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12 April 2013| last updated at 01:17AM Swede gets death for drugs Ferry Linbark being led out of the Shah Alam High Court yesterday. Pic by Adib Rawi Yahya SHAH ALAM: A Swedish bar operator was sentenced to death by the High Court here yesterday for trafficking in drugs two years ago...

12 April 2013| last updated at 12:34AM 26 immigrants nabbed for illegal entry Chuping Anti-Smuggling Unit commander Assistant Superintendent Syed Basri Syed Ali with some of the illegal immigrants who were detained yesterday. Pic by Amran Hamid PADANG BESAR: Twenty-six immigrants, including...

South Korean employees working at the KIC (Kaesong industrial complex) unload products made in KIC from a vehicle upon his arrival at the South's CIQ (Customs, Immigration and Quarantine), just south of the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul April 11, 2013...

Visitors look to the north through a pair of binoculars at Imjingak pavilion near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Female North Korean soldiers patrol along the banks of Yalu River, near the North...

North Koreans parachute down from their helicopter in the North Korean town of Sinuiju, in this phototaken by Kyodo from the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 11, 2013. REUTERS/Kyoto Members of the Korea Freedom Federation attend a rally urging North Korea to re-start operations at the...

South Korea and U.S. on missile watch as North hails Kim dynasty By Christine Kim and Narae Kim SEOUL | Thu Apr 11, 2013 1:49pm EDT (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile test-launch on Thursday, as the isolated state celebrated the rule...

Wednesday April 10, 2013 Cops seek duo over gang rape case SHAH ALAM: Police have asked for the public’s help to locate two men who may have information on the gang rape of a 19-year-old woman in Puchong. Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the victim, a promoter at a...

Cargo piles up as two-week Hong Kong port strike drags on Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:08am EDT (Advisory: Note that the story contains strong language in paragraph 12.) By James Pomfret and Grace Li (Reuters) - Striking dock workers at a port operator backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing...

A girl looks towards the north through a pair of binoculars as women take photographs of the north at the Imjingak pavilion near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 5, 2013. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Chinese tourists gather in front of a map of the Gyeongeuy-line Railroad which will connect South Korea's Munsan station and North Korea's Gaeseong station, also known as Kaesong station, at the Imjingak pavilion near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas, in Paju, north of...

South Korean soldiers patrol along a barbed-wire fence as a sign shows the distances from Imjingak pavilion to North Korea's Gaeseong, also known as Kaesong, and South Korea's capital Seoul, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which separates the two Koreas in Paju, north of Seoul, April 5, 2013...

North Koreans attend a rally against the U.S. and South Korea in Nampo, North Korea, April 3, 2013, in this picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang on Wednesday. The Korean characters on the sign read, "Safeguard to the death". REUTERS/KCNA North Korea's leader...

North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out A North Korean soldier films military vehicles carrying missiles during a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic By Guy...

Italy pardons U.S. pilot convicted in CIA rendition case ROME | Fri Apr 5, 2013 3:34pm EDT (Reuters) - Italy's president on Friday pardoned a U.S. Air Force officer convicted of kidnapping an Egyptian Muslim cleric who was taken away for interrogation on a CIA "rendition" flight. Such...

05 April 2013| last updated at 12:40AM 21 foreign women held for abusing social visit passes IPOH: Immigration Department officers detained 21 foreign women after they were found to have been using a foot reflexology centre here to provide sex services to local men. They were detained for...

05 April 2013| last updated at 12:43AM 2 drug lords among 10 nabbed in ops Perak police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan (centre) showing one of the seized air guns as state anti-narcotics chief Assistant Commissioner Roslan Abd Wahid (left) looks on. Pic by L. Manimaran IPOH: Two drug lords...

Large Hong Kong Triad Gathering in Shenzhen Raided by Police by Peter Barefoot on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 From QQ: Hong Kong Triad Members Gather in Shenzhen, 160 Taken Away by SWAT Team March 28th, 9pm, Shenzhen police struck swiftly and heavily at a Hong Kong Triad event, with police...

Russia's 2012 arms exports up 12 percent despite Libya losses MOSCOW | Wed Apr 3, 2013 1:05pm EDT (Reuters) - Russia's weapons exports rose 12 percent in 2012 to a record $15.2 billion, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday, despite losing billions of dollars in...