Police advise against rumour of Bible burning

Police advise against rumour of Bible burning

Police advise against rumour of Bible burning

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:50 AM PST

The police today advised the people against believing in a rumour that Malay versions of the Bible are to be burnt at the Bagan Luar town field in Butterworth on Sunday.

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Malaysia submitting amended bird's nest certificates to China

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:41 AM PST

Malaysia is in the process of submitting the amended copies of the Certificate of Origin and Health Certificate to the Chinese authorities in order to facilitate and expedite the resumption of the bird's nest trade with China.

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King calls for moderation to achieve greater unity

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:41 PM PST

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, today called on the people to cherish the "wasatiyyah" (moderation) approach, saying it would lead to greater unity and excellence.

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15,000 crocs escape from South African farm

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:53 PM PST

Around 15,000 crocodiles have escaped from a farm in South Africa amid heavy rains and flooding, local daily Beeld reported Thursday.

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Taiwan boat leaves islands after Japan water cannon duel

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:53 PM PST

A boat carrying Taiwanese activists headed for disputed Japanese-controlled islands turned back Thursday after coastguard vessels from the two sides converged and duelled with water cannon.

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Russian lower house backs bill to allow Putin to pick candidates to lead regions

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:33 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament has given preliminary backing to a bill that would enable the country's 83 regions to scrap popular elections of their leaders in favour of a system that would let President Vladimir Putin choose candidates instead.

'Gangnam Style' earns $8 mn for YouTube: Google

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

Google said Tuesday that the YouTube page showcasing the "Gangnam Style" video by South Korean rapper Psy has reaped more than $8 million in ad revenue.

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S. Korea president's brother gets two-year jail term

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:57 PM PST

A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the elder brother of President Lee Myung-Bak to two years in jail after convicting him on corruption charges.

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Criminals are everywhere

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:48 PM PST

Criminals are everywhere and thus, parents should never leave their children alone.

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Myanmar launches high-level telecoms graft probe

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:39 PM PST

Myanmar has launched a probe into alleged high-level corruption in its telecommunications ministry, officials said Thursday, following a vow to tackle graft in the former junta-ruled country.

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VIDEO: Traditional Indian dance catches on

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 04:14 PM PST

The dance of Kathak that originated in northern India is currently thriving in the UK with hundreds of young British Asians taking it up.

Amid rape fears, Indian party gives knives to women

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:09 PM PST

A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves after a fatal gang-rape last month alarmed the country.

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N. Korea slams Kim Jong-Un plastic surgery reports

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:08 PM PST

North Korea has finally responded to persistent rumours that leader Kim Jong-Un had plastic surgery to look like his revered grandfather, issuing an angry denial criticising "sordid" media reports.

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Ending US combat ban will even career playing field, servicewomen say

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 09:21 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 24 – A Pentagon decision to lift a ban on women in front-line combat roles will remove an obstacle that stymied women's careers but had little meaning on modern battlefields with no clear front lines, US military women said yesterday. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to formally announce on Thursday that he will lift the ...

Philippine Congress okays bill on payments to human rights victims

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 09:12 PM PST

MANILA, Jan 24 – The Philippine Congress has approved a bill awarding compensation to thousands of victims of human rights abuses under late President Ferdinand Marcos's 20-year iron rule. Under the final version of the bill approved by a bicameral committee late yesterday, payments amounting to more than 10 billion pesos (RM748 million) to the ...

Second person sought by police in Texas campus shooting

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 08:08 PM PST

HOUSTON, Jan 24 – Police were seeking a second person yesterday in connection with a shooting on a community college campus near Houston that left three people wounded. Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said the shooting at Lone Star College took place during a "ridiculous confrontation" between Carlton Berry, 22, who has been charged with two ...

North Korea targets US with nuclear, rocket tests

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:54 PM PST

SEOUL, Jan 24 – North Korea said today it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its "enemy". The announcement by the country's top military body came a day after the United Nations Security Council agreed a US-backed ...

US drone kills six suspected al-Qaeda members in Yemen

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:15 PM PST

SANAA, Jan 24 – At least six suspected al-Qaeda members were killed in a US drone strike in northern Yemen yesterday, local sources said, in an escalating campaign in which at least 20 Islamist militants have died this week. The United States never comments on strikes by its pilotless aircraft, which it has used to track down militants in Yemen ...

EU says Iran stalling on nuclear talks

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:07 PM PST

TEHERAN, Jan 24 – Iran is stalling on fixing a date and location for a new round of talks on its nuclear programme, the European Union's foreign policy chief said yesterday, but there is still hope that talks between Teheran and six world powers can begin soon. EU officials have been in contact with Iranian negotiators repeatedly since December to ...

Venezuela’s VP says he’s target of assassination plot

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 06:27 PM PST

CARACAS, Jan 24 – Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro said unidentified groups had entered the country with the aim of assassinating him and the head of the National Assembly as President Hugo Chavez recovers from cancer in Cuba. Maduro provided no proof of the claim, made at a rally yesterday to mark the end of a dictatorship in the OPEC ...

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