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- Aeon to open more outlets in country
- Tibetan burns himself to death in China protest
- Have strong risk management department, banks urged
- Obama, Romney put aside campaign for storm relief… for now
- Israeli TV star makes grab for Netanyahu voters
- Afghanistan presidential election set for April 2014
- In hurricane, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters
- One dead in Tunisia clashes between police, militants
- Myanmar opium output rises despite eradication effort
- South Dakota executes man who raped, murdered nine-year old girl
- New York’s JFK, Newark airports to open today, LaGuardia still closed
- Obama, FEMA hustle federal disaster relief to Sandy’s aftermath
- Pakistan says protects rights, West disagrees
- White House race growls to life in Sandy's aftermath
- Erratic weather expected throughout Nov
- 35,000 involved in Genneva investments
- Georgia teacher turns plane into kindergarten
- Afghanistan presidential election set for April 2014
- VIDEO: Penal colony hardship for Pussy Riot
- VIDEO: 'I don't know if my home survived'
| Aeon to open more outlets in country Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:48 AM PDT Leading retailer, Aeon Co (M) Bhd is expected to open more of its retail outlets in 2014 and 2015 to maintain its market share and penetrate relatively untapped market.
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| Tibetan burns himself to death in China protest Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:36 AM PDT The offspring of mothers who eat a high fat diet are more likely to have a higher risk of obesity later in life, a study released Friday shows.
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| Have strong risk management department, banks urged Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:17 AM PDT Banking institutions in Malaysia have been urged to have a very strong risk management department to prevent the country from feeling any contagion effects from the financial crisis, as seen in the global economic environment.
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| Obama, Romney put aside campaign for storm relief… for now Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:06 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct 31 — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney yesterday briefly put aside their fierce battle for the White House, as they avoided politics to focus on relief efforts after mammoth storm Sandy left millions of Americans struggling to recover. With a week left in a deadlocked election race, Obama cancelled campaign trips ... 
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| Israeli TV star makes grab for Netanyahu voters Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:03 AM PDT TEL AVIV, Oct 31 — A TV personality-turned-politician, whose centrist party could be a key player in Israel's parliament after elections, made a bid for right-wing voters yesterday with a call for Palestinians to accept some Israeli West Bank settlements. Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid (There is a Future) party gave his first speech on Israel's ... 
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| Afghanistan presidential election set for April 2014 Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:51 PM PDT KABUL, Oct 31 — Afghanistan will hold its next presidential election on April 5, 2014, the Election Commission announced today. President Hamid Karzai, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term, had denied speculation that security problems and the exit of foreign troops that year would delay the poll. The credibility of the vote ... 
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| In hurricane, Twitter proves a lifeline despite pranksters Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:29 PM PDT NEW YORK, Oct 31 — As Hurricane Sandy pounded the US Atlantic coast on Monday night, knocking out electricity and Internet connections, millions of residents turned to Twitter as a part-newswire, part-911 hotline that hummed through the night even as some websites failed and swathes of Manhattan fell dark. But the social network also became a ... 
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| One dead in Tunisia clashes between police, militants Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:01 PM PDT TUNISIA, Oct 31 — One person was killed when police opened fire during clashes with hardline Salafi Muslims in the Tunisian capital Tunis yesterday, a security source said, in the latest sign of religious tensions in the home of the "Arab Spring". "One Salafi was killed after security forces fired when Salafists attacked a ... 
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| Myanmar opium output rises despite eradication effort Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:55 PM PDT NAYPYIDAW, Oct 31 — Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar has risen for the sixth consecutive year despite a state eradication campaign, a United Nations report said on Wednesday, throwing doubt on government assertions the problem would be over by 2014. Unprecedented eradication efforts managed to destroy almost 24,000 hectares of poppy fields in ... 
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| South Dakota executes man who raped, murdered nine-year old girl Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:26 PM PDT PIERRE, Oct 31 — South Dakota prison officials last night executed a man convicted of the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl he abducted from a Sioux Falls convenience store in 1990, a state corrections department spokesman said. Donald Moeller, 60, was pronounced dead at 10:24pm, becoming the second South Dakota inmate put to death by lethal ... 
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| New York’s JFK, Newark airports to open today, LaGuardia still closed Posted: 30 Oct 2012 10:04 PM PDT LONDON, Oct 31 — John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty International airports, two of the three main flying hubs for the busy New York City area, will reopen today with limited service, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said yesterday. LaGuardia Airport remains closed, the Port Authority said on its website. The three ... 
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| Obama, FEMA hustle federal disaster relief to Sandy’s aftermath Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:44 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct 31 — The US federal agency in charge of disaster relief, under intense pressure to show the Obama administration can quickly respond to the devastation caused by the massive storm Sandy, said it has plenty of cash to deliver timely aid to the millions of people struggling to recover. The head of the Federal Emergency Management ... 
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| Pakistan says protects rights, West disagrees Posted: 30 Oct 2012 08:17 PM PDT GENEVA, Oct 31 — Pakistan, plagued by Islamists militancy, sectarian violence and frequent disasters that push its people deeper into poverty, told the United Nations yesterday it is a democratic and progressive state working to protect human rights. But Western countries and the normally anti-Western Belarus countered that in Pakistan religious ... 
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| White House race growls to life in Sandy's aftermath Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:22 AM PDT President Barack Obama planned to tour superstorm Sandy's debris field Wednesday and Mitt Romney plotted a return to campaigning as the White House race stirred to life days ahead of the vote.
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| Erratic weather expected throughout Nov Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:01 AM PDT The Meteorological Department forecasts erratic rainfall nationwide throughout November following changing and uncertain wind directions.
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| 35,000 involved in Genneva investments Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT Some 35,000 investors with total investments clinching RM10 billion were found to be involved with the gold bullion investment company, Genneva Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Genneva Malaysia), a deputy minister told the Dewan Rakyat today.
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| Georgia teacher turns plane into kindergarten Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:56 PM PDT A headteacher in the Georgian city of Rustavi has found an unusual way to get children's early education off the ground -- by transforming an aeroplane into a kindergarten.
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| Afghanistan presidential election set for April 2014 Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:10 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan will hold its next presidential election on April 5, 2014, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. 
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| VIDEO: Penal colony hardship for Pussy Riot Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:25 AM PDT Two jailed members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot are starting their new life in penal colonies hundreds of miles from their homes in Moscow.
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| VIDEO: 'I don't know if my home survived' Posted: 30 Oct 2012 11:50 PM PDT Caroleanne Gravert, a librarian from Long Island, New York left her home by the beach on Sunday evening. She still does not know how much damage the storm did to it.
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