Wednesday January 28, 2015

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Key Story

  1. Stop making unilateral decisions, Palanivel told

    Stop making unilateral decisions, Palanivel told

    KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28, 2015: In a final bid to save MIC from being de-registered, P. Kamalanathan has appealed to the party president to stop making unilateral decisions and move with the party collectively. At an emergency press conference at Grand Pacific Hotel, here, tonight, the Hulu Selangor Member...

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Business

  1. BNM keeps interest rate steady

    BNM keeps interest rate steady

    KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) shrugged off the surprise easing of monetary policy Singapore earlier today which was aimed at tackling deflationary pressures in the island-state’s...

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  2. Spring Airlines is Asia’s most valuable budget carrier

  3. VW to revive loss-making Phaeton

  4. China accuses Alibaba of selling fakes

Motoring

  1. Our Top 10 compact cars below RM100,000

    Our Top 10 compact cars below RM100,000

    Malaysia has been seeing an influx of cars being introduced below the RM100,000 price bracket for a number of years now. Actually, most of the more than 660,000 vehicles come from this category,...

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  2. Volvo Trucks launches ‘Fast Track Service’

  3. Mercedes-Benz Classic at Rétromobile 2015

  4. UMW unveils newly-enhanced GRANTT lubricants

Life

  1. Mutants aplenty! ‘X-Men’ headed for live-action TV series

    Mutants aplenty! ‘X-Men’ headed for live-action TV series

    FOX has begun preliminary talks to bring Wolverine and his fellow mutants to the small screen in a live-action series. After launching the Batman prequel Gotham, Fox is looking to Marvel’s...

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  2. Americans still confusing Sikhs for Muslims

  3. Goldgenie launches Year of the Goat iPhone

  4. ‘Mission: Impossible 5′ to be released 5 months earlier

Sports

  1. Australian Open: Teenager outshines Venus to make semis

    Australian Open: Teenager outshines Venus to make semis

    MELBOURNE, Jan 28: American teenager Madison Keys defeated her childhood idol Venus Williams to make the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday and end the seven-time Grand Slam champion’s...

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  2. Asian Cup: No champagne yet, says Aussie boss

  3. League Cup: Mourinho cries foul over Costa ‘stamp’ claims

  4. Chong Wei to retire if slapped with doping suspension

ALL SIDES: ONE SUBJECT, DIFFERENT VIEWS

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  1. ALL SIDES: National Service: Should it be resumed or scrapped?

    ALL SIDES: National Service: Should it be resumed or scrapped?

    IN the recent National Budget 2015 revision, Prime Minister Datuk Sri Najib Razak announced the suspension of the National Service (NS) programme pending review as measures to cut cost. The suspension is expected to save the government some RM400 million this year. Implemented in 2003, the NS programme’s...

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EPL 2014

  • Arsenal

    Jan 19, 2015: Santi Cazorla ( Second from Left), produced a midfield masterclass, scoring a penalty in the 24th minute and then providing the free-kick, from which France striker Olivier Giroud headed the Gunners into a 2-0 lead, midway through the second half. – AFP pic

  • Costa

    Jan 18, 2015: Oscar and Diego Costa both scored twice in the first half at the Liberty Stadium to leave Chelsea 4-0 up, before the break and substitute Andre Schurrle added a fifth goal, 11 minutes from time. – AFP pic

  • Southampton

    Jan 12, 2015: Referee Phil Dowd (Right) shows the yellow card to Southampton’s Serbian midfielder Dusan Tadic, for removing his shirt during his celebration after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match against Man United. Southampton won 1-0. AFP pic

  • Costa

    Jan 11, 2015: Chelsea’s Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa points to the sky, as he celebrates scoring their second goal, during the English Premier League football match against Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge. – AFP pic

  • Liverpool

    Dec 30, 2014: Liverpool’s English midfielder Adam Lallana celebrates scoring their second goal, as Swansea City’s Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski (Left), reacts after making the mistake, which led to the goal. Liverpool won 4-1 at Anfield. – AFP pic

