1Malaysia Retirement Savings Scheme attracts over 60,000 individuals

1Malaysia Retirement Savings Scheme attracts over 60,000 individuals


1Malaysia Retirement Savings Scheme attracts over 60,000 individuals

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:58 AM PST

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF), which actively encourages the self-employed to contribute voluntarily, said 60,518 individuals have participated in the 1Malaysia Retirement Savings Scheme with contributions todate totalling RM200.54 million.

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Father dies sheltering girl from Japan blizzard

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:21 AM PST

A father froze to death while sheltering his nine-year-old daughter from severe weekend blizzards that swept northern Japan, two years after her mother died, reports said Monday.

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French military chief says "probable" al Qaeda commander Abou Zeid killed

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:01 AM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's senior field commander in the Sahara, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, has probably been killed in Mali, the head of France's joint chiefs of staff said on Monday.


Turning your smartphone into a therapist

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:18 AM PST

Network operator Telefónica has showcased a linguistic analysis engine that can accurately compile a psychological profile of anyone making a phone call, bringing a whole new meaning to the concept of a mood ring.

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App allows users to share their dining history with friends

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:16 AM PST

Want to know what your friends are eating and where they're dining? A restaurant reservation site has launched a Facebook app that allows users to rate the places they've been and share their dining experience with friends.

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"Arab spring" brings new buyers for bulletproof cars

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:39 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - In a workshop in a dusty industrial area on the outskirts of Dubai, engineers are stripping down a Toyota Land Cruiser to install armoured plating, bullet resistant glass and run-flat tyres.


Google hacked over Malaysia-Filipino standoff

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 12:02 AM PST

Supporters of an armed bid by Filipino intruders to lay claim to a Malaysian state took their campaign to cyberspace on Monday, manipulating Google search listings to show a message backing the incursion.

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Cuba cigar auction raises money for health system

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:55 PM PST

An auction of luxury cigar humidors in Cuba fetched $1.1 million, which will go toward the public health system, the state news agency said Sunday.

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Peruvian mayor at book fair: I don't read

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:54 PM PST

The mayor of Peru's third-largest city inaugurated a book fair by saying he does not like to read.

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Owner claims dog show poisoning fishy

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:52 PM PST

Call it skulldog-ery. The owner of a fluffy white contestant in New York's prestigious Westminster Dog Show is claiming foul play in the poisoning death of her beloved pooch.

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Man with 94 kg of dried caterpillars stopped at UK airport

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:52 PM PST

British border officials have seized 94 kilogrammes (207 pounds) of dried caterpillars from a man who claimed they were "for personal consumption", Britain's interior ministry said Friday.

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Two time-bombs in Sabah

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:50 PM PST

How are they going to prevent the Sultan Army from intruding Sabah again? How are they going to solve the bitter fruit of illegal immigrant issue? The people will continue to feel ill until the two time-bombs are dismantled!

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Penang Education Department urges public to report school dropouts

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:41 PM PST

The Penang Education Department has called on anyone with information on school dropouts to make a report to the department.

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S. Korean 'comfort women' sue Japan rock band

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:39 PM PST

A group of South Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery by Japan filed a defamation suit Monday against a little known, far-right Japanese rock band for calling them prostitutes.

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Higher caffeine intake may prolong pregnancy, study finds

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:33 PM PST

Expecting mothers have one more reason to ban coffee altogether from their diets after a Swedish study found that caffeine intake is linked to longer pregnancies and low birth weights in babies.

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Nine policemen butchered as Kenyans queue in tense vote

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:19 PM PST

NAIROBI, March 4 – Kenyans stood patiently in long lines today to elect a new president but machete-wielding youths on the coast killed nine policemen, casting a shadow over a vote seen as vital to repairing Kenya's image after tribal bloodshed five years ago. A few hours before the 6am start of voting and with long queues formed across the nation ...


Australia fire survivors sue Singapore power firm

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 11:11 PM PST

Survivors of a 2009 firestorm which killed 119 people in Australia Monday launched a class action against a Singapore power company over the disaster which lawyers described as "entirely preventable".

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Four policemen butchered as Kenyans queue in tense vote

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 10:33 PM PST

NAIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyans stood patiently in long lines on Monday to elect a new president but machete-wielding youths on the coast killed four policemen, casting a shadow over a vote seen as vital to repairing Kenya's image after tribal bloodshed five years ago.


Sulu Army and election, coincidence or conspiracy?

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 10:34 PM PST

I still insist that war is not the only way, nor the best solution.

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S. Korean president apologises over political deadlock

Posted: 03 Mar 2013 10:21 PM PST

South Korea's new president, Park Geun-Hye, publicly apologised Monday for a political deadlock blocking the formation of her government at a time of heightened nuclear tension with North Korea.

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