
US inventor of bar code dies at 91
N Joseph Woodland, inventor of the now ubiquitous bar code that revolutionised retail, has died at the age of 91, US media reported today.












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The gov't and the police are ordered to pay RM70,000 to PAS’ Mahfuz Omar and Salahuddin Ayub each.








UPDATED 5.05PM The deputy education minister maintains complaints by three non-Muslim children slapped for not reciting Muslim prayers being acted on.

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Despite Lynas’ claim that it's not in the TOL, Liow reaffirms gov’t assurance that wastes must be shipped out.

Pahang MB had a round of vulgar exchanges with a septuagenarian, and reportedly flashed a stack of ringgit notes.



It's a staggering move to dam waterways by 2020 for cheap energy - and turn the poorest state into an industrial hub.

DAP leaders say this is why our TIMSS world rankings on science and math are dismal despite local scores continuing to rise.

Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng nevertheless calls on the media to provide accurate reporting when covering the congress.


However, S Manikavasagam says he only meant the MB must do so if he fails to penalise the local council officers.

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'You were PM for more than 22 years, yet you don't know the difference between raw materials and wastes.'

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The High Court finds Utusan Malaysia guilty of libelling the DAP chief and also orders it to pay RM70,000.

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'As a senior citizen myself, I felt strongly that if we don't do anything, our grandchildren will definitely suffer.'

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'Let me be the first to ask: Can the government please make public the temporary operating licence?'




The DAP leadership is heading into unknown waters as many delegates at its weekend national congress are young.

Pakatan has yet to reach a formal agreement with Hindraf on proposals to uplift the Indian poor raised in its blueprint, he says.

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The sea change in political awareness is transforming our society. Perhaps it could change our civil service as well.

He reckons they dare not show the full unedited video of the clandestine meeting as he had named members of Najib's family.