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  • Grandmother of seven detained for alleged drug trafficking

    MUAR: Police have detained a 60-year-old woman, believed to be a drug trafficker, and seized 266 grams of heroin after raiding a house in Bakri, here, on Sunday. Muar Acting police chief Supt Shahadan Jaafar said the 60-year-old woman, who has seven grandchildren is believed to have been involved in drug trafficking for the past five months. "Initial investigations revealed that the ...

  • Remanded suspect in shooting case dies in police custody

    KUALA LUMPUR: A 32-year-old man, who is believed to be involved in shooting two other men in Bandar Tun Razak two weeks ago, have died while in remand. It is learnt that the suspect, known as Dharmendran, complained of chest pains at about 9pm on Tuesday while detained in the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters lockup and was immediately sent to the Kuala Lumpur hospital for treatment. However, the ...

  • Malaysia April inflation nudges up matches forecast

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Reuters) - Malaysia's consumer price index rose 1.7 percent in April from a year earlier, hitting its highest level in nearly a year, data from the Statistics Department showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had correctly forecast the annual inflation rate to edge up 1.7 percent in April on more expensive food items although government ...

  • Malaysia Sasar Golongan Profesional Di Pameran Mice Frankfurt

    FRANKFURT, 22 Mei (Bernama) -- Malaysia menyasarkan persatuan-persatuan profesional seperti doktor dan pakar perubatan, untuk menjadi destinasi acara MICE (Mesyuarat, Insentif, Persidangan dan Pameran) pada pameran IMEX tiga hari yang bermula Selasa di sini. Ketua Eksekutif Biro Konvensyen dan Pameran Malaysia (MyCEB) Zulkifli Haji Sharif berkata persatuan-persatuan sedemikian di Barat ...

  • Malaysia reels again from match-fixing stink

    (43 mins ago) Malaysian football authorities have promised to investigate claims of match-fixing and urged police to protect players amid death threats from bookies. Allegations of match-fixing have long tainted football in Malaysia. Fears of match-rigging surfaced especially during the recent second-tier Malaysian Premier League match between Kuala Lumpur and Sime Darby, AFP reports. Angry ...

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The Magdalene Sisters

The Magdalene Sisters

In last springs quirky adventure-comedy Holes, a group of wayward boys are sent to an isolated desert camp to dig holes, ostensibly because, as the warden puts it, You take a bad boy, make him dig holes all day long in the hot sun, it makes him a good boy. Its an inherently sadistic scenario equating enforced suffering with redemption thats made palatable by the storys human comedy and upl ... ...

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  • Malaysia seeks UN Security Council seat

    WAM PUTRAJAYA, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM) -- Malaysia seeks to secure a seat as a non-permanent member for the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the term 2015-2016, Foreign Minister, Anifah Aman, said on Tuesday. Malaysia will be able to play a part in international security issues if it becomes a member of the Security Council, according to the Malaysian foreign minister in statements carried by the ...

  • BN should merge into single multi-racial party says Gerakan acting president

    KUALA LUMPUR: KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional should merge into a single multi-racial party or risk fading away in the next five years, said Gerakan ...

  • Petronas Chemicals to decide on Gebeng plant by year-end

    expects to reach a final investment decision on its joint venture with Germany's BASF for its plant expansion in Gebeng, Kuantan by year-end. The company has allocated RM3bil for capital expenditure this year and bulk of it would be for its Sabah Ammonia Urea (Samur) project. On April 25, StarBiz reported BASF and Petronas Chemicals Bhd would invest US$500mil (RM1.5bil) to expand their ...

  • Alliance Research Neutral on IOI Corp ups TP to RM5.41

    , as the stock is fully valued at current levels. It said on Wednesday it raised its target price to RM5.41 from RM4.95 based on FY14 EPS pegging a 18 times price-to-earnings (P/E) which is the group's long term average P/E. "We find the group fully valued at current levels," it said. Alliance Research ...

  • Petronas stocks KLK drag KLCI into the red

    dragged the FBM KLCI into the red in late afternoon trade on Wednesday. The decline which was a turnaround from the positive outlook in the morning. However, there were no adverse negative news. At 3.18pm, the KLCI was down 5.50 points to 1,781.88. Turnover was 2.05 billion shares valued at RM1.91bil. Declining stocks beat advancers 574 to ...

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