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Tens of thousands of Christian pilgrims marched today along the narrow alleys of Jerusalem’s Old City on the path that tradition holds Jesus carried the cross on the way to his crucifixion.

A Bucharest court sentenced a former Romanian diplomat to three years in prison today for a 2009 deadly hit-and-run accident in Singapore.

AFP says France is keen to make its first foreign sale of the Rafale, to support a project that has cost tens of billions of euros.

But the plan has never been implemented and has been shot down in the Australian parliament by the conservative opposition.

'The primary cause of the invasion of terrorists... is the existence of settlements considered easily exposed to the danger of infiltration,' he says.

A Singapore court today sentenced two Chinese workers to four weeks in jail each for staging a high-rise protest atop construction cranes in December, local media reported.

A Romanian court said today that it will issue next week its sentence in a 2009 deadly hit-and-run accident caused by a former Romanian diplomat.

Juerg Buergin, 41, is contesting charges filed against him and 50 others accused of paying for sex with the 17-year-old call girl.

President Aquino lashes out at unidentified conspirators whom he accused of sending the sultanate’s followers to Sabah last month.

President Benigno Aquino also lashes out at unidentified conspirators whom he accused of sending the sultanate's followers to Sabah last month.

Tan Twan Eng won the US$30,000 Man Asian Literary Prize with 'The Garden of Evening Mists', beating four other books.

A preliminary meeting was held on the 'conditions' for the talks, but more substantive dialogue will begin with the one-day exchange in two weeks.

M'sia does not grant the Rohingya refugee status, but has allowed them to stay by turning a blind eye to the steady arrivals in recent years.

Ram Singh, one of six on trial over the shocking attack, was found dead in his cell shortly before dawn after making a noose out of his clothing.

'Up to now the police have arrested 79 suspects whom we believe have some links with the intrusion.'

UPDATED 5PM AirAsia, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, will have a 49pct stake while India’s Tata Group will hold 30pct.

'The crown prince, the royal security forces, and the many patriots who landed (in Sabah) voluntarily will fight to the last man.'

A Google search for ‘Sabah’ came back with a results page that quotes ‘Wikipedia’ calling Malaysian control of the state ‘illegitimate’.

The proposal comes amid a recent spike in attacks in the Muslim-majority south and ahead of a meeting between Najib and his counterpart.

A Singapore court today sentenced four Chinese bus drivers to jail terms of up to seven weeks after they pleaded guilty to instigating the city-state’s first strike in nearly three decades.

The Philippine government has sent a 'mercy' ship to ferry back the 180 members holed up in Lahad Datu since Feb 12.    

Brunei police are probing the death of a Malaysian woman found encased in a block of cement in her friend's garden in the sultanate.