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- Wahid right person to support continuity of economic transformation: Nazir
- Najib's team
- Plastic surgery trend on the rise: arm lifts
- Taiwan stages military drill as Philippines row continues
- VIDEO: Tornadoes rip through Texas
- VIDEO: Gatsby cast bring party to Cannes
- Tornadoes rip through Texas, killing six
- Three kidnapped Red Cross workers freed in Yemen
- Turkey arrests four over bombings near Syrian border
- Cyclone Mahasen crosses Bangladesh coast, two dead
- New protest in Chinese city over planned chemical plant
- Suicide bomber targets foreigners, at least six Afghans killed
- Second Alaska volcano belching ash and steam
- At least 3 dead after Cambodian factory collapses
- Militants kidnap 7 Egyptian security officers in Sinai
- As scandals mount, White House springs into damage control
- US tax chief fired over scandal
- Cameron survives humbling EU revolt in parliament
- Sex assault scandals put unprecedented pressure on Pentagon
- Texas executes inmate who killed police officer
| Wahid right person to support continuity of economic transformation: Nazir Posted: 16 May 2013 12:30 AM PDT Maybank President and Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar is the right person to support the prime minister's continuity of the economic transformation agenda, says a leading banker. | ||
| Posted: 16 May 2013 12:16 AM PDT Najib's team was put together with the objective of inheriting the previous administration's works while carrying out some remedial works for government functionality. Overall speaking, the Cabinet line-up is within most people's expectations, including the exclusion of MCA and Gerakan Rakyat. | ||
| Plastic surgery trend on the rise: arm lifts Posted: 16 May 2013 12:07 AM PDT Inspired by the toned arms of Michelle Obama, Jennifer Aniston, and Jessica Biel, the latest US trend in plastic surgery is arm lifts to remove excess skin and fat on the upper arms. The procedure has skyrocketed by more than 4,000 percent in the last 10 years in the US. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Taiwan stages military drill as Philippines row continues Posted: 16 May 2013 12:01 AM PDT Taiwan on Thursday staged a military exercise in waters near the northern Philippines in response to the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, after rejecting repeated apologies for the death. | ||
| VIDEO: Tornadoes rip through Texas Posted: 15 May 2013 11:51 PM PDT At least six people have been killed as tornadoes tear through parts of the US state of Texas | ||
| VIDEO: Gatsby cast bring party to Cannes Posted: 15 May 2013 10:34 PM PDT Baz Luhrmann and the cast of The Great Gatsby have put on a show as the film opened the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. | ||
| Tornadoes rip through Texas, killing six Posted: 15 May 2013 11:59 PM PDT DALLAS, May 16 — At least six people were killed and scores injured when tornadoes ripped through a stretch of Texas near the Dallas-Fort Worth area after dark yesterday, destroying homes and uprooting trees, authorities said. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said the death toll could rise as rescue workers combed through houses in the middle of ... 
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| Three kidnapped Red Cross workers freed in Yemen Posted: 15 May 2013 11:10 PM PDT ADEN, May 16 — Yemeni tribesmen released three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the humanitarian agency and a Yemeni security source said today. The men — a Swiss, a Kenyan and a Yemeni national — were kidnapped on Monday in the southern province of Abyan. They had been freed late on Wednesday and were in good ... 
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| Turkey arrests four over bombings near Syrian border Posted: 15 May 2013 10:12 PM PDT ISTANBUL, May 16 — Four suspects were arrested in Turkey today in connection with car bombings that killed 51 people in a town near the Syrian border at the weekend, state-run Anatolian news agency reported. The two bomb blasts in Reyhanli fanned fears that Syria's civil war is dragging in neighbouring states. Damascus has denied Turkish ... 
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| Cyclone Mahasen crosses Bangladesh coast, two dead Posted: 15 May 2013 09:54 PM PDT CHITTAGONG (Bangladesh), May 16 — Cyclone Mahasen started crossing Bangladesh's low-lying coast today, bearing down on the ports of Chittagong and Cox's Bazar, as tens of thousands of people huddled in shelters from a storm which the United Nations says threatens 4.1 million people. Winds up to 100 kph lashed the coast and whipped up waves, with ... 
