Commodity exports to hit RM282.6bn by 2020

Commodity exports to hit RM282.6bn by 2020

Commodity exports to hit RM282.6bn by 2020

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:31 PM PST

Malaysia is expected to earn RM282.6 billion in export earnings from the commodity sector in 2020, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

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Ladies, jump like a man to save your knees

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:09 PM PST

Since female athletes tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) six to eight times more than men who play the same sport, a sports medicine surgeon suggests a new approach: teach women how to jump more like men.

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Japan's LDP set for big win in Sunday election - polls

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:44 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is on track for a stunning victory in Sunday's election, returning to power with hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the helm, and possibly ending Japan's political gridlock.

Russia opens new investigation against opposition leader

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:41 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has opened a criminal investigation against opposition leader Alexei Navalny on suspicion of fraud and money laundering, the federal investigative committee said on Friday.

U.S., rebels urge gloomy Moscow to help oust Assad

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:34 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's rebel leadership and the United States seized on Russian pessimism over President Bashar al-Assad's future to urge Moscow to help push its ally into ceding power and end the battles closing in around his capital.

VIDEO: Egypt vote: Morsi's hometown view

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:47 PM PST

Egyptians in President Morsi's hometown are among those preparing to vote on the draft constitution backed by the President's Muslim Brotherhood.

VIDEO: Protester's Christmas in a eucalyptus

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:41 PM PST

Environmental campaigner Miranda Gibson is to spend her second Christmas in a eucalyptus tree in Tasmania in a protest against logging in the area

VIDEO: Handcuffed man steals police car

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 06:57 PM PST

A handcuffed man who managed to steal the Texas police car he was being transported in has been re-caught and arrested.

VIDEO: Japan voters 'sick of old politics'

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 04:20 PM PST

Japan goes to the polls on Sunday in an election that could shake up the country's political landscape.

VIDEO: Hong Kong on top for wine market

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:27 PM PST

Hong Kong is on track to become the top wine auction market for the third year running despite an economic slowdown in China.

Progress seen in Iran-IAEA talks, new meeting in January - source

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:04 PM PST

VIENNA (Reuters) - Some progress is believed to have been made in Thursday's talks between the U.N. nuclear agency and Iran in Tehran, a diplomatic source said on Friday.

Japan's LDP set for big win in Sunday election - polls

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:01 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is on track for a stunning victory in Sunday's election, returning to power with hawkish former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the helm, and possibly ending Japan's political gridlock.

Knife-wielding man injures 22 children in China

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:44 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A knife-wielding man slashed 22 children and an adult at an elementary school in central China on Friday, state media reported, the latest in a series of attacks on schoolchildren in the country.

U.S.' Panetta signs order to send Patriot missiles to Turkey - reports

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:23 PM PST

(Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has signed orders to send Patriot missiles and 400 military personnel to Turkey to defend against rocket attacks from Syria, news media reported early Friday.

Wikipedia sees future -- and threat -- in cell phones

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:54 PM PST

Cell phones could be Wikipedia's path to global domination, but may also pose a risk to the crowdsourcing culture the online encyclopedia relies on, chief executive Sue Gardner says.

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Yahoo! seeks slice of smartphone photo-sharing pie

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:45 PM PST

Yahoo! joined the fray over smartphone photo-sharing Wednesday by making it more enticing for iPhone users to use its Flickr service amid a rift between Twitter and the popular photo app Instagram.

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Meteor shower

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:45 PM PST

General view of the Geminid meteor shower in the National Park of El Teide on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife.

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The decline of quality

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:28 PM PST

Is it because the authority has lowered the standards or the examination candidates have precisely spotted the questions, causing the government not aware of the decline of quality?

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Iskandar Malaysia a region of innovation, entrepreneurship: Singapore minister

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:24 PM PST

Singapore's Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of National Development, Lee Yi Shyan, has described Iskandar Malaysia as a region of innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Singapore's R&D expenditure tops S$7.4bn

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:34 PM PST

Singapore's gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) recorded a high of S$7.4 billion in 2011, a 14.8 per cent growth from S$6.5 billion in 2010, according to the National Survey of R&D (2011).

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