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M’sia mulls making rain to fight haze
Malaysia is considering cloud-seeding to overcome the dry windy weather and wash away the haze shrouding the country’s west coast.
Jakarta to implement measures to help poor ahead of fuel hike
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s planned hike in fuel prices will only take place after the government implements measures to mitigate its impact on the poor, its leaders said yesterday,...
Obama says spying was legal, transparent
WASHINGTON — United States President Barack Obama has defended National Security Agency (NSA) spying programmes as legal in a lengthy interview, calling them transparent even...
Communist rebels in Philippines abduct 5 soldiers
MANILA — Communist rebels posing as government troops have abducted five Philippine army soldiers on the outskirts of the southern city of Davao, the military said yesterday.
Thailand still undecided on costly rice scheme
BANGKOK — Thailand has not yet decided whether to cut the price and limit the volume of rice the government will buy in future, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday...
UMNO follows ‘guided democracy’, top posts not up for grabs
KUALA LUMPUR — The Secretary-General of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Mr Adnan Mansor, yesterday stressed that the top two posts in UMNO — President and Deputy...
Doctor prevails in trial over 8-month erection
DELAWARE - A jury yesterday (June 17) cleared a doctor of negligence in a lawsuit filed by a Delaware truck driver who underwent a penile implant procedure and ended up with an...
Suicide attack kills 11 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD - Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up amid worshippers in a Shia mosque in Baghdad, killing eleven people and wounding 25.
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