SPAD to begin study on Penang transportation development plan

SPAD to begin study on Penang transportation development plan

SPAD to begin study on Penang transportation development plan

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:31 AM PST

The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will begin the study on providing a development plan for public transport system in Penang.

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VIDEO: Eddie the arthritic otter shoots hoops

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:02 AM PST

Eddie the otter is 15 years old and suffers from arthritis in his elbow so his keeper has come up with a novel way for him to improve movement in his joints - basketball.

The HSR spin-off

Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:04 AM PST

A piece of business news caught my attention several days ago: Air France to launch direct flights from Kuala Lumpur to Paris.

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Pistorius lead detective faces attempted murder charges

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:58 PM PST

The lead detective in the murder case against Oscar Pistorius is himself facing attempted murder charges, police announced on Thursday, dealing a further blow to the prosecution's case against the star sprinter.

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Sony bills PS4 console as gaming's future

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:52 PM PST

Sony unveiled a new generation PlayStation 4 system Wednesday and laid out its vision for the "future of gaming" in a world rich with mobile gadgets and play streamed from the Internet cloud.

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HTC One a true Android flagship

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:41 PM PST

HTC may have struck gold with its new flagship handset, the HTC One.

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Energy consumption to surge in APEC countries

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:38 PM PST

Energy consumption is expected to surge in APEC member countries by 2035, whilst efficiency will emerge and sustainability diverge, according to the APEC Energy Demand and Supply Outlook report.

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Google has cut Gmail spam by 99.7% since 2011

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:36 PM PST

Google claims that less than 1 percent of spam messages make it into Gmail users' inboxes and that over the last two years, improvements to its security systems have taken the fight to the spammers, but notes that users also need to improve their own approaches to online security by adopting two-factor verification.

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Developers find "80 new uses" for Google Glasses in first Glass Foundry events

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:31 PM PST

Though what actually went on at the search giant's first official developers' events in San Francisco and New York remain a closely guarded secret, Google has published some information and a number of photos from the events held a few weeks ago.

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EU wants Cambodia to pay more for Khmer Rouge crimes court

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:14 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The European Union is calling on Cambodia to come up with more cash for a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, where resignations have slowed proceedings and some staff are threatening to strike after going for more than two months without pay.

Scientists' iPhone case could electrify mobile gaming

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:28 PM PST

While rumbling gamepads and vibrating steering wheels have been standard equipment since the 1990s, they haven't been able to have quite the same impact on mobile gaming -- power consumption problems see to that -- but a team based in Germany might be about to change all that.

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Australia teens fuel 'Harlem Shake' dance craze

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:26 PM PST

A group of Australian teenagers have sparked a Gangnam Style-like viral dance craze called the "Harlem Shake", with their pelvis-thrusting moves inspiring tens of thousands of Internet copycat clips.

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Pre-pregnancy folic acid linked to lower autism risk

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:23 PM PST

Children born to women who started taking folic acid supplements four to eight weeks before pregnancy appear to be at a lower risk of autism, a study showed Tuesday.

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Air India pilot's rap rant lands him in hot water

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:21 PM PST

An Air India pilot faces the wrath of his bosses after appearing in a YouTube video rapping about bad pay, ageing female flight attendants and cancelled flights at the airline.

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Indonesia district chief sacked over texted divorce

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:20 PM PST

Indonesia's president on Wednesday sacked a district chief who took an 18-year-old as his second wife but divorced her after four days via text message, accusing her of not being a virgin.

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US Postal Service to launch fashion line

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:19 PM PST

The US Postal Service is looking to fashion as it struggles financially.

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From bullet train to high-speed rail link

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:18 PM PST

The most realistic problem is, how should the high-speed rail fare prices be set amidst the competition from increasingly popular low-cost airlines?

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Tiny Texas community thrust into U.S.-Russian adoption debate

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:54 PM PST

GARDENDALE, Texas (Reuters) - The sand-coloured brick house with a red roof sits off a gravel road surrounded by farmland and oil fields in a tiny west Texas community thrust into a raging international debate over the death of a boy adopted from Russia.

VIDEO: Console absent from Sony PS4 launch

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:00 PM PST

The electronics giant Sony has unveiled its brand new gaming console, the PlayStation 4, in New York.

Japan’s Abe seeks to show off alliance, get Obama nod on Abenomics

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:04 PM PST

TOKYO, Feb 21 — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be seeking to put a strong US-Japan alliance on full display in the face of potential threats from a nuclear North Korea and an assertive China when he meets US President Barack Obama tomorrow. Abe, who has kept his ratings high since taking office in December, also needs Obama's signoff on ...
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China condemns US 'hacking hullabaloo'

China condemns US 'hacking hullabaloo'

China condemns US 'hacking hullabaloo'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:09 PM PST

State-run media rejects allegations that China hacked dozens of US firms, calling them a "commercial stunt".

