KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should be given more power to fight graft with the introduction of new legislation, the Malaysian Bar has said.
Bar suggests new laws to give MACC more power The Malaysian Insider
- Opposition party papers seized as nationwide crackdown begins The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Over a thousand copies of PAS-owned Malay newspaper Harakah as well as DAP-owned The Rocket and PKR’s Suara Keadilan were carted off by home ministry officials from shops and
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With Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) set to elect its new president on Friday, its secretary-general Josie M Fernandez is once again expected to vie for the top spot in the largely
- Bar suggests new laws to give MACC more power The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) should be given more power to fight graft with the introduction of new legislation, the Malaysian Bar has said.
- Tian Chua, Haris, Tamrin to be detained overnight at Jinjang The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers Chua Tian Chang and Tamrin Ghafar, and political activist Haris Ibrahim, have been arrested for sedition and will be held overnight at the police
- May 25 rally to proceed despite arrests, vows SAMM Malaysiakini
The 'People's Gathering' in front of the Amcorp Mall field in Petaling Jaya on Saturday will go ahead despite the police arresting several leaders of opposition political parties and non-governmental
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- Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger Reuters
By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 21 people and wounding dozens
- Factbox: Obama outlines rules for armed drone strikes Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a wide-ranging speech on foreign policy on Thursday, President Barack Obama defended his administration's use of drones to kill terrorists abroad, and in a nod to concerns,
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Syria's main opposition group met for key talks in Istanbul on Thursday to debate whether to join a new US-Russian peace initiative to end the two-year civil war, while the regime vowed to crush the
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Rioting in Stockholm's suburbs has highlighted Sweden's failure to integrate swathes of its immigrant population, but in this small, consensus-driven country, there was little agreement on how to
- Islamist bombers kill 20 in Niger attacks, seize hostages AFP News
Islamist militants staged twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and taking several trainee officers hostage in the
By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of
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Amid a heated takeover battle for US wireless carrier Sprint, Japan's Softbank has taken unusual steps to allay national security concerns about the deal, but a rival bid claims this is insufficient.
- 87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case AP
CHICAGO (AP) — An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday — she lost.
- China clears Boeing 787s for nation's airlines: Boeing AFP News
Chinese regulators have approved the Boeing 787 to fly in the country, Boeing said Thursday, a move that opens up a large potential market to the US aerospace giant.
- India's Tata Steel reports loss on Europe woes AFP News
India's Tata Steel, one of the world's biggest steelmakers, on Thursday swung to a quarterly net loss from a profit a year ago due to falling demand in its key European market.
- Swiss free-trade deal a key global sign: China's Li AFP News
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sees a looming free-trade deal with Switzerland as a touchstone for Beijing's growing ties with foreign nations, he told a Swiss newspaper on Thursday ahead of a landmark
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- Yahoo! buys startup specializing in online games AFP News
Yahoo! pressed on with its shopping spree on Thursday with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers.
- GameStop says 2013 outlook improved after Xbox One news Reuters
By Chandni Doulatramani and Malathi Nayak (Reuters) - GameStop Corp raised the lower end of its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday after beating fourth-quarter estimates, counting on a boost
- Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps AFP News
Google has followed in the footsteps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Islands for the Internet titan's online maps.
- Amazon expands Kindle tablet sale to 170 countries AFP Relax
Online retail titan Amazon announced Thursday it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to "over 170 countries and territories around the world," and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries.
- EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills Reuters
By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some
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