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| New protest in Chinese city over planned chemical plant Posted: 15 May 2013 09:41 PM PDT BEIJING, May 16 — Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Chinese city of Kunming today to protest against the planned production of a chemical at a refinery, the second demonstration this month against the project. China's increasingly affluent urban population has begun to object to a model of growth at all costs, which has fuelled the ... 
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| Suicide bomber targets foreigners, at least six Afghans killed Posted: 15 May 2013 09:19 PM PDT KABUL, May 16 — A suicide bomber in a car targeted two vehicles carrying foreign forces in the Afghan capital, Kabul, today killing at least six Afghan civilians, Afghan officials said. It was not clear if any members of the foreign force were killed or wounded. The Hezb-e-Islami insurgent group, allied with the Taliban, claimed responsibility for ... 
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| Second Alaska volcano belching ash and steam Posted: 15 May 2013 08:55 PM PDT ANCHORAGE, May 16 — One of Alaska's most active volcanoes has erupted with clouds of ash and steam, and lava is flowing down its snow-covered flank, scientists said yesterday. Pavlof Volcano began erupting on Monday and was still belching clouds, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said. It has been emitting occasional dark clouds of ash and steam ... 
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| At least 3 dead after Cambodian factory collapses Posted: 15 May 2013 07:51 PM PDT PHNOM PENH, May 16 — Three people were killed when the ceiling of a warehouse fell in at a shoe factory in Cambodia, a government minister said today, adding to concerns about safety standards at Asian factories producing cheap clothing. Cambodia has seen a rush of investment in recent years, especially into the shoe and garment sector, with ... 
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| Militants kidnap 7 Egyptian security officers in Sinai Posted: 15 May 2013 07:48 PM PDT CAIRO, May 16 — A group of anonymous militants kidnapped early today seven Egyptian security officers in the lawless Sinai Peninsula, near the borders with Israel, security and Bedouin sources said. According to the sources three policemen and four army officers who were riding in taxis travelling from Arish to Rafah cities, both in North Sinai, ... 
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| As scandals mount, White House springs into damage control Posted: 15 May 2013 07:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 16 — With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals, the White House acknowledged the rising political dangers yesterday by launching a concerted effort at damage control. In a whirlwind few hours, the administration moved forcefully to counter criticism of its handling of the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, the seizure of ... 
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| US tax chief fired over scandal Posted: 15 May 2013 06:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 16 — Washington's top tax official was fired yesterday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism in a scandal over the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups for special scrutiny. Seeking to regain the initiative amid a series of controversies that have threatened his second-term ... 
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| Cameron survives humbling EU revolt in parliament Posted: 15 May 2013 06:50 PM PDT LONDON, May 16 — Prime Minister David Cameron suffered an embarrassing blow in parliament yesterday when more than a third of his Conservative lawmakers voted against him in protest at his stance on Britain's membership of the European Union. Though the revolt was defeated, it could undermine Cameron's leadership, as scores of his own party's ... 
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| Sex assault scandals put unprecedented pressure on Pentagon Posted: 15 May 2013 06:26 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 16 — A rash of scandals discrediting the US military's efforts to stamp out sexual assault is putting unprecedented pressure on Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel to consider options that once appeared off limits to address sex crimes in the armed forces. On Tuesday, the military disclosed that another one of its advocates for victims ... 
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| Texas executes inmate who killed police officer Posted: 15 May 2013 06:14 PM PDT AUSTIN, May 16 — A Texas inmate convicted of killing a plainclothes Houston police officer who was trying to arrest him was put to death by lethal injection yesterday evening, the sixth person executed in the state this year, authorities said. Jeffrey Williams was pronounced dead at 6.36pm at a state prison in Huntsville, the Texas Department of ... 
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