Australia to take in more refugees to stop boat people |
- Australia to take in more refugees to stop boat people
- In campaign money race, Romney wins October, Obama leads overall
- Obama is first president to vote early — after showing his photo ID
- Ai Weiwei’s ‘Gangnam Style’ parody blocked in China
- Suicide bomber kills 37 at Afghan mosque during Eid
- Syrian foes hold fire at start of Eid truce
- Hurricane Sandy drenches the Bahamas, leaves 21 dead in Caribbean
- Botox found to help women with overactive bladders, study finds
- First feathered dinosaur fossils found in North America
- Archaeologists uncover oldest tomb of Mayan ruler
- Dispel suspicions and establish mutual trust
- Kremlin dismisses talk Putin has back trouble
- Japan approves $5.3 bn stimulus budget (UPDATED)
- At least 56 dead as communal violence hits Myanmar
- Serial killers provide the frights at New York haunted house
- 'First' Pakistan astronaut wants to make peace in space
- 1Malaysia Discount Card a hit with students
- Malaysia among top countries practising safe sex
- VIDEO: Hurricane Sandy bears down on US
- VIDEO: Where to land a plane in Antarctica?
| Australia to take in more refugees to stop boat people Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:44 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Oct 26 — Australia will accept an extra 6,250 refugees in 2012-13 from source and transit countries, as part of the government's plan to discourage irregular boat arrivals. The government announced in August that it would increase Australia's annual humanitarian intake from 13,750 to 20,000, and to 27,000 within five years. Immigration ... 
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| In campaign money race, Romney wins October, Obama leads overall Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:13 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct 26 — Mitt Romney and his Republican allies raised more than President Barack Obama and the Democrats in the first 17 days of October as both presidential campaign efforts approached the US$1 billion (RM3 billion) mark, with Obama in the lead, disclosures showed yesterday. The tight 2012 presidential race has become the costliest in ... 
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| Obama is first president to vote early — after showing his photo ID Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:44 PM PDT CHICAGO, Oct 26 — President Barack Obama cast his ballot for the November 6 election yesterday in his hometown of Chicago and encouraged others who could vote before Election Day to follow his example. Obama, who was a US senator from Illinois and had before becoming president, went to an early-voting facility to show his driver's licence before ... 
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| Ai Weiwei’s ‘Gangnam Style’ parody blocked in China Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Oct 26 — Chinese Internet authorities yesterday blocked a "Gangnam Style" parody by dissident artist Ai Weiwei, which took aim at the government's efforts to silence his activism. The four-minute music video, a parody of South Korean artist Psy's viral hit, was uploaded to China's video-sharing site Tuduo on Wednesday. But it was ... 
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| Suicide bomber kills 37 at Afghan mosque during Eid Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:28 AM PDT MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 37 people in a mosque in Afghanistan's relatively peaceful north on Friday as worshippers gathered for holiday prayers, police officials said. 
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| Syrian foes hold fire at start of Eid truce Posted: 26 Oct 2012 12:26 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's warring parties held their fire on Friday morning at the start of a four-day truce marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, a short pause in hostilities which have killed 32,000 people and threaten to draw regional powers into a wider conflict. 
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| Hurricane Sandy drenches the Bahamas, leaves 21 dead in Caribbean Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:18 PM PDT NASSAU (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy pounded the Bahamas with battering winds and rain on Friday, sweeping over the island chain after killing 21 people across the Caribbean and posing a menacing threat to the U.S. East Coast. 
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| Botox found to help women with overactive bladders, study finds Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:54 PM PDT A study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that Botox injections may be just as good as oral medication for treating women with overactive bladders.
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| First feathered dinosaur fossils found in North America Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:29 PM PDT Scientists in Canada have unearthed the first fossils of a feathered dinosaur ever found in the Americas, the journal Science reported on Thursday.
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| Archaeologists uncover oldest tomb of Mayan ruler Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:26 PM PDT Archaeologists announced Thursday they have uncovered one of the oldest royal Mayan tombs.
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| Dispel suspicions and establish mutual trust Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:23 PM PDT What should be stressed today would be the country's competitiveness as a whole, instead of the equity of a single racial group. If the national economy faces a downturn, the wealth of racial groups will also decline.
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| Kremlin dismisses talk Putin has back trouble Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:43 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday dismissed talk that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a back problem that prompted him to postpone foreign visits and might require surgery. 
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| Japan approves $5.3 bn stimulus budget (UPDATED) Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:33 PM PDT Japan on Friday approved a $5.3 billion cash injection to boost the stuttering economy, a move likely to add pressure for more central bank measures with a general election on the horizon.
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| At least 56 dead as communal violence hits Myanmar Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:32 PM PDT At least 56 people have been killed and thousands of homes torched in communal violence in western Myanmar, a local government spokesman said Friday, as international concern over the unrest grew.
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| Serial killers provide the frights at New York haunted house Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:30 PM PDT Modern theater often involves some degree of interaction between actors and the audience. But paying money to be chased by a blood-soaked lunatic?
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| 'First' Pakistan astronaut wants to make peace in space Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:24 PM PDT Once you've been to both poles, skydived over Mount Everest and set up your country's first consulate in Monaco, the question is: what next?
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| 1Malaysia Discount Card a hit with students Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:33 PM PDT Ng Zhun Ye regards the 1Malaysia Student Discount Card (KADS1M) as a godsend for all students.
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| Malaysia among top countries practising safe sex Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:24 PM PDT Malaysian youths who are still studying or remain in an academic environment are more likely to postpone their first sexual experience, according to a survey.
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| VIDEO: Hurricane Sandy bears down on US Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:33 PM PDT Hurricane Sandy has swept north over the Bahamas towards the US, having reportedly killed some 20 people as it tore through Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica.
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| VIDEO: Where to land a plane in Antarctica? Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:43 PM PDT Australia is searching for a new aircraft landing site in Antarctica because the current runway is melting due to global warming.
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