Malaysiakini: The three dangers of GST

Malaysiakini: The three dangers of GST
I refer to the Malaysiakini report Gov’t to impose 4% goods and services tax.
 Three things to beware of GST:
1. What GST is to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak may just turn out to be what the petrol pump price hikes were to Abdullah Ahamd Badawi.
Pakatan Rakyat would then be very [...]

Read these articles about Burma in Asia Sentinal

Read these articles about Burma in Asia Sentinal
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Obama Engages with Burma
 Our Correspondent 2009-11-09

Tiger Woods hurt in car crash, released from hospital

Tiger Woods hurt in car crash, released from hospital
MIAMI, Nov 28 — Tiger Woods (left), the world’s best golfer and a leading force in sports marketing, was hurt in a car accident in Florida yesterday but was released from a hospital in good condition after treatment.
Woods, 33, who made a triumphant return to professional [...]

Saudi floods leave 48 dead, 900 stranded

JEDDAH, Nov 26 — Forty-eight people have died in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah following the heaviest rainfall in years, a rescue services spokesman said today.
Some were drowned or were killed by collapsing bridges and in car crashes, while the rescue services spokesman said another 900 people had to be rescued after being [...]

Singapore on list of ‘degree mill’ countries

SINGAPORE, Nov 26 — Degree mills that churn out ‘graduates’ at the drop of a hat are the sort of dodgy outfits we link with shadier parts of the world, but the problem is a lot closer to home and threatens to harm Singapore’s name as an education centre.
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Heavy rains in Saudi delay Muslim pilgrims at haj

JEDDAH, Nov 25 — The annual haj pilgrimage began with delays for thousands of Muslims stuck in the Saudi Red Sea port city of Jeddah today after heavy rain forced the closure of a motorway to Islam’s holy city of Mecca.
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Burma watchers are right to be cautious about signs of change

Burma watchers are right to be cautious about signs of change
This is a particularly interesting time for Burma watchers. A flurry of activity, both domestically and internationally, has aroused hopes that things might be starting to move in a positive direction. But the optimism is offset by fears that this might be a repeat of [...]

Believe it or not: Illegal Malaysian maid in UK who was convicted of murder was rewarded 4500 Pound for accepting to release and deportation

Believe it or not: Illegal Malaysian maid in UK who was convicted of murder was rewarded 4500 Pound for accepting to release and deportation.
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Donny Osmond dances to victory on ‘Stars’ finale

NEW YORK, Nov 25 — Donny Osmond danced his way to victory yesterday, winning the 9th season of the hit ABC television show “Dancing With the Stars” after wowing the judges with his irrepressible determination and final tango.
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Dancing away the cerebral palsy ‘lurch’

NEW YORK, Nov 25 — Gregg Mozgala, a 31-year-old actor with cerebral palsy, had 12 years of physical therapy while he was growing up. But in the last eight months, a determined choreographer with an unconventional résumé has done what all those therapists could not: She has dramatically changed the way Mozgala walks.
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Escort’s book ‘exposes’ Berlusconi sex romps

ROME, Nov 25 —The escort at the heart of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave graphic details of their alleged lovemaking in a book published yesterday and said she had been attacked and threatened since.
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Malaysian Insider: Malaysia’s next export: Maids?

Malaysian Insider: Malaysia’s next export: Maids?
MEF executive director Haji Shamsuddin Bardan says that Malaysia is currently a net exporter of talent with outflows exceeding inflows.
According to Haji Shamsuddin, Malaysia has only about 38,000 expatriates as compared with seventy to eighty thousand in the 1990s even while some 785,000 Malaysians are working abroad, two out [...]

Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in US

Drug-resistant bacteria on increase in US
WASHINGTON, Nov 24 — Cases of a drug-resistant bacterial infection known as MRSA have risen by 90 per cent since 1999, and they are increasingly being acquired outside hospitals, researchers reported today.
They found two new strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — MRSA for short — were circulating in patients [...]

Claustrophobic Myanmar monk opens Air India plane’s emergency exit

Claustrophobic Myanmar monk opens Air India plane’s emergency exit
NEW DELHI, Nov 24 — A Buddhist monk who opened the emergency exit of an airplane just before take off because he wanted some fresh air forced the plane to delay its flight for almost seven hours at Kolkata airport yesterday morning.
As result of his action, the [...]