00Rescue teams clawed through the rubble of Port-au-Prince for the fifth straight day today, still dragging out earthquake survivors even as bodies piled up and the United Nations said it had never confronted such a huge disaster.
0Pope Benedict XVI was headed for Rome's main synagogue for a much-anticipated visit after angering many Jews by moving his wartime predecessor Pius XII further on the road to sainthood.
0Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman "Chemical Ali" was sentenced to death on today for ordering the gassing of Kurds in the Iraqi town of Halabja, a brutal attack that killed an estimated 5,000 people.
0Reigning World No 1 men's singles shuttler Lee Chong Wei opened the new year in style by bagging the Korean Open men's singles title.
000PAS leader Hasan Ali today brushed off suggestions that the Islamic party is practising the 'cah keting' (sabotage) culture in Selangor.
00000The government has warned against excessive use of micro-blogging sites like Facebook and Twitter, arguing that they could erode the country's culture.
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The MMSP inquiry committee revoked the membership of its president after he failed to answer several charges against him.
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Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak was conferred the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit (First Class), Saudi Arabia's highest honour, by King Abdullah Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Riyadh last night.
0UPDATED 6.45PM A teacher and a student drowned and four other students went missing after a dragon boat carrying 18 people capsized in Penang. [VIDEO INSIDE]
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'Khairy, go to East Malaysia as a student, not as a teacher, and learn about religious tolerance from the folks there.'
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