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September 2012 | last updated at 08:31AM Petty traders hoping for more By HASHINI KAVISHTRI KANNAN | [email protected] IMPROVEMENTS SOUGHT: Government urged to focus more on group to improve socio-economic development Petty traders are asking for help from the government. For years, such...

25 September 2012 | last updated at 08:23AM China loves our durians NANNING: Malaysian businessmen have caught a whiff of China's palate for durian and they are raking in profits. A visitor trying a durian fritter sold at the Duria Manufacturing Sdn Bhd booth at the Ninth China-Asean Expo...

26 September 2012 | last updated at 12:19AM Maid alleges abuse by employers By BEN TAN | [email protected] SEARCH BEGINS: Young couple believed to have gone into hiding Marsini at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital yesterday. JOHOR BARU: A 24-year-old Indonesian maid was allegedly physically...

26 September 2012 | last updated at 11:59PM Malaysian Gitmo detainees not coming home yet KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians who were held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps did not make the list of the 55 prisoners who have been approved for transfer to the custody of other countries. It is...

Pakistan minister offers bounty for anti-Islam filmmaker FIRST POSTED: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 02:13 PM EDT | UPDATED: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 09:40 PM EDT A Pakistani minister offered $100,000 on Saturday to anyone who kills the maker of an online video which insults Islam, as...

Wall Street Week Ahead: Stocks face earnings and data hurdles By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK | Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:14am EDT (Reuters) - Stocks could struggle to stay close to nearly five-year highs this week as worries mount about third-quarter earnings and the market appears primed for a...

IKEA Russia Deletes Pussy Riot-Style Competition Photo From Site 23 September 2012 The Moscow Times IKEA Russia The picture IKEA Russia deleted from its online photo gallery that features youths wearing Pussy Riot-style balaclavas. One month into a customer competition to select the cover...

Iran readies domestic Internet system, blocks Google Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:24am IST * Tehran says move is for cyber security * Many Iranians see new crackdown on Internet freedom * Google, Gmail blocked DUBAI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Iran plans to switch its citizens onto a domestic Internet...

Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi Reuters Sep 22, 2012, 03.50AM IST (Iranian hackers have repeatedly…) Iranian hackers have repeatedly attacked Bank of America Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc over the past year, as part of a broad cyber campaign targeting the...

Iran commander says could launch pre-emptive strike on Israel DUBAI | Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:04am EDT (Reuters) - Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure the Jewish state were preparing to attack it, a senior commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as...

Chinese verdict on ex-cop set to tighten noose on Bo By Chris Buckley BEIJING | Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:06pm EDT (Reuters) - The ex-police chief who triggered China's most spectacular political upheaval for decades is virtually sure to be convicted on four charges on Monday, turning attention to...

Third man in Central Square assault jailed Published on Sep 21, 2012 By Elena Chong A THIRD man involved in the Central Square carpark assault which led to a full-time national serviceman later dying of head injuries, was jailed on Friday. Poh Chong Heng, 28, originally accused of Mr Chen...

Accused "forced to confess" funds embezzlement By Alvina Soh | Posted: 19 September 2012 1700 hrs SINGAPORE: A former Chinese official on trial in Singapore for allegedly embezzling S$18 million in Chinese government funds claimed that Singapore Police coerced him into confessing that he...

I am doing a community service here at different times of the day. Like i have a schedule for different kind of news. Later in the day u will see many threads on news on China, so are u going to ask that bro the same question? :D

Friday September 14, 2012 Man buried alive over affair with friend’s wife Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW, LOSHANA K. SHAGAR and A. RAMAN A MAN was buried alive in Thanjur, some 200km from Chennai, India, for having an affair with his neighbour's wife, reported Tamil Nesan. Police said both...

Friday September 14, 2012 Homeowners can apply for solar rooftop from Sept 24 PETALING JAYA: Owners of landed homes can start applying for the 2000 Solar Home Rooftop Programme by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) from Sept 24. Seda chairman Tan Sri Dr Fong Chan Onn said the...

Friday September 14, 2012 Cops investigating how former air force man obtained pistol IPOH: Police are investigating how a former air force man, who was involved in a quarrel with his wife, had managed to obtain a pistol. Perak CID chief SAC Datuk Dzuraidi Ibrahim said the unlicensed Norinco...

Friday September 14, 2012 Young creating demand for fake drugs PETALING JAYA: The high demand for sex stimulants and cosmetic products has resulted in a boom for cheap counterfeit supplies, said Health Ministry senior assistant director of pharmaceutical services division Mazlan Ismail. “In...

Friday September 14, 2012 AES set to get snapping with 14 cameras on roads By FOONG PEK YEE [email protected] PUTRAJAYA: The Automated Enforcement System (AES) is set to be implemented this month with 14 of its 831 cameras operational, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha. Kong...

Friday September 14, 2012 Happily ever after-life for couple By WINNIE YEOH [email protected] NIBONG TEBAL: There was a wedding feast and the traditional tea ceremony but the groom and his bride were there only “in spirit” when their marriage was solemised at a temple, near here. Groom...