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MCA Second EGM To Be Called Off, Fresh Polls In Six Months?

Bernama - Alan Ting - ‎7 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- It seems that the second Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) will likely be called off and the MCA will be heading for fresh polls in six months' time, according to party sources.

Santokh Singh In Coma At HKL

Bernama - ‎9 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysian football legend Santokh Singh is in a coma at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. The 57-year-old who played at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, has been warded at the intensive care unit over the past four ...
Santokh Singh in a coma New Straits Times

MACC to abide by court ruling on office-hour interrogations

The Sun Daily - ‎12 hours ago‎
PUTRAJAYA (Nov 20, 2009): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will issue new guidelines on the office-hour interrogations as ruled by the High Court to all its branches in the country soon.

Bridge collapse report to be tabled in Dewan Rakyat on Dec 7

New Straits Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR: The report on the collapse of the suspension bridge across Sungai Kampar, Perak, which caused the drowning of three pupils last month, will be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on December 7. Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi said ...

Minutes on land conversion meeting to be declassified

Malaysia Star - Andrea Filmer - ‎13 hours ago‎
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government will declassify the minutes of meetings between the state executive council (exco), state Land Committee and the Penang Development Corporation regarding the conversion status of a 1.4ha plot of land ...

Husam claims conspiracy against him

The Malaysian Insider - ‎9 hours ago‎
By Adib Zalkapli KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 - Kelantan executive councillor Datuk Husam Musa claimed today that there was a conspiracy to have him removed from the state government.

Stay decision on Kota Siputeh ruling next Monday

Malaysia Star - ‎11 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has set Monday to deliver its decision over the stay application by the Election Commission against the ruling that Kota Siputeh state seat was vacant.
Another by-election? Sin Chew Jit Poh

Villar's NP, Marcos KBL forge alliance

Inquirer.net - Michael Lim - ‎3 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines - Can the dictator's son and activist lawmakers seek seats in the Senate under the same party banner? Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

New US envoy to RP named

Inquirer.net - ‎3 hours ago‎
By Jerry E. Esplanada MANILA, Philippines - Following high-level US visits to Asia last week, US President Barack Obama has nominated an African-American career ambassador, Harry K. Thomas Jr.

Vietnamese economy poses no threat to Thailand

Bangkok Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Vietnamese economy poses no immediate threat to Thailand, which has healthy investments in that country, says the Thai ambassador in Hanoi.

The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who?

The Associated Press - Jill Lawless - ‎3 hours ago‎
LONDON - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery. Ashton is Europe's new foreign policy chief, the international representative of half a billion people, with a euro7 billion ($10.5 billion) budget and a salary of more than $300000 a year ...

UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention

Hindustan Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect "the youngest and most vulnerable members of society".

Dangerous Game: The Next Round of the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Face-Off

TIME - Tony Karon - ‎3 hours ago‎
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Istanbul. President Barack Obama spent much of his time in Asia warning Iran that his patience for nuclear ...

Malaysia issues China's ICBC local banking licence

AFP - ‎5 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's finance ministry has issued a commercial banking licence to China's largest bank, the country's central bank announced Friday.

Inflation Down 1.6 Per Cent In October

Bernama - ‎11 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's inflation rate in October registered a 1.6 per cent decline as compared with the same month last year.
CPI extends downtrend in October Business Times - Malaysia

BURSA MALAYSIA: Share Prices End Broadly Lower

Bernama - ‎12 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended broadly lower today after selective buying in bluechip counters failed to lift market sentiment and as investors opted to remain sidelined ahead of the weekend, said a dealer.
Malaysia: Shares mostly lower at midday Business Times (subscription)

Radio-Frequency Tag For Haj Pilgrims

Bernama - ‎12 hours ago‎
PETALING JAYA, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will introduce the use of a special tag which would enable the owner to be located while performing the Haj or Umrah in the Holy Land, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Mashitah ...

How will California's new TV energy standards affect you?

Christian Science Monitor - Judy Lowe - ‎1 hour ago‎
On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission approved new energy-efficiency standards to regulate how much electricity television sets sold in the state can consume.

Chrome OS: There Will Be Local Storage

InformationWeek - Thomas Claburn - ‎16 minutes ago‎
Google's forthcoming Chrome OS, released in preliminary form as open source code on Thursday, promises a major hardware transition, one that the rest of the PC industry has anticipated but not yet fully embraced: It will not support ...

Accept Our Diversity As A Blessing, Says PM

Bernama - ‎7 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Friday urged Malaysians to accept the country's diversity as a blessing, a source not just of cultural vitality but also of economic advantage.

Kneejerk reactions to manner of Ireland's defeat against France are shameful

Times Online - ‎37 minutes ago‎
What Thierry Henry did was instinctive. Cynically instinctive, without question, but the impulse of a goalscorer approaching a moment of desperation.

Police in UK join Europe-wide probe into football 'match-fixing'

Times Online - Tony Barrett - ‎37 minutes ago‎
Seventeen people have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland as part of an investigation into a match-fixing scandal that a Uefa official has called the biggest in European football.

'New Moon' sets midnight showing record

CNN - ‎1 hour ago‎
"New Moon" is raking in ticket sales even before its first full day is over. (CNN) -- The second installment in the "Twilight" saga, starring Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as his star-crossed love and Taylor Lautner as the ...

End of an era for Oprah Winfrey show

BBC News - Kevin Connolly - ‎20 minutes ago‎
When most American corporations announce the launch of a new business plan, it is done in a statement on Wall Street or at a meeting with a handful of high-powered analysts.

Catch: Jit Murad gets nostalgic

New Straits Times - Dennis Chua - ‎9 hours ago‎
FUNNYMAN Jit Murad is back with his latest act One Load Of Bulljit at PJ Live Arts Centre in Jaya One, Petaling Jaya from Nov 24 to 29.

A Christmas Carol

The Sun Daily - Indra Sathiabalan - ‎Nov 18, 2009‎
THIS classic tale from Charles Dickens is given a whole new dimension with the use of performance capture technology, something that Zemeckis has in the past used for his animated features, The Polar Express and Beowulf.
Dickens of a film Malaysia Star

Fox News Poll: Worries About Safety of Swine Flu Vaccine Persist

FOXNews - Tami Buhr - ‎2 hours ago‎
The H1N1 flu vaccine has been rolling out more slowly than many public health officials had hoped. But a recent Fox News poll suggests that even when the vaccine becomes more widely available, concern over its safety may prevent many at-risk Americans ...

Let's Get Physical Call For Diabetics

Bernama - Nadiah Rosli - ‎17 hours ago‎
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 (Bernama) -- For 67-year-old KS Maniam who has diabetes since 15 years ago, a quarter hour of aerobics exercise a day works wonders for the management of this disease.

China Calls for Accurate Reporting from Officials on Spread of H1N1

Wall Street Journal - Sky Canaves - ‎10 hours ago‎
BEIJING -- China's health ministry ordered accurate reporting of the spread of H1N1 influenza and threatened to punish officials who conceal cases of the virus after a prominent medical expert raised doubts about the true number of ...
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