Provides the latest RSS feeds for Southeast Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Malaysia Sun.com http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/cat/303b19022816233b/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 19:16:01 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:16:01 -0400 30 NEW DELHI Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606430/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:18 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606430/scat/303b19022816233b A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/303b19022816233b Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Mumbai, Himanshu Roy revealed on Saturday 30 phones were used during the spot-fixing episode in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He said these phones were used to connect with bookies in India, Pakistan and Dubai via conference calls. "We raided premises in the Kalbadevi area on 14 May and arrested bookie Ramesh Vyas. 92 mobile phones ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601586/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:01 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601586/scat/303b19022816233b Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is slated to pay official visit to Japan from May 27 to 29 and to the Kingdom of Thailand on May 30 and 31. The visit to Japan is at the invitation of Prime Minister of Japan, H.E. Mr. Shinzo Abe. The Annual Summit between the Prime Ministers of India and Japan is expected to enhance and strengthen the Strategic and Global Partnership between the two countries. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600766/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600766/scat/303b19022816233b Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday renewed his pledge to fight all "external elements" seeking to "disrupt" the country's peace at the fourth anniversary celebration of winning the three-decade war. He was alluding to foreign countries, led by the United States, who have been critical of Sri Lanka's human rights record and called for an independent ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599377/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 05:30:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599377/scat/303b19022816233b Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's maiden visit to India symbolises the rising significance of New Delhi as the two Asian giants seek to overcome a chequered past and border tensions to broaden strategic ties and boost bilateral trade. Premier Li arrives in India on Sunday on his first foreign trip since assuming office. He would also visit Pakistan, Germany and Switzerland during the week-long ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598973/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598973/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistani spin star Saeed Ajmal praised fellow pace bowlers Mohammad Irfan and Junaid Khan, saying that the bowlers will be more destructive than before during the ICC Champions Trophy after pace legend Wasim Akram's coaching. Stating that Irfan and Khan will be Pakistan's strike bowlers in the Champions Trophy, Ajmal said that Akram had worked closely with the duo during the recent training ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598850/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:20:02 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598850/scat/303b19022816233b The Pakistan team management and some players of the national team have said that former captain Shahid Afridi should retire from international cricket as he is 'finished' and has 'nothing left to offer anymore'. Afridi was handed an Rs. 360,000 monthly contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) despite being overlooked for the ICC Champions Trophy that takes place in England and Wales next ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598838/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598838/scat/303b19022816233b The lawyer who had filed a petition in the judges' detention case has withdrawn his complaint against former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf. The decision was taken by Advocate Chaudhry Mohammad Aslam Ghumman a day before the hearing of the case on Saturday by the Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court. According to Dawn News, the case was to be heard at General Musharraf's Chak Shahzad farmhouse, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598463/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:40:01 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598463/scat/303b19022816233b The coming provincial government was ready to hold talks with the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) senior leader has said. Pervez Khattak, who is soon-to-be Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said that they have no enmity with the Taliban. The PTI central Secretary General said the Taliban were also Pakistanis and requested the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598015/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:40:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598015/scat/303b19022816233b A Chinese man has been taken into protective custody in Pakistan administered Kashmir after he was accused of desecrating the Koran. The man, named only as Mr. Lee, works for a Chinese consortium that is building a dam in Kashmir. A police official was quoted by the BBC, as saying that Mr.Lee was held to prevent him from being lynched by an angry mob. Allegations of blasphemy are taken very ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597557/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:20:02 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597557/scat/303b19022816233b The anticipated India vs Pakistan fixture of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, to take place at Edgbaston on June 15, is set to be purely overseen by English match officials, according to the International Cricketing Council (ICC). A list released by the ICC has seen former England wicket-keeper Ian Gould and Richard Kettleborough appointed as the on-field umpires with Nigel Llong monitoring ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597560/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:20:02 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597560/scat/303b19022816233b Authorities in Texas say at least five -- possibly as many as 15 -- people have been killed in the southwestern U.S. state as a result of Wednesday's massive explosion at a fertilizer ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606004/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 17:40:29 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606004/scat/303b19022816233b KARACHI (AFP) - Gunmen on Saturday killed a Pakistani woman politician from cricket star Imran Khan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of partial election re-polling.Zohra Hussain, 59, the vice president of PTI women's wing in the southern Sindh province, was targeted by three gunmen on a motorcycle outside her residence in the city's ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606034/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 17:39:07 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606034/scat/303b19022816233b Al Ahli's Abdulaziz Sanqour, right, tackles Founeke Sy of Ajman in Dubai on Saturday night. Al Ahli's 3-0 win sealed second place in the league table. Al ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606035/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:56 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606035/scat/303b19022816233b Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605984/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605984/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan A senior female Pakistani politician has been shot dead outside her home in the southern city of Karachi.Zahra Shahid Hussain, 59, was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party, led by former international cricketer Imran Khan.She "was leaving her home for some work when three gunmen attacked her. She thought they wanted to snatch her purse and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606036/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 17:26:23 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214606036/scat/303b19022816233b Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shaif is set to return to office after an overwhelming victory in weekend parliamentary elections. Sharif was ousted in a military coup. His latest victory comes as some say relations between the United States and Pakistan are deteriorating. In a post-election interview with ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605368/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 16:32:43 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605368/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan 's Federally Administered Tribal Areas that reveal US drone strikes in the region are causing deep resentment among the local population.In an answer to a parliamentary question, the foreign minister, Alistair Burt, confirmed that the Foreign Office had "supported" surveys which showed the proportion of respondents in the tribal areas who believed drone strikes were ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605411/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 16:20:13 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605411/scat/303b19022816233b Former Pakistani premier claims third term in power according to unofficial results from Saturday's elections ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Navaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N claimed an early victory in Saturday's parliamentary elections, according to unofficial results.Sharif, toppled 14 years ago in military takeover, was ahead with 130 seats while his main ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605370/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 16:14:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605370/scat/303b19022816233b Pervez Musharraf will remain on house arrest for at least another two weeks, a Pakistani court ruled Saturday. Musharraf, who returned from self-imposed exile in March in a failed bid to return to power, has been charged with jailing judges who opposed his institution of martial law during his 9-year rule. Pakistan's special Anti-Terrorism Court has barred the retired general from ever ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605455/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 16:12:23 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605455/scat/303b19022816233b MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will be able to export for the first time its hybrid corn seed once nearby Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam opens up to biotechnology products within the next two ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605456/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 16:06:39 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214605456/scat/303b19022816233b The Reuters news agency quotes an unidentified White House aide as saying the president has decreased his request for funding the war in Afghanistan by 10 percent for the 2014 fiscal year budget. The report says the president reduced his original request from $88.5 billion to $79.4 billion. The White House issued a statement Friday saying the change was made to account for the drawdown of troops ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214604876/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 