31 Oct 2011 - 6:32pm
JAKARTA: Indonesia's traditional herbal medicine, jamu, is now an approved prescription in 14 hospitals and 30 community health centres in Central Java, Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih said. Speaking at a regional seminar on traditional medicine in Solo, Central Java, Monday, she said the move would be expanded to other hospitals in...
31 Oct 2011 - 3:58pm
KUALA LUMPUR: There are about one million Malaysians working overseas as of last April. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk S.K. Devamany told the Dewan Rakyat that the the figure was based on a joint study by the World Bank and the Economic Planning Unit of the PM's Department. He said the setting up of...
29 Oct 2011 - 5:13pm
By Amrizan Madian BETONG: It takes five hours by road to reach Betong town from Kuching. Visitors know they have arrived when they see the "Selamat Datang" (welcome) sign on an arch in the shape of the Parang Ilang and Terabai (the Iban sword and shield), symbols of the battles fought by the legendary Ibanese warrior, Rentap. Betong was...
29 Oct 2011 - 3:16pm
Muslims and non-Muslims must be made to know and realise that Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was sent as a “mercy for all the world” (Quran 21:107).
He was not sent to force or compel anybody towards Islam or Allah. God says:
“Nothing is (incumbent) on the Messenger but to deliver (the message),...
28 Oct 2011 - 4:34pm
NEW DELHI: As the global population hits seven billion, experts are warning that skewed gender ratios could fuel the emergence of volatile "bachelor nations" driven by an aggressive competition for brides.
The precise consequences of what French population expert Christophe Guilmoto calls the "alarming demographic masculinisation" of...
28 Oct 2011 - 3:23pm
NEW YORK: Masterworks of Islamic art will once again be on view at this city's Metropolitan Museum, which next week reopens an exhaustive installation following an eight-year renovation.
New York's biggest and most comprehensive art museum unveils on November 1 its "New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and...
28 Oct 2011 - 3:07pm
GREATER NOIDA, October 28, 2011 (AFP) - India's grand entry into Formula One came grinding to a halt on Friday when a stray dog interrupted the first ever practice session at Buddh International Circuit.
After years of planning, hundreds of millions of dollars in expense and frantic work to get facilities ready on time, it was an improbable...
27 Oct 2011 - 5:32pm
TORONTO: This city of five million, which is Canada's largest, has voted unanimously to ban the sale of shark's fins, which is used in soups especially by Chinese restaurants, from next year. The move to ban the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark's fins or their derivative products passed by a vote of 38 to 4, but ironically it was...
25 Oct 2011 - 11:37pm
Some Malaysians may take it for granted how lucky they are to be able to extend wishes to friends of different creed when they celebrate their festivals.
The very fact that we could wish each other on these celebrations represents an achievement that it is not merely a matter of tolerance but that of regards.
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25 Oct 2011 - 5:37pm
HANOI: A critically endangered species of rhinoceros has been poached to extinction in Vietnam, wildlife groups said Tuesday after determining that a Javan rhino found dead last year was the last of its kind.
The WWF and the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) pronounced the Javan rhinoceros extinct in Vietnam after all dung samples in a...
