30 Dec 2011 - 5:18pm
KUANTAN: Cherating Beach, located some 47 km north of here, used to be a popular leisure spot among local folks as well as foreign tourists. Then, many tourists were more familiar with the beach than this state capital. In the late 1990s, however, tourism dwindled as Cherating, once a traditional and scenic village, was taken over by robust...
30 Dec 2011 - 4:17pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Parents can keep track of their children's education via the virtual concept to be introduced in schools in two years. Set to be implemented as pilot project in some schools next year, it will among others, allow parents to interact with school authorities via video conferencing. "We are at pilot stage of virtual learning concept...
30 Dec 2011 - 2:30pm
NEW DELHI: It's late in the evening and the Indian capital's moneyed art crowd is spilling out of congested galleries into a narrow maze of streets, sipping glasses of wine as they peer at catalogues.
Lado Sarai, a warren of bylanes and haphazardly constructed buildings in New Delhi's hinterland, has become a thriving new art district where...
29 Dec 2011 - 2:56pm
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian blogger says that reactions to his “alarm-triggering” name have provided him with some interesting experiences overseas. Blogger Kopi Hang Tuah wrote in a December 28 post that the discrimination against Muslims depicted in a certain Bollywood film reflect an unfortunate reality. “That movie My Name is Khan is...
28 Dec 2011 - 2:47pm
PARIS: Music fans may remember 2011 mainly as the year Amy Winehouse died, but the last 12 months have seen several other divas dominate the international music press for happier reasons. Veteran British songwriter PJ Harvey, soul singer Adele and American newcomer Lana del Rey all produced songs or albums that won wide critical praise....
27 Dec 2011 - 6:23pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Authorities of Raja Perempuan Zainab (II) Hospital in Kota Baru, Kelantan said there was no element of negligence the treatment of Siti Sapur Mat Rani, 53 as alleged by her family. Its director Datuk Dr Ghazali Hasni Mohd Hassan (pic) told The Mole internal investigations...
27 Dec 2011 - 4:50pm
A heart warming letter sent to APANAMA. It was written by Sandra who wanted to share her Christmas joy with other Malaysians. “My house is now full. Except for Sigar who is in Kuching, all my children are back for Christmas with their spouses and kids. For years, we always spend Christmas alone or with one or two of our children. ...
27 Dec 2011 - 4:36pm
PEMUTERAN: Cyanide fishing and rising water temperatures had decimated corals off Bali until a diver inspired by a German scientist's pioneering work on organic architecture helped develop a project now replicated worldwide.
Based on Biorock technology (http://www.globalcoral.org), it is implemented in 20 countries, mainly in Southeast Asia...
27 Dec 2011 - 10:55am
LOS ANGELES, December 26, 2011 (AFP) - Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" topped the North American box office over the long Christmas weekend, raking in $46.2 million, industry estimates showed Monday. The action film, the fourth in the "MI" series, has thus far taken in $78.6 million, according to Exhibitor Relations --...
26 Dec 2011 - 7:23pm
JAKARTA: Indonesia is investigating the case of an Australian who is believed to have been infected with HIV while getting a tattoo on the resort island of Bali, an official said Monday.
"We received a report about this case from the health ministry yesterday and officials will be visiting tattoo parlours today to verify this claim," Bali...