15:47:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214604876/scat/303b19022816233b ABUJA -- Less than five days after the Nigerian armed forces began a massive attack on militants in the north, Nigeria's Department of Defense says 65 suspected Boko Haram militants have been arrested and ten have been killed. The Nigerian military says Boko Haram militants are fleeing their camps. Some are in search of fuel while others are running from the armed forces that are ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:53 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603698/scat/303b19022816233b Apiwan will also be appointed next month, party source says Red-shirt leaders Jatuporn Prompan and Apiwan Wiriyachai are likely to be appointed ministers in the next Cabinet reshuffle expected early next month, according to a source from the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603754/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 13:44:32 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603754/scat/303b19022816233b Former finance minister Korn Chatikavanij yesterday disputed ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra's claim that an independent central bank was Thailand's problem in the face of a strengthening baht. Korn said he suspected ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603755/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 13:44:31 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603755/scat/303b19022816233b The sacking of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO)'s managing director was due to political interference, health advocates and the Rural Doctors Society said yesterday. The claimed that Friday's decision by the GPO's executive board to fire Witit Artavatkun for negligence could be part of a broader plan to privatise the state drug maker. "Personally, I believe ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603756/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 13:44:30 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603756/scat/303b19022816233b Filmmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun talks about his runaway success 'Pee Mak' and his hopes for the Thai film industry As a teenager, Banjong Pisanthanakun would spend hours watching the images on a cinema screen and dreaming of the day that he would be involved in the world of celluloid. Today, less than two decades later, his name is on just about every movie lover's lips as the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603757/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 13:44:29 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603757/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan may become the fourth country to opt for China's Beidou navigation system, a rival to the Global Positioning System developed by the United States, even as Chinese officials also look to make a case for it in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603758/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 13:20:29 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603758/scat/303b19022816233b Uzbekistan: A Massacre That Should Not Fade Into History Eight years after the Andijan massacre, Uzbekistan remains a human-rights disaster. When will the EU change its strategy towards ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603759/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 13:15:25 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603759/scat/303b19022816233b Nigeria's military has imposed a 24-hour curfew in parts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri, as security forces continue to pursue suspected Islamist militants in the region. The military on Saturday listed more than 10 areas in Maiduguri under curfew. The armed forces have locked down the city and closed roads. Maiduguri, the original home of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603032/scat/303b19022816233b MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines beat the United Emirates 24-8 in the Asia Five Nations on Saturday as the hosts' maiden win ensured their survival in their first season in the region's top flight.Graeme Hagan, the hosts' hooker, scored a try early in the second half to douse a rally by the UAE, who had come back from 12-nil with a penalty conversion followed by a try off a rolling ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603085/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 12:47:28 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603085/scat/303b19022816233b Pen: Russell A power cut five minutes before full time at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila may have briefly delayed the inevitable for the beleaguered national team. However, the lights eventually went out on the UAE's three year stay in the Asian Five Nations after they succumbed to the Philippines. The defeat meant the national team finished the campaign without a point, and have been ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603086/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 12:47:10 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603086/scat/303b19022816233b MADAY ISLAND, Myanmar ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603720/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 12:26:56 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603720/scat/303b19022816233b MANILA - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that its coast guard had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. Hong Shi-cheng, a 65-year-old fisherman, was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard, who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters. Chen Wen-chi, director of Taiwan’s Department of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603052/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 12:22:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603052/scat/303b19022816233b WASHINGTON-Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. But in the six months since Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation has ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603083/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 12:12:39 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214603083/scat/303b19022816233b Seated left to right, Kenyans Jane Muthoni Mara, Wambogo Nyingi and Paulo Muoka Nzili celebrate the announcement of a legal decision in support of Mau Mau veteran reparation payments in Nairobi in this October 5, 2012, file ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602472/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602472/scat/303b19022816233b Excitement has been growing in recent months over the approach of Comet ISON. Like other comets, this chunk of rock and ice is following a long, elliptical orbit around the Sun, and like other comets, when it nears the Sun later this year, its trailing stream of dust and vapor will catch the sunlight and become a long, luminous, tail. Many astronomers are predicting that when this celestial ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602473/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 11:49:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602473/scat/303b19022816233b Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was due to address a water security forum in Thailand has cancelled the trip because of his busy schedule, a member of the president's media office said ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602332/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 11:36:27 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602332/scat/303b19022816233b Francois Hollande's signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within the month. His office said he signed the bill this morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law. Hollande made legalising gay marriage one of his campaign pledges in last year's election. While polls for years have shown majority support for gay marriage ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602562/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:11 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214602562/scat/303b19022816233b NEW DELHI -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601877/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:31 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601877/scat/303b19022816233b In this photo taken and released by PT Freeport Indonesia Friday, May 17, 2013, the Indonesian unit of Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, rescuers gather inside a tunnel that collapsed on Tuesday morning as they continue their attempt to rescue trapped workers at Big Gossan mining area in Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia. Mining activities at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601970/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:50 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601970/scat/303b19022816233b By Friday afternoon all that remained of the Kathmandu landmark Pilgrims Book House was a scorched brick and cement shell with charred and sodden books covering the floor. Pilgrims was one of the world's great bookstores and probably the best in Asia. Specialists in Himalayan and South Asian books, they also carried a huge general selection and over 50,000 antiquarian titles and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601918/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 10:21:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601918/scat/303b19022816233b KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 10:07:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/303b19022816233b The colt will face eight rivals at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday. If the horse wins, he gets a shot on June 9 to try for the first Triple Crown win since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes. Orb will break from the one post during the race. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Friday he was pleased with the horse and does not see any problems ahead of the race. Eleven horses have won the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:45:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601367/scat/303b19022816233b DAMASCUS, Syria -; The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601340/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:42:11 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601340/scat/303b19022816233b CAIRO -; Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601374/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:42:10 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601374/scat/303b19022816233b YANGON, Myanmar -- If you're American and want to do business in Myanmar, there's a list of people and companies you have to steer clear of by law. But it leaves off a former minister's son U.S. officials suspected of brokering arms deals with North Korea, and high-rolling relatives of the man who led the repressive military government for 19 years.The Obama administration ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601417/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:38:51 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601417/scat/303b19022816233b China has congratulated Pakistan on its smooth general election, pledging continued firm support to the country. "China is glad to see that Pakistan's general election has been smoothly held," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing on Monday. Hong's comments came after the initial results showed, as of 10 a.m. local time on Sunday, Muhammad Nawaz ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601382/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601382/scat/303b19022816233b View Photo FILE - A Saturday, May 14, 2011 photo from files showing Manchester City's manager Roberto Mancini holding aloft the English FA Cup Trophy as he celebrates ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601654/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:25:53 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601654/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani today met Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the security situation of the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601418/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:14:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601418/scat/303b19022816233b Maputo - The Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry organized a Vietnam-Mozambique Business Forum, which will be held in the cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh, on June 11 and 13, 2013, respectively. The Centre for Promotion (CPI), in coordination with the CTA, the Cabinet of Accelerated Development Economic Zones (GAZEDA), the Institute for Export ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601283/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 09:13:01 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214601283/scat/303b19022816233b A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States. Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end. Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600897/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 08:44:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600897/scat/303b19022816233b Students in Merangin regency, Jambi province, will have their studies delayed as their teachers went on strike on Friday to protest last year's unpaid certification allowance covering four months. The strike, which is being led by the Merangin Teachers Forum, is expected to last until the government responds to the issue. "Teachers are still going to the schools but no classes are ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600932/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 08:41:59 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600932/scat/303b19022816233b C Christine Fair, in a very well articulated article, titled, 'Can this alliance be saved? Salvaging the US-Pakistan relation', published on Time magazine's website on 30 April, 2013, wrote that Pakistan needs to change its jihadist policy and she blames past and present American administrations' policies of overlooking Pakistani misadventures around its neighborhood, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600933/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 08:36:54 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600933/scat/303b19022816233b Tamil party on Saturday defied a military ban and staged a commemoration of their war dead as the government celebrated the fourth anniversary of defeating Tamil Tiger rebels. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600934/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 08:27:59 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600934/scat/303b19022816233b Fair trade labels might help consumers decide on ethical purchases The hottest date at the global retail real estate conference that starts Sunday in Las Vegas is Uniqlo. That's because Uniqlo is one of the three "big hitters" in retail right now, says Faith Hope Consolo, chairman of Douglas Elliman Real Estate's retail group, along with Sweden-based chain H&M and British ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600935/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 08:26:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600935/scat/303b19022816233b Some thought Cambodia was a 'model' in the garment industry. But after a ceiling collapse at an Asics shoe factory, critics say they're dead ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600458/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 07:32:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600458/scat/303b19022816233b App Annie is growing rapidly with over 80 team members located at Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, San Francisco, and London. Today it serves over 220,000 apps with 85 percent of the top 100 iOS publishers using its service. App Annie is largely serving clients from the US, Europe, China, and Japan and hasn't really gotten into Southeast Asia yet. But the team just might start to look at ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600459/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 07:20:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214600459/scat/303b19022816233b U.S. President Barack Obama says he is focusing on ways to help the American middle class make economic gains, to bring them in line with the economic recovery of big ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599931/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599931/scat/303b19022816233b Officials say the gunmen gunned down an administrator for the al-Rasheed district Saturday, and also killed the police captain's wife and their two children. The attackers also killed at least one security officer nearby. On Friday, a series of bomb attacks targeted Sunnis in Iraq, including in Baquba, just north of Baghdad, killing 70 people and increasing fears of renewed sectarian ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599863/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599863/scat/303b19022816233b I have a pension plan in the UK and the company started paying me an income last year on my 60th birthday. I have been in the UAE for 10 years and plan to move to Thailand to retire in a couple of years. I didn't really pay much attention when my old employer sent me the paperwork and I would now like to look at my options as I believe there are changes I could make that would be more ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599970/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:37:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599970/scat/303b19022816233b Surakarta (commonly known as Solo) is hosting a festival of Javanese traditional games for children this weekend, which is expected to attract 200 participants. The festival is being organized by the Suryo Sumirat Mangkunegaran dance group at the Plaza Sriwedari. "There will be many kinds of traditional games on offer and songs to accompany the games that are rarely heard today," said ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599971/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:37:34 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599971/scat/303b19022816233b ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599972/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:53 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599972/scat/303b19022816233b The woman, named in reports as Cheznye Emmons, is said to have fallen ill after drinking from a bottle labelled "gin" bought from a local shop. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Indonesia and we are providing consular assistance to the family at this difficult time." Reports said the 23-year-old beauty therapist from Great ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599835/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:20:36 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599835/scat/303b19022816233b Islamists burn an effigy of a blogger in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during a Feb. 24, 2013, nationwide strike demanding that the "atheist" bloggers be hanged. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599973/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:12:02 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599973/scat/303b19022816233b Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi , charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was today adjourned till May 25 as the judge was on leave. The reason for Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman going on leave could not immediately be ascertained. Court officials said the case would be taken up again on May 25. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599974/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 06:07:32 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599974/scat/303b19022816233b Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama confirmed that 16 hospitals had withdrawn from the Jakarta administration's healthcare program, Jakarta Health Card (KJS), due to their objections to the government's reimbursement policy. "We are sorry that these hospitals experienced financial losses during their participation in this program," Basuki said on ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599524/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 05:34:35 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599524/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 16 What can you do when penny-pinchers get in the way of your disruptive ideas to make necessary, often disruptive, changes in your company? When Dell announced in February its decision to take the company private in a deal estimated at US$24.4 billion, founder and CEO Michael Dell said in a statement that the move was part of the strategy to "continue the execution of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599523/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 05:34:34 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599523/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599765/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 05:23:36 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599765/scat/303b19022816233b Police in Jaipur, Rajasthan, have confirmed the arrest of an army staffer for allegedly passing on classified information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Rajasthan Dalpat Singh Dinkar said the accused person has been identified as Bidyut Kumar Sinha, adding that he was detained on May 14.Dinkar said Sinha aged 43, was ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599525/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599525/scat/303b19022816233b Lahore: A Pakistani judge investigating the murder of Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days.Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Lahore High Court is investigating the death of Sarabjit following a brutal assault by prisoners within Kot Lakhpat ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599420/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 05:13:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599420/scat/303b19022816233b Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598853/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:34:24 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598853/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 14 US-based biotech giant Monsanto Indonesia plans to help boost Indonesia's corn production by more than half in two years time by introducing its genetically modified corn seeds.Monsanto Indonesia corporate affairs head Herry Kristanto said on Thursday that the company expected Indonesia's corn yield to increase from its current 4.95 tons per hectare to 7.5 tons ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599030/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599030/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 14 Major developer PT Alam Sutera Realty (ASRI) says it has sold a 91.59-hectare plot in West Cikarang, West Java, to sister firm PT Bekasi Fajar Industrial Estate (BEST).Alam Sutera announced on Friday that its privately owned subsidiary PT Nusa Raya Mitratama (NRM) signed a purchase agreement worth Rp 915.9 billion (US$93.81 million) on Wednesday with a buyer also ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599034/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599034/scat/303b19022816233b PT Astra International president director Prijono Sugiarto (second left), chief operating officer for regional operations Asia and Oceania Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Hiroshi Kobayashi (second right), production, engineering and procurement director of PT Astra Honda Motor (AHM) David Budiono (left) and AHM president director Toshiyuki Inuma visit the Indotaisei industrial estate in Kota Bukit Indah in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599033/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:19 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599033/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 13 New York-listed conglomerate General Electric (GE) Co., is seeking a better foothold in Batam, Riau Islands, with an investment of US$10 million for the construction of a high-bay manufacturing facility producing subsea wellhead equipment."Batam captures most of our attention here; we don't want to bite off more than we can chew," GE Oil & Gas Asia ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599032/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:18 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599032/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 13 Publicly listed coal miner PT Harum Energy expects a lower sales volume this year as slow global economic recovery will continue to stymie demand in the international coal market, the company's senior executive says.Harum president director Ray Antonio Gunara said on Friday that the sales volume may slightly drop to between 13 million and 14 million tons this year ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599031/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:17 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599031/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 13 Automotive financing companies PT Adira Dinamika Multi Finance (ADMF) and PT BII Finance Center are optimistic businesses will continue to grow in 2013, despite the planned fuel price increase and the estimated drop in motorbike and car sales.The publicly listed Adira, part of Bank Danamon, hopes the company's total financing will rise by about 2 percent to Rp 33 ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599035/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:16 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599035/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 5 A representative from Poland expressed the country's interest in investing in heritage and tourism in Surakarta, Central Java, as part of its cooperation with regions across Indonesia.First counselor Romuald Morawski from the Polish Embassy to Indonesia overseeing investment and trade promotion said that Polish investment in Surakarta would focus on maintenance and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599036/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:15 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599036/scat/303b19022816233b The Indian army says one of its officers was fatally shot by suspected rebels who crossed over to the Indian portion of Kashmir from the Pakistani side. Ankur Vashist, an army spokesman, says one soldier also was injured in an exchange of gunfire early Saturday in Machil sector close to the cease-fire line dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Vashist says nearly half a dozen rebels ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599037/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:13 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599037/scat/303b19022816233b An NGO unveiled that media liberalization, which started in 1998, has served the owners' interests rather than those of the public. "Media owners tend to use their media to serve their political interests. That's worrisome," Kristiawan from the Tifa foundation said on Friday. He said another interesting fact about media liberalization was the massive growth of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599038/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:32:12 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599038/scat/303b19022816233b Son of Lim Kit Siang and also Penang's Chief Minister and DAP's Secretary General, Mr Lim Guan Eng delivers his fiery speech at DAP's grand ceramah held at a field near Sutera Mall in Skudai, Gelang Patah, on April 20, 2013. Mr Lim wants Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to retract his recent controversial remarks and issue a public apology. -- ST FILE PHOTO: ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599039/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:31:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599039/scat/303b19022816233b As someone who served in Ladakh from 1964-66, and given the background of the recent Chinese incursion, I want to highlight the role of some of the people who served Indian security - silently. The incident also reflects ignorance on part of Army staff and media about Indo-China ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599040/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:19 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599040/scat/303b19022816233b A short, yet heart wrenching documentary on the situation in Bangladesh. The documentary highlights the reality on the ground as well as the oppression and tyranny of the Bangladeshi ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599041/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:14 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599041/scat/303b19022816233b A Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) leader has been found murdered near eastern Pakistani city of Sheikhupura, the group said on Saturday.The body of Khalid Bashir, who was associated with JuD's information wing, was found in Sheikhupura, 40 km from Lahore, on Friday. He was in his forties.JuD spokesman Yahya Mujahid claimed unidentified men kidnapped Bashir while he was on his way to the groups office ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599043/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:11:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599043/scat/303b19022816233b Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to form a coalition government in the militancy-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province with the support of the Jamaat-e-Islami and Qaumi Watan Party. After a spell of infighting within Khan's party, the coalition partners have agreed on Pervez Khattak as the candidate for the post of Chief Minister. The candidature of Khattak, the secretary ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599044/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:11:05 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599044/scat/303b19022816233b Sarabjit Singh has appealed to Indian nationals having information about the matter to file written submissions with relevant documents within seven days. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598905/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:02:35 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598905/scat/303b19022816233b NORTH Korea has launched three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan, apparently as part of a military drill, South Korea's defence ministry said. "North Korea launched two guided missiles in the morning and another one in the afternoon,'' a defence ministry spokesman told AFP. "The missiles landed in the East Sea (Sea of Japan),'' he said. South Korea was ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599494/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599494/scat/303b19022816233b A 52-strong trade mission is flying to Indonesia this weekend for two weeks of intensive briefings and meetings. It is being led by Maurice Williamson and Sir Ken Stevens, who's chairman of Export New Zealand. Representatives of the food and beverage, education, geothermal and banking sectors are going, along with a large group from the aviation industry. Sir Ken says there's huge potential for ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599042/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:38:52 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214599042/scat/303b19022816233b Garuda to open new route from Bandung to Denpasar National flight carrier Garuda Indonesia has introduced its new domestic route from Bandung to Denpasar, which will start on Saturday. The new flight will be available on a daily basis and served by Boeing 737-800 with 156 passengers' capacity. "The flight will depart from Bandung at 12.25 p.m. and arrive in Denpasar at 15.05 ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598410/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598410/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 9 Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo swore in Fatahillah as the new mayor of West Jakarta and instructed him to fully support the three main programs of expediting the city's revitalization work, repairing damaged public infrastructure and focusing on solving the problem of trash-filled rivers.Fatahillah, former Central Jakarta deputy mayor, was ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598411/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:25 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598411/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 9 Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo says he does not want to let horrendous traffic and a host of other urban woes blot out the good things about living in the capital.While Jokowi might have accepted such talk about Jakarta when he was mayor of the sleepy city of Surakarta, Central Java, the onslaught of bad publicity about Jakarta has apparently ticked him off since ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598412/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:24 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598412/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 9 Retailers have expressed their reluctance over requiring customers to pay for plastic bags, which are usually provided for free, to support the Pay for Plastic campaign of the upcoming Jakarta Great Sale (JGS) festival.Spokesperson for PT Metropolitan Retail Mart, the company behind Metro Department Store, Mary Victoria Tarore, said on Friday that Metro would take care of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598413/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:23 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598413/scat/303b19022816233b Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (center) planked by Chairwoman of the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) Siti Noor Laila (right) and monitoring and investigation commissioner Siane Indriani brief the media on their meeting. Jokowi made a visit to the human rights body's office on Friday to explain the eviction of residents in connection with the ongoing Pluit dam ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598414/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598414/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 12 Indonesia and the United States reconfirmed their commitment to further boost relations and expand their scope through the optimization of a joint commission, as the US underscored Indonesia's critical role in the balance of interests in the region.During a bilateral meeting in Washington, DC on Thursday with Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, the US Secretary of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598415/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:21 