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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 voices concern with North Korea’s latest missile launch

    Hence, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said, Malaysia joined the international community in calling on North Korea to fully respect the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, including the UNSC Presidential Statement of April 16, ...

  • Malaysias closing tin prices for May 21

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Reuters) - Following is a table of Kuala Lumpur tin market prices provided by a Malaysian trader. (Prices in $/tonne, and volumes in tonnes unless stated) Date KL Premium/ Spot Bid Offer Final Volumes (#) (Discount) May 21 21,250 122 23 62 (32-J, 25-E, 5-M) 285 May 20 20,750 57 28 27 (12-J, 10-E, 5-M) 380 May 17 20,800 65 50 50 (18-J, 27-E, 5-M) ...

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Black Hawk Down

"The American public is rarely exposed to the realities of warfare. The Pentagon does not allow reporters to accompany soldiers directly into battle, a journalistic tradition that ended after Vietnam. What results is a sanitized picture of combat. The public knows only what the military chooses to portray, or what cameras are able to see from afar. Americans have little understanding of what awai ... ...

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  • Melaka to allow Indonesians work and return daily

    Printer Friendly Melaka: Melaka and Indonesia have proposed to introduce a new gateway for Indonesian workers to travel and work in Melaka, especially industries located in coastal areas, on a daily basis. Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Idris Haron said through the new initiative Indonesian workers living in Dumai, Bengkalis and Pulau Rupat would be able to travel to and from Melaka on a daily ...

  • Ewon and Abu Bakar vow to carry on legacy

    Printer Friendly Putra Jaya: Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin and his deputy Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah have vowed to carry on the legacy of the ministry's previous leadership. Ewon, who is a law graduate from Universiti Malaya and has been an Assistant Minister and Minister in the Sabah Cabinet, described his new federal ministerial responsibility as a ...

  • Kukusan squatters moving out

    Tawau: Occupants of some 40 houses in Kg Tanjung Batu Tengah near Bukit Kukusan - where a huge boulder came crashing down during blasting by a quarry firm recently - have started to vacate following expiry of the eviction notice to move out from the 8.06 acre site, Monday. Lawyer Evan Chee Vu Seong, Representing the land owner company, said the order was actually issued by the court on Aug. 24, ...

  • Over 5000 Skan squatter homes demolished

    Printer Friendly Kota Kinabalu: The Sandakan Municipal Council demolished 4,620 squatter units between 2000 and 2008 and another 1,080 from 2009 to 2010. "In 2008, SMC also implemented a new policy whereby we contact the land owner(s) concerned if the squatter colony is on private land, to enable us to demolish the units for a fee," the Council's Head of Squatters Unit, Kassim ...

  • Not right now Zahid

    Printer Friendly Kuala Lumpur: The identities of three opposition leaders, who were said to be behind the Lahad Datu armed incursion, will not be divulged to avoid prejudice when the case is brought to court, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said all documents and detailed information acquired by the police and the Defence Ministry on the trio, two of them from the ...

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