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NEWS ABOUT: Malaysia

Malaysia stories: 17 news summaries

 Beyoncé Scraps Malaysia Show 

Singer postpones date after criticism by conservative Muslim group

Oct 19, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - After controversy over her racy outfits and dance routines, Beyoncé won’t perform in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, a hardline Muslim group, had protested the Oct. 25 date on her “I Am” tour, but promoters deny the postponement had anything to do with those objections.... More »

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music • Muslim • Malaysia • concert • Beyonce • conservative Islam • Kuala Lumpur

(Newser) - A Malaysian model sentenced to caning for drinking beer wants her punishment carried out in public, CNN reports. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, will be the first woman to be flogged for alcohol consumption in the Muslim-majority nation. "Let's be transparent" about the punishment, Kartika has insisted. Her father... More »

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Islam • beer • Islamic Sharia law • Malaysia • alcohol consumption • caning • models

(Newser) - A Malaysian woman will be flogged for drinking a beer in a nightclub, reports the AP. A judge ordered the part-time model, 32, to be struck six times with a rattan cane and fined $1,400. She pleaded guilty in a religious court to consuming alcohol, but now plans to... More »

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prison • religion • beer • Muslim • Malaysia • Muslim women • Shariah • flogging

McDonald's Doesn't Own 'Mc' Prefix: Malaysian Judge

Court reverses decision against McCurry's restaurant

Apr 29, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Malaysian court ruled that McDonald’s does not control the rights to every word with the “Mc” prefix, the AP reports. The appellate court overturned a 2006 decision that forced a Malaysian restaurant named “McCurry’s” to pay damages to McDonald’s for using the name to... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • restaurant • copyright • judge • Malaysia • appellate court • curry • McCurry's

 World Bids 2008 Good Riddance 

Revelers hope 2009 will bring better luck

Dec 31, 08 9:57 AM CST
(AP) - Fireworks exploded over Sydney's shimmering harbor today, as the world's first major city to ring in 2009 celebrated the end of a rocky year with cheers, beers, and a sense of relief. "I'm looking forward to 2009," said a spectator. "Because it can't get much worse."... More »

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Australia • Japan • Asia • Hong Kong • fireworks • Philippines • Malaysia • Sydney • New Year's Eve • New Year

(Newser) - Islamic authorities in Malaysia issued a fatwa today against Muslims practicing yoga, BBC reports. The chair of Malaysia's National Fatwa Council said Hindu elements are essential to yoga and could destroy a Muslim's faith. "We are of the view that yoga combines physical exercise, religious elements, chanting and worshipping... More »

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Muslim • fatwa • Malaysia • Yoga

OPINION

 Borneo Threatened 
 by Green Gold Rush 

New ideas on conservation needed with island's biodiversity under attack

Oct 27, 08 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Borneo, the Texas-sized island whose rain forests are astonishingly rich in biodiversity, has been plundered for its other riches—everything from rhino horns to coal to oil—for centuries. Now, with the market for palm oil, dubbed green gold, booming, oil-palm plantations threaten the remaining forest, Mel White writes in... More »

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Indonesia • rainforest • Malaysia • biodiversity • Borneo

US Able to Delay Al Qaeda's Annual 9/11 Tape a Week

Intelligence efforts to infiltrate terror group's networks appears to pay off

Sep 19, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Qaeda’s commemoration of the Sept. 11 terror attacks came a bit later than usual this year, ABC News reports, as US intelligence services were able to block the group's annual propaganda video from making the Internet rounds until today. Sources said Germany and Malaysia helped keep the extremist... More »

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Afghanistan • propaganda • Germany • US intelligence • Osama bin Laden • Malaysia • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks

Malaysian Opposition Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Sodomy

Rips charge as 'treacherous' tactic to undermine political comeback

Aug 7, 08 6:07 AM CDT
(AP) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim pleaded not guilty today to a charge that he sodomized a male aide, dismissing it as a "treacherous" accusation aimed at undermining democracy, AP reports. Anwar, 60, was charged under massive police security, underscoring the controversy surrounding the case, and was freed on bail... More »

