FOOD SECURITY, ENERGY HIGH ON ASEAN SUMMIT AGENDA
BANGKOK, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- With food security and energy posing the biggest challenges to Asean's aim of becoming an integrated community by 2015, these two topics will be the main agenda at the
News Focus: REQUEST OF AMROZI ET AL FOR EXECUTION BY BEHEADING MERELY A TECHNICAL MATTER
Jakarta, Aug 17 (ANTARA) - The request of the death-row Bali I bombing convicts Amrozi et al for being executed by beheading, instead of by a firing squad, is only a technical matter, a legal obser
JESSELTON, SABAH'S "MOTHER OF EVOLUTION"
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Jesselton, the one-time "ghost town" which has evolved into the present-day vibrant city of Kota Kinabalu, evokes pleasant memories in the people of East Malaysia
Bangladesh says it has 'crushed' Islamic militant groups
Dhaka, Aug 17 (PTI) The Islamic militant groups operating in Bangladesh have effectively been "crushed", a top security official said Sunday as the country marked the third anniversary of nationwid
HALAL PRODUCTS ACADEMY TO GUIDE HALAL INDUSTRY IN BRUNEI
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- The Brunei government, which is in the midst of establishing a Halal Products Academy, hoped that the academy could guide the country in developing the hala
NOW'S BEST CHANCE TO WIN OUR FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- In the history of Malaysian sports, this is our best chance to win our first ever Olympic Games gold medal.
News Focus: GOVT'S OIL PRICE ASSUMPTION AT US$100 SEEN AS TOO LOW
Jakarta, Aug 15 (ANTARA) - The government is considered to be too optimistic in setting the oil price assumption at US$100 a barrel for the 2009 state budget amid oil price volatility.
ARCHER CHU SIAN OUTSHOOTS OLYMPIC RECORD HOLDER FOR QUARTERFINALS By Tham Choy Lin
BEIJING, Aug 15 (Bernama) - In a nail-biting shootoff, Malaysia's Cheng Chu Sian struck bull's eye to upset Olympic record holder Lee Chang Hwan to enter the men's individual quarterfinal F
CHONG WEI TAKES FIRST SHOT AT MEDAL FRIDAY
The Malaysian, seeded second behind favourite Lin Dan of China, takes on South Korea's Lee Hyunil, in the semifinal Friday evening at the BeijingUniversity of Technology Gymnasium.
