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Kuala Lumpur Wins World Travel Award
BANGKOK – Kuala Lumpur has emerged as Asia’s Leading City Destination for the World Travel Award 2011 here. The announcement was made through the award’s website. No announcement was made for the winner of the category during the 18th World Travel Awards regional ceremony for Asia and Australasia which was held in a hotel here [...]
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Temenggong Kanang Conferred The Datuk Title
KUCHING – Temenggong Kanang Langkau, 67, the last surviving holder of the Sri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa (SP) received the prestigious ‘Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang’ which carries the title “Datuk” from Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng in conjunction with his 90th birthday today. Temenggong (Paramount Chief) Kanang, born in 1945 is a [...]
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Islamic Centre Opens Near Ground Zero
NEW YORK – The Islamic Cultural Centre opened its doors to the public after it became a hot debate topic because of its distance near ground zero. The public visiting the centre is about two blocks from where the terrorist seized the jets that crashed into the World Trade Centre. The Opening exhibition features pictures [...]
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First planet with two suns found
The first ever planet that orbits TWO suns has been discovered by US scientists. The planet — which looks like Star Wars hero Luke Skywalker’s home Tatooine — is uninhabitable, Nasa scientists said. The newly detected body, named Kepler-16b, is 200 light years from Earth and is believed to be a cold gas giant like [...]
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Miss Angola Crowned Miss Universe In Brazil
SAO PAOLO — Miss Angola Leila Lopes, a business student from the town of Benguela in her home country, was crowned Miss Universe yesterday after dazzling a panel of judges with her beauty and impressing them with her brain. Lopes, 25, laughed and smiled as she hugged runner-up Miss Ukraine Olesia Stefanko, then felt a [...]
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KTM Train on fire, passengers jump off the wagon
Travel approximately 800 rail passengers Senandung Wau Express delayed by an hour when a train of 14 wagons burns near Merapoh railway station, near Kuala Lipis, last night. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident about 11 pm even though most of the passengers jumped from the coach to save herself when the train [...]
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U.S. on high alert over terror threat
AMERICA was on high alert early today over a “specific, credible” terror threat in the run-up to the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Security agencies were said to be hunting for three suspects including a US citizen who are feared to be planning an atrocity targeting New York and Washington DC. They flew into [...]
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Malaysian student Asyraf Haziq Rosli in court over London riot attack
A TEENAGER charged with assaulting a Malaysian student before stealing his bike during the London riots appeared in court today. Ashraf Rossli, 20, who suffered a broken jaw during the attack, was then mugged by yobs posing as Good Samaritans, it is alleged. The 17-year-old boy is accused of violent disorder, GBH, burglary and robbery. [...]
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38 Journalists Killed In Somalia since 1992
KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 38 foreign journalists including a media worker was reported killed when making coverage of the crisis in Somalia since 1992. That figure is based on statistics released by the webpage Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). That amount includes the latest victim involve journalists from Malaysia namely a cameraman from [...]
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Somali government promised to investigate the shooting incident
Mogadishu – source of stray bullet shooting that killed cameraman Mohd Nor Noramfaizul Bernama here Friday, will be investigated by the Internal Security Ministry of Somalia. Minister concerned, Abdisamad Maallin Mohamud, promises to investigate the incident and will taken it to court. He apologized for the tragedy and express our condolences to the family of [...]
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Bernama TV Cameraman Shot Dead In Somalia
KUALA LUMPUR – Bernama TV Cameraman, Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 41, dies after hit by stray bullets fired during the coverage of Kelab Putera 1Malaysia Humanitarian Mission and Bakti in Mogadishu, Somalia tonight. Bernama Journalists, Khairulanuar Yahaya who participated in the mission said the incident occurred during Noramfaizul and electronic media friend who was boarding a [...]
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United States claimed they had killed al-Qaeda’s number two leader
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 – Leaders No. 2 al-Qaeda, Atiyah Abd. al-Rahman (pictured) was killed in Pakistan, said the United States (U.S.) who described it to great pressure on the militant organizations after the death of Osama bin Laden. Atiyah’s obituary reported, when the U.S. is preparing to celebrate the 10th anniversary commemorating the terrible attacks [...]
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Alleged UFO landing in Siberia
The frozen Siberian region is certainly not the most interesting landing sites for aliens who wish to explore the Earth. However, a video clip on video sharing site YouTube shows some desolate location of the aliens choose to land the unidentified flying object (UFO) or a UFO them. Clip recorded at Irkutsk, Siberia remote, alien [...]
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Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam is the new President of Singapore
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam became the seventh president of the republic, after winning four corners, with a record 7.269 votes or 0.34 per cent difference after the ballot count. Election Officer Yam Ah Mee announced the decision early Sunday morning after he allowed the vote count of the [...]
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Red Cat or Catopuma Badia appeared in Sarawak forest attracts World attention
KUCHING, Aug 25 – The presence of ‘Red Cat’, a very rare cat species in the world met recently in a concession area Forest Management Unit (FMU) Anap, in the heart of Sarawak, has attracted the attention of wildlife enthusiasts from around the world. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) [...]
