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  • Wall Street posts first weekly loss since mid-April on Fed angst

    NEW YORK: The S&P 500 declined for a third day on Friday, with the three major stock indexes posting their first negative week since mid-April on lingering concern that the central bank may scale back its stimulus measures to support the economy. Still, the indexes closed well off their lows in light volume ahead of the three-day Memorial Day holiday weekend. The Dow ended slightly higher, ...

  • Pakatan leaders mixed on single-party Barisan

    said that it wasn't about the composition of the party but the ability to gain the confidence of the people. He added that Barisan had to take stock of its current position to avoid the coalition's popularity slipping further. Speaking to reporters after the opening of PKR's ninth congress Saturday, the DAP strongman said that it was a political reality that multi-racial parties ...

  • PAS mulling action against members who caused three-way fights

    PETALING JAYA: PAS leadership is mulling taking action against errant members who were involved three-corner fights in the recent polls, resulting in losses to PKR and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM). ...

  • Blackmail victim reaches end of tether

    SANDAKAN: A housewife who has had enough of a blackmailer's regular threats to make her nude pictures public has sought police help to end her nightmare. The 29-year-old woman, who could not afford to pay the latest demand of RM3,000, decided to lodge a police report to end about three-years of constant extortion, said Sandakan police chief Asst Comm Rowell Marong. Rowell said that the girl ...

  • PKR to postpone party elections

    PETALING JAYA: PKR has pushed its party polls deadline to May 2014 from November 2013, extending the mandate of its leadership by up to six months. The PKR delegates unanimously agreed to the motion to put off the party polls proposed by ...

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Mamma Roma [DVD]

Mamma Roma [DVD]

Mamma Roma was controversial Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolinis second film, and it has many similarities to his directorial debut, Accatone (1961), which told in neorealist fashion the downward-spiral story of a pimp living in Rome. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Pasolini ha ... ...

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  • Malaysias Vitriolic Election Shatters the Illusion of Democracy

    election shows few signs of abating after the government charged three outspoken opposition figures with sedition, an antiquated and much-maligned law primarily used to quell dissent. The crackdown comes amid accusations of vote rigging during the May 5 ballot that saw the incumbent National Front coalition -- in power since independence from Britain in 1957 -- returned with Prime Minister Najib ...

  • Malaysias May 1-25 palm oil exports down 5.2 pct - ITS

    (Adds table) KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Reuters) - Exports of Malaysian palm oil products from May 1 to 25 fell 5.2 percent to 1,064,925 tonnes from 1,123,129 tonnes shipped during April 1 to 25, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said on Saturday. Breakdown of ITS palm export figures for May 1-25 compared to a month ago (in tonnes): PALM PRODUCTS May 1-25 April ...

  • Chinese premier criticizes EU move on trade measures

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during a joint news conference with Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (not in picture) at President House in Islamabad May 22, ...

  • Up close and personal with Datuk Richard Curtis

    is not the Curtis who wrote the comedic scripts for the movies Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, or the Mr Bean series. This is the Curtis leading Sarawak's largest ...

  • News Corp to take charge of up to $1.4 billion this quarter

    said on Friday it will write down the value of its Australian and U.S. publishing assets by up to $1.4 billion (925.4 million pounds), as the company prepares to split its business between its newspaper and entertainment operations.The company said the goodwill impairment charge was primarily for its Australia newspapers though it gave no more details. It also said it expected reduced cash flows ...

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