People's support, spirit for 55th Merdeka Day celebration impressive - Rais

People's support, spirit for 55th Merdeka Day celebration impressive - Rais


People's support, spirit for 55th Merdeka Day celebration impressive - Rais

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:28 AM PDT

The people's participation, spirit and support for programmes carried out by the government in conjunction with the 55th Merdeka Day celebrations, themed 'Promises Fulfilled', was impressive, despite attempts by the opposition-ruled states to change the theme, logo and song for the celebrations, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

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Vitamin D during pregnancy may boost baby's brain health: study

Posted: 24 Sep 2012 12:17 AM PDT

A new study published this week finds that when moms get enough vitamin D during pregnancy, their babies score higher on developmental tests.

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Ex-Iran president's son returns from exile, faces charges

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:44 PM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - The son of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani returned to Iran from exile to answer charges of inciting unrest after a disputed election in 2009, fuelling speculation that Rafsanjani's influence in Tehran may once again be growing.



VIDEO: Oktoberfest: Bavarian bands and beer

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 02:26 PM PDT

The Oktoberfest opened this weekend in the German city of Munich.


Kepong Umno Youth head stabbed, badly injured

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:55 PM PDT

Kepong Umno Youth head Datuk Norizan Ali was badly injured when he was stabbed as he walked to his house after parking his car about 20 metres away at about 3.30 am today, police said.

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Auditor-General's Report 2011 to be released a week after Budget is tabled

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:54 PM PDT

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz said the Auditor-General's Report 2011 will be released a week after Budget 2013 is tabled.

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ETP attained very encouraging progress last year, registered RM830 bln in GNI

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:42 PM PDT

The Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) achieved a very encouraging progress last year, registering RM830 billion in Gross National Income than the targeted RM797 billion, a deputy minister told the Dewan Rakyat today.

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Hunt for seven climbers after deadly Nepal avalanche

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:33 PM PDT

Rescuers in Nepal searched Monday for seven missing climbers after an avalanche swept away their tents and killed nine others ahead of a final push on one of the world's highest and deadliest mountains.

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VIDEO: Location scout's guide to New York movie scene

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Nick Carr is a location scout in New York - he gave the BBC a tour of his favourite sites.


VIDEO: Jail for Bo Xilai scandal police chief

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:47 PM PDT

Wang Lijun, the ex-police chief at the heart of a political scandal that felled top Chinese politician Bo Xilai, is sentenced to 15 years in jail.


2,000 workers involved in Foxconn brawl, 40 hurt

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 11:04 PM PDT

A brawl at a plant operated by Foxconn, which assembles products for Apple and other tech firms, involved some 2,000 workers and left around 40 people injured, its parent company Hon Hai said Monday.

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China closes in on Bo Xilai after jailing ex-police chief

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:35 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party took a big step towards sealing the fate of fallen politician Bo Xilai on Monday, when a court jailed his former police chief for 15 years over charges that indicated Bo tried to derail a murder inquiry.



Rescuers search for missing climbers after Nepal avalanche

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:15 PM PDT

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali rescue helicopters searched on Monday for at least three foreign climbers missing on a Himalayan mountain after a weekend avalanche swept away camps and killed 11 people in the worst such disaster in nearly two decades.



Analysis - For Romney, some troubling signs among older voters

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even before his running mate was booed by a lobbying group for older Americans on Friday, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was losing support among such voters, whose backing is crucial to his hopes of winning the November 6 election.



Kazakstan's longest serving prime minister resigns

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:03 PM PDT

ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's longest serving prime minister, Karim Masimov, has resigned after nearly six years at the helm of the largest economy in Central Asia, the presidential press service said on Monday.



Tribute to a master in the city of Murano glass

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:42 PM PDT

When a famous US architect visited Venice's celebrated Venini glass works in 1951, he was so entranced by a green and black bowl that turned red in the light he ordered 25 replicas.

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The tempting forbidden fruit

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 10:35 PM PDT

Sex is like a tempting candy for teenagers in their restless adolescence. However, they do not know that once they try it, and if it goes wrong, it might cost a huge and painful price.

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Najib holds closed-door briefing with BN MPs

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 09:52 PM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak held a closed-door briefing with Barisan Nasional's (BN) Members of Parliament at the Parliament building, here today.

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Nine climbers dead, seven missing, in Nepal avalanche

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 09:51 PM PDT

Rescuers in Nepal searched Monday for seven missing climbers after an avalanche which killed at least nine people, swept away in their tents ahead of a final push on one of the world's highest mountains.

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Victims of Indonesian purge await apology

Posted: 23 Sep 2012 09:49 PM PDT

At 72, Sri Sulistyawati still remembers the day when two Indonesian soldiers placed a wooden plank across her belly and used her body as a see-saw, before she fainted from the pain.

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