Disability is no barrier for exec
KUALA
LUMPUR: Getting into a car, starting the engine and driving off is a
simple everyday task for many, but for Siti Zuraidah Muhammad Husain,
who was born paralysed from the waist down – it is a triumph.
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Form Three student stages robbery
JOHOR BARU: A Form Three student claimed that
her boyfriend and two others robbed her house of valuables.
Dangdut singer Herman Tino keen to contest seat
PETALING JAYA: Dangdut singer Herman Tino (pic)
has expressed interest in contesting in the Kajang by-election, starting
the hashtag #Herman4Kajang on Twitter.
Call to ease burden of padi farmers
KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government has been urged to waive water tax imposed on 8,000 padi farmers owing to the dry season.Bushfire brought under control
IPOH: The forest fire on Gunung Tempurung near the Sungai Siput Selatan new village in Kampar has been brought under control.Nation
Talks on boosting trade in southern Philippines
PUTRAJAYA: Boosting the economy in southern
Philippines will be among the main topics of discussion between Datuk
Seri Najib Tun Razak and Philippines President Benigno Aquino next week.
Syabas water tankers hijacked
KUALA LUMPUR: As the water cut in Balakong,
Selangor reached Day Seven, things were turning ugly with foreign
residents hijacking Syabas water tankers during its rounds to distribute
water.
Regional
Dozens arrested as Thai police raid protest site
BANGKOK: Dozens of Thai opposition protesters
were arrested Tuesday during a police operation to seize back besieged
state buildings in the capital Bangkok, sparking a tense standoff near
the government headquarters.
Student tragedy in S. Korea as building collapse kills 10
SEOUL: At least 10 people were killed and more
than 100 injured when an auditorium packed with students collapsed at a
resort near the southern South Korean city of Gyeongju, officials said
Tuesday.
World
Thai police officer killed, dozens hurt in Bangkok clashes
BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai police officer was
killed and dozens of police and anti-government protesters were wounded
in gun battles and clashes in Bangkok on Tuesday, officials and
witnesses said.
South Sudan rebels attack oil-producing state capital - government official
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels attacked
the capital of oil-producing Upper Nile state on Tuesday, a spokesman
for the regional administration said, the first fighting in a provincial
capital since rebels and the government signed a ceasefire in January.
Community
Urgent need to correct cop-population ratio, says assistant minister
MIRI: The population in the state’s urban areas keeps on outgrowing the existing police force by a vast margin.
Environment
Marine parks that protect little
Research shows 59% of the world’s marine parks are ‘not ecologically distinguishable from fished sites’.
Education
Able despite disability
Born
with a spinal defect, Dr Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz has proven that her
handicap has not in any way stopped her from living life to the
fullest.
- Klang Valley still affordable
- Subra: Dengue outbreak a tough fight
- Hindraf’s Waytha says he had 16 meetings with PM but no progress
- Bernama journalist Rosyatimah dies
- Four-unit limit for bulk sales by developers
- Missing state land officer found dead
- Syabas water tankers hijacked
- Search party goes out for spurned lover who ‘escaped’ to resort
- Subang Jaya municipality records 971 cases last month compared to 108 last year
- Salaries not going up as fast as prices of homes
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