Malaysia

Azmin juggernaut takes off

Azmin Ali established a clear lead over his rivals in the fight for the deputy presidency as he swept through the first round of the party election last weekend. PEOPLE had been talking about the “Azmin juggernaut” weeks before the PKR election started. Everyone in the party knew he was the man to b …

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Light aircraft crashes in Kota Baru, pilot injured

KOTA BARU: A Piper Warrior II single-engine aircraft crashed landed at Taman Kurnia Jaya, Pengkalan Chepa, near here Monday, injuring its pilot. The light aircraft belonging to the Asia Pacific Flight Training Centre crashed in an open area in the densely-populated housing estate. The pilot, who was …

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Nine suspected militants detained, says IGP (Updated)

PETALING JAYA: Nine suspected militants were detained by Bukit Aman’s Special Branch department on Monday. In his Twitter post, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar congratulated the department’s success in detaining nine people, suspected of militant activities in the country. Khali …

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Philippines, US sign defence pact

MANILA, April 28, 2014 (AFP) – The Philippines and the United States signed an agreement Monday to allow a bigger US military presence on Filipino territory, hours ahead of a visit to Manila by US President Barack Obama. Philippine Defence Minister Voltaire Gazmin and US ambassador Philip Gold …

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Travel trends are changing this year

Global travel budgets (and those of Malaysians) on the rise in 2014 but travellers are demanding more value out of it. MALAYSIANS are raring to travel even more this year! They are amongst the nationalities most likely to increase their travel budget this year according to a recent survey. On averag …

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One too many Sultans of Sulu

LAST week I visited Sulu and Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, and guess who kept popping up during my trip? The Sultan of Sulu. Two and a half of them, in fact. On Wednesday, I was introduced to a man related to the late Jamalul Kiram III – the self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu – at a fish marke …

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George Clooney engaged!

LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2014 (AFP) – Oscar-winning heartthrob George Clooney, one of Hollywood’s most coveted bachelors, has got engaged to his British lawyer girlfriend Amal Alamuddin, People magazine reported Saturday. “George and Amal are trying to keep things very low-key but th …

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Pope declares John Paul II, John XXIII saints

VATICAN CITY, April 27, 2014 (AFP) – Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed as saints his influential predecessors John Paul II and John XXIII at an historic ceremony attended by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in St Peter’s Square. “We declare and define as saints the blessed John XX …

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