Boy, 14, suspected of Moscow racist murder: official |
- Boy, 14, suspected of Moscow racist murder: official
- Taiwan independence groups to follow China envoy everywhere
- Landmark coup trial opens in Turkey
- AirAsia injects competition with Philippine joint venture
- Blind optimism
- Man killed as car slams Penang Bridge divider and burst into flames
- Trio charged with kidnapping college student
- India's central bank keeps rates on hold, warns on inflation
- Chavez calls for emergency powers
- Obama’s RM2.7t tax-cut plan heads to US House
- S.Korea to hold live-fire drill on island shelled by N.Korea
- Bejewelled Christmas tree
- Facebook face recognition finds friends in photos
- Four prisons killed as bus plunges into ravine
- Let Islamic products speak for themselves, says Raja Nazrin
- TM, Multinet form strategic partnership
- 100 teachers refused to be redeployed to districts
- Thai officials worried about crown prince: US cable
- Distributing free meals to homeless vagrants
- Study: Australians have world's highest rate of skin cancer
| Boy, 14, suspected of Moscow racist murder: official Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:41 AM PST MOSCOW, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - Three teenagers, including a boy aged just 14, are suspected of the apparently racist murder of a Kyrgyz citizen in Moscow at the weekend, Russian investigators said Thursday.
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| Taiwan independence groups to follow China envoy everywhere Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:40 AM PST TAIPEI, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - Radical Taiwanese independence groups Thursday vowed to follow China's top negotiator "every step of the way" when he visits the island next week, showing their anger in a series of protests.
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| Landmark coup trial opens in Turkey Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:24 AM PST SILIVRI, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - A Turkish court Thursday began hearing a landmark case against some 200 soldiers, among them senior commanders, charged over an alleged 2003 plot to topple the Islamist-rooted government.
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| AirAsia injects competition with Philippine joint venture Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:23 AM PST MANILA, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - Southeast Asian budget carrier king Tony Fernandes on Thursday launched a joint venture airline in the Philippines, giving what he described as an underserved market a big jolt of competition.
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| Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:19 AM PST But as time went by, there were five by-elections from October 2009 to November 2010. The BN won four of them, and the PR only managed a turnaround fight in Sibu. The change seemed to imply that the BN was rapidly recovering.
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| Man killed as car slams Penang Bridge divider and burst into flames Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:15 AM PST A man was killed when his car lost control and slammed into the road divider on the Penang Bridge and burst into flames early this morning.
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| Trio charged with kidnapping college student Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:15 AM PST Three people, one of them a woman, was charged in the Selayang Magistrate's Court here with kidnapping a college student early this month.
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| India's central bank keeps rates on hold, warns on inflation Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:10 AM PST MUMBAI, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - India's central bank on Thursday kept its key short-term interest rates unchanged, but warned of the need for "continued vigilance" to curb inflation.
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| Chavez calls for emergency powers Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:42 PM PST Venezuela's Congress looks set to grant President Hugo Chavez emergency powers but critics are warning they will allow him to govern as an autocrat.
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| Obama’s RM2.7t tax-cut plan heads to US House Posted: 15 Dec 2010 10:54 PM PST WASHINGTON, Dec 16 — A deal that President Barack Obama struck with Republicans to extend tax cuts for nearly every working American and spur job growth moves to the US House of Representatives for passage as early today. Many of Obama's fellow Democrats in that chamber strongly oppose the measure as favouring the wealthy, and are still angry with ...
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| S.Korea to hold live-fire drill on island shelled by N.Korea Posted: 16 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST SEOUL, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - South Korea on Thursday announced plans for a live-fire artillery exercise on Yeonpyeong island, its first on the frontline island since a similar drill unleashed a deadly North Korean bombardment.
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| Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:41 PM PST Christmas came in extravagant fashion to the Muslim desert emirate of Abu Dhabi as a glitzy hotel unveiled a bejewelled Christmas tree valued at more than 11 million dollars.
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| Facebook face recognition finds friends in photos Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:24 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - Facebook is using facial recognition software to let US users automatically identify friends in photos at the world's leading online social network.
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| Four prisons killed as bus plunges into ravine Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:22 PM PST Four officers from the Tawau Prison were killed when a bus from the Sabah Prisons Department lost control and plunged into a ravine at Kampung Moyog, Penampang at about 10.10am today.
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| Let Islamic products speak for themselves, says Raja Nazrin Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:22 PM PST A more productive way to make Islamic products acceptable and attractive to the non-Muslim market, is by allowing the products to speak for themselves, says the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah.
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| TM, Multinet form strategic partnership Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:21 PM PST Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has teamed up with Multinet Pakistan (Pte) Ltd to offer Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network services to their corporate customers.
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| 100 teachers refused to be redeployed to districts Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:20 PM PST Some 100 teachers involved in a redeployment exercise have refused to be transferred to other districts in Selangor.
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| Thai officials worried about crown prince: US cable Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:11 PM PST LONDON, Thursday 16 December 2010 (AFP) - Top palace officials in Thailand expressed concerns about the prospect of the crown prince becoming king, a leaked US diplomatic cable showed.
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| Distributing free meals to homeless vagrants Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:09 PM PST Every Saturday, the members of Kechara Soup Kitchen, Kuala Lumpur set off to send some simple dishes to homeless vagrants. They have been assisting more than thousand people over the past four years and there are 200 to 300 people have found their own life since then.
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| Study: Australians have world's highest rate of skin cancer Posted: 15 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST  SYDNEY: Australia's sun worshipping culture means the country's 22 million people are 13 times more likely to develop skin cancer than the global average, according to a new study released today. The "Cancer in Australia 2010" report compiled by a government agency revealed that the sun-drenched and beach-loving nation has the globe's highest rate of deadly melanoma and one of the highest overall rates of cancer. Melanoma – the most virulent form of skin cancer – is caused by harmful ultraviolet light from the sun. Australia's proximity to Antarctica, where there is a hole in the ozone layer that filters out UV rays, also increases the risk. However, higher rates of detection and tracking also explain the number of cases of cancer diagnosed each year, according to lead researcher Christine Sturrock from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. "The fact we are very good at tracking cancers goes some way to explaining this, as most other countries are not as good," Sturrock said. "But we have the highest rate of skin cancer in the world." The overall number of Australians being diagnosed with cancer increased by 27% between 1982 and 2007, even taking population growth into account, due in part to the country's ageing population. However, death rates from the disease have fallen by 16 percent in the same period, which Sturrock said was the one of the most pleasing findings from the report, which analysed cancer data from across the country. "One of the most positive findings to emerge was the dramatic decrease in deaths from cancers," she said. The report also identified an increased incidence of lymphoid cancers, prostate cancer and breast cancer among people living in higher socio-economic areas. However, Sturrock said the reasons for this remained unclear. - AFP
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