Malaysia has great potential in medical tourism

Malaysia has great potential in medical tourism


Malaysia has great potential in medical tourism

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:43 PM PDT

Medical tourism has been identified as having the potential of being a revenue generator for the country due to the response shown by foreigners who seek quality healthcare services.

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China's rich getting poorer

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:37 AM PDT

The number of billionaires in China has dropped by 20 per cent to 251 individuals this year but is still considerably higher compared with only 15 billionaires six years ago, the Shanghai-based Hurun Research Institute said in a report today.

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Malaysian killer's health claim questioned in court

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:32 AM PDT

A Malaysian who gunned down a renowned Sydney heart surgeon in a failed extortion attempt in Sydney in 1991, must remain in prison, pending outcome of a review into a decision to grant him parole.

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Co-sleeping with baby drops men's testosterone levels

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:27 AM PDT

A new study shows that it's not only women's bodies that adapt to parenthood: fathers who sleep next to their tot show dips in their levels of testosterone, which researchers say is good for baby.

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Govt to consider streamlining rape sentences: Nazri

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:08 AM PDT

The government is prepared to look into a proposal to set up a committee to streamline sentences for the offence of rape involving underage girls to ensure that the victims are protected, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said today.

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Iskandar Malaysia ready to soar

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:01 AM PDT

In the weeks leading into September, despite the baking heat, droves of families piled into their cars and headed for Malaysia's southern Johor state to queue for up tickets at Asia's first Legoland in Nusajaya.

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Syrian mortar bombs land in Israeli orchard

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:21 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mortar bombs fired from Syria crossed the frontier with Israel and landed in an orchard early Tuesday, but caused no injuries or damage, the Israeli army said.



Italy's Sardinia struggles to leave state aid behind

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:10 AM PDT

INSIDE THE CARBOSULCIS MINE, Italy (Reuters) - Four hundred meters below the surface dozens of miners risk their lives at Sardinia's Carbosulcis, Italy's only coal pit, digging low-quality carbon that no-one wants to buy.



Japan PM may tap senior politician Okada as fin min-media

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:41 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister might replace his finance minister with Katsuya Okada, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, a senior politician in the ruling Democratic Party who shares the view that a strong yen is a threat to the economy.



China carrier a show of force as Japan tension festers

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:34 PM PDT

TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - China sent its first aircraft carrier into formal service on Tuesday amid a tense maritime dispute with Japan, a show of naval force that could worry its neighbours.



In New York, defiant Ahmadinejad says Israel will be "eliminated"

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:17 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Israel has no roots in the Middle East and would be "eliminated," ignoring a U.N. warning to avoid incendiary rhetoric ahead of the annual General Assembly session.



Car and housing prices

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:46 PM PDT

However, the annual motor vehicle sales recorded sales of 600,000 units. Would the government let go of such a huge amount of income? What should the government use as a replacement if the taxes are revoked?

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No buts about it, butt jobs are on the rise

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:38 PM PDT

(Los Angeles-AFP) - Move over, botox and boob job -- the new trend in plastic surgery is butt enhancement, with women seeking higher, rounder, and fuller derrieres in line with Hollywood ladies like Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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20 die in China coal-mine plunge

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:25 PM PDT

A coal mining accident in northern China Tuesday left 20 miners dead and 14 injured, state media said, in the latest incident to hit the industry.

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US firm bars lead at China plant after poison claims

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 11:11 PM PDT

US battery giant Johnson Controls will stop lead processing at a plant in China's commercial hub Shanghai, the firm said, after the city found high levels of the metal in children living nearby.

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Obama detours from campaign trail to world stage

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:44 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Sept 25 — President Barack Obama will step onto the world stage today just long enough to address simmering crises centred on Iran, Syria and the broader Muslim world — and he will then jump quickly back on the campaign trail. In a speech at the United Nations exactly six weeks before the US election, Obama will seek to reassure American ...



Mourning Moscow calls for tougher punishment after drink-drive crash

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 — Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and other Russian officials called for tougher punishments for drunk driving yesterday after a motorist slammed his car into a bus stop and killed seven people, five of them teenagers from an orphanage. The accident in Moscow on Saturday underscored two major problems in Russia, where alcoholism ...



US eyes more sanctions on Iran oil deals

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 10:00 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 — The US government officially linked Iran's state oil company to the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) yesterday, a determination that enables Washington to apply new sanctions on foreign banks dealing with the company. The Treasury Department determined that the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), one of the ...



Court tells Peru to scrap rule that could help Fujimori

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:39 PM PDT

LIMA, Sept 25 — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights told Peru yesterday to annul a ruling by its Supreme Court that could have paved the way for an early release of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori. President Ollanta Humala's administration harshly criticised the Supreme Court in July for cutting the prison terms being served by ...



US reassures Egypt of continued commitment

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 09:30 PM PDT

NEW YORK, Sept 25 — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reassured Egypt's new Islamist president yesterday that the United States would forge ahead with plans to expand economic assistance despite anti-American protests that cast new shadows over US engagement with the region. Clinton met Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in New York where both are ...



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