It's a wonderful life

It's a wonderful life


It's a wonderful life

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 01:11 AM PST

I've discovered that life is pretty interesting here in Malaysia. Our society has all it takes to allow our people to seek their own happiness and contentment according to their own moods.

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Perodua to invest RM790m to set up new company

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:56 PM PST

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) will invest RM790 million from internally generated funds to form anew company with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in order to maintain its market share of between 28 and 30 per cent.

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Gamuda earnings to hit record: OSK Research

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:48 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (Bernama) -- Gamuda Bhd's earnings are set to hit record highs over the next two years, with the first Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KV MRT) project being a major boon for them, says a research house.

The infrastructure and property developer, which has operations in Asia and the Middle East Region, is likely to add potential jobs such as the remaining two MRT lines, the Gemas-Johor Bahru double track as well as the Langat 2 water treatment plant.

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Ex-U.S. President George H.W. Bush in intensive care

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:53 PM PST

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and is in "guarded condition," family spokesman Jim McGrath said Wednesday.


Cambodia court sends "scapegoats" back to jail for unionist murder

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:42 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court ordered the return to prison on Thursday of two men seen by rights groups as scapegoats for the 2005 murder of a top unionist, the latest controversial ruling in a country chided for its low judicial standards.


Japan's new govt to review zero-nuclear policy

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 12:04 AM PST

Japan's new leaders set to work Thursday on dismantling plans to rid the country of nuclear power by 2040, pledging to review a post-Fukushima policy.

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New Japanese finance chief hits out at BoJ: reports

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:15 PM PST

Japan's new finance chief hit out at the country's under-pressure central bank, reports said Thursday, saying it was "slow" in tackling deflation that has plagued the economy for years.

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Singapore medics battle to save India gang-rape victim

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:02 PM PST

Doctors in Singapore battled Thursday to save the life of an Indian student who sustained horrific injuries in a gang-rape after she was dramatically airlifted overnight from a hospital in New Delhi.

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Nelson Mandela "not yet fully recovered" -spokesman

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:32 PM PST

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela is doing well after being discharged from hospital, although he is still not fully recovered, a government spokesman said on Thursday.


VIDEO: Afghanistan's new form of justice

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:22 PM PST

A new form of justice is beginning to take hold in Afghanistan, even in the troubled province of Helmand.

To women, a trim male physique may indicate 'good genes'

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:01 PM PST

A new study suggests that straight women don't necessarily prefer masculine, strong-jawed men as much as they prefer trim ones. Why? It's a sign of good genes, researchers say.

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N.Z. quake city puts faith in cardboard cathedral

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:53 PM PST

When Japanese architect Shigeru Ban designed a new cathedral in earthquake-devastated Christchurch, he chose the most unlikely of materials -- cardboard -- for the landmark project.

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RM500 aid to households at flood relief centres

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:28 PM PST

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today visited an evacuation centre in flood-hit Kelantan and announced a RM500 aid to every household that has moved to an official relief centre.

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Obama returns to Washington on edge of fiscal cliff

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:16 PM PST

President Barack Obama returns on Thursday to a sharply divided Washington under pressure to forge a year-end deal with Republicans to avoid the tax hikes and spending cuts of the "fiscal cliff."

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Indian gang-rape victim arrives in Singapore

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 10:01 PM PST

An Indian student who was left fighting for her life after being brutally gang raped on a bus in New Delhi arrived Thursday in Singapore for treatment at a leading hospital.

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S. Korea cuts growth outlook for 2012, 2013

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 09:38 PM PST

The South Korean government on Thursday slashed the nation's growth outlook for 2012 and 2013, citing the eurozone debt crisis and US fiscal woes that continue to dampen global demand.

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Turkish ex-president’s son wants autopsy report made public

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:25 PM PST

ISTANBUL, Dec 27 – The full report of an autopsy on late President Turgut Ozal, who led Turkey out of military rule in the 1980s, should be released for public scrutiny, the former leader's son said yesterday. Ozal's body was recently exhumed after years of rumours that was murdered by militants of the "deep state" - a shadowy group within the ...


Sudan’s Bashir says ready to meet Kiir to try to get oil flowing

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:16 PM PST

KHARTOUM, Dec 27 – Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said yesterday he was ready to meet his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir to try to move forward with setting up a demilitarised border zone and restart oil flows. His comments raise the prospect that the two could set aside their differences after signing agreements in September ...


Former US President George H.W. Bush in intensive care

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 07:05 PM PST

AUSTIN, Dec 27 – Former President George H.W. Bush is in the intensive care unit of a Houston hospital and is in "guarded condition," family spokesman Jim McGrath said yesterday. "The president is alert and conversing with medical staff, and is surrounded by family," McGrath said in a statement. "Following a series of setbacks including a ...


Children, many ill, would be victims of Russia ban on US adoption

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 06:30 PM PST

LONDON, Dec 27 – Family Christmas cards and smiling snapshots of children sent by their adoptive American parents fill Galina Sigayeva's office in Russia's second city St Petersburg. Many of them were crippled by illness and in desperate need of medical care before her agency helped organise their adoption into US families, she ...


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