VIDEO: Console absent from Sony PS4 launch

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:00 PM PST

The electronics giant Sony has unveiled its brand new gaming console, the PlayStation 4, in New York.

EU wants Cambodia to pay more for Khmer Rouge crimes court

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:20 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The European Union is calling on Cambodia to come up with more cash for a Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal, where resignations have slowed proceedings and some staff are threatening to strike after going for more than two months without pay.

Google: Bernstein Pounds The Table; Ups Target To $1,000

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:17 PM PST

Google shares this week crossed the $800 level for the first time, and seems destined to beat Apple to the $1,000 mark.

Boardroom D-Day In London For Indonesian Coal Tycoon Bakrie

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:00 PM PST

Hell hath no fury like a financier scorned. Nat Rothschild's bid to replace the board of Bumi plc, which controls coal mines in Indonesia, reaches a climax Thursday at an EGM in London. Rothschild wants shareholders to overhaul the board and get to the bottom of fraud allegations against its operating units, which are run by the politically powerful Bakrie clan, Rothschild's ally-turned-nemesis. The Bakries, who injected their coal mines into Bumi in 2010 as a way to raise cheaper capital, have a different idea: sell back the assets. Their proposal to the board is for a $640 million restructuring of Bumi plc that would return to shareholders cash and stock in Bumi Resources, a Jakarta-listed firm. The Bakries are reportedly prepared to sell Visi Media Asia, which runs two Indonesian TV channels, in order to raise more capital. This is anathema to Rothschild and investors who feel that they've been sold short by the Bakries. The stock has fallen sharply since 2011 due to faltering coal prices and constant friction between Rothschild and his Indonesian partners.

Gang rape victim fights back

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:27 AM PST

After Mukhtar Mai was gang raped on the orders of a tribal court in Pakistan in 2002, local tradition dictated she was expected to commit suicide.

North Korea cites "tragedy" of countries that give up nuclear programs

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:41 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has bolstered its defenses against a "hostile" United States with its third nuclear test, it said on Thursday, noting that countries that had bowed to U.S. pressure to abandon their nuclear plans had suffered "tragic consequences".

Police: Investigator faces charges himself

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:05 PM PST

The sensational case of Oscar Pistorius took a new turn when police said the lead investigator is facing seven counts of attempted murder stemming from an incident four years ago.

Egypt's Brotherhood still operates secretively

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:24 PM PST

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi speaks publicly of firsthand knowledge of a meeting where opponents allegedly plotted against him.

Pistorius detective faces own shooting charge

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:02 PM PST

South African detective leading Paralympic star's inquiry faces seven charges of attempted murder, police say.

Japan executes three death-row inmates

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:38 PM PST

Hangings are the first use of capital punishment since conservative government came to power last year.

The Case For Ubiquitous Leadership

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:16 PM PST

Do you work in an environment that fosters leadership at every level, or just at the top of the org chart? You can either chasten people for attempting to lead, or encourage them to take risks, to explore opportunities, and to make decisions.  If you want to create a culture of leadership, you must succeed in creating leadership ubiquity.

Gallery: Great NASA Publicity Photos Since the Sixties

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:15 PM PST

Curiosity Confirms Rock Sample Found From Beneath Mars

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 10:15 PM PST

NASA has confirmed that the Mars Curiosity rover has collected rock samples that it drilled from the Martian surface.

Japan's Abe seeks to show off alliance, get Obama nod on Abenomics

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:55 PM PST

Japan's PM Abe attends an upper house budget committee session at the parliament in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be seeking to put a strong U.S.-Japan alliance on full display in the face of potential threats from a nuclear North Korea and an assertive China when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday. Abe, who has kept his ratings high since taking office in December, also needs Obama's signoff on his economic revival recipe of big spending and hyper-easy monetary policy. ...

Cash, sexism and violence keep women out of Kenyan politics

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:42 PM PST

Eight Kenyan presidential aspirants face off in the first ever presidential debate at Brookhouse School in KenyaNAIROBI, Feb 20 (TrustLaw) - Violence, a deeply chauvinistic society and a lack of cash are locking women out of elected office in Kenya, east Africa's leading economy but a laggard when it comes to female representation. The country's new constitution guarantees women a third of seats in parliament, but two and a half years since its adoption, Kenya's male-dominated assembly has still not passed the necessary legislation to put the constitutional principle into practice. ...

Royal penguin found stranded on New Zealand beach

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:08 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 photo provided by the Wellington Zoo a royal penguin rests in an enclosure at the Welling Zoo in Wellington, New Zealand. Thirsty and thin, the penguin was been found stranded on a New Zealand beach more than 1,000 miles from its sub-Antarctic home. (AP Photo/Wellington Zoo) EDITORIAL USE ONLYWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Thirsty and thin, a royal penguin has been found stranded on a New Zealand beach more than 1,000 miles from its sub-Antarctic home.

