Anti-Taib protests in Ottawa and London, 28 February 2011

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OTTAWA (CANADA) / LONDON (UK). Human rights and environmental campaigners from Malaysia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Switzerland have today protested against corruption in front of property companies associated with the family of Abdul Taib Mahmud ("Taib"), the Chief Minister of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The protests took place in front of Sakto Corporation in Ottawa and Ridgeford Properties Ltd in central London. 

LNG power plant: What’s the hurry, Najib?

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Environment Protection Association (Sepa) president, Wong Tack, questioned the lightning speed in which the government decided to use LNG (liquefied natural gas) in place of the botched ‘clean’ coal-powered plant in Lahad Datu, Sabah.

Lady first, people last

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While Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s wife Rosmah Mansor regaled her foreign “first ladies” at a lavish “First Ladies Summit” in October last year, the Penan Support Group (PSG), a coalition of 36 NGOs in Malaysia, put up a page on Facebook under the name “Penan Support Group Education”, calling for funds to set up pre-schools in the interior of Sarawak for the underprivileged Penan children. 

Probe ‘billionaire’ Taib, MACC told

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KUALA LUMPUR: Suaram has called on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to probe Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud. 

The rights group said it was appalled by the government’s continued silence following the shocking exposure of a long list of foreign assets allegedly linked to the politician’s family.

Mystery death of pygmy elephant at Sabah zoo

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KOTA KINABALU: A 25-year-old male pygmy elephant that was rescued from a palm-oil plantation in the east-coast of Sabah seven years ago, died Saturday at the Sabah Zoological and Botanical Park in Lok Kawi, 25 km from here.

Could hot cocoa be the next "wonder drug" For high blood pressure?

Harvard researchers praise stunningly simple discovery!

According to recent estimates, nearly 1-in-3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama , hypertension doesn't even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.

Allow anti-racism march, US group tells Hisham

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KOTA KINABALU: New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein to respect Malaysia’s international and legal obligations and allow Sunday’s Solidarity March Against Racism to proceed.

 

Jokes: Who's Is Greater than Pope?

Four Catholic men and a Catholic woman were having coffee in St. Peters Square .   

The first Catholic man tells his friends,

"My son is a priest,

when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'." 

Where to cross the border, refresher news

Where to cross the border………..

Know where to cross the border...
If You Cross The North Korean Border Illegally You get 12 years Hard Labour.

If You Cross The Iranian Border Illegally
You Are Detained Indefinitely.

If You Cross The Afghan Border
Illegally, You Get Shot.

‘Sabah needs own gas pipeline’

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah must have a gas pipeline connecting Kimanis and Sandakan or it may end up competing with foreign countries for liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Bintulu, according to opposition leader Yong Teck Lee.