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Indonesia locates wreckage of missing fisheries plane, search continues for 11 on board
JAKARTA, Jan 18 — Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province near a fog-covered mountain, but were still searching for the 11 people on board.
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Pentagon orders 1,500 troops on standby for possible Minnesota deployment
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 — The US Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing defence officials. The Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in
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Regulator slaps IndiGo with US$2.45m fine after December meltdown strands thousands
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 — India’s civil aviation regulator on Saturday imposed a fine of US$2.45 million (RM9.94 million) on IndiGo, the country’s biggest airline, for poor roster planning that led to large-scale flight cancellations in December. Airports across India
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Nadia Kesuma’s family prepares for burial, husband and daughter en route to Jeddah
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 18 — The family of actress Nadia Kesuma, who died in Jeddah on Thursday, has come to terms with her passing. Her husband, Prof Dr Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan Abdullah, 57, a lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM),
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BN formally admits PPP as a component party
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has now been formally recognised as a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, announced Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Speaking as BN chairman, he
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DAP will contest Selangor incumbent seats
KLANG, Jan 18 — DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has today clarified the party’s stand on retaining incumbent seats in Selangor. He said that is the party’s decision to continue contesting in the seats that they have won in the last
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Divide-and-rule does not apply, there is only one team in DAP
KLANG, Jan 18 — DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke today denied ever mentioning any “Team A, Team B” issue in the party to anyone. He said he has never spoken about the matter to Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
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PM Anwar passes routine physical check-up with flying colours
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Serdang’s Sultan Idris Shah Hospital declared Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to be in good health after a routine health check-up. In a statement, the hospital said: “The results of the examination confirmed that
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Indonesia launches desperate search after plane carrying officials and crew vanishes over Sulawesi
MAKASSAR, Jan 18 — Indonesian authorities are searching for a plane carrying three government workers and seven crew members after contact with the aircraft was lost on Saturday, officials said. The Indonesia Air Transport turboprop plane left from Yogyakarta and
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Sarawak Dapsy says police have referred SUPP RM1m case to MACC
KUCHING, Jan 18 — The Sarawak Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) claims that the police have referred the case involving Sarawak United Peoples’ Party’s (SUPP) alleged receipt of RM1 million from a former prime minister to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption
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