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Thursday June 26, 2014 By NISHA You’ve heard it being called different names before: Direct selling, multi-level marketing (MLM), pyramid selling, and recently, network marketing. But thanks to opportunists, phony pyramid schemes, and pushy friends-turn-salesmen, they’ve gotten a name for themselves …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) — Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin said there were still many individual students who have yet to register with the Malaysian Students Department or Malaysian embassy while pursuing studies overseas. He said this had made it difficult for the Forei …

Telcos offer a tip or two on how to select and make the most out of your data plan. Mobile Internet connectivity has become such a crucial part of our lives that for most of us, it’s unthinkable to subscribe to any telco service that doesn’t provide it to us by default. However, in spite of a growin …

SEREMBAN, June 30 (Bernama) — Datuk Hamzah Md Jamil officially takes over as Negeri Sembilan’s new deputy police chief replacing Datuk Abdul Manan Mhd Hassan, who is transferred to the Prime Minister’s Department, Putrajaya as director general of Witness Protection effective today. …

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria’s northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic “caliphate” after the group captured territory in neighbouring Iraq, a monitoring service said. The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot …

KOTA KINABALU, June 30 (Bernama) — Former Kelantan police chief Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman has been appointed as Sabah Police Commissioner, replacing Datuk Hamza Taib who will assume the post of Commercial Crime Investigation deputy director in Bukit Aman. The handing over of duties held at …

Books, movies, paintings and now a musical — the longer MH370 remains missing, the more it inspires tributes that sometimes stray into the grey area of exploitation. MH370, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that vanished on March 8 along with its 239 passengers and crew while en route to Beijing from …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) — Takaful Ikhlas Bhd will make a Hibah payment to eligible participants, should there be no claims filed within the coverage term for general takaful products. President and Chief Executive Officer Ab Latiff Abu Bakar said the distribution of Hibah is made based …

SUBANG: While other teenagers are enjoying summer in the United States, Matt Guthmiller is circumnavigating the globe solo, travelling 46,671km in a single-engine aircraft to prove that nothing is impossible. Guthmiller, who arrived in Subang on Friday night after a gruelling 12-hour flight from Nag …

FORTALEZA Brazil (Reuters) – Netherlands substitute Klaas-Jan Huntelaar set up one goal and converted a penalty in the dying minutes as they recovered to beat Mexico 2-1 in an astonishing finale to their World Cup last 16 clash on Sunday. The result condemned the unfortunate Mexicans, who were …

Boeing has delivered the 1,500th 747 to come off the production line to Frankfurt, Germany-based Lufthansa. The milestone airplane is a 747-8 Intercontinental, seen here during one of its test flights.The 747 is the first widebody airplane in history to reach the 1,500 milestone. Pic:Courtesy of Boe …

THE World Cup 2014 has finally arrived. Here are some pictures for today, 30th June 2014. Gallery: World Cup 2014: Today in pictures Costa Rica’s forward Joel Campbell heads the ball next to Greece’s midfielder Giorgos Karagounis (back) during the round of 16 football mat… The Star …

RECIFE Brazil (Reuters) – Costa Rica reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time by beating Greece 5-3 on penalties on Sunday after conceding a stoppage time equaliser and playing 54 minutes with 10 men. After the 1-1 draw following extra time, Costa Rica keeper Keylor Navas …

Mercy Mission, a Muslim NGO, strives to empower and educate Muslims through knowledge and action.  MERCY Mission (not to be mistaken with Mercy Malaysia or Mercy Corps) might not have been all that creative in picking out its name but when it comes to their programmes, it does offer something differ …

The technical astuteness of Netherlands’ Van Gaal meets the passion of Mexico’s Herrera. THE World Cup 2014 is now in the do-or-die stages for 16 teams. You lose and you board the plane home. So one can expect all the match-ups to be feisty. So far, Brazil and Colombia have qualified for …