Iran's Khamenei: reliance on oil sales a "trap"

Iran's Khamenei: reliance on oil sales a "trap"


Iran's Khamenei: reliance on oil sales a "trap"

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:40 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran should wean itself off sales of its vast oil resources to power its economy, the country's clerical supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, as its crude exports become increasingly hampered by Western sanctions.



Taiwan university sues Apple over iPhone patents

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:58 AM PDT

Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University has filed a suit against US tech giant Apple, claiming the company's Siri intelligent assistant has infringed on two of its patents.

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LRT and monorail ticket dispensers accept new currency notes

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:53 AM PDT

The new series of currency notes issued by Bank Negara on July 16 can be used at the Light Rail Transit (LRT) and monorail ticket dispensers to purchase tokens and top-up MyRapid cards.

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Eight dead as mini-bus hits train in Poland: police

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:39 AM PDT

A collision between a mini-bus and a train on a level crossing killed eight people and left another two injured in Poland on Monday, with a majority of the victims Ukrainian nationals, police said.

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Sultan of Selangor's youngest sister dies

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT

Tengku Putri Aishah, youngest sister of the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, died at the Pantai Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, here, early this morning.

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Penang police topple state's largest drug syndicate

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT

Police toppled the state's biggest drug syndicate following the arrest of an Indonesian man and seizure of 3.9 kilogrammes of syabu worth RM800,000 at KM142.3 of the North-South Highway, near here last Saturday.

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Seven hours of sleep a night optimal for memory

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:21 AM PDT

To keep your brain sharp, a new study finds that the sleep sweet spot is seven hours, no more, no less.

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BN is facing pressure

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:18 AM PDT

If the BN does well and listens to public opinion, the votes will naturally return. Why do we want to change the government then? The key lies on how well the people are convinced.

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India blackout leaves 300 million without power

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:12 AM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Grid failure left more than 300 million people without power in New Delhi and much of northern India on Monday in the worst blackout for more than a decade, highlighting chronic infrastructure woes holding back Asia's third-largest economy.



UPM gets accreditation from AACSB

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:04 AM PDT

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is the first university in the country to receive an accreditation from the international body, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), recently.

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Police confirm TV9 admin exec was strangled to death

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:03 AM PDT

Police today confirmed strangulation as the cause of death of a TV9 administrative executive found dead at her Saujana Apartment unit in Damansara Damai, Petaling Jaya, on Saturday.

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Federal govt approves allocations for 4 Tamil schools to build new buildings

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:03 AM PDT

Four more Tamil primary vernacular schools (SRJK(T)) in Kedah will receive allocations from the federal governemnt to build additional buildings, purchase equipment as well as renovation works involving RM7.421 million.

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VIDEO: Deadly blaze engulfs Indian train

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:55 PM PDT

At least 47 people have been killed in a fire on a passenger train travelling in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials say.


China paper blames poor govt decisions for violent protest

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:37 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Bad decision-making was the main reason for a violent environmental protest in eastern China at the weekend, a state newspaper said in an unusually mild reproach stance after thousands of residents ransacked offices and overturned cars.



Yemen vows to track down kidnappers of Italian embassy security officer

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:24 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's foreign minister has vowed to do everything possible to track down the kidnappers of an Italian embassy security officer and obtain his safe release, state news agency Saba said.



Police detain relative over death of TV9 admin exec

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:03 AM PDT

Police have detained a close relative of Syaleza Jaffar, 31, the TV9 administrative executive who was found dead at her unit of the Saujana Apartments in Damansara Damai, Petaling Jaya, late yesterday evening.

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VIDEO: Aleppo 'nail in Assad's coffin'

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:41 PM PDT

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's assault on the city of Aleppo will be "a nail in his coffin".


Colorado shooting suspect faces formal charges in court

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:01 PM PDT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - The former graduate student accused of killing 12 people in a shooting spree at a Denver-area movie house was due to make a second court appearance on Monday as prosecutors and defence lawyers sparred over a mysterious package sent to his psychiatrist.



Massive India blackout leaves 300 million without power

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:15 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A massive grid failure in Delhi and much of northern India left more than 300 million people without electricity on Monday in one of the worst blackouts to hit the country in more than a decade.



London police says no security concern over lost Wembley keys

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 10:50 PM PDT

LONDON, July 30 — Police lost a set of keys at Wembley Stadium last week but there are no security concerns in relation to the London Olympic football venue, officials said today. "On the morning of Tuesday, July 24, 2012 officers on the Olympic policing operation at Wembley Stadium reported that internal security keys, being used by them as part ...



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