Japan's Abe seeks to show off alliance, get Obama nod on Abenomics

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:55 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be seeking to put a strong U.S.-Japan alliance on full display in the face of potential threats from a nuclear North Korea and an assertive China when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday.

Cash, sexism and violence keep women out of Kenyan politics

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:42 PM PST

NAIROBI, Feb 20 (TrustLaw) - Violence, a deeply chauvinistic society and a lack of cash are locking women out of elected office in Kenya, east Africa's leading economy but a laggard when it comes to female representation.

Pistorius bail hearing set for third day

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:55 PM PST

A decision on whether to grant bail to the South African Olympian could be made by the court on Thursday.
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Deadly blast in Boko Haram stronghold

Deadly blast in Boko Haram stronghold

Deadly blast in Boko Haram stronghold

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:32 PM PST

Nigerian army says three killed, including bomber, when improvised explosive device went off in town of Maiduguri.

Kenya's judiciary 'threatened ahead of vote'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:41 PM PST

Several judges receive threats warning them against disqualifying two presidential candidates, chief justice says.

Peru's dynamic first lady has presidential aura

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:31 PM PST

LIMA (Reuters) - Humble crowds adore her populist gestures. Fans and critics alike call her the co-president. Her husband, a rebellious army officer turned moderate leader, says people who think his wife is too influential are sexist.

VIDEO: Parisian talking clock marks 80 years

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:28 PM PST

Talking phone service has been going for eight decades, and with no signs of stopping.

Media Decoder Blog: New York Times Company Plans to Sell The Boston Globe

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:09 PM PST

The Times Company announced Wednesday that it had retained Evercore Partners to manage the sale of the New England Media Group, anchored by The Boston Globe, Boston.com, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette and GlobeDirect, a direct mail marketing company.

South Sudan holds opposition figures without charge: Amnesty

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:23 PM PST

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's government has detained scores of opposition figures without issuing arrest warrants or giving them access to lawyers since unrest broke out in a northwestern town in December, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

US university breaks funding record

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:54 PM PST

Stanford University becomes the first US college to raise more than $1bn (£650m) in a year, leaving rivals Harvard and Yale trailing.

Girl 'became sex slave aged 11'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:58 PM PST

A girl tells the Old Bailey how she was seduced and turned into a sex slave by an older man at the age of 11.

Italy's "next prime minister" woos left in swing region Sicily

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:02 PM PST

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - A live rock band and a charismatic warm-up act set the stage on Wednesday for the man introduced to Sicilians - whose votes matter more than most in an election in a few days' time - as "Italy's next prime minister".

Bomb kills three in Nigerian Islamist stronghold

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:05 PM PST

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Three people were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded in Nigeria's northeastern town of Maiduguri, the army said, the latest attack in the stronghold of Islamist sect Boko Haram.

FBI probes 'insider trading' over Heinz deal

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:37 PM PST

Bureau looking into possible insider trading over $23bn deal for Warren Buffett and 3G Capital to buy US ketchup maker.

Wilders warns Australia of 'dangerous' Islam

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:15 PM PST

Police break up a protest in Melbourne against the visit of controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

In Mexico, a ‘crisis of enforced disappearances,’ rights group says

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:05 PM PST

Describing what it called "the most severe crisis of enforced disappearances in Latin America in decades," the U.S. organization Human Rights Watch issued a new report Wednesday with grim implications for the thousands of Mexican civilians who have gone missing in the country's shadowy drug fight.

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Wilders warns Australia of 'dangerous' Islam

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:15 PM PST

Police break up a protest in Melbourne against the visit of controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

Monti says Merkel doesn't want left to win Italy election

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:00 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not want the center-left Democratic Party (PD) to win Italy's national election, outgoing Italian Prime Minister and centrist leader Mario Monti said on Wednesday.

'Vulcan' leads Pluto moon name vote

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:47 AM PST

Star Trek fans have something to rejoice in: "Vulcan" is leading a vote to name two of Pluto's recently discovered moons.

Spain PM says country's 'head out of water'

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:52 PM PST

In his annual state of the nation address, embattled Mariano Rajoy says country's finances are on the road to recovery.

Grenada opposition sweeps into power

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:51 AM PST

The opposition New National Party in Grenada has won all 15 constituencies in Tuesday's general election, preliminary results suggest.

FiveThirtyEight: Can Republicans Win the Senate in 2014?

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

Twenty-one of the 35 Senate seats up for election in 2014 are now held by Democrats, and most of those 35 states are Republican leaning. But that is not necessarily enough to make Republicans the favorite to win control.

Major powers to make "substantial and serious offer" to Iran

Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:44 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Major powers are ready to make "a substantial and serious offer" to Iran during talks next week in return for concessions on its nuclear program, a Western diplomat said on Wednesday.
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