  • Man United

    Dec 29, 2014: Manchester United’s Dutch striker Robin van Persie (Left), tries to control the ball as Tottenham Hotspur’s French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (Right) attempts to block, during the English Premier League football match which ended in a 0-0 draw. – AFP pic

  • West Brom

    Dec 27, 2014: Manchester City’s English midfielder Frank Lampard watches the ball through a snow shower, during an English Premier League football match against West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich, central England. City won the game 3-1. – AFP pic

  • Chelsea

    Dec 27, 2014: Chelsea’s Brazilian-born Spanish striker Diego Costa celebrates scoring their second goal, during the English Premier League football match against West Ham United at Stamford Bridge. – AFP pic

  • Chelsea

    Dec 25, 2014: MERRY CHRISTMAS…….. Mourinho tells Chelsea to put on a Christmas show against West Ham United tomorrow, to show the world, why they are currently on top of the Premier League. – AFP pic

  • Chelsea

    Dec 23, 2014: Chelsea’s Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas celebrates scoring their second goal during the English Premier League football match against Stoke City, at the Britannia Stadium. – AFP pic

  • Liverpool

    Dec 22, 2014: Liverpool’s Slovakian defender Martin Skrtel (Right) celebrates scoring his team’s second equalising goal, during the English Premier League football match against Arsenal at Anfield. – AFP pic

  • City

    Dec 21, 2014: David Silva (Above) scored twice and Yaya Toure added the third as the pair continued their recent return to peak form and helped City record an eighth consecutive victory in all competitions. – AFP pic

  • Man United

    Dec 15, 2014: Manchester United’s Dutch striker Robin van Persie (Second from Left) celebrates scoring their third goal with teammates Juan Mata and Wayne Rooney (Right), during the English Premier League football match against Liverpool at Old Trafford, in Manchester. – AFP pic

  • Chelsea

    Dec 14, 2014: Chelsea’s Belgian midfielder Eden Hazard (Second from Left), celebrates with Oscar, after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League football match against Hull City, at Stamford Bridge in London. – AFP pic

  • Robin

    Dec 9, 2014: Manchester United’s Dutch striker Robin van Persie (Above) celebrates after scoring the opening goal, in their 2-1 win, over Southampton at St Mary’s Stadium. – AFP pic

  • Man City

    Dec 4, 2014: Sergio Aguero (Right), scored twice as defending champions City kept pace with a 4-1 success at Sunderland. – AFP pic

  • Arsenal

    Nov 30, 2014: Arsenal’’s Danny Welbeck (Left), celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal, with teammate Oliver Giroud, right, during the English Premier League soccer against West Bromwich Albion, at the Hawthorns, Birmingham. – AP pic

  • Palace

    Nov 24, 2014: Crystal Palace’s Argentinian goalkeeper Julian Speroni claims the ball above teammate Brede Hangeland, under pressure from Liverpool’s Rickie Lambert (Right), during the English Premier League football match at Selhurst Park. – AFP pic

  • Swansea

    Nov 10, 2014: Swansea City’s Welsh defender Neil Taylor (Left) and Ki Sung-Yueng celebrate at the final whistle as Arsenal’s English striker Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, lies on the ground in reaction after Swansea won 2-1. – AFP pic

  • Poppy

    Nov 8, 2014: Two men dressed in vintage military uniform carry a large Remembrance poppy on the pitch, ahead of kick off of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool. – AFP pic

  • Man City

    Nov 3, 2014: Manchester City’s Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero (Right) celebrates scoring the opening goal as Manchester United’s Argentinian midfielder Angel Di Maria reacts during the English Premier League football match, last night. City beat United 1-0. – AFP pic

  • Balotelli

    Nov 2, 2014: Liverpool’s Italian striker Mario Balotelli reacts during the English Premier League football match against Newcastle United at St James’ Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. – AFP pic

  • Steve Bruce

    Oct 26, 2014: Hull City’s English manager Steve Bruce, covers his head after chanting from Liverpool supporters during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Hull City, at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool. – AFP pic

