party over the plan.



China blocks Tiananmen talk on crackdown anniversary

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:55 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's censors blocked internet access to the terms "six four", "23", "candle" and "never forget" on Monday, broadening extensive efforts to silence talk about the 23rd anniversary of China's bloody June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.



Pressure grows in ruling Italian party for early election

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:55 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti no longer has the backing in parliament to adopt more reforms and Italy should consider holding an early election before the year-end, the economic spokesman for a major ruling party told Reuters on Sunday.



China rounds up activists on Tiananmen anniversary

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 12:20 AM PDT

Chinese authorities have rounded up hundreds of activists in the capital Beijing, rights campaigners said on Monday, as they marked the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

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Japan arrests fugitive for 1995 Tokyo subway attack

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:56 PM PDT

Police in Japan were Monday quizzing a woman over the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed 13 people, leaving only one cultist still wanted for one of the nation's worst ever mass-murders.

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Left behind: Japanese Brazilians seek new identity

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:37 PM PDT

For a century and more, Japanese and their descendants have migrated back and forth across the Pacific to and from South America in search of better lives for themselves and their children.

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VIDEO: Lagos crash: 'People want answers'

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 11:57 PM PDT

Nigerians have begun three days of mourning after a passenger plane with about 150 people on board crashed into buildings in Nigeria's main city of Lagos.


Pressure grows in ruling Italian party for early election

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti no longer has the backing in parliament to adopt more reforms and Italy should consider holding an early election before the year-end, the economic spokesman for a major ruling party told Reuters on Sunday.



Vietnam to open restricted sites for MIA search - Pentagon

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 09:54 PM PDT

HANOI (Reuters) - The Vietnamese government has agreed to open three previously restricted sites to help the search for and excavation of the remains of U.S. servicemen listed as missing in action, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.



VIDEO: China's voices of dissent

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:48 PM PDT

A small group of activists are continuing to call for political and legal reforms in China, despite the tight control of the Communist Party.


Three dead, six missing as typhoon passes Philippines

Posted: 03 Jun 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Three children were killed and six fishermen were missing after typhoon Mawar brought heavy rains and rough waters to parts of the Philippines, the civil defence office said Monday.

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