777 foreign students detained between 2011 and Aug 2012 - Abu Seman

777 foreign students detained between 2011 and Aug 2012 - Abu Seman


777 foreign students detained between 2011 and Aug 2012 - Abu Seman

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:35 AM PDT

A total of 777 foreign students were detained in the country between last year and August for various criminal offences, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Abu Seman Yusop.

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Georgia votes in 'historic' election showdown

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:32 AM PDT

Georgia voted in "historic" parliamentary polls Monday as President Mikheil Saakashvili's party clashed with a billionaire tycoon in the strongest challenge to its rule since coming to power in 2003.

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Motherhood makes actress Alba into tech entrepreneur

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:20 AM PDT

Film star Jessica Alba swapped Hollywood for Silicon Valley on Monday, introducing fellow technology entrepreneurs to her new Internet firm, inspired by motherhood.

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Govt's commitment to reduce fiscal deficit will boost ringgit, equity market

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:14 AM PDT

The goverment's commitment to continue reducing the fiscal deficit further to four per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 from 4.5 per cent in 2012 will reaffirm the country's sovereign rating and boosting the appreciation of the ringgit and local equity market.

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Man featured on CCTV abusing woman pleads not guilty to hurting wife

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:14 AM PDT

A boutique owner who was featured in a closed-circuit television (CCTV) recording allegedly abusing a woman was today charged in the Magistrate's Court here with voluntarily causing hurt on his wife.

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Padi farmers eligible for compensation up to RM13,000

Posted: 01 Oct 2012 12:14 AM PDT

Padi farmers, who suffered crop damage, are eligible for a compensation up to RM13,000 for a padi field not more than 10 ha under the Takaful Padi Protection Scheme announced in Budget 2013 on Friday.

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Japan PM adds China balm in cabinet reshuffle

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:52 PM PDT

Japan's unpopular prime minister reshuffled his cabinet Monday, picking a woman with Beijing-friendly credentials in what commentators said signalled his hope to move past a damaging territorial row.

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Hints on election date

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:43 PM PDT

It is also a question whether one-off aids can really alleviate the people's living burden, particularly prices have been continuously rising.

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VIDEO: Premier football hits Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Football fans in Afghanistan are enjoying the country's first premier league competition, with thousands of fans attending matches in Kabul.


Powerful typhoon kills two, hurts scores in Japan

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:47 PM PDT

Powerful Typhoon Jelawat left at least two people dead and more than 180 injured in Japan over the weekend before passing out into the Pacific on Monday, the weather agency and local media said.

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BR1M 2.0 forms out this month, says Donald Lim

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Application forms for the second round of the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M 2.0) cash aid are expected to be distributed this month, says Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai.

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Facebook won't remove murder page: Australia police

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:23 PM PDT

Australian police said on Monday that social media site Facebook had refused to take down a page containing offensive material about the man accused of murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher.

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Nepal's 'first' global film star scrapes a living

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:23 PM PDT

Oscar-nominated "Himalaya" opened up the remote, pristine villages of the world's tallest mountain range to the West.

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Analysis - Despite turmoil, election seen yielding status quo in Washington

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In forecasting what the U.S. Congress will look like after the November 6 elections, Princeton University's Sam Wang is what his fellow analysts call an "outlier."



Japan PM picks senior lawmaker as finance minister in cabinet change

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:42 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda appointed as finance minister on Monday a senior lawmaker who worked with him on a plan to raise the sales tax, in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at boosting his ruling party's chances in an election expected in months.



Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet 'to cool China row'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:16 PM PDT

Japan's unpopular prime minister will use a cabinet reshuffle Monday to try to mend fences with China and to boost his flagging popularity ahead of an expected general election, reports said.

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Wine buffs say cheers to downturn as prices stall at last

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:14 PM PDT

James Bond might have cause for concern but most other fans of fine French wine can relax: your habit should not become significantly more expensive over the coming year.

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New JK Rowling bestseller shrouded in secrecy

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 09:58 PM PDT

A bestseller before even published. "The Casual Vacancy", the new book by JK Rowling, is surrounded by secrecy and mystery, and only a few details have been revealed. British booksellers expect it to be the best-selling fiction title of the year. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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VIDEO: Lebedev on 'campaign' against him

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:24 PM PDT

The Russian millionaire Alexander Lebedev, who was charged with hooliganism last week, has complained that the charge is part of a campaign against him.


VIDEO: German crackdown on Hells Angels

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:10 PM PDT

Police in Germany have mounted a major campaign against the country's Hells Angels bikers.


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