French artist JR brings street art to DC

French artist JR brings street art to DC

French artist JR brings street art to DC

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:45 AM PDT

(WASHINGTON-AFP) - Array. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Ministry wants to involve corporations in national education programmes

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:37 AM PDT

The Education Ministry is taking the approach of involving corporate and government-linked companies in the national education programmes.

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Government identifying undeveloped land to build 50,000 affordable houses

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:37 AM PDT

The government is identifying undeveloped and unplanned state land to build about 50,000 affordable houses priced below RM300,000, mainly in the Klang Valley, from next year.

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Malaysia surpasses KPI indicator target of ETP, says Idris

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:37 AM PDT

Malaysia has surpassed the overall key performance index (KPI) target under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) for this year, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala said today.

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Suspicion

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:31 AM PDT

Have the officials involved tried to put themselves in the public's shoes?

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Philippines, Muslim rebels sign peace pact

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:27 AM PDT

Muslim rebels waging a four-decade insurgency in the Philippines signed a historic pact with the government on Monday to end the conflict, but both sides warned the road to peace had only just begun.

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New baby sling lets moms bond with baby while working out

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:24 AM PDT

Active new moms who want to incorporate their tots into their workouts are in luck. New from Australia, an infant carrier dubbed Smiling Sling encourages both fitness and bonding for mother and baby, all while using your baby as a living gym weight.

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VIDEO: Tajik women face rise in divorce

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:02 AM PDT

Growing numbers of Tajik women are being divorced by husbands working away in Russia, leading to serious social issues.


VIDEO: Cambodia's former king Sihanouk dies

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:08 PM PDT

Norodom Sihanouk, aged 89, was a pivotal figure in Cambodian public life for more than six decades.


VIDEO: Shuttle arrives 12 hrs late on final voyage

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 08:56 PM PDT

After long delays, the US Space Shuttle Endeavour has finally reached its retirement home at the California Science Center.


VIDEO: Fish farm thrives in middle of desert

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:01 AM PDT

A fish farm is thriving some of Egypt's most inhospitable land, on the eastern fringe of the Sahara desert.


VIDEO: Skydiver's record 24-mile high jump

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 03:23 PM PDT

The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has jumped from a balloon 24 miles above the earth, smashing an altitude record that had stood for more than 50 years.


VIDEO: Philippines prepares to celebrate peace deal

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 06:37 PM PDT

The deal could bring an end to a 40 year conflict on the southern island of Mindanao, which has left more than 120,000 people dead.


S. Korean minister apologises for border lapse

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:50 PM PDT

South Korea's defence minister apologised Monday for a security lapse that allowed a defecting North Korean soldier to walk unchecked across one of the world's most fortified borders.

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Close to 6,000 residents at old folks homes, Dewan Rakyat told

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 11:49 PM PDT

Close to 6,000 elderly people are residents at the 11 government-run and 165 NGO- and privately-operated old folks homes in the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

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Cambodia's quixotic former king Sihanouk dies in Beijing

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:39 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's former king Norodom Sihanouk, once an absolute ruler who freed Cambodia from colonialism before becoming a tragic pawn through decades of turmoil, died on Monday in a Beijing hospital. He was 89.

UAE sends medics to Pakistan to evacuate girl shot by Taliban

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:10 PM PDT

DUBAI, Oct 15 — The United Arab Emirates has dispatched a medical team to evacuate a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban if doctors decide she should be taken abroad for treatment, a UAE news agency reported yesterday. The WAM state news agency said the team would evaluate the condition of education campaigner Malala Yousufzai and facilitate ...

Pakistani schoolgirl attacked by Taliban sent to UK for treatment

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 10:00 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 — The Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by Taliban gunmen for pushing for girls to be educated has been sent to the United Kingdom for medical treatment, a military spokesman said today. The spokesman said in a statement that 14-year-old Malala Yusufzai, whose shooting has drawn condemnation abroad and at home, will require ...

Gunmen kill 22 in village in northern Nigeria

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 08:20 PM PDT

KADUNA, Oct 15 — Armed bandits descended on a village in northern Nigeria yesterday, killing 22 people, most of them shot dead as they were leaving prayers at a mosque, the state police commissioner said. The attack happened in a remote village called Dogo Dawa in Kaduna state, commissioner Olufemi Adenaike told a news conference. He added that ...

Former US Senator Arlen Specter, 82, dies of cancer

Posted: 14 Oct 2012 07:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 — Arlen Specter, a gruff, independent-minded moderate who spent three decades in the US Senate but was spurned by Pennsylvania voters after switching in 2009 from Republican to Democrat, died yesterday of cancer, his family said. He was 82. Specter played a pivotal role in many of the major issues of his time, including the ...

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