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Harussani says Malays must defend their land

SHAH ALAM, Feb 21 — Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria called today on Malays to defend their race and rights to the land, saying Prophet Muhammad also spoke about his race.

The Perak Mufti said at the launch of former Selangor PAS chief Datuk Hasan Ali’s new Muslim NGO Jati that “it is compulsory for Malays to speak about this as this is a Malay country.”

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Malaysia

Harussani says Malays must defend their land

By Shannon Teoh
SHAH ALAM, Feb 21 — Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria called today on Malays to defend their race and rights to the land, saying Prophet Muhammad also spoke about his race.The Perak Mufti ... Read More

Home Ministry shelves children’s book on sex education

By Debra Chong
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The Home Ministry today ordered bookstores to pull from their shelves a classic children’s book explaining the facts of life.The educational book, “Where ... Read More

State basis for highway award to Umno men, PKR tells Najib

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak owes Malaysians a personal explanation as to why a RM2.2 billion highway contract was awarded to companies linked to Umno lawyer ... Read More

Business

Alibaba bids to take listed unit private for US$2.5b

SHANGHAI, Feb 21 – Jack Ma’s Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group has offered around US$2.5 billion (RM7.56 billion) to take its Hong Kong-listed Alibaba.com unit private, ... Read More

Turbulent times for India’s ‘King of Good Times’

NEW DELHI, Feb 21 – With one of the world’s most expensive yachts and a cricket and Formula One team, billionaire Vijay Mallya is known as India’s Richard Branson or simply, the ... Read More

World

Russia boosts arms sales to Syria despite world pressure

MOSCOW/BEIRUT, Feb 21 — Russia faces a growing international outcry over its arms sales to Syria but shows no sign of bowing to pressure and has even increased deliveries of arms ... Read More

Bombardment of Syria’s Homs kills 21, says activists

AMMAN/BEIRUT, Feb 21 — Syrian government forces killed 21 people and wounded some 340 on Tuesday when they unleashed a heavy artillery barrage on a rebel-held district of the city ... Read More

Sports

New Mercedes a special moment for Schumacher

BARCELONA, Feb 21 – Michael Schumacher looked forward to being a contender again as his Mercedes team belatedly pulled the wraps off their shiny new Formula One car before testing ... Read More

Injured Oram ruled out of South Africa clashes

AUCKLAND, Feb 21 – All rounder Jacob Oram has been ruled out of New Zealand’s Twenty20 and one-day international series against South Africa with a calf injury.“Although it’s a ... Read More

Technology

Made-in-Malaysia Android phone for under RM500

By A. Asohan
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Local start-up DMD Mobile Sdn Bhd has launched a full-featured smartphone ... Read More

Top Olympus executive found dead in India park

NEW DELHI, Feb 21 — A top executive of Japan’s scandal-ridden Olympus Corp has been found dead in a ... Read More

Features

Former ‘slaves’ build Brazil World Cup stadium

CUIABA, Feb 21 – Nivaldo Inacio da Silva has a word to describe what it’s like to wake up at 6am, ... Read More

Before they can speak, babies make friends

SYDNEY, Feb 21 – Babies still too small to speak know how to make jokes and form friendships, say ... Read More

Showbiz

Whitney Houston dresses, jewellery to be auctioned

LOS ANGELES, Feb 21 — Dresses and jewellery worn by Whitney Houston will be included at a celebrity auction in Los Angeles in late March, it was announced yesterday, a day after ... Read More

Adele set for further gongs at Brit Awards

LONDON, Feb 21 — Just over a week after her spectacular sweep at the Grammys, British soul diva Adele looks set to triumph on home soil Tuesday at the annual Brit Awards in ... Read More

Books

A treat for the bookworm in Japan

By Kenny Mah
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Imagine yourself sitting in a quiet café somewhere, sipping on a nice cup of coffee or tea, ... Read More

Amanda Knox signs book deal with Harper Collins

NEW YORK, Feb 17 — Amanda Knox, the American former college student cleared of murder in October by an Italian court, ... Read More