No need to trumpet high investment level, Selangor told |
- No need to trumpet high investment level, Selangor told
- 5 injured in stadium roof collapse
- The ghost of Sulu Sultanate
- Apple hit by hackers
- Smartphone makers focusing on cameras
- Twitter to begin attaching value ratings to tweets
- Microsoft switches Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com
- Samsung launches new premium 'smart' TVs
- Senegal women told 'all black' is beautiful -- and healthy
- Airline's in-flight entertainment includes live concert by 80s icons
- French fryer-maker shares soar after Oprah endorsement
- Hitler, Frankenstein contest local Indian polls
- Bulgaria government resigns after national protests
- Anti-austerity strike brings Greece to a standstill
- Insight - Battle for Damascus: frozen but bloody
- Insight - Rome will burn, regardless of Italian election result
- Strike by Indian unions over prices hits transport, banking
- VIDEO: Tunisian prime minister resigns
- Three young Indian sisters raped and murdered: police
- Taiwan plans troop withdrawal from islets near China
| No need to trumpet high investment level, Selangor told Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:30 AM PST Although the Selangor government has claimed to have recorded the highest level of investment inflow into the state in the first 10 months of last year, the actual number of projects that have been implemented is doubted. | ||
| 5 injured in stadium roof collapse Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:41 PM PST Five workers were injured, three seriously, when steel structures supporting the roof of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak that was currently undergoing re-construction work, collapsed at 11.30am today. | ||
| Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:57 PM PST The North Borneo of yesterday, the Sabah of today, used to be a territory of the Sulu Sultanate. But that was four centuries ago. | ||
| Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:47 PM PST Apple on Tuesday said it was hit by hackers who wormed their way into the California company's system but evidently failed to steal any data. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Smartphone makers focusing on cameras Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:43 PM PST Device makers struggling to create phones with a standout feature that will give their handsets a competitive advantage against Apple and Samsung are turning their attention to image quality. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Twitter to begin attaching value ratings to tweets Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:42 PM PST Twitter is about to begin attaching value ratings of "none," "low" and "medium" to users' tweets. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Microsoft switches Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:40 PM PST Microsoft said Tuesday it had begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook. com as it officially launches its revamped email service. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Samsung launches new premium 'smart' TVs Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:37 PM PST South Korea's Samsung Electronics Tuesday launched a range of giant Internet-enabled televisions as part of a strategy to cement its lead in slowing global markets by focusing on premium models. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Senegal women told 'all black' is beautiful -- and healthy Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:31 PM PST Outraged by adverts urging women to bleach their skin, a spontaneous movement has emerged in Senegal arguing that black is beautiful -- and to act otherwise is to risk one's health. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Airline's in-flight entertainment includes live concert by 80s icons Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:28 PM PST British Airways is hoping to break a Guinness World Record for the highest concert when the carrier flies iconic 1980s bands like Bananarama and Go West 43,000 feet in the air, where they will perform a special concert for travelers. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| French fryer-maker shares soar after Oprah endorsement Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:25 PM PST Shares in French appliances group Seb soared on Tuesday after US television personality Oprah Winfrey told her millions of Twitter followers its low-oil fryer had "changed my life". | ||
| Hitler, Frankenstein contest local Indian polls Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:24 PM PST Politicians named after Adolf Hitler and Frankenstein are among 345 candidates competing in elections this week in a north-east Indian state with a history of bizarre naming conventions. | ||
| Bulgaria government resigns after national protests Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:33 PM PST BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned from office after nationwide protests against austerity and high electricity prices, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said on Wednesday. 
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| Anti-austerity strike brings Greece to a standstill Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:18 PM PST ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers walked off the job on Wednesday in a nationwide protest against wage cuts and high taxes, keeping ferries docked in ports, shutting state schools and leaving hospitals working with emergency staff. 
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| Insight - Battle for Damascus: frozen but bloody Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:15 PM PST DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Rebel fighters in Damascus are disciplined, skilled and brave. 
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| Insight - Rome will burn, regardless of Italian election result Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:10 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Regardless of who wins next weekend's parliamentary election, Italy's long economic decline is likely to continue because the next government won't be strong enough to pursue the tough reforms needed to make its economy competitive again. 
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| Strike by Indian unions over prices hits transport, banking Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:49 PM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Many Indian banks were closed and public transport disrupted on Wednesday because of a strike by trade unions protesting against high prices but the capital, New Delhi, and business centre, Mumbai, were mostly unaffected and financial markets were open. 
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| VIDEO: Tunisian prime minister resigns Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:22 PM PST Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has announced his resignation following the failure of his efforts to form a coalition government. | ||
| Three young Indian sisters raped and murdered: police Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:13 PM PST Three sisters aged between six and 11 were raped and murdered before their bodies were dumped down a village well in rural western India, police said on Wednesday. | ||
| Taiwan plans troop withdrawal from islets near China Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:12 PM PST Taiwan plans to withdraw troops from two islets near the Chinese mainland and will turn the former battleground into a tourist attraction as relations improve, officials said Wednesday. |
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