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598415/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 11 People who do menial jobs are rarely recognized for the services they provide. But the Finnish government acknowledges the services of all kinds of people, including foreigners, who work for it. Finnish Ambassador to Indonesia Kai Sauer honored on Friday two Indonesians with first class medals for their meritorious service to the Finnish government."Our government ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598416/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598416/scat/303b19022816233b This handout photograph received from Freeport Indonesia shows rescue personnel at the collapse section of a tunnel as they continue rescue operations for trapped mine workers in the tunnel of Big Gossan area at the Grasberg complex on May 17, 2013. Five workers were killed as search teams battled to reach 23 others still trapped in the US-owned mine Freeport-McMoRan, one of the world's ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598417/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:27:06 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598417/scat/303b19022816233b Myanmar and South Korean companies will cooperate in manufacturing cosmetics and LED bulbs in the Southeast Asian country, official media reported Saturday.According to a memorandum of understanding signed here Friday, the Long Luck Group of Companies of Myanmar and HANBAEK ITC Co., Ltd. of South Korea will also join hands to offer beauty courses and wedding services and launch a waste to energy ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598418/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 03:19:37 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214598418/scat/303b19022816233b JAKARTA (AFP) - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said on Saturday.The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms (three pounds, four ounces) of the drug, the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597677/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:24:12 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597677/scat/303b19022816233b MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat.The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters.Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, said most ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597654/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:24:10 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597654/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 10 For Thinzar Yi, a member of Myanmar's Youth Forum (MYF), a visit to Jakarta was an apprehensive affair.News on the Internet about demonstrations in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta concerned her."I saw pictures of demonstrators in front of the Myanmar Embassy holding signs saying 'we want jihad' and honestly I was concerned for my ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597678/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:23:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597678/scat/303b19022816233b the BBC reports , after the Senate and National Assembly approved the bill, it "was quickly challenged on constitutional grounds by the main right-wing opposition UMP party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy." Friday, a ruling by the Constitutional Council cleared the way for the president's signature. The council found the bill in accordance with constitution, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597699/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:19:32 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597699/scat/303b19022816233b 'The Elders', a council of retired global leaders led by Desmond Tutu has slammed Sri Lanka, based on its report, for lacking post-war reconciliation. They also expressed their disappointment over its slow pace of improvement in allowing "proper media reporting". "The ongoing persecution and disappearances of human rights activists, journalists and government opponents ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597682/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 02:08:17 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597682/scat/303b19022816233b On April 12, 23-year-old Mario Ducayag was killed by store security guards in the Philippines city of Cebu, after being accused of stealing a pair of sandals that cost less than a thousand pesos ($US25). A secondary school graduate, Ducayag was unemployed and had two children, one of them three years old, to support. Like millions of Filipinos confronting the bleak choice of long-term ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597041/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:37 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597041/scat/303b19022816233b The coalition says the federal government's decision to cut two people-smuggling related federal police positions in Jakarta is ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597042/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 01:17:09 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597042/scat/303b19022816233b Azerbaijani ambassador to Vietnam Anar Imanov has presented his credentials to President of this country Truong Tan Sang. The ambassador conveyed greetings of President Ilham Aliyev to Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang. The Vietnamese President, in turn, asked the diplomat to convey his greetings and best wishes to President Ilham ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597043/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 01:14:33 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597043/scat/303b19022816233b When I was growing up, my parents encouraged me to travel globally because so much history happens outside of our borders. The great conflicts of the past century occurred not in Kansas or Illinois, but in faraway places like Europe and the Pacific. While it's wonderful to get lost in those great European cities, it is even more exciting to see the new green shoots of opportunity emerge in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597045/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:53:28 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597045/scat/303b19022816233b Myanmar government to continue with its reforms, US has proposed USD 75.4 million for fiscal 2014 in aid to the South East Asian country, a substantial increase of USD 28.8 million from 2012. However, some US lawmakers have expressed concerns over such a decision by the Obama administration arguing that this increase in US aid to Myanmar is premature given the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597012/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:40:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597012/scat/303b19022816233b Pakistan on Thursday summoned Afghan Charge d'Affaires and lodged protest over unprovoked firing on a border check post, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry said that two soldiers were injured in firing by Afghan troops late Wednesday. "The Afghan Charge d'Affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office today for conveying protest of the Government of Pakistan on an ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597046/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:37:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214597046/scat/303b19022816233b Two new medical discoveries are raising hopes of containing malaria - the mosquito-borne parasitic disease that each year infects more than 200 million people and claims an estimated 660 thousand lives. Meantime, the World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if a drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia. Artemisinin has helped cut global malaria deaths by ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596263/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:15:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596263/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 4 A presidential spokesman said on Friday that howls of protest against a plan by the US-based Appeal of Conscience Foundation (ACF) to honor President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for upholding religious freedom would not change the fact that the President deserved the award. "The ACF is a credible organization. Thus, the statements from certain people claiming themselves ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596306/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:07 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596306/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 4 A tax official recently named suspect for accepting bribes from a steel company said on Friday that he wanted to be a justice collaborator and expose graft at the tax office.Eko Darmayanto, the taxman, said after being questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) that he knew of top officials at the tax directorate general embroiled in graft."I will ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596307/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:05 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596307/scat/303b19022816233b Fajar Riza Ul-Haq, the executive director of the Maarif Institute for Culture and Humanity, says that Indonesia was built on the principle of pluralism, giving people of all creeds equal rights. This principle, however, has been in jeopardy. Over the past 10 years, Fajar said, Indonesia has been slowly doing away with pluralism and has turned more sectarian and exclusive. The persecution of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596309/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596309/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 1 Efforts by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) to distance itself from Ahmad Fathanah were stymied after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) presented evidence linking the graft suspect to the Islamist party's top officials. Agriculture Minister Suswono, himself a senior PKS politician, for example, changed his testimony while in the witness chair at the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596308/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:13:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596308/scat/303b19022816233b Taipei, May 17 (CNA) Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta was scheduled to depart Friday to attend the 66th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, during which he is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart for the first time since 2010.Chiu said arrangements were being made for him to meet with Li Bin, minister of China's National Health and Family Planning Commission, when they ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596310/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:12:27 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596310/scat/303b19022816233b The speech Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra delivered in the Mongolian capital recently has sparked widespread discussions nationwide. Many have been asking if it is appropriate for the prime minister to cite domestic political conflicts in a speech. Others are questioning her decision to mention the coup that ousted her brother, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, as well as the attack on a ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596311/scat/303b19022816233b Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596311/scat/303b19022816233b The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website says at least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday. It says Guangdong province has been hit the hardest, with 36 deaths and 10 missing people, followed by Jiangxi province, where six people are reported dead and four more ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596256/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:32:06 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596256/scat/303b19022816233b FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595510/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:51 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595510/scat/303b19022816233b WHITE HOUSE -- Obama, Burmese President to Discuss Reform Progress, Challenges Burma's President Thein Sein holds talks on Monday with President Obama at the White House. The discussions will focus on progress in reforms, barriers toward greater democratization and next steps in the changing U.S. - Burma relationship. November 2012. Barack Obama becomes the first serving U.S. president ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595550/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:21 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595550/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 1 The rupiah spiraled into another precipitous depreciation cycle this week as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's dithering over fuel subsidies propagated anxiety in the market. The rupiah closed at 9,757 to the US dollar, the weakest five day performance since April 5, according to Bloomberg. The currency previously touched 9,845, the lowest level since Jan. 10. ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595590/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:46 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595590/scat/303b19022816233b The government was due to begin mapping areas defined as customary and state forests following the Constitutional Court's ruling that rendered the government's ownership of customary forests void, a top forestry official has said. On Thursday, the court decided to scrap the word "state" from Article 1 of the 1999 Forestry Law, which says "customary forests are state ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595591/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595591/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 2 The Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced three convicted murderers were executed at Nusakambangan Penitentiary in Cilacap, Central Java, early on Friday morning."The executions were carried out at 0:00 a.m.," junior attorney for General Crimes Mahfud Manan said in Jakarta on Friday, as quoted by Antara news agency.Suryadi, one of the convicts, from ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595592/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:44 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595592/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 3 The Public Works Ministry is accelerating the Rp 4 trillion (US$408 million) Jatigede Dam project in Sumedang, West Java, as part of the government's food security program.The government is working with Chinese state-run company Sinohydro Corporation to complete the project.The ministry's water resources director general Mohamad Hasan says the construction, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595593/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:43 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595593/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 3 The government officially offered 21 oil and gas blocks located mostly in eastern parts of Indonesia to potential investors in its first round of block tender this year. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's oil and gas chief Edy Hermantoro said in Jakarta on Friday that the blocks included two unconventional shale gas blocks to be offered to the country's ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595594/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595594/scat/303b19022816233b Paper Edition | Page: 3 The 37th Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) convention -- a major conference for local petroleum industry players -- failed to answer questions over the sector's current investment climate as it wrapped up on Friday.The three-day convention was the first major annual meeting of oil and gas giants -- including US companies Chevron and ExxonMobil and France-based ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595595/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:41 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595595/scat/303b19022816233b GEORGE TOWN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysian police and the Penang state government are heading for a showdown. The state is planning to proceed with its "thanksgiving mega ceramah" in the Esplanade on Saturday night although the police have not approved the permit application for the gathering. Deputy Chief Minister I Mohd Rashid Hasnon said the state had notified the police ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595596/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:25 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595596/scat/303b19022816233b Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi speaking to journalists at Air Hangat Lounge of Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre (MIEC) during LIMA 2013 in Langkawi, Kedah. Malaysia's Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has defended his recent statement which called for groups which did not accept the country's political system to migrate to countries with systems that suit them. -- ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595597/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 23:05:24 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595597/scat/303b19022816233b Myanmar President U Thein Sein left Nay Pyi Taw Friday night for Washington to pay an official visit to the United States, official sources said.On his first trip to Washington as a Myanmar head of state in 47 years, U Thein Sein will meet his US counterpart Barack Obama at White House on next Monday and discuss with him democracy building in the Southeast Asian nation, the White House said ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595598/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:57:50 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595598/scat/303b19022816233b Some of the artefacts on display at the `Warisan Budaya Brunei' exhibition launched yesterday at the gallery of the MIB Supreme Council at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Picture: BT/Nabilah ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595600/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595600/scat/303b19022816233b File photo shows a PhD student from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (L) presenting his research project in the White Sands area to iCUBE members. Picture: BT ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595599/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595599/scat/303b19022816233b Minister of Industry and Primary Resources YB Pehin Dato Hj Yahya (L) and Vietnam Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat (R) signing an MoU on bilateral cooperation in agriculture and fisheries, held at The Empire Hotel and Country Club, Jerudong. Picture: BT/Ubaidillah ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595601/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:02 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595601/scat/303b19022816233b Acting DCA director Pg Adanan Pg Badaruddin (C) briefing the media on diversion of traffic flow and passenger movement as part of the Brunei International Airport's terminal modernisation project. Picture: ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595602/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:01 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595602/scat/303b19022816233b Korean Minister of Education (L) Seo with Minister of Education YB Pehin Dato Hj Abu Bakar exchange souvenirs during the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of ASEMME4 last week. Picture: Courtesy of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595603/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:01 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595603/scat/303b19022816233b The Deputy Minister of Defence, Dato Paduka Hj Mustappa Hj Sirat (R), being briefed on the Defence Academy at Tanah Jambu. Picture: Courtesy of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595604/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:00 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595604/scat/303b19022816233b Vietnam Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Cao Duc Phat (L) and Minister of Industry and Primary Resources YB Pehin Dato Hj Yahya (R) take a closer look at rice seedlings at a farm in the Kg Wasan padi fields. Picture: Courtesy of ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595605/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:53:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595605/scat/303b19022816233b NEW YORK (AP) - Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company's website and mobile applications. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company's board of directors will meet Sunday evening to consider approving a $1.1 billion acquisition of online content-sharing ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595884/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:52:09 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595884/scat/303b19022816233b Thilan Samaraweera made an unbeaten 137 as Sri Lanka piled up 425 in their first innings against India on the second day of the third cricket Test here ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595606/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595606/scat/303b19022816233b Resona Holdings Inc., the nation’s fifth-largest bank by market value, is poised to tie up with Malaysia’s Public Bank Bhd. as part of its efforts to expand in Asia. Resona will sign an agreement with Malaysia’s third-biggest lender on Monday to serve Japanese companies looking to enter the country and borrow in the local currency, President Kazuhiro Higashi said in an ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595607/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:38:24 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214595607/scat/303b19022816233b Fri May 17, 2013 10:34pm EDT (Corrects number of unconventional gas blocks offered, removes references to coalbed methane blocks.) JAKARTA May 17 (Reuters) - Indonesia opened a rights tender for 21 oil and gas exploration blocks on Friday, two of which are for unconventional gas concessions on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as Southeast Asia's largest economy moves to shore up its energy ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596312/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 22:34:36 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214596312/scat/303b19022816233b France's Junior Minister of Small Business, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the Hollande government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2012. (REGIS ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594906/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 21:58:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594906/scat/303b19022816233b Hundreds of garment factories in a Bangladesh manufacturing hub have reopened after being closed for days because of unrest sparked by the country's worst industrial tragedy, employers say.Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association shut down the factories at the Ashulia industrial area on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka earlier this week after tens of thousands of workers ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594933/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 21:56:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594933/scat/303b19022816233b The significance of China-India relations is strategic and its impact global because both are large developing countries and emerging markets, Premier Li Keqiang told visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in Beijing on May 10. On his return to New Delhi, Khurshid said: "India and China have to collaborate for the Asian century." Giving shape to this vision should be ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594934/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594934/scat/303b19022816233b The Myanmar government on Friday released some 23 more remaining prisoners under a fresh amnesty order of President U Thein Sein, the state TV ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594935/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594935/scat/303b19022816233b Jim Armitage is an adviser to Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Evening Standard and Independent titles, and a former Deputy City Editor of the Evening ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594936/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:05 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594936/scat/303b19022816233b WASHINGTON - Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. But in the six months since Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594937/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:09 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594937/scat/303b19022816233b Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:11 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/303b19022816233b PEORIA, ILLINOIS -- Tea Party-affiliated activists in the Midwestern United States say they are outraged, but not surprised, by revelations that the tax-collecting arm of the U.S. government has been unfairly scrutinizing applications by conservative groups for tax-exempt status. The scandal forced the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service [IRS] to step down this week, and is prompting ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594058/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:52:28 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594058/scat/303b19022816233b The North Sumatra Democratic Party Regional Leadership Board (DPD) relinquished the duties of two regional leaders as party caretakers due to alleged corruption.The two regional heads, Mandailing Natal Regent Hidayat Batubara and suspended Medan Mayor Rahudman Harahap, are currently implicated in corruption cases.North Sumatra chapter Democratic Party head Tengku Milwan said the decision to ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594106/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:27 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594106/scat/303b19022816233b South Sumatra Chapter Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) director Anwar Sadat and his aide Dedek Chaniago were sentenced by the Palembang District Court to seven months in prison for violating Article 160 of the Criminal Code on incitement.According to presiding judge Arnelia, they were proven guilty of inciting farmers to destroy the fence of the South Sumatra Police headquarters on ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594107/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594107/scat/303b19022816233b The legendary keroncong singer Waldjinah of Surakarta, Central Java, is to perform at the Indonesia-Europe culture festival the Tong Tong Fair, which will be held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from May 22 to June 2 under invitation of the former Dutch queen.For Waldjinah, 67, this will be her first performance after a prolonged absence due to a stroke and intestine infection.She spent the last ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594108/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:25 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594108/scat/303b19022816233b Atletico Madrid players hold their trophy as they celebrate their victory against Real Madrid, after their Spanish King's Cup final soccer match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid May 17, 2013. (SERGIO ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594289/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:18 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594289/scat/303b19022816233b In a country with a brain drain problem, a Cabinet minister's controversial article telling Malaysians to emigrate if they don't like the election system is drawing brickbats. The article by Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia's new Home Affairs Minister, was slammed by opposition politicians and netizens, and prompted one Cabinet colleague to attempt damage control. Youth ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594109/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:49:09 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594109/scat/303b19022816233b Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam and Vietnam have agreed to take the level of cooperation in both agriculture and fisheries to greater heights with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Brunei's Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Yahya bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Haji Bakar, who represented the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594140/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:18 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594140/scat/303b19022816233b Bandar Seri Begawan - The growth of air transport networks and continuing deregulation have allowed small low-populated places such as Brunei to become a hub for major international tourism ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594139/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:17 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594139/scat/303b19022816233b Bandar Seri Begawan - The Regional Head of Commercial Banking, Asia-Pacific, Noel Quinn, recently visited Brunei Darussalam. He took the opportunity to visit selected Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Brunei customers including site visits. In between these visits, he was also given an overview of Brunei's wholesale activities, the Government of Brunei's infrastructure ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594150/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:28:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594150/scat/303b19022816233b Bandar Seri Begawan - Mohammad Hasrol bin Bagol's artwork made him the first-prize winner of the "2013 Brunei Telephone Directory Cover Design Competition", winning him a cash prize of B$1,500, after it was announced yesterday at a prize presentation ceremony held at the TelBru Headquarters. Handing over the prizes were Lim Ming Soon, Chief Marketing Officer of Telekom Brunei ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594151/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:28:49 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214594151/scat/303b19022816233b President Thein Sein pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on Friday, just ahead of a state visit to the United States. A member of the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593914/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:06 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593914/scat/303b19022816233b U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593038/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:43:07 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593038/scat/303b19022816233b Hundreds of garment factories are up and running again Friday in Bangladesh. They’d been closed down by three days of protests over dangerous working conditions. Those protests were sparked by April’s collapse of a building near the capital Dhaka which housed five garment factories. The collapse killed more than 1,100 workers. Bangladesh is the world’s second-biggest ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214592810/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:41:27 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214592810/scat/303b19022816233b Asia’s benchmark stock index is poised for a second weekly advance after Japan’s Topix Index rebounded near a 2008 high as leasing companies rallied on a report prime minister Shinzo Abe will encourage the practice to to revive capital spending. Orix Corp., which provides leasing and loans, jumped 9.5 percent in Tokyo. Mizuno Corp. (8022) surged 19 percent after the Japanese ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593078/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:26 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593078/scat/303b19022816233b Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council responsible for relations with China Thursday urged Beijing to stay out of the row the island has with the Philippines over the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea. The council thanked Beijing for condemning Manila’s behavior, which the council described as ';belligerent, irrational and ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593079/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:20 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593079/scat/303b19022816233b Western politicians like to grandstand about North Korea, calling its leaders ';mad';, ';rogue'; or ';tinpot'; (The Economist has been known to do this too.) In fact, North Korea is the world’s most rational despotic regime: a highly successful Communist absolute monarchy. Kim Jong Il, son of the country’s Stalinist founder, Kim Il Sung, failed as a ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593080/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:19 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593080/scat/303b19022816233b China has signed a $6 billion mining and construction deal with Sierra Leone, which the west African nation said Thursday would boost an economy still recovering from an 11-year civil war. The private China Kingho Group will build a $1.7 billion north-south railway stretching 250 kilometres (155 miles), an industrial park, a deep water port for the transportation of ore to China, and a ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593081/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:15 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593081/scat/303b19022816233b Prime minister Antonis Samaras of economically troubled Greece met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday, hailing the contributions to global civilisation of their respective cultures. Samaras was greeted at the Great Hall of the People with military honours that included armed guards, a marching band and a 19-gun salute. Inside the hall, he told Li the two countries share ';common ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593082/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:13 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593082/scat/303b19022816233b In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to leave, triggering a tense three-week standoff between the two Asian giants that ended only after both sides backed down from their wind-swept Himalayan posts and returned to the pre-existing status ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593084/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:10 