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- Malaysia's Anwar seeks budget review after crisis
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he will call for a review of the country's 2009 budget when parliament reconvenes on Monday, saying it had become 'obsolete' in the face of the global financial crisis. The
- OSK Indochina Bank starts operations in Cambodia
Kuala Lumpur: OSK Indochina Bank Ltd (OSKIBL) started commercial banking operations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday. With an initial staff strength of 29, it offers a full range of retail and commercial banking products and services as well as foreign
- Two-way trade with Malaysia up 18 percent
SINGAPORE Two-way trade between Taiwan and Malaysia reached US$8.8 billion for the fi rst eight months of the year, marking an increase of 18 percent over the same period a year earlier, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Malaysia said in
- Mr Lingham's tasty legacy
When a savvy Indian gentleman came up with a chilli sauce aimed at European tastes, he created a Malaysian culinary star that is acclaimed world-wide. AFTER a hard day?s patrol, British soldiers in Afghanistan eagerly look forward to their tea and
- Somali pirates hijack Greek tanker
KUALA LUMPUR: Somali pirates seized a Greek tanker and separately attacked a World Food Programme-chartered ship, a maritime piracy watchdog said on Saturday.Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre in Kuala
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Malaysia was created in 1963 through the merging of Malaya (independent in 1957) and the former British Singapore, both of which formed West Malaysia, and Sabah and Sarawak in north Borneo, which composed East Malaysia. The first three years of independence were marred by hostilities with Indonesia. Singapore separated from the union in 1965.
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AFP - India's top Bollywood star has been given Malaysia's equivalent of a knighthood in a move criticised by opposition lawmakers and the public.
AP - Shops, businesses and schools were shut in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Saturday to protest a visit by the Indian prime minister who inaugurated the first train line in the disputed Himalayan region.
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