Malaysian police said Tuesday they are sending 1,500 more officers to secure the electorate where opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is running for parliament in a heated campaign. Huge crowds turned out to support Anwar on Saturday when he formally nominated to contest the August 26 ballot in Permatang Pauh, in his northern home state of Penang.
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Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 6:37 AM GMT
Malaysia is planning to force criminal suspects to give DNA samples, but denied it is targetting opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who refused to give a sample after his arrest on sodomy charges. Anwar, a former deputy premier until being sacked in 1998 and jailed on sodomy and corruption charges, has rejected the new allegations as a government plot and says he fears a DNA sample could be manipulated. Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 5:52 AM GMT
Malaysia's cabinet will deliberate next month on whether to adopt nuclear energy to combat high global oil prices, a minister said Tuesday. Last month, state utility Tenaga said it could construct the country's first 1,000 MW nuclear power plant at a cost of 3.1 billion dollars after being asked by the government to look at the option. Agence France-Presse - 8/18/2008 10:55 AM GMT
Malaysia Airlines profits for the second quarter plummetted 64.6 percent from a year earlier to 40 million ringgit (12 million dollars) on surging fuel costs, the company said Monday. It said it managed to sustain profits for eight successive quarters "despite an extremely challenging business environment," and warned of "extremely challenging" times ahead. Agence France-Presse - 8/18/2008 9:28 AM GMT
Malaysia said Monday it has issued an official warning to Singapore over its territorial claims surrounding a disputed rocky outcrop, in the latest quarrel between the neighbours. After a two-decade wrangle, the International Court of Justice in May confirmed Singapore's ownership of Pedra Branca, known as Pulau Batu Puteh here, while handing the nearby Middle Rocks outcrop to Malaysia. Agence France-Presse - 8/18/2008 5:56 AM GMT
Malaysia's premier has backed the young man accusing opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomy, after the man visited a mosque to swear to his claims in an act criticised as a political stunt. Anwar has said the allegations made by Mohamad Saiful Bukhari Azlan, a 23-year-old former aide, have been engineered by the government to prevent him from seizing power after landmark March elections. 
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew into Kabul Wednesday and met survivors of an ambush that killed 10 French troops in the deadliest attack on international forces in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Sarkozy touched down at Kabul airport with his Defence Minister Herve Morin and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and immediately took a helicopter to Camp Warehouse, the base for French troops on the outskirts of the city.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 5:47 AM GMT
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Actors Ben Kingsley, George Clooney, Peter O'Toole, directors Ethan and Joel Coen, and more star power than ever will be on hand for the upcoming 33rd Toronto International Film Festival, organizers announced Tuesday. The festival, which runs from September 4-13, will showcase 249 feature films and 63 shorts from 64 countries this year, including 116 world premieres.
Agence France-Presse - 8/19/2008 8:21 PM GMT
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To bust a robbery syndicate operating at the Metro Walk Strip mall in Pasig City, elements of the Eastern Police District placed a laptop as bait and waited for their quarry to make their move. After three hours of long wait, elements of the EPD's Special Operations Group arrested Richard Mangunay, 20, and Jeffrey Martinez, 23, both of De la Cruz street, Barangay 130 in Pasay City, moments after they grabbed the bait - a gray ECS Elite Group Laptop worth P30,000.
The Philippine Star - 7/23/2008 12:03 AM GMT
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew into Kabul Wednesday and met survivors of an ambush that killed 10 French troops in the deadliest attack on international forces in post-Taliban Afghanistan. Sarkozy touched down at Kabul airport with his Defence Minister Herve Morin and Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and immediately took a helicopter to Camp Warehouse, the base for French troops on the outskirts of the city.
Agence France-Presse - 8/20/2008 5:48 AM GMT
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Tech-savvy South Korea now has 45 million mobile phones, equivalent to 91 percent of the total population, the Korea Communications Commission said Wednesday. The data means each of the country's 15.8 million households has almost three mobiles on average, it said.
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