KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed into Pakistan’s busiest airport on Sunday night, triggering an all-night battle in which at least 27 people were killed. The assault on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan’s sprawlin …
Read More »General : Panda-Viewing Ticket Prices To Cost Less Than RM20 – G. Palanivel
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Bernama) — Ticket prices to visit the pair of Pandas are unlikely to cost more than RM20 for adults and half price for children, said Natural Resource and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G Palanivel. Speaking to reporters after officiating at the opening of the Malaysia H …
Read More »MAS and AirAsia X slash ticket prices by more than half
PETALING JAYA: A price war is on between the two major airlines in the country with discounts of up to 60% being offered to selected international destinations. Malaysia Airlines is offering discount airfares of up to 50% to popular destinations such as London, Sydney, Chennai, Osaka and Krabi. Trav …
Read More »Ten dead, more than 70 wounded in Nairobi blasts
NAIROBI: Ten people were killed and over 70 wounded Friday in two bomb attacks at a busy market in Nairobi, the latest in a wave of unrest blamed on Kenya’s Islamist militants. The twin bombings came as hundreds of British tourists were being evacuated from beach resorts near the port city of …
Read More »More to Jolo than just kidnapping
The world thinks that the Tausugs (Suluks) are barbarians. There are 500,000 Tausugs and the 1,000 who are with the Abu Sayyaf give them a bad name. HOW safe is Jolo?” I asked Dr Raden Ikbala, a 49-year-old Tausug, who leads an anti-kidnapping NGO in Jolo island, on the night before I flew to the Ph …
Read More »More than 100 injured as subway trains collide in Seoul
SEOUL: Two subway trains collided in Seoul on Friday, injuring more than 100 people but with no immediate report of any fatalities, the emergency services said. “There are 117 injured, but none of them appear to be serious,” a spokesman for the Seoul emergency services told AFP. News of …
Read More »They'd rather take pictures than help
PETALING JAYA: Many Malaysians would rather take pictures of an accident than help the victims – an insensitive behaviour that has been caught on film by director and producer Jason Lim. His four-minute video, Who Cares: The Truth About Malaysian Drivers, recorded how people reacted to an accident w …
Read More »General : No Other AUVs Better Than Bluefin-21 To Operate At 4,500 M – Expert
From Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil PERTH, April 18 (Bernama) — The Bluefin-21 deployed in the underwater search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean is considered the best autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) for such an operation. Charitha Pattiaratchi, professor …
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