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The murder of Chinese teenager Xu Jian Huang had sensational elements – a tycoon charged with and then acquitted of killing the boy, missing witnesses and even pictures taken on a handphone camera tendered as evidence.

Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he met Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak after the Prime Minister said he would not stop the meeting.

Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) and the Government are spending a total of RM15.6bil to ensure that the country will have a top-notch, competitive high-speed broadband infrastructure in the next decade.

A “nasi campur” (mixed rice) seller has been hospitalised following a scuffle with a customer who was unhappy at being “over-charged” for two packs of rice.

Odd-job worker Mohamed Nor Awang is not only planning to take a fourth wife 16 years younger than him but has received the blessings of his other wives.

Homemade bombs were hurled at the Perak DAP headquarters here but did not cause major damage to the building.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia has tendered his resignation as Kota Marudu Umno division chief in the interest of neutrality, sources said.

A man landed in prison after he unintentionally sent an obscene photo of his private part to a female friend using his mobile phone, reports Sin Chew Daily.

Sher Mohamed Allah Baksh, who valiantly battled the communists during the insurgency, was able to do so because his wife stood by his side throughout his 35-year career in the police force.

When 90-year-old matriarch Elizabeth Louie Wai Lan left for another of her overseas trips, her family members were expecting her to come home and as always regale them with her travel tales.

Former Gerakan vice-president and Wanita national chairman Datuk Rhina Bhar has quit the party after 30 years, citing racial bias in the leadership.

The price for a plate of rice at hawker stalls and nasi kandar outlets here have gone up by between 25% and 50%.

EIGHT hawker stalls near Kampung Kerinchi were torn down by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officers yesterday for failing to move their businesses to another site nearby.

TEMPERS flared, heated words were exchanged and some even uttered curses as residents voiced their dissatisfaction when Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) revealed the contents of the Draft Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 yesterday at City Hall.

Thirteen offspring were born to a green anaconda at the Python Park in Ulu Bendul, Kuala Pilah – the first to be born in captivity in the country.

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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's main stock index has closed above 71,000 points for the first time ever on speculation that Fitch Ratings may upgrade Brazil to investment grade.

FARGO, North Dakota (AP) - A 19-year-old flight attendant has been accused of setting a fire aboard a commercial airplane that was forced to make an emergency landing in Fargo, North Dakota.

KUALA LUMPUR parliamentarians said they were shocked, worried and concerned over the draft plan after they had a chance to look at it.