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Myanmar's mobile war heats up
dpa, Published on 26/09/2014
» YANGON — Norway-based telecoms giant Telenor announced Friday it would start mobile services in Myanmar's second-largest city, Mandalay, over the weekend, as it vies for market share in the country's recently opened-up mobile sector.
Recipient of 'terrorist funds' identified
dpa, Published on 21/09/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian authorities have identified a man who received large sums of money from an Australia-based business suspected to have linked with terrorist groups, a news report said on Sunday.
Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 10 in Vietnam
dpa, Published on 18/09/2014
» Hanoi (dpa) - At least 10 people were killed and eight injured after Typhoon Kalmaegi made landfall in northern province of Vietnam, authorities said Thursday.
Malayan tiger 'critically endangered'
dpa, Published on 15/09/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR – Malayan tigers are now considered a “critically endangered” species with their numbers in the wild declining despite efforts to protect them from poaching, officials and conservationists said Monday.
Facebook post gets Malay year in jail
dpa, Published on 09/09/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR – A Malaysian man on Tuesday was sentenced to one year in prison for uploading an offensive comment about the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on his Facebook page three months ago, his lawyer said.
Alibaba to seek fortune in US
dpa, Published on 09/09/2014
» BEIJING - Chinese online retailer Alibaba is, by some counts, the world's biggest marketplace, and its initial public offering (IPO) could be the largest the world has ever seen.
Thousands protest in Hong Kong
dpa, Published on 01/09/2014
» Thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday night outside China's central government offices in Hong Kong to protest Beijing's refusal to allow free elections in the territory.
42 foreigners arrested in Malaysia riot
dpa, Published on 27/08/2014
» KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian police arrested 42 men after a riot by up to 1,000 mostly Nepalese workers sparked fires and destroyed parts of an electronics-export factory, highlighting accusations of poor conditions for many of the estimated four million foreign workers in the Southeast Asian country.
New Ebola outbreak reported in Congo
dpa, Published on 25/08/2014
» Kigali/Abidjan - The Democratic Republic of Congo confirmed Sunday its first two cases of Ebola.
Vietnam seizes tonne of ivory at port
dpa, Published on 20/08/2014
» HANOI – Vietnamese customs agents seized more than a tonne of elephant tusks concealed inside a container from Nigeria, authorities said Wednesday.