Visa has launched its first commercial mobile payments service for point-of-sale transactions using NFC (Near Field Communications) technology, it ann...
Reuters | 1 Hr 17 Mins Ago | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business
PARIS (Reuters) -- The OECD said on Tuesday that the four countries on a tax haven blacklist, published as part of agreements at last week's G20 summi...
Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.03.2009 | World
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the Malaysian prime minister, has formally submitted his resignation to the country's king, paving the way for the appointment ...
Telegraph | Thomas Bell, South East Asia Correspondent | Posted 04.24.2009 | World
Two newspapers linked to Malaysia's leading opposition parties have been banned for three months - days before the country appoints a new prime minist...
AP | SEAN YOONG | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Gay Asians voiced indignation Wednesday after television broadcasts of the Academy Awards in their region censored the ...
AFP | Posted 03.11.2009 | World
A pair of identical twins escaped being convicted and hanged on drugs charges in Malaysia, due to confusion over which one of them was the culprit, re...
Steven Hill | Posted 03.06.2009 | World
There are millions of moderate Muslims in the world, and they, too, are looking for a "new deal." A president with the name of Barack Hussein Obama presents an opportunity, but the opening may not last long.
AP | SEAN YOONG | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The good girl gone bad has promised to be good for one night. R&B sensation Rihanna will shun skimpy outfits when she ...
AP | SEAN YOONG | Posted 01.24.2009 | World
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — He probably hasn't dated in two decades, but the survival of a species may depend on whether Tam can get lucky soon. A...
Ndtv.com | Posted 01.23.2009 | World
An Indian woman has been sentenced to eight years in jail by a Malaysian court in Kuala Lumpur for forcing her 33-year-old compatriot into prostitutio...
Newsweek | Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff | Posted 01.17.2009 | World
A U.S.-trained Al Qaeda microbiologist has been released from jail by the Malaysian government, prompting alarm among American counter-terrorism offic...
Michael Brune | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green
The ubiquity of palm oil in the United States and Europe is driving out the subsistence agriculture that people in Indonesia and Malaysia depend on for food.
guardian.co.uk | Ian MacKinnon | Posted 01.05.2009 | World
A Malaysian karaoke enthusiast hogged the microphone for so long that people set upon him and stabbed him to death. Abdul Sani Doli refused to hand o...
Suzette Standring | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
It is a textbook case of laws being used to crush critics of governmental operations. Malaysia may be 9,296 miles from the US, but authorities seeking to silence protest is universal.
AP | JULIA ZAPPEI | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's Islamic opposition party has urged the government to cancel a concert by Avril Lavigne, saying the Canadian ...
Josh Tickell | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
The next time you eat a cookie off of your Mahogany table that was brought to you on diesel-fueled transportation, consider this: everything you touch, everything you buy and everything you eat comes at a price.
Financial Times | Najmeh Bozorgmehr | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Iran has signed a $16bn gas contract with Malaysia, intensifying its efforts to shift its flow of oil and gas deals towards eastern countries and bypa...
Billboard | Christie Leo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Muslim groups and what industry sources say is the American artist's refusal to abide by the country's strict dress code for performers. Kuala Lumpur...
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