  • Oct 21, 2014: Manchester United’s Dutch manager Louis van Gaal (Centre), reacts during the English Premier League football match against West Bromwich Albion, which ended in a 2-2 draw. – AFP pic

  • QPR

    Oct 19, 2014: Queens Park Rangers’ English striker Charlie Austin (Above) reacts to a missed chance during their 2-3 loss to Liverpool, at Loftus Road in London. – AFP pic

  • EPL

    Oct 19, 2014: Manchester City’s Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero (Above), scored all four of his side’s goals as they demolished Spurs 4-1, in a thrilling EPL match, Saturday. – AFP pic

  • Liverpool

    Oct 16, 2014: Liverpool’s English midfielder Adam Lallana (Second from Right) celebrates with teammates Philippe Coutinho (Right), midfielder Jordan Henderson (Second from Left) and Steven Gerrard, who celebrated 11 years as captain of the Anfield club on Wednesday. — AFP pic

  • Arsene, Mourinho

    Oct 6, 2014: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (Right) and Arsene Wenger, are kept apart by the fourth official Jonathan Moss, during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. – AFP pic

  • EPL, Liverpool

    Oct 5, 2014: Liverpool’s English midfielder Adam Lallana (Second from Right), celebrates with teammates, Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (Right), Jordan Henderson (Second from Left) and Gerrard, after scoring the opening goal, in their 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion at Anfield. – AFP pic

  • EPL, Pardew

    Sept 30, 2014: A Newcastle United fan holds a, ‘Sack Pardew’ banner, during the English Premier League football match between Stoke City and Newcastle United at the Britannia Stadium in Stoke-on-Trent. – AFP pic

  • Arsenal
  • Costa
  • Southampton
  • Costa
  • Liverpool
  • Man United
  • West Brom
  • Chelsea
  • Chelsea
  • Chelsea
  • Liverpool
  • City
  • Man United
  • Chelsea
  • Robin
  • Man City
  • Arsenal
  • Palace
  • Swansea
  • Poppy
  • Man City
  • Balotelli
  • Steve Bruce
  • QPR
  • EPL
  • Liverpool
  • Arsene, Mourinho
  • EPL, Liverpool
  • EPL, Pardew

World

  1. Hashish-filled helicopter crashes killing pilots

    Hashish-filled helicopter crashes killing pilots

    MADRID, Jan 28, 2015: A helicopter loaded with hashish crashed in southern Spain after hitting an electricity pylon, killing its two pilots, police said today. The helicopter crashed in the early...

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  2. 10 priests charged over child abuse case that pope helped uncover

  3. Jordan ready to swap inmate for pilot held by Islamic State

  4. Indonesian president urged to drop police chief pick

  • Lemurs

    Jan 28, 2015: Lemurs eating at the Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province in China. — Reuters pic

  • Snow

    Jan 28, 2015: A man riding his bike up Beacon Street during a blizzard in Boston, Massachusetts. A blizzard swept across the north-eastern United States on Tuesday, dropping more than 30cm of snow across Massachusetts and Connecticut. — Reuters pic

  • Snow play

    Jan 27, 2015: Manhattan resident Jerry Risner lies in the middle of 7th Avenue as he has his photographed made by his friend P.J. Chernick during a snow storm in Times Square, New York early this morning. A life-threatening blizzard barrelled into the United States. Northeast, affecting up to 20% of Americans by making workers and students housebound, halting thousands of flights and prompting New York to ban cars from roads and halt subway trains. — Reuters pic

  • Jubilant Kurdish fighter

    Jan 27, 2015: A Kurdish man holds up a weapon as he tours with others the streets of Ras al-Ain in celebration, after it was reported that Kurdish forces took control of the Syrian town of Kobani, yesterday. Kurdish forces took control of Kobani yesterday after driving out Islamic State fighters, a monitoring group and Syrian state media said, although Washington said the four-month battle was not yet over. — Reuters pic

  • Lemurs’ feeding frenzy

    Jan 27, 2015: Lemurs eat at Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in Qingdao, Shandong province, today. — Reuters pic

  • Namaste

    Jan 