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Najib, Soi Lek’s remarks two sides of same coin, says BN MP

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — A leading Umno backbencher has dismissed accusations of Barisan Nasional (BN) “doublespeak” after the prime minister alluded that a vote for PAS was a vote for secular DAP.

Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s remarks today came a day after MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said support for DAP would bolster PAS, which would ... Read More

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Anti-Lynas group protest the setting-up of the rare earth plant in Kuantan at the Times Square thoroughfare in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. – Picture by Jack Ooi

Malaysia

Najib, Soi Lek’s remarks two sides of same coin, says BN MP

By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — A leading Umno backbencher has dismissed accusations of Barisan Nasional (BN) “doublespeak” after the prime minister alluded that a vote for PAS was a vote ... Read More

Jalan Sultan landowners say no to MRT land acquisition

By Lisa J. Ariffin
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Jalan Sultan landowners insisted today they will not give up their land for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) project and suggested the ... Read More

Asri: Politicians causing need for inter-religious guidelines

By Yow Hong Chieh
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Guidelines for Muslim and non-Muslim interaction are needed as politicians have abused Islam to further partisan ends, a former Perlis Mufti said today.Dr ... Read More

Business

Japan prosecutors may charge Olympus over scandal, says Kyodo

TOKYO, Feb 19 — Japanese prosecutors are considering indicting Olympus Corp as a company for falsifying its financial reports to conceal huge investment losses in a US$1.7 billion ... Read More

No sense in splitting Greek aid package, says German finance minister

BERLIN, Feb 19 — It would make no sense to split the second bailout programme for Greece, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted as saying by the weekly ... Read More

World

Suicide attack on Baghdad police academy kills 19

BAGHDAD, Feb 19 — A suicide car bomber killed 19 police officers and cadets on Sunday in an attack on a crowd outside a Baghdad police academy, police and hospital sources ... Read More

Bomb explodes on edge of Nigerian capital, 5 hurt

ABUJA, Feb 19 — A bomb exploded near a church in the Nigerian town of Suleja, on the edge of the capital, on Sunday, wounding five people, a spokesman for the emergency services ... Read More

Sports

Stoke beat Crawley as referee takes centre stage

LONDON, Feb 19 — Last year's FA Cup runners-up Stoke City had a man harshly sent off but then scored a controversial penalty as they reached the quarter-finals with a 2-0 win at ... Read More

Australia pacemen put India to sword in Brisbane

BRISBANE, Feb 19 — Ben Hilfenhaus took five wickets as Australia's pacemen ripped through India's top order to secure an emphatic 110-run victory in the one-day Tri-series on a ... Read More

Technology

Data collection arms race feeds privacy fears

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 19 — This week’s revelations that Google Inc, Twitter and other popular Internet ... Read More

Digital technologies reversing extinction of languages

VANCOUVER, Feb 19 — Digital technologies are the new life-savers for languages on the verge of ... Read More

Features

Tokyo aims to retain charm of Tsukiji fish market

TOKYO, Feb 19 — Concerned that the cachet and charm of one of Tokyo's best-loved tourist spots will ... Read More

Social media live highlights London Fashion Week

LONDON, Feb 19 — Burberry creative director Christopher Bailey has personally invited fans of the ... Read More

Showbiz

Judi Dench says sight failing

LONDON, Feb 19 — Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench has lost part of her eyesight and struggles to read film scripts or see people sitting directly in front of her.The 77-year-old, ... Read More

Hong Kong inches closer to Bruce Lee tribute

HONG KONG, Feb 19 — For a man who is arguably Hong Kong's most famous son, it often surprises visitors just how little there is in the city to mark the legend of martial arts ... Read More

Books

Amanda Knox signs book deal with Harper Collins

NEW YORK, Feb 17 — Amanda Knox, the American former college student cleared of murder in October by an Italian court, ... Read More

US comic wins Japan international manga award

TOKYO, Feb 16 — American comic book “I Kill Giants” has won the top prize in the Japanese government-sponsored annual ... Read More