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Kimanis by-election: BN celebrates landslide victory
PUCHONG: Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Mohamad Alamin is leading his challenger Datuk Karim Bujang from Parti Warisan Sabah in the Kimanis parliamentary by-election held today. According to unofficial results at 8pm, Alamin has 12,706 votes over Karim with only
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Yousuf Deedat shot dead in Durban, South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: A South African activist and son of a deceased prominent Muslim preacher dies in a hospital after he was shot outside a court in the coastal city of Durban on Wednesday. Police colonel Thembeka Mbele said 65-year-old Yousuf Deedat
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Four South Korean climbers missing in Himalayas
SEOUL: Four South Korean climbers have gone missing in Nepal’s Himalayas due to a snowslide, Seoul’s foreign ministry said today, Yonhap news agency reported. The incident took place at the famous Annapurna trekking route at around 10.30am to 11am (local
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12 drug pushers nabbed in two operations in Negeri Sembilan
SEREMBAN: Twelve drug distributors were nabbed in two operations, namely, Op Ice Breaker 2.0 and Op Dam Tokan 4.0, conducted by the Negeri Sembilan Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division (NCID) from Jan 1 until yesterday. State NCID chief, Supt Pang Jin
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TNB, UniKL keep unbeaten record
KUALA LUMPUR: Charity Shield champions Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) stretched their unbeaten run to four matches each when they won their respective games in the Malaysian Hockey League (MHL) Premier Division in Bukit Jalil here
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RM5.4 mln aid for B40 Indians to buy basic food – Mitra
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) has allocated RM5.4 million under the Akshaya Patra aid programme for 3,000 recipients in the B40 group to buy basic food necessities. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (National Unity and Social
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Selangor records highest number of influenza cases among students
KUALA LUMPUR: Influenza cases involving school children have continued to rise, with Selangor recording the highest number at 717. Selangor Education Department director Dr Mahanom Mat Sam said the 717 cases had been detected in 248 schools in 10 districts
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Four Dungun Polytechnic students feared drowned in Pantai Teluk Bidara
DUNGUN: A happy outing for six Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Polytechnic (PSMZA) students ended in a tragedy when four of them were feared drowned in Pantai Teluk Bidara here yesterday. In the incident at about 6.30 pm, Muhamad Luqman Hakim Al
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Farmer finds crying baby near banana tree in Sibu
SIBU: A farmer in Sibu Jaya here who walked to a nearby area to throw out his garbage this morning was shocked when he found a crying baby girl with the umbilical cord still attached. Sibu District Chief of Police
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Lim: Personal data in e-Tunai Rakyat programme is kept safe
KUCHING: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said all personal data received through the e-Tunai Rakyat will be stored as private by the implementing agency, Khazanah Nasional Berhad. He said Khazanah Nasional Berhad was a wealth fund investment company owned by
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