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Nasir Safar, the special officer to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who stirred a hornet's nest with his stinging 'racist' remarks will resign, according to a statement from the premier's office.
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He, however, will be given the chance to defend himself, adds the PKR deputy president.
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Ten members of a US Christian group could be charged with kidnapping minors and child-trafficking, officials said.
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'I am impressed that the Selcat committee is showing neither fear nor favour and is seen to be impartial.
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A female suicide bomber blew herself up among a crowd of Shiite pilgrims on their way by foot to a shrine city in central Iraq on Monday, killing 41 people including women and children.
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