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Rosmah and son serenade Chinese business do - Malaysiakini

Prime Minister Najib Razak's son Norashman Razak showed his talent by singing a Mandarin song at the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCIM) Chinese New Year grand dinner last night...

Police action shows Umno 'desperate', says Anwar - The Malaysian Insider

Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today charged that the Umno-led Barisan Nasional are showing signs of desperation by using the police to intimidate Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders...

Jailed for sex with minor - The Straits Times

A 14-year-old student, eager to work as a part-time sales assistant to earn some pocket money, posted her curriculum vitae on the Internet...

Underage marriage needs permission: Syariah Court Chief Judge - The Star

...Daud was asked to comment on the controversy of a 11-year-old girl who married a 40-year-old man in Kampung Jelawang, Kuala Krai, recently...

Manohara And Her Mother Ordered To Pay RM6 Million To Kelantan Prince - Bernama

Indonesian model Manohara Odelia Pinot and her mother were ordered by the High Court here today to pay RM6 million in damages to her husband, Kelantan prince Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra...

Big guns ease through at All Englands - Reuters

World number one Lee Chong Wei and titleholder Lin Dan both eased into the second round...

Manhunt on for kindergarten attacker - The Star

Johor police have launched what they described as a ''massive manhunt'' for a man who attacked a kindergarten on Wednesday morning, injuring three children with a hammer before fleeing...

Citigroup sells Japan ski resort to Malaysia's YTL - Reuters

Citigroup Inc has sold one of Japan's most famous ski resorts, Niseko Village, to Malaysia's YTL Corp...

TM Set To Launch High-Speed Broadband Service On March 24 - Bernama

HSBB offers bandwidth at network access (port) speeds of 10 megabit per second and to support the delivery of its triple play offering...

Music teacher charged with murder of British man - The Star

Music teacher Karen Khaw Phaik Ean, 36, was charged at the magistrate court for the murder of British man Andrew Michael Murchie, 46...

4 Indian Workers Die In A Fire - Bernama

Four Indian workers died in a fire at a textile shop which also destroyed three shops...

Three siblings die in fire - Sun2Surf

Three siblings died in a pre-dawn fire which razed their wooden house at Kampung Bukit Kecil, Jalan Betek...

Cops to grill Anwar tomorrow - Malaysiakini

The police will record PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim's statements, over the content of his ceramah in several locations across the country...

Why Apple can't control its Chinese factories - Telegraph

Last year, after a 25-year-old Chinese university graduate committed suicide at one of the factories that makes Apple's iPhone, executives from the Californian company flew in for an urgent review...

Kelantan Sultan files for divorce from second wife - The Malaysian Insider

A syarie lawyer, Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar today filed an application at the Syariah High Court here for verification of the Sultan of Kelantan’s divorce of his second wife, Che Puan Elia Suhana Ahmad...

Ong brothers could be MCA's kingmakers - Malaysiakini

...The sex DVD scandal two years ago is still the biggest liability to Chua in his bit to claim the throne. Meanwhile, Tee Keat breached his own promise to resign after a no-confidence vote was passed against him last October...

FMM Says Malaysia Not Ready For GST, Suggests Retail Sales Tax - Bernama

...Lee said normally the GST was for more advanced and affluent countries where the income disparity was not that big and most people were paying income tax...

Najib: Local council elections not necessary - Sun2Surf

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said today local council elections are not necessary as they would only lead to politicking which does not benefit the people...

Banks raise rates - The Star

Banks have begun raising their base lending rates (BLRs) following Bank Negara’s move to lift the overnight policy rate (OPR) by 25 basis points last week...

Girl Dies After Falling From 15th Floor Home - Bernama

...Meanwhile, a woman who sells 'nasi lemak' opposite the 16-storey apartment block who only wished to be identified as Siah, in her 30's, said she saw the girl fall down and land on the bonnet of a car...

The Oscars: Kathryn Bigelow makes history as The Hurt Locker dominates - Times Online

...Bigelow, who is one of only four women to be nominated for the best director prize, beat her ex-husband, Avatar director James Cameron, to win the award, considered one of the most coveted in Hollywood...

Not a time to lose March 8 spirit - Malaysiakini

Instead of seeing multi-racialism being freely accepted and manifested in government policies, we find ourselves becoming more divided along racial lines. Right after March 8, Umno embarked on its campaign to warn the Malays that they were under threat and to rise up against this...

Chinese will take over in the next election, warns Perkasa - The Malaysian Insider

Malay nationalist group Perkasa warns that the Chinese community will use the next general election to take over the country. Perkasa feels that the last general election weakened the Malays and empowered the Chinese community...

Anwar's Sacking From Cabinet Posts In 1998 Is Valid, Federal Court Rules - Bernama

The sacking of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as deputy prime minister and finance minister 11 years ago was lawful, the Federal Court here ruled Monday...

New film censorship rules on March 15 - The Star

The changes being made to the Film Censorship Guidelines -- the first in 14 years -- would come into effect on March 15...

Police halt March 8 anniversary rally - Malaysiakini

...Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and Gombak MP Mohd Azmin Ali had just given their speeches in front of a crowd of 2,000 when a team of police officers from the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters arrived at about 9.45pm...

Why Chua turned against Ong - Sun2Surf

...The report said it was learnt that following secret talks, both Liow and Wee had handed Chua two sets of forms nominating Chua for the No. 1 post in the fresh party polls, with Liow also acting as seconder for Wee’s nomination and vice versa...

Umno ramps up attacks on Pakatan Rakyat - The Malaysian Insider

...''In the name of Allah, I left the party not because of money, power or anything else but principles. I'll have you know that I stood by Anwar till the day he was released from prison. I had defended him when no one else would,'' said Ezam to a 100-odd people...

Import Duty On Golf Buggies Abolished, PM Announces - Bernama

...''So, on this auspicious occasion, wearing my hat as the Minister of Finance, I would like to announce the immediate abolishment of import duty on all golf buggies in this country,'' he said...