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Gunmen kill municipal council employee

KUALA LUMPUR: A Selayang Municipal Council employee died after he was shot three times outside his house at Selayang Baru Monday.



Two new faces in reshuffled Kedah exco

ALOR SETAR: The Kedah government on Wednesday replaced two state executive councillors, one each from PAS and PKR, in its line-up of the 10-member state executive council sworn in for another year.



Former Labuan MP gets RM10,000 fine for bankruptcy offence

KOTA KINABALU: Former Member of Parliament for Labuan Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman, who pleaded guilty for not disclosing to the bank that he was a bankrupt when he became a guarantor in a loan application 14 years ago, was fined RM10,000 in default one month jail on Wednesday.



Sex scandal-hit Indian spiritual gurus Malaysian ashram closed

An Indian spiritual centre in Kuala Lumpur has been closed after it was revealed that ashrams spiritual guru Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda was allegedly involved in a sex scandal.



Malaysia Raises Key Rate for First Time in Four Years as Recession Ends

Malaysia became the latest Asian nation to raise interest rates, saying it wants to avoid a oefinancial imbalancesa as the economy recovers, and moved ahead of Indonesia, which kept borrowing costs unchanged.



AMB plans to launch more Islamic funds

UNIT trust firm Amanah Mutual Bhd plans to launch more Islamic capital-protected funds to meet rising demand for such products at home and abroad.



MAS upbeat on Australian routes

MALAYSIA Airlines , which carried 3.5 million passengers from Kuala Lumpur to destinations in Australia last year, expects a 5 per cent growth this year.



Umno Youth Branch Chief Files RM5 Mil Suit Against Sinar Harian

The Parit 4 Sekinchan Umno Youth branch chief on Tuesday filed a RM5 million defamation suit against Sinar Harian newspaper for portraying him as living in poverty.



'Investigate marriages of underaged girls in Kelantan'

KUALA LUMPUR: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has asked the relevant authorities in Kelantan to investigate and act against those marrying underaged girls.



Malaysian Chinese promote wearing of traditional Chinese coustumes

Malaysian Chinese in traditional Chinese costumes hold a memorial ceremony for the Confucius prior to the premiere of the film "Confucius" in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, March 3, 2010.



March 19 To Hear Anwar Appeal To Recuse Judge In Sodomy Trial

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 -- The Court of Appeal has fixed March 19 to hear the appeal by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim against the refusal of the judge in his sodomy trial to recuse himself from the hearing.



Architect of Chicago's former Sears Tower dies

Bruce J. Graham, the pioneering architect who designed the iconic Chicago skyscraper formerly named the Sears Tower, has died.



Indonesia become a surprise success story

Many countries are going badly. Indonesia was always going to be one. Or so we thought. It's turned out to be one of the surprise success stories.



FBM Klci in negative territory at midday

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI closed in negative territory at midday on Thursday, reversing earlier gains in the morning.



Third PKR MP quits

KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat suffered another blow by losing another representative today when Bagan Serai Member of Parliament Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri declared that he has quit the party.



PKR sacks Zul Noordin

KUALA LUMPUR: PKR sacked its controversial Kulim-Bandar Baru MP Zulkifli Noordin on Saturday after the party's supreme council meeting.



Archeological site proves earlier civilisation in Malaysia

SUNGAI PETANI: The Sungai Batu archeological site in Bujang Valley proves that civilisation in this country had started much earlier, and was the oldest in South-east Asia.



Melaka CM: No hope for opposition parties in Sabah

KOTA KINABALU: Opposition parties have no hope of wresting power from Barisan Nasional in Sabah as the coalition has proven its ability to develop the state, Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said.



A fishy tale

KUALA LUMPUR: Customers around the city are feeling the heat of the current 20 per cent increase in fishA price which traders blamed on the compulsory use of insulated boxes recently.



BERNAMA - Molotov Attack On Wisma Malaysia Hindu Sangam
PETALING JAYA, March 7 (Bernama) -- For the second time in 12 days, the Malaysia Hindu Sangam (MHS) has become the target of attacks by a group, believed to be unhappy with decisions taken by the non-governmental organisation. Early Sunday, two men hurled a molotov cocktail in the premises of the Wisma Malaysia Hindu Sangam in Taman Petaling Utama here, damaging two cars and the building's main door. "We believe it (the incident) was an act of sabotage by individuals unhappy with the outcome of yesterday's meeting," MHS president R. S. Mohan Shan said in a press conference. In the 1.20am incident, the petrol bomb damaged the bonnet and tyres of Mohan's Hyundai MPV, and Mercedes Benz car owned by MHS vice-president V. Kundasamy. Mohan said he and two deputies were on the first floor of the three-storey building when they heard a commotion



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