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  • Malaysian Indian Congress party polls this year

    The organisational elections of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) will be held within this year as against the party's earlier decision to hold these from January next year. After a meeting of the party's central working committee (CWC) at the party headquarters in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday, MIC president G. Palanivel announced that the decision to hold the party elections this year has been taken ...

  • Malaysian village in panic over discovery of Bigfoot prints

    About 200 Bigfoot-like footprints have been reportedly discovered near Kampung Kepis Baru, Kuala Pilah, Malaysia, causing panic among villagers. According to Harian Metro reports, a villager named Adnan Pungut, has claimed that he discovered the footprints when he was clearing rubbish and wood at his rubber estate at around 3pm on Saturday. Pungut said that he immediately informed other ...

  • Lahiri seeks shortcut to victory in Malaysia

    Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri will rely on the short putter in his hunt for a fourth Asian Tour title at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters Thursday. The three-time Asian Tour winner, who previously used the belly putter, opted for the shorter flat stick at last week's Queen's Cup in Thailand where he finished tied 10th after fighting his way into contention. Lahiri is among a star-studded ...

  • Rush to escape storm proves deadly

    GEORGE TOWN: Muhameed Selem Tastakhir (pic) and his friend worked hard to get back to their base to escape a storm. Sadly for him, their haste led to his co-worker being killed when tonnes of concrete and metal fell on their gas tank delivery truck. Selem, 34, said he had no inkling of what was about to happen as he was driving towards Menara Umno en route to their base in nearby Tamil Street. ...

  • Peat fires and the ever-repeating haze

    IT'S the same old script, year after year. Right around this time, the clear blue skies in parts of our country and a few other countries in the region will turn grey. It is that time of the year when forests are being cleared the easy way by small-time farmers and big-time plantation companies. And so the fires rage on and, aided by the monsoonal wind patterns, bring unhealthy pollutants ...

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Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

It should be clear by the subject of his latest documentary, which is nothing less than the very bedrock foundation of the United States and much of the Western worlds economic system, that rabble-rousing documentarian Michael Moore has not mellowed in the slightest. However, in our brave ... ...

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  • CCTV to shed light on missing hawker

    GEORGE TOWN: Police have obtained CCTV footage of the incident in Jalan Macalister to help shed light on the mystery surrounding economy rice seller Lim Chin Aik who is believed to be buried in a crater there. State police chief Deputy ...

  • EPF being courted by mid-cap companies

    as a shareholder after the pension fund declared it was looking to put money into some 40 mid-cap stocks. "The market has perked up to this news. Every company wants the EPF to be its shareholder," quipped one investment bank's head of equity capital markets (ECM). To recap, ...

  • Airsoft guns are easily available online

    PETALING JAYA: Airsoft guns are fast gaining popularity in Malaysia, especially among those who enjoy tactical wargames. Airsoft weapons are new generation BB (bird bullet) guns, a type of air-powered gun designed to shoot projectiles. The AEG (airsoft electric gun) and accessories are sold together with other military-like gears and tactical equipment that come complete with holsters and ...

  • Boy nabbed for buying air rifles

    IPOH: He's just 15 and still a schoolboy, but with a liking for guns. He ordered five air rifles complete with ammunition online. But they didn't get past the post office. The secondary school student was arrested after the Ipoh post office found the five air rifles with the brass pellets that he had ordered without an import permit. The Perak Customs Department seized the rifles worth ...

  • 1MDB hopes to raise RM3.2bil from power assets IPO

    hopes to raise some US$1bil (RM3.2bil) by spinning off its power assets in an initial public offering (IPO) next year, according to a Dow Jones newswire report. The funds were necessary to pare down debts incurred for its purchase of utility companies belonging ...

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