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DPM: We have already fulfilled Bersih’s demands

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin insisted today that the federal government had already bowed to Bersih 2.0's demands but merely failed to adequately explain it to voters.

Explaining, the deputy prime minister pointed out that the 22 recommendations tabled and approved in the Dewan Rakyat last month were far more than the election ... Read More

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Malaysia

DPM: We have already fulfilled Bersih’s demands

By Clara Chooi
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin insisted today that the federal government had already bowed to Bersih 2.0's demands but merely failed to adequately explain it to ... Read More

Malays over-dependent on government, says Muhyiddin

By Lee Wei Lian
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 —The Malay community is too dependent on government assistance which is a big reason why they do not control the nation's economy said Tan Sri Datuk Muhyiddin ... Read More

No need for PSC decision to issue Lynas TOL, says AELB

By Shannon Teoh


DENGKIL, May 17 — Local regulators must wait for the science minister to decide on an appeal but not a parliamentary review of Lynas Corp's controversial rare earths plant before ... Read More

Business

British PM tells Europe to quell the turmoil

MANCHESTER, May 17 – Prime Minister David Cameron urged Europe’s rulers today to do more to quell the euro zone debt crisis and raised the prospect of a Greek default to argue he ... Read More

Facebook can’t take Asian growth for granted

SINGAPORE, May 17 – Even as Facebook fever grips investors ahead of the social networking giant’s potential US$100 billion-plus (RM311.30 billion-plus) initial public offering, ... Read More

World

Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down

JERUSALEM, May 17 – A private door opens from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in central Jerusalem directly into a long, modestly furnished, half-panelled room ... Read More

Sri Lanka president to free jailed rival this week: Sources

COLOMBO, May 17 – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will order the release of his ailing former army chief this week, sources close to the president said today, in a bid to ... Read More

Sports

Greece hands over Olympic flame to London

ATHENS, May 17 – Greece formally hands over the Olympic flame to a London delegation led by Princess Anne and including David Beckham today at the Panathenaic stadium where the ... Read More

Man City to make more top signings, says Mancini

DUBAI, May 17 – Newly-crowned Premier League champions Manchester City will strengthen their squad in the close season as the club target European glory next year, manager Roberto ... Read More

Technology

LG shows off its second generation Google TV

LOS ANGELES, May 17 – LG is exhibiting its second generation Google TV at Internet Week New York, a ... Read More

Privacy worries dog Facebook ahead of IPO

NEW YORK, May 17 — Some 900 million people like Facebook.But when they realise their private ... Read More

Features

Feeling tired? You may be socially jetlagged, study suggests

MUNICH, May 17 — Hectic schedules, strict work demands, and a busy social life can clash with your ... Read More

‘Blind’ eatery in Nepal lights way for visually impaired

KATHMANDU, May 17 — A line of diners, holding on to the shoulders of the person in front of them, ... Read More

Showbiz

Forbes names Jennifer Lopez ‘most powerful’ star

NEW YORK, May 17 – Jennifer Lopez is the world’s most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes magazine in a rankings based on a combination of earnings, press coverage and ... Read More

Britney is back — and so are the brickbats

LOS ANGELES, May 17 — Britney Spears has not even taken her seat as the new judge of “The X Factor,” but the pop icon is already getting a lesson in the media glare of live, ... Read More

Books

Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes dies

MEXICO CITY, May 16 — Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, one of the Spanish-speaking world's best known novelists, died ... Read More

Holocaust novel wins British foreign fiction prize

LONDON, May 15 — The tale of an 11-year-old boy hidden from the Nazis by a prostitute has won a fiction prize which ... Read More