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  • Hindu board in Malaysia files complaint over missing gold

    A Hindu endowment board that conducts the affairs of the Hindu community and temples in a Malaysian state has lodged a police complaint after three gold bars went missing from its office. The Penang Hindu Endowment Board lodged the complaint May 17 over the three gold bars that went missing Dec 26 last year from its office in Georgetown, capital of Penang state, the Malaysian Star reported ...

  • Malaysian Indian Congress leader denies quitting party post

    K.P. Samy, a member of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), has denied reports that he would quit the post as he was not offered a senatorship in the upper house of the Malaysian parliament. "I had merely offered to step down to give way to younger leaders but the president urged me to stay on," the Malaysian Star quoted him as saying in a press conference ...

  • Malaysian Indian Congress to hold working committee meeting May 23

    The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) will hold its meeting Thursday, thereby setting into motion the process of holding the party's presidential election. Party vice president M. Saravanan said the CWC members will mainly discuss the formation of the election committee, the New Straits Times reported Monday. Formed in 1946, MIC is one of the oldest ...

  • Malaysia-Market factors to watch on May 21

    announces investment performance for the first quarter of this year, MIDA Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, 2.00 pm (0600). MARKET NEWS > Nikkei slips from 5-1/2-year high on stall in yen weakness > US STOCKS-Wall St ends flat on correction worries > TREASURIES-Prices slip in choppy trading as investors await Fed > FOREX-U.S. dollar retreats broadly on caution before Bernanke > ...

  • Raytheon to sign US$2.1bil arms sale to Oman

    visits the Gulf state this week, U.S. officials said. One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters the company was expected to sign a letter of intent with Oman to provide a ground-based air defense system. The official said the terms were still being negotiated and the deal's value was not yet final. - ...

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Danger: Diabolik [DVD]

Danger: Diabolik [DVD]

Danger: Diabolik is best known now as a candy-colored campfest, particularly after its popularity on Mystery Science Theater 3000. As a fragment of the psychedelic 60s, it is clearly a fascinating historical object, but all the ironic jabs and biting jokes made at its ... ...

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  • Wall Street ends flat on correction worries

    NEW YORK: Stocks ended little changed on Monday, with indexes hovering near record levels as concerns about a correction cut earlier gains that had been prompted by news about a flurry of acquisitions. The Dow and the S&P 500 briefly hit all-time intraday highs. Early in the session, investors' sentiment was brightened by a slew of deal news, ...

  • Report iPhone maker Apple keeping billions of dollars in Irish subsidiaries to avoid taxes

    has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a U.S. Senate report on the company's offshore tax structure said on Monday. In a 40-page memorandum released a day ...

  • Thai Q1 growth shrinks adds pressure for rate cut

    BANGKOK: Thailand's economy contracted more than expected in the first quarter of 2013 from the previous three months and economists said this raised the chances of an interest rate cut next week to hold down the baht to provide support for the export ...

  • Japan upgrades outlook with signs PMs policies are showing results

    TOKYO: The Japanese government upgraded its assessment of the economy yesterday, as emerging signs of an upturn in exports and factory output added to growing evidence ...

  • The best ways to national unity

    , social entrepreneur and founder of Zubedy (M) SdnBhdAnasZubedy, Bukit Gasing assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran and PKR central committee member LatheefaKoya to discuss national unity and what are the best ways to move forward as a nation. The chat was moderated by Star online editor Philip Golingai. Philip: What is your take on National Unity? Rajiv: I think there is definitely room for ...

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