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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 ...

  • Perdana Petroleum bidding for over RM1b contracts

    is bidding for over RM1bil worth of contracts locally and expects its financial performance to improve this year. The company also said on Tuesday it has 13 vessels and it expected the delivery of two more vessels in the next two months. Going forward, the company expects an improved financial performance this year. In its first quarter ended March 31, 2013, it posted net profit of RM11.09mil ...

  • IOI Corp Q3 earnings up just 2.8 to RM567.8m

    's earnings rose 2.8% to RM567.80mil in the third quarter ended March 31, 2013 from RM552mil a year ago but expected to better in the final quarter. It said on Tuesday the increase was due to the better performance from manufacturing and property segments. However, it was mitigated by lower translation gain on foreign currency denominated borrowings and lower profit contributions from ...

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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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  • Tenaga lifts KLCI property stocks in focus

    were traded higher at midday, with the FBM KLCI up nearly seven points, while property stocks saw strong rising interest. At 12.30pm, the KLCI was up 6.99 points to 1,784.14; bucking the lacklustre key Asian markets. Turnover was 1.74 billion shares valued at RM1.43bil. There were 526 gainers, 332 losers and 264 counters unchanged. Bloomberg reported the yen weakened against all of its 16 major ...

  • Abu Zahar sworn in as Senate president for second term

    at Parliament House. Abu Zahar, 69, former president of the Council of Former Elected Representatives (Mubarak), was reappointed senator on April 26 for a second term. He was appointed president of the Dewan Negara on April 26, 2010, to ...

  • Amazon wins key cloud security clearance from US Govt

    has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, was certified to operate as a cloud service provider for three years under the government's new FedRAMP program. The accreditation covers all AWS data centers in the United States, the company said on Tuesday. ...

  • Malaysia Perkukuh Hubungan Antarabangsa Untuk Pelaksanaan Ghs

    KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Mei (Bernama) -- Malaysia akan mengukuhkan hubungan antarabangsa menerusi usaha sama dan kerjasama yang selari dengan pelaksanaan Sistem Pengharmonian Global (GHS). GHS menawarkan asas untuk pengharmonian peraturan mengenai kimia pada peringkat nasional, serantau dan seluruh dunia, yang merupakan faktor penting bagi memudahkan perdagangan. Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha ...

  • U.S. asks judge to deny SPs motion to dismiss fraud lawsuit

    (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Monday asked a federal judge to deny Standard & Poor's motion to dismiss a government lawsuit against the ratings agency, saying its statements on certain financial products were fraudulent and not mere ...

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