Vladimir Putin promises £33 billion to boost birth rate
Vladimir Putin has promised to spend £33 billion to boost the country's flagging population by up to a third over the next four years, during a two-and-a-half hour speech that appeared to gear him up for a 2012 presidential run...
Hong Kong confirms first human case of bird flu since 2003
Agence France-Presse
November 18, 2010 10:02 PM
Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of bird flu in humans in seven years, with a 59-year-old woman in a serious condition after a visit to...
A thief with a fetish for bras has been causing havoc at a housing estate in Kuantan. After stealing undergarments, the culprit would burn them before returning what’s left of them to the owners. According to China Press, one of the victims who identified herself as Tan, 30, said the thief got...
Thursday October 21, 2010
Hawker sees red in loan shark attack
IPOH: Loan sharks are at it again. This time they have splashed red paint on the house of a single parent. Hawker Leong Lain Chin, 49, said she woke up on Saturday to find the walls and...
Thursday October 21, 2010
I never saw it coming, says feng shui master who lost left hand
By ZALINAH NOORDIN
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GEORGE TOWN: Feng shui master Th’ng Keat Seong, whose left hand was chopped off in a vicious...
Man sentenced to 12 months' jail for having sex with underage girl
Man sentenced to 12 months' jail for having sex with underage girl
Posted: 20 October 2010 1707 hrs...
Pentagon tells recruiters: You must accept gays
Lieutenant Dan Choi, a gay Army officer honorably discharged under the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, speaks to the media after attempting to re-enlist at the Times Square...