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Ibrahim, 'ang pow' won't absolve your sins

Malaysia Kini - 
YOURSAY 'Next time, I dare you to play a video recording of all the venom spewed forth against the Chinese during your rallies.

Anwar continues to draw flak over Israeli statement

AsiaOne - 
KUALA LUMPUR - Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim continues to draw flak over his statement in a foreign media regarding the security of Israel.

Jamil Khir and 2 others want Anwar's lawyers to be cited for contempt of court

Malaysia Star - 
By M. MAGESWARI KUALA LUMPUR: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom and two others have applied to the KL Syariah Appellate Court to show cause on why Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers should not be cited for contempt of ...

Men's rankings remain unchanged at top after Australian Open

USA TODAY - 
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Unlike the situation on the women's tour, the status quo has been maintained at the top of the men's rankings after Novak Djokovic's dramatic win over Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open.

Assad Forces Retake Damascus Suburbs

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - 
Syrian government forces are reported to have retaken control of eastern suburbs from opposition fighters. Government troops had been battling rebels from the Free Syrian Army in the eastern Ghouta area of the edge of Damascus for two days.

The revolution will be tweeted

Times LIVE - 
The revolution is being tweeted. But it's not the revolution you're thinking about. Though Twitter played a prominent role in last year's Arab Spring uprisings - but not quite as prominent as it was made out to be by a keenly observing outside world ...

Handling out ang pows

Sin Chew Jit Poh - 
By LIM SUE GOAN To many families, the RM500 Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) aid was a Chinese New Year ang pow. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that the people had no feeling about the long-term fuel, sugar and flour subsidies but were very ...

PM: United we stand

Malaysia Star - 
By FOONG PEK YEE and CHAN LI LEEN IPOH: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has reminded Malaysians to think of unity when tossing the yee sang this Chinese New Year.

EPF to provide RM1.5 bil

The Sun Daily - 
By Pauline Wong PETALING JAYA (Jan 30, 2012): Some RM1.5 billion will be channeled from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to finance the special funding scheme for the sale of houses in public housing programmes in Kuala Lumpur.

Prosecution may forego calling journalists to testify

ABS CBN News - 
By RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News MANILA, Philippines - Impeachment prosecutors from the House of Representatives may forego calling journalists as witnesses in the Corona impeachment trial if defense lead counsel Serafin Cuevas stipulates to the veracity of ...

A league of their own

Financial Times - 
By Adam Palin In order to compile the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2012, the FT surveys more than 20000 alumni from the world's leading business schools.

SPP's Lina Chiam mum on new CEC make-up

AsiaOne - 
By Rachel Chan Mrs Lina Chiam has opted to keep mum on who will be filling the shoes of the six Singapore People's Party (SPP) central executive-committee (CEC) members who quit the party last Saturday.

Karzai devises plan for parallel talks with Taliban

The Express Tribune - 
By Agencies KABUL: As US officials and Taliban negotiators reportedly open exploratory talks in the Gulf state of Qatar, a disillusioned administration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly planning a parallel initiative to woo the hardline ...

By any name, it's lobbying

Los Angeles Times - 
By George Skelton Capitol Journal Without picking a side in the entertaining Republican presidential contest, let us stipulate that Mitt Romney was smack on target when he called Newt Gingrich an influence peddler.

India won't cut Iranian oil imports despite US, EU sanctions: Pranab Mukherjee

Times of India - 
India, which imports 12% of its oil from the Islamic Republic, cannot do without Iranian oil, Pranab Mukherjee said. CHIGAGO: India, the world's fourth-largest oil consumer, will not take steps to cut petroleum imports from Iran despite US and European ...

Sarkozy Unveils Tax Rises but Not a Re-election Bid

New York Times - 
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy, insisting that he was acting as a head of state - not a presidential candidate - announced Sunday that he would raise consumer taxes to make French companies more competitive and reduce the national budget deficit.

After lull, Occupy protest resurfaces in Oakland

NDTV - 
AP, Updated: January 30, 2012 09:41 IST Oakland, California: For weeks the protests had waned, with only a smattering of people taking to Oakland's streets for occasional weekend marches that bore little resemblance to the headline-grabbing Occupy ...

FBM KLCI Futures Mostly Lower In Early Session

Bernama - 
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives was mostly lower in early trading on Monday, dealers said.

Analyst call Jan 30

The Malaysian Insider - 
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 - This is a selection of morning calls by local research houses for the day. The key FBM KLCI could still be locked in a sideways trading pattern today after being stuck inside a narrow trading band of 9.2-points last week.

Happily not addicted

Malaysia Star - 
By BRENDA BENEDICT While Facebook has helped her stay in the loop, our columnist is proud to say she is not a FB junkie. Apart from the usual perks touted by its advocates, social networking can also be a boon to Malaysians abroad.

Aston Martin V12 Zagato - first production car to debut in Kuwait Concours d ...

ASEAN Automotive News - 
Aston Martin is set to debut the first production V12 Zagato at the third Kuwait Concours d' Elegance, which runs on February 15-18.

HOCKEY: Malaysia go down to Australia

New Straits Times - 
THE national senior hockey team lost 3-1 to Australia in the first friendly match at the Perth Hockey Stadium yesterday. Malaysia are in Down Under to play friendly matches against the Australian side, and the Netherlands to prepare for the Dublin ...

SUPER LEAGUE: Irfan makes winning return to former ground

New Straits Times - 
By Zainuddin Muhammad | 0 comments IT was a happy return to Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in Kuala Terengganu on Saturday for Irfan Bakti.

Doubles coach Kim Her wants to switch the national pairs around

Malaysia Star - 
By RAJES PAUL KUALA LUMPUR: National doubles chief coach Tan Kim Her is set to become Mr Tinkerman. He is prepared to switch the national doubles pairs around in the next few months to ensure a fresh start after the London Olympics in August.

Vanguardia upset with Dragons' porous defence

Malaysia Star - 
By JOEL ALEXANDER PETALING JAYA: Westports Malaysia Dragons coach Ariel Vanguardia is upset that his team allowed Saigon Heat to score more than 40 points in their Asean Basketball League (ABL) match at MABA Stadium on Saturday.

Trapped fisherman drowns

New Straits Times - 
ALOR STAR: A 58-year-old fisherman drowned while 19 others were rescued when a deep-sea fishing boat capsized 20 nautical miles off the Kuala Kedah waters, near here, early yesterday.

Indonesia's Wali Band To Perform In Terengganu

Bernama - 
KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 29 (Bernama) -- Wali Band, a renowned creative pop music group of Indonesia, is to be invited to conduct a concert tour in four districts in Terengganu in March.

Environment: Bye Bye Babar: Sumatran Elephant May Have Only 30 Years

The Daily Activist - 
Environment - If things keep going as they are, the Sumatran elephant could be extinct in as little as 30 years. The elephants were listed as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, “after their numbers dropped to ...

'NEOShield' project gains support with asteroid flyby

The State Column - 
Movies such as Deep Impact and Armageddon have perpetuated the fear of giant asteroids striking Earth and wiping out the entire human race.

Catholics blast federal birth control mandate

Tucson Citizen - 
by Rick Jervis on Jan. 29, 2012, under USA Today News From Maine to Phoenix to southern Louisiana, Catholic churches across the USA this weekend echoed with scorn for a new federal rule requiring faith-based employers to include birth control and other ...

Malaysia to probe sleepy surgeons

Independent Online - 
Kuala Lampur - Malaysian health officials will investigate claims by two alleged surgeons who told a local radio station they dozed off while performing surgeries, a report said Sunday.