Fieldhockey.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR: Teams in the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) have been told to expect breaks in competition, which gets under way on Oct 17.
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | yesterday
Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Three more government hospitals will be offering traditional complementary medicine (TCM) next year. Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak will house one TCM unit each, in addition to the current ones in Hospital Putrajaya, Hospital Kepala Batas in Penang and Hospital Sultan Ismail in Johor. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said this was due to [...]
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
from IPS News By Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (IPS) - An emerging trend in the trafficking of tribal people, mostly young girls, is raising concern among government officials, rights organisations, migration experts and human rights lawyers. Increasingly, tribal girls in the region are duped and trafficked from their villages to regional capitals like Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to work in...
CLARE STREET (Free subscription) | yesterday
I met French scholar on international relations (IR), Professor Gerard Chaliand yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. We exchanged observations and perspectives at a seminar on the wars in Afghanistan as well as Iraq.
Fieldhockey.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
By S. RAMAGURU KUALA LUMPUR: Two Bangladesh national players will grace the Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) for the first time.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kuala Lumpur - A Filipino refugee living in Malaysia's eastern state of Sabah blew up himself and his wife with explosives, leaving their 13 children orphaned, a news report said Tuesday. Babin Isang, 35, had gone to see his wife Indak Musa, also 35,...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim slammed a government bid to move his sodomy trial from a lower court to the High Court, saying Tuesday that he fears he will end up facing a biased judge.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
KUALA LUMPUR: As the Earth's temperature continues to rise and the North Pole becomes a permanent island, mangrove swamps on the west coast of the peninsula may just get the break they sorely need.
LisNews (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The 2008 World Congress of Muslim Librarians and Information Scientists will take place in Kuala Lumpur next month. The congress, which is being co-organized by some Malaysian Islam universities and librarian societies, will be held here on Nov. 25-27 after an absence of 13 years. It is the second time that Malaysia would welcome the congress after the country hosted it in 1986. The first COMLIS was...
Malaysia Property News (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Developer Mah Sing Group Bhd is taking a bold step in launching new medium to high-end houses and a commercial development worth over RM1.3 billion by 2010. It currently has 10 ongoing projects in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor on its plate, which will keep it busy for the next five years. Mah Sing Properties Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Ng Heng Phai believes the market will improve as oil and steel...
Fieldhockey.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
By S. RAMAGURU KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia shrugged off their earlier two draws and scored a 6-2 win over Belgium to clinch second place in the Hamburg Masters hockey tournament yesterday.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The editor of Malaysia's best-known anti-government news Web site went on trial Monday on sedition charges for allegedly implying the deputy prime minister was involved in the murder of a Mongolian woman.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Kuala Lumpur - A controversial Malaysian internet blogger and editor of a popular anti-government news portal went on trial Monday for sedition after he allegedly implied the deputy prime minister was involved in the murder of a Mongolian woman. Raja...
Mosher's Unimaginatively Entitled B (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Sat delayed at Kuala Lumpur airport. I was told the flight would be at 13:40. It’s 13:20 and no sign of a boarding call. However, there’s a guy sat next to me who’s just found out he has a 4-hour delay. And he wants a cigarette. And he can’t. His response? “They need a smoking room!” Mine: “Quit, [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
KUALA LUMPUR: The Somali pirates who hijacked the two MISC tankers in the Gulf of Aden sought the services of an English- speaking schoolteacher to help them with ransom negotiations. The pirates, who spoke no English, took several days to sail the MT Bunga Melati Dua to their hideout.
