Govt to unveil policies on EEV by first half this year

Govt to unveil policies on EEV by first half this year


Govt to unveil policies on EEV by first half this year

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:43 AM PST

The government will unveil policies on energy efficient vehicles (EEV) by the first half of this year, which would see the opening up of the segment in the automotive industry.

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Lower growth for local property market

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:20 AM PST

The Malaysian property market is expected to be sustained at a lower growth rate this year in terms of the number of transactions.

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Philippines takes China to UN over sea row

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:12 AM PST

The Philippines has taken China to a UN tribunal to challenge its claim to most of the South China Sea including Philippine territory, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Tuesday.

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An apologising mom

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:09 AM PST

The most agonising thing that could happen to a person is the loss of his or her dearest child.

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PTPTN aims to collect RM20m for BPM1M

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:34 PM PST

The National Higher Education Fund Corporation is (PTPTN) targeting over RM20 million to be collected by the end of this year in the 1Malaysia Poor Students Fund (BPM1M).

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Penang PAS protests Karpal's meddling in Syura Council decision

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:05 PM PST

A group of PAS members and supporters gathered in front of the office of DAP national chairman Karpal Singh, here, today to protest against his statement which urged PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang to review the party's Ulama Syura Council's decision on the use of the word "Allah" in the Bahasa Melayu version of the Bible.

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VIDEO: Obama inauguration highlights

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 12:09 AM PST

Barack Obama has been sworn in for his second term by Chief Justice John Roberts.

British grandmother gets death for drugs in Indonesia

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 11:38 PM PST

An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a 56-year-old British grandmother to death for smuggling cocaine into the resort island of Bali.

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Market overreaction presents buying opportunities: MIDF

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:52 PM PST

The local stock market overreaction over the upcoming 13th General Election (GE13) would present buying opportunities for investors, says MIDF Research.

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China, Brazil and Singapore driving the digital revolution

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:36 PM PST

Fast-paced adoption of smartphones and other mobile devices is creating a new mobile-centric generation that is overtaking the US and Europe in terms of demand for digital media.

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Samsung to release 5.8-inch gaming smartphone

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 10:33 PM PST

The latest smartphone rumor suggests that Samsung is gearing up to launch a 5.8-inch device based on its Galaxy Player 5.8, currently only on sale in South Korea.

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U.S. circulates draft North Korea resolution at U.N.

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 09:38 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States has circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would condemn North Korea for its December rocket launch and calls for tightening existing U.N. sanctions, diplomats said on Monday.


Los Angeles Catholic officials shielded paedophile priests - report

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 09:30 PM PST

(Reuters) - Two Catholic Church officials in California plotted to conceal child molestation by priests from law enforcement as late as 1987, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday, citing newly released internal Church records.


Israel goes to polls, set to re-elect Netanyahu

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 09:25 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israelis began voting on Tuesday in an election widely expected to win Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a third term in office, pushing the Jewish State further to the right, away from peace with Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran.


Wen urges 'healthy' economy as China slows

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 09:59 PM PST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged the central bank to promote "healthy" economic development, the government said, after the economy expanded at its slowest pace for 13 years in 2012.

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Hearing about the coming of election, again

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 09:33 PM PST

No matter what plan is Najib having and what date the general election will fall, as voters, we should be psychologically prepared to face the probably most intense general election of Malaysia.

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Obama pushes activist government and takes on far right

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 08:54 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — Republican President Ronald Reagan declared in 1981 that "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem". Fifteen years later, Democratic President Clinton declared that "the era of big government is over". That wasn't exactly President Barack Obama's message in his second inaugural address ...


Obama’s ride rich with symbolism four years after first win

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 07:53 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 — On a bitterly cold Inauguration Day in January 2009, Barack Obama rode in a tank-like limousine to the US Capitol, giving Americans on television and in Washington their first glimpse of an African-American assuming the trappings of the presidency. Four years and another election later, the ride to the Capitol was less ...


Israel set to re-elect Netanyahu, shift further right

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 06:45 PM PST

TEL AVIV, Jan 22 – Israelis look set to elect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a third term with a smaller majority today, pushing the Jewish State even further to the right, away from peace with Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran. Netanyahu has vowed to pursue the Jewish settlement of lands seized during the 1967 Middle East war ...


Syrian opposition leaders fail to form government

Posted: 21 Jan 2013 06:36 PM PST

BEIRUT, Jan 22 – Syrian opposition leaders said yesterday they had failed to put together a transitional government to run rebel-held areas of the country, a blow to the exiled group trying to present an alternative to President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Political efforts to resolve the conflict have largely faltered because of the rebels' failure ...


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