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Talk to me: Counsellors help child workers win justice in India
JAIPUR: When counsellor Arti Sharma met a 10-year-old boy, whose father sold him for 500 Indian rupees (US$7) to work in a bangle factory, she expected tears – not a stony silence. It took her more than a week to
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Rais: Addressing the Elite Gap
The voter overthrow of BN in GE14 was primarily fueled by the largesse of UMNO leaders and their cronies redlining the spending engine into overdrive. The response of PH has been to pump the brakes while shifting into reverse. Try
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Asian shares waver as Hong Kong tensions spoil the festive mood
Asian share markets wobbled today as concerns that tensions over Hong Kong may stymie a US-China trade deal cast a pall over Thanksgiving cheer from positive US economic data. US President Donald Trump yesterday signed into law legislation backing pro-democracy
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Adib’s death: Police hunting down suspects
KUALA LUMPUR: Police will re-exhibit pictures of suspects involved in the riots at Kuil Sri Maha Marimmam, USJ25, Subang Jaya which led to the death of fireman Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim last year. Bukit Aman Crime Investigation Department director Datuk
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Sanya launches the Mascot for the Sixth Asian Beach Games 2020 — Hello, Yaya!
SANYA, China, Nov. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The mascot for the Sixth Asian Beach Games 2020 (“ABG 2020”), which is a lively Eld’s deer called Yaya, was officially unveiled on November 28, 2019, local time, a day marking the one-year countdown
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Salmee: Don’t send young kids to tahfiz centres, ustaz disagrees
ALOR SETAR: Young children should not be sent to tahfiz centres where they have to live in the hostels, said chairman of the Kedah Education and Human Resources Committee chairman Dr Salmee Said. “At the age of six, seven years,
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Hitachi Vantara Redefines Enterprise Storage with AI-Driven Data Center Operations Solutions: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5000 Series and New Hitachi Ops Center Software
BANGKOK, Nov. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced a powerful next-generation storage and infrastructure foundation with a new scale-out, scale-up architecture for any workload at any scale. The solution includes
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China warns of ‘firm countermeasures’ after Trump signs US Bill on HK
China’s Foreign Ministry today said it will take “firm countermeasures” if the United States continues to interfere in Hong Kong. It said legislation signed by US President Donald Trump yesterday backing protesters in Hong Kong was a serious interference in
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1MDB audit report: Ambrin upset having to entertain amendments
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Auditor General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang yesterday told the High Court that he was disappointed that he had to entertain the proposed amendments at the last minute, while the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Audit Report was ready to
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Dewan Rakyat too cold for MPs? Hold your sitting in Bukit Jalil Stadium!
PUCHONG: The Dewan Rakyat had another embarrassing moment two days ago when the August House could not conduct its sitting to the absence of MPs. This came despite Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad himself reprimanding his MPs for truancy
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