21 killed, 7 wounded in clashes after mine blasts in SE Turkey |
- 21 killed, 7 wounded in clashes after mine blasts in SE Turkey
- Merdeka the way I remember it
- Our Home, Malaysia
- Bus, shuttle services to Legoland from Sept 15
- Subang Skypark to become Aerospace City by 2015
- South Korea to return Japan's protest letter
- Malaysia to achieve 5% growth this year: UOB
- Vietnamese get out of ACB bank after tycoon's arrest
- Nepali man bites snake to death in revenge attack
- Advocates say McDonald’s, Nickelodeon violate kids’ privacy
- Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive
- UK, US, France discuss bolstering Syria’s opposition
- Angola’s US$17b energy drive will help poor, says president
- Japan PM reported to hint at November election, but can he wait?
- Imputation
- East China braces for dual typhoons
- Room for better definition of Evidence Act
- VIDEO: Tensions remain high in Tripoli
- Russia drops high-speed rail plan for World Cup: report
- Singapore casinos fined more than $1 million since opening
| 21 killed, 7 wounded in clashes after mine blasts in SE Turkey Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:44 AM PDT Severe clashes erupted between Turkish security forces and members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) after four mine blasts in southeastern Turkey Wednesday, killing five soldiers and 16 PKK members and wounding seven soldiers, Turkish media reported Thursday.
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| Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:22 AM PDT When this writer was 13, she was really excited to have the opportunity to represent her school during a Merdeka Day parade that year.
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| Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:22 AM PDT To Chinese Malaysians today, the question whether Malaysia is our home shouldn't be one that would invoke a second thought. Tang Lieuk Mui and her daughter, and granddaughter have different interpretations of their homeland. Copyright (Sinchew-i), 2012.
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| Bus, shuttle services to Legoland from Sept 15 Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:01 AM PDT Legoland Malaysia, in Iskandar Malaysia, will soon be accessible via direct bus services beginning Sept 15 in conjunction with the park's grand opening on the same day.
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| Subang Skypark to become Aerospace City by 2015 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:49 PM PDT Subang Skypark Sdn Bhd is set to embark on a RM420 million ambitious infrastructure development plan to transform the former Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, now known as Subang Skypark, into a full-fledged aerospace city by 2015.
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| South Korea to return Japan's protest letter Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:30 PM PDT South Korea said Thursday it would return a protest letter from Japan's prime minister without answering it, amid a bitter row over disputed islands in the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
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| Malaysia to achieve 5% growth this year: UOB Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:25 PM PDT United Overseas Bank Malaysia Bhd (UOB) expects Malaysia to achieve its target of five per cent growth by year-end. Its executive director and head of research and investor relations, Jimmy Koh, said based on the first-half's performance, Malaysia would be able to achieve its target.
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| Vietnamese get out of ACB bank after tycoon's arrest Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:30 PM PDT HANOI (Reuters) - Panicky Vietnamese are withdrawing money from a major bank founded by arrested tycoon Nguyen Duc Kien, state media reported on Thursday, prompting the central bank to make a rare public assurance that their funds are safe. 
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| Nepali man bites snake to death in revenge attack Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:26 PM PDT KATHMANDU, Aug 23 — A Nepali man who was bitten by a cobra bit it back and killed the snake in a tit-for-tat attack, a newspaper said today. Nepali daily Annapurna Post said Mohamed Salmo Miya chased the snake, which bit him in his rice field on Tuesday, caught it and bit it until it died. "I could have killed it with a stick but bit it with my ... 
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| Advocates say McDonald’s, Nickelodeon violate kids’ privacy Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug 23 — Consumer advocates accused companies including McDonald's Corp and Viacom Inc's Nickelodeon of unlawfully using children to market their websites through campaigns that encourage sharing video, games and other content. The Center for Digital Democracy and 16 other groups asked the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate, ... 
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| Mars rover Curiosity aces first test drive Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:57 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), Aug 23 — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took a 16-minute drive yesterday, its first since reaching the Red Planet to search for habitats that could have supported microbial life. The US$2.5-billion (RM7.74-billion), two-year mission, NASA's first astrobiology initiative since the 1970s-era Viking probes, kicked off on August ... 
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| UK, US, France discuss bolstering Syria’s opposition Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:10 PM PDT LONDON, Aug 23 — Britain, France and the United States discussed yesterday how to bolster the Syrian opposition, which is fighting government forces 17 months into a popular uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule. British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama also agreed that the use or threat of chemical ... 
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| Angola’s US$17b energy drive will help poor, says president Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:55 PM PDT HUAMBO (Angola), Aug 23 — Angola's plans to invest more than US$17 billion (RM53 billion) in electricity generation and distribution by 2016 are designed to increase social justice by giving low-income classes better access to energy, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos said yesterday. Investment in energy will also help develop industry and create ... 
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| Japan PM reported to hint at November election, but can he wait? Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:25 PM PDT TOKYO, Aug 23 — Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has suggested to his main rival he will call an election for early November, media reported today, but with the opposition scenting victory it was unclear if he could wait that long. Noda, who took office last September as Japan's sixth premier in five years, scored a rare policy win ... 
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| Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:02 PM PDT It is not easy to judge whether a scandal is true or false. Even if we are not able to verify, we should at least be suspicious instead of blindly believe them all. Some messages, after all, are deliberately created by some people and some photos have been edited to attack political opponents.
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| East China braces for dual typhoons Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:28 PM PDT East China's Fujian Province on Thursday launched an emergency typhoon response as Typhoon Tembin and Typhoon Bolaven move toward the coastal region.
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| Room for better definition of Evidence Act Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:46 PM PDT The recent online furore by netizens against Section 114A of the Evidence Act has thrust some concerns into the fore, especially over the presumption that a person who is depicted in a publication as owner or administrator is presumed to have published the contents.
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| VIDEO: Tensions remain high in Tripoli Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT The Syrian crisis has spilled over into Lebanon as tensions remain high in the country's north eastern city of Tripoli.
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| Russia drops high-speed rail plan for World Cup: report Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:28 PM PDT Russia has dropped plans to extend its existing high-speed rail links to 2018 World Cup host cities because of budget constraints, a newspaper report said on Thursday.
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| Singapore casinos fined more than $1 million since opening Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:22 PM PDT Singapore's two casinos have been fined more than $1 million since they opened in 2010, mostly for violating laws aimed at deterring locals from gambling, official data showed Thursday.
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