Malaysia remains China's top Asean trade partner

Malaysia remains China's top Asean trade partner


Malaysia remains China's top Asean trade partner

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:44 AM PDT

Malaysia continues to be China's top trading partner in Asean, with bilateral trade between both countries hitting US$33.88 billion (RM102.21 billion) in the first quarter of this year, up 23.9 per cent year-on-year.

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Penang Tabung Haji director, staff claim trial to 'khalwat' charge

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:43 AM PDT

Penang Tabung Haji director Rozimin Ahamed Kamil and a female staff pleaded not guilty in the Syariah Magistrate's Court here today to a charge of "khalwat" (close proximity).

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Porn star's calligraphy sparks art debate in China

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:39 AM PDT

Calligraphy by Japanese porn star Sola Aoi has sparked a culture war in China, where she has a huge fan base, with purists dismissing the work as "unskilled" after it was reportedly auctioned for $95,000.

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Sunbathing crocodile shocks Indonesian beachgoers

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:37 AM PDT

Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-metre (13-foot) crocodile laid down next to them to soak up some rays, an official said Wednesday.

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Love Malaysia more

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:29 AM PDT

I just want to say that the country has made many achievements and there are also some flaws. There are different views among different racial groups, but there are also some common views. It is by no means a perfect country, but not a country beyond redemption either.

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Japan protests at S. Korean daily's A-bomb op-ed

Posted: 23 May 2013 12:10 AM PDT

Japan on Thursday accused a South Korean newspaper of "dishonourable" behaviour after it opined that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were "divine punishment".

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VIDEO: Tornado clean up begins in Oklahoma

Posted: 22 May 2013 09:56 PM PDT

Police cordons have been removed for the first time since the Tornado in Oklahoma allowing families to return to their homes and survey the damage.

VIDEO: 'Lack of trust' between Russia and Europe

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:00 PM PDT

Russia's Deputy Defence Minister has told the BBC that there is still a lack of trust between Russia and the rest of Europe.

VIDEO: Diplomatic deadlock on Korean peninsula

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:03 PM PDT

With North Korea firing short-range rockets off its eastern coast this week, the prospect of formal talks on the Korean peninsula still seems some way off.

VIDEO: Parents quit Singapore death probe

Posted: 22 May 2013 08:39 PM PDT

The family of a US man found hanged in Singapore have withdrawn from an inquiry into his death, saying they no longer have confidence in the system.

VIDEO: Achebe funeral due to take place

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:02 PM PDT

The funeral of the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is due to take place on Thursday in his home town of Ogidi in the east of the country.

Ranger, militant killed in Thai south shootout

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:37 PM PDT

A paramilitary ranger and a suspected militant were killed in a shootout early Thursday in Thailand's insurgency-torn south, an army spokesman said, as violence continues to rattle the Muslim-majority region despite ongoing peace talks.

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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:09 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption.

Analysis - Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisia's stability

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:03 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian cities.

Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo

Posted: 22 May 2013 09:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Japan’s wartime brothels were wrong, says 91-year-old veteran

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:08 PM PDT

SAGAMIHARA, May 23 — When Masayoshi Matsumoto joined the Japanese army in 1943 and was sent to occupied China as a medic, he thought he was taking part in a righteous war to free Asia from the yoke of Western imperialism. Seven decades later, the 91-year-old retired Christian pastor says it's his mission to speak out about the injustice of the war ...
    


Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:04 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, May 23 — President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech today that defends the US use of drones abroad and lays out a vision for closing the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After nearly two weeks of controversies about his handling of attacks that killed four Americans ...
    


Dispirited

Posted: 22 May 2013 11:07 PM PDT

The MCA's greatest crisis is, all its members have been in a dispirited mood and got lost after the severe defeat in the general election, as if they are trying to delay the time of death.

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PKR to file 27 election petitions - Tian Chua

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:46 PM PDT

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is to file 27 petitions in court soon over the results of the 13th General Election, its vice-president Tian Chua said today.

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Japan man, 80, scales Everest, sets record

Posted: 22 May 2013 10:45 PM PDT

An 80-year-old Japanese climber reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday, becoming the oldest person to scale the world's highest mountain, his website and a Nepalese official said.

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