VIDEO: Berlin 1920s cabaret venue uncovered

VIDEO: Berlin 1920s cabaret venue uncovered


VIDEO: Berlin 1920s cabaret venue uncovered

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:27 AM PST

An old 1920s Berlin music hall, where cabaret was once performed, has been discovered in a derelict building which had been filled with WWII rubble.

MIC to swap two state seats with BN component parties: Palanivel

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:17 AM PST

MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said the party was interested to swap two state seats in Perak with other Barisan Nasional parties for the coming general election.

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Not wrong for Palanivel to contest safe seat: Samy Vellu

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 11:47 PM PST

It is not wrong for MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel to contest in a safe seat in the coming 13th General Election, says former party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.

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JPJ to proceed with AES

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 11:18 PM PST

The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will proceed with its decision to install the Automated Enforcement System (AES) at 831 locations nationwide before next year, for the safety of road users.

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Indian family of dead nurse who took prank call "shocked"

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 12:00 AM PST

A relative of the Indian-born nurse who apparently killed herself after an Australian radio station's royal hoax call said Sunday her family is shocked at the news.

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EU feted with Nobel in eurosceptic Norway

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 11:27 PM PST

While struggling with its popularity within its own borders, the European Union will on Monday collect one of the world's top honours, the Nobel Peace Prize, in a country that stubbornly refuses to join its ranks.

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The 'love hormone' may keep men faithful in relationships

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 11:19 PM PST

The "love hormone" oxytocin may help keep straight men in relationships faithful by prompting them to steer clear of hot women.

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Typhoon Bopha leaves 540 dead, 827 missing in Philippines

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:57 PM PST

The death toll from Typhoon Bopha ( locally known as Pablo) has climbed to 540 and 827 others are still missing, official statistics released Sunday showed.

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Dazzling

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:55 PM PST

The Supertrees Grove dazzling with light display and music at the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.

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'Les Miserables' premieres in London

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:36 PM PST

(Britain-AFP) - The film adaptation of 'Les Misérables, the musical based upon the classic novel by Victor Hugo, has its world premiere in London. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Japan tunnel disaster sounds global investment warning

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:22 PM PST

A deadly tunnel collapse in Japan should serve as a wake-up call to developed nations whose ageing infrastructure is in dire need of updating, experts say.

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India's bitter colonial past generates suspicion over FDI

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:04 PM PST

India's bitter colonial past hangs heavily over the government's renewed drive to open the inward-looking economy to foreign investment, even 65 years after independence, analysts say.

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N. Korea says it may delay controversial rocket launch

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:48 PM PST

North Korea said it may delay a much-criticised long-range rocket launch originally scheduled for as early as Monday, but gave no hint of the reasons.

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Chavez to have another cancer operation

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 09:08 PM PST

CARACAS, Dec 9 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday he would undergo another cancer operation in the coming days after doctors in Cuba found a third recurrence of malignant cells in his pelvic area. The news is a big blow for his supporters in South America's biggest oil exporter, who elected him in October to a new six-year term in ...


US trade-human rights link tests Obama-Russia ties

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:23 PM PST

MOSCOW, Dec 9 — The US Senate's passage of legislation to punish Russians who violate human rights is the first big test of the resolve of Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama to improve relations since their election victories. Obama, who launched a "reset" in relations with Russia less than four years ago, is likely to sign the law even though Moscow ...


Ghanaians show democratic mettle in cliff-hanger vote

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 08:05 PM PST

ACCRA, Dec 9 — Ghana electoral workers tallied final ballots yesterday in a tight election troubled by delays and technical glitches, but which officials hope will burnish the country's reputation as a model democracy in Africa. Incumbent President John Dramani Mahama was in a near-deadlock with rival Nana Akufo-Addo, according to early ...


US says its military detained captured Afghan teens for a year

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 07:36 PM PST

GENEVA, Dec 9 — The United States held more than 200 Afghan teenagers captured in the conflict with al-Qaeda and the Taliban for an average of a year before releasing them or handing them over to local authorities, a US report to the United Nations this week said. US authorities said the average age of those detained was 16. However, in nearly ...


Afghan leader says to raise spy attack with Pakistan

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 07:00 PM PST

KABUL, Dec 9 — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said yesterday a suicide bombing that wounded his intelligence chief was planned in the Pakistani city of Quetta and that the issue would be raised with Islamabad. Karzai stopped short of directly blaming neighbouring Pakistan, a regional power seen as critical to U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan ...


Sri Lankan impeachment panel finds chief justice guilty

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:53 PM PST

COLOMBO, Dec 9 — Sri Lanka's chief justice has been found guilty on three counts by an impeachment panel, a government minister said yesterday, in a case that has raised international concerns about the independence of the judiciary. "We have found her guilty of three charges out of the first five we have investigated," Nimal Siripala de Silva, ...


North Korea looks set to delay controversial rocket launch

Posted: 08 Dec 2012 06:43 PM PST

PYOYANG, Dec 9 — North Korea will likely postpone the launch of a long-range rocket, state news agency KCNA said yesterday, but gave no reasons for delaying the plan which has been widely condemned by countries including Russia and the United States. KCNA quoted a spokesman for the country's space agency, which plans to send a satellite into ...


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