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593084/scat/303b19022816233b Across Asia, young and well educated people entering an increasingly competitive job market. In China alone, the number of college graduates will reach an estimated 6.9 million this year. Youth unemployment in Asia is among the lowest in the world, but according to the International Labour Organisation it is getting tougher for young people to find jobs. In China, there are so many new ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593083/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:10 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593083/scat/303b19022816233b China’s new leadership seems to have a new slogan – ';control coal'; – and Australia’s coal exporters underestimate their resolve to cap consumption of the fossil fuel at their peril, a Chinese researcher says. China’s leaders under President Xi Jinping say they plan to enforce a target of limiting annual coal use to 4 billion tonnes – about half ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593085/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593085/scat/303b19022816233b Last week, Yum! Brands (YUM), which owns KFC, reported that sales at stores in China open for at least a year fell 29 percent in April as concerns about the safety of its chicken and the spread of avian flu had customers steering clear of KFC restaurants. The company predicted the publicity fuelling the revenue collapse would be ';relatively short-lived,'; but bird flu fears ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593086/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:05 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593086/scat/303b19022816233b Singapore Power International (SPI) has agreed to sell a 19.9 percent stake in Australia’s SP AusNet to China’s State Grid International Development Ltd for A$824 million ($812 million), SP Ausnet said in a stock market filing on Friday. SP AusNet, listed in Australia and Singapore, owns and operates electricity and gas distribution assets in Victoria state, including the state-wide ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593087/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593087/scat/303b19022816233b The United States condemned as ';outrageous and offensive'; comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan’s military brothels during World War Two were ';necessary'; to provide respite for soldiers. The remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto drew strong criticism from China and South Korea, two nations sensitive to what they see as ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593088/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593088/scat/303b19022816233b In the first sign that the bold policies of prime minister Shinzo Abe are gaining traction in the real economy, Japan’s gross domestic product grew at a robust annualised pace of 3.5 percent in the first quarter, kindling hopes that recovery would finally take hold for the long-suffering economic power. Japanese growth came to 0.9 percent for the January-to-March period compared with a ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593089/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:58 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593089/scat/303b19022816233b A US envoy for North Korea sidestepped questions on Thursday on the nature of a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan’s prime minister, but said all sides tackling North Korea’s nuclear ambitions should coordinate closely. Isao Iijima’s trip to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, and his talks with senior officials there have irritated South Korea and analysts said ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593090/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593090/scat/303b19022816233b Investors are more confident in a Japanese leader than any time since at least September 2010, with optimism about prime minister Shinzo Abe’s policies exceeding that for counterparts in the US, Europe and China. The number of respondents who are more optimistic than pessimistic on the impact of Abe’s plans on Japan’s investment climate rose to 66 percent this month from 54 ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593091/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:57 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593091/scat/303b19022816233b Investment banks are among the first and biggest beneficiaries of Japan’s new economic stimulus policies, known as Abenomics. Since prime minister Shinzo Abe came into office in December with a plan to end more than a decade of deflation, demand for banks that help companies sell equity and debt is white-hot. Companies have more than tripled sales of stock to 1.7 trillion yen ($17 billion) ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593092/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593092/scat/303b19022816233b As in the 2010 election, the machines divulged the winners of this year’s election in record time although there is no official proclamation yet as to the winners of the senatorial race, allegedly because of ';transmission'; problems. And like what happened in 2010 the people are amazed at the speed in which the results are known. They seem to be mesmerised into believing that ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593093/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:45 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593093/scat/303b19022816233b Philippine lender Asia United Bank Corp jumped as much as 9.5 percent on its market debut on Friday after an oversubscribed public offer, the first listing since the country won investment rating upgrades from two agencies this year. The medium-sized bank’s overseas public offer, five times oversubscribed mainly by Asian investors, highlighted the country’s rise as one of the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593094/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:44 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593094/scat/303b19022816233b Thailand’s government is phasing out the use of shackles in prisons in a move aimed at improving its international human rights standards. Hundreds of inmates convicted of major crimes in the country had to wear shackles on their hands and feet. Some shackles can weigh as much as five kilograms. The move has been welcomed by inmates and human rights campaigners. Tom Bayly ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593095/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:43 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593095/scat/303b19022816233b American born entrepreneur William Heinecke, 64, makes his debut among the world’s billionaires, thanks to a surge in the value of his Minor International hotel and food company. Shares of the outfit, in which he has a one third stake, were up 5 percent on Thursday; they have nearly doubled in the past year. Minor, which he founded nearly five decades ago, is now the largest listed hotel ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593096/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:42 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593096/scat/303b19022816233b Fed comments spark gloom on US market Signs of a slowing economy combined with comments from a Federal Reserve official helped pull the US stock market down ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593098/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:27:37 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214593098/scat/303b19022816233b California's Fiscally Disciplined Budget Positive Fitch Ratings views California's fiscal 2014 budget as continuing the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years. California's economic outlook cautiously forecasts that the expiration of the federal payroll tax holiday and federal sequestration cuts will have a modestly negative impact on personal ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214592860/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:55 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214592860/scat/303b19022816233b The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214591897/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 18:33:08 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214591897/scat/303b19022816233b WASHINGTON -; Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214591934/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:51 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214591934/scat/303b19022816233b -- When the European Union recently lifted economic sanctions on Myanmar, it closed a decades-long chapter designed to encourage democratic reform in the country. Although an arms embargo remains in place, the action will send an unequivocal message of "mission accomplished." But while the EU is celebrating the "new Myanmar," Rohingya Muslims in the western part of the ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214591960/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 17:55:03 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214591960/scat/303b19022816233b The jackpot for Saturday's multi-state lottery has grown to $600 million for a single winning ticket. With millions of tickets being sold each hour at $2 each, Powerball officials say the jackpot is likely go even higher before the numbers are drawn. Winners must match five numbers and a special Powerball to claim the entire prize. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 175 ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214590653/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 17:24:11 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214590653/scat/303b19022816233b NEW YORK -- The nation's largest retail industry organization fired back Friday, outlining reasons why a legally binding global pact to make Bangladesh clothing factories safer would expose merchants to undue legal exposure. The move came as U.S. retailers face increasing pressure from a large coalition of religious groups and investors to work together to develop a plan."It is a very ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214590734/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 17:16:04 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214590734/scat/303b19022816233b WAM ISLAMABAD, May 17th, 2013 (WAM): Pakistan on Friday said it would release 51 imprisoned Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds, hoping that New Delhi will reciprocate the goodwill gesture as relations between the two nations warm. The decision was taken at a high level meeting chaired by caretaker Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, according to a statement from his office. Khoso ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214590735/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:47 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214590735/scat/303b19022816233b The U.S. space agency, NASA, has just spotted the biggest explosion on the Moon in the eight years since the agency has been monitoring lunar impacts caused by meteoroids. "On March 17, 2013, an object about the size of a small boulder hit the lunar surface in Mare Imbrium," said Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214589406/scat/303b19022816233b Zimbabwean Prime Minister and Movement for Democractic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and his wife Elizabeth greet the audience on the first day of the party's National Policy Conference in Harare, May 17, ... http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214589405/scat/303b19022816233b Fri, 17 May 2013 16:12:22 -0400 http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/214589405/scat/303b19022816233b