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Malaysia • free elections • sodomy • Anwar Ibrahim

Malaysian Opposition Leader Busted for Sodomy

Anwar Ibrahim calls charges political

Jul 16, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Malaysia have arrested the country's opposition leader and are questioning him over accusations of sodomy from a 23-year-old male aide, reports the AP. Anwar Ibrahim, whose party made major inroads against the government in March elections, claims that the charges are baseless. "This is not a criminal... More »

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Malaysia • political scandal • sodomy • Anwar Ibrahim

Orangutans
In Trouble as Forests Shrink

Loggers, plantations bring great ape
close to extinction

Jul 5, 08 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Illegal loggers and palm oil plantations may make the orangutan the first great ape to become extinct, scientists warn. In Indonesia, a mere 6,600 of the apes remain, while on Malaysia’s Borneo Island, the population has fallen 10% to 49,600, the Telegraph reports. More »

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endangered species • environment • Indonesia • biofuel • palm oil • Malaysia • apes • orangutans

Malaysian PM Won't Quit After Election Rout

'Political tsunami' the result of govt's inability to quell racial strife

Mar 9, 08 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday's elections in Malaysia dealt a stunning blow to the coalition that has effectively ruled the country since 1957. Despite the worst-ever showing, the National Front clung to a bare majority in parliament, and the prime minister refused calls for his resignation, BBC reports. Outside observers fear unrest and financial... More »

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Malaysia • Islamist • election • racial tension • Ahmad Badawi • National Front (Malaysia) • Islamism • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Scientist Makes Wonder Material from Rice Husks

Cheap 'aerogel' would slash electricity needs, bomb-proof buildings

Feb 29, 08 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Rice husks might be the key to lowering electricity use, bomb-proofing buildings and making products—from airplanes to tennis rackets—lighter. A Malaysian scientist says she’s found a cheap way to create aerogel, the world’s lightest solid, from discarded rice husks. The material combines incredible insulating power and... More »

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electricity • Malaysia • chemistry • airplane • aerogel • insulation • bomb-proofing • soundproofing • scientific breakthroughs • tennis rackets

Malaysian Minister Quits Over Sex Tape

Secretly recorded video might be part of power struggle

Jan 2, 08 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Malaysia's health minister resigned today after a videotape surfaced of him having sex with a woman 30 years his junior. Chua Soi Lek, married with three children, was filmed without his knowledge in a hotel room by four different cameras, Bloomberg reports. Opposition parties claimed that the sex tape's dissemination... More »

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sex scandal • Malaysia • sex tape

Yellow Card,
Red Card, Warning Shots

Malaysian ref finds gunfire effective way to settle soccer players

Dec 26, 07 8:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Faced with an angry mob after he red-carded a soccer player, a Malaysian ref finally found an effective means of crowd control: He whipped out his gun,and fired a few rounds in the air. The part-time ref is also a cop, which might explain why he had a gun... More »

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soccer riots • soccer • referee • Malaysia • red card • yellow card • firearms

Hindus Battle Riot Police
in Malaysia

Second street clash
in two weeks erupts
in Kuala Lumpur

Nov 25, 07 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - For the second time in two weeks Malaysian police have used water cannons and tear gas to break up protests in Kuala Lumpur, reports the Canadian Press. More than 10,000 Hindus, Malaysia’s second-largest minority, took to the street around the Petronas Twin Towers chanting slogans and throwing rocks... More »

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protests • Malaysia

7.5 Tremor Hits Indonesia

Sparks new tsunami alert and causes buildings to sway in Singapore

Sep 12, 07 9:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 7.5-magnitude aftershock has rocked Indonesia, sparking a new tsunami alert and making buildings sway in nearby Singapore. This morning's 8.4 quake killed at least 5, injured dozens and sent people fleeing inland for safety. Governments issued alerts as far as Kenya and Tanzania warning people to abandon... More »

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Kenya • Indonesia • tsunami • Tanzania • Singapore • Malaysia • Padang • aftershock

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