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Malaysia’s Appeal Court ruled Wednesday that U.S. fast food giant McDonald’s cannot claim an exclusive right to the ‘Mc’ prefix in the country,...
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U.S. senators urged Malaysia to probe claims by refugees from Myanmar that Malaysian immigration officials handed them over to human traffickers on Malaysia’s...
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Malaysia announced Thursday it will bar the religious conversion of children without both parents’ consent in a major step to ease interfaith conflicts that have...
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The editor of a Malaysian anti-government news Web site charged with sedition refused to attend his trial and went into hiding Thursday, prompting a court to order his...
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Malaysian national automaker Proton launched its first seven-seater multipurpose vehicle Wednesday, pinning hopes on the long-awaited model to spur sales and boost...
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Royalty knows no recession. Faisol Abdullah, a Malaysian designer, is up to designing the hottest couture ever with a $30 million diamond dress dubbed the...
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Oil prices dipped in Asia on Tuesday as traders weighed OPEC’s decision to maintain production levels amid persistent concerns over the global financial crisis.
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Police said a man in Malaysia shot his neighbor as she picked sapodilla fruit in his tree thinking she was a monkey. Police chief in eastern Pahang state Yahaya Othman...
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The Malaysian government will issue a new decree restoring a ban on Christian publications using the word “Allah” to refer to God, officials said Sunday.
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The Malaysian government has softened an earlier ban on the use of the word “Allah” by Christian publications to refer to God and is allowing them to use it...
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Gay Asians voiced indignation Wednesday after television broadcasts of the Academy Awards in their region censored the words “gay” and “lesbian”...
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Authorities in Malaysia arrested 26 unmarried Muslim couples in hotel rooms during Operation Valentine _ aimed at curbing illegal premarital sex in this conservative...
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Identical twin brothers escaped the death penalty in a Malaysian drug trafficking trial after the court ruled authorities could not prove which man committed the...
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Malaysian archeologists have unearthed prehistoric stone axes that they said Friday were the world’s oldest at about 1.8 million years old.
made popular Jan 30 2009
Isolated prefabs in the lap of nature may offer a tranquil retreat but such indulgence of the human beings have also posed some serious threats to the natural...
made popular Jan 28 2009
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New auto sales in Malaysia rose a better-than-expected 12.5 percent in 2008 but are seen sinking this year amid the global economic slump, an industry group said...
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Pirates seized an unprecedented 49 ships and held nearly 900 crew members for ransom worldwide last year, mainly due to the surging number of attacks off...
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Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia has appealed for public support for its new low-cost air terminal amid growing protest from critics who feared it may undermine the...
made popular Jan 15 2009
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A Russian warship helped foil a pirate attack on a Dutch container ship in the dangerous Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog and the Russian navy said Wednesday.
made popular Jan 14 2009
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The Russian navy helped foil an attack by Somali pirates on a Dutch container ship in the dangerous Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog said Wednesday.
made popular Jan 14 2009
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It’s amazing where blogging can get you these days, but if blogging about computers or promoting the Great Barrier Reef is too tame, perhaps you’d like to...
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Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia has appealed for public support for its new low-cost air terminal amid growing protest from critics who feared it may undermine the...
made popular Jan 15 2009
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Southeast Asia’s leading budget airline said Tuesday it will give away 100,000 plane tickets as part of a regional marketing campaign to woo tourists to Thailand...
made popular Dec 16 2008
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Southeast Asia’s top budget carrier AirAsia said Tuesday it would offer 100,000 free tickets to Thailand under a regional marketing campaign to support its...
made popular Dec 16 2008
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Shares of Southeast Asia’s top budget airline AirAsia and Malaysian Airlines fell Monday after both carriers reported weaker earnings in the third quarter.
made popular Dec 1 2008
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Malaysia’s AirAsia on Tuesday abolished fuel surcharges on all its flights and said it will give away half a million free tickets next year in an attempt to lure...
made popular Nov 11 2008
Virgin and EasyJet are reportedly forging an alliance with an Asian airline to create world’s first budget global network. According to reports, the Virgin...
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AirAsia, exclusively designed with AirAsia guests in mind, has collaborated with AIG S.E Asia to be one of the first lowest fares airlines in Asia to give a web-based...
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The 99-sen one way trip is now possible with AirAsia under the super deals promotions. Airport fees or fuel surcharges are excluded from the fare. People can choose to...
made popular Apr 20 2006
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A pedestrian pasts an AirAsia billboard advertisement in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, May 15, 2008. Budget carrier AirAsia urged the government Thursday to rein in unfair competition by rival Malaysia Airlines, but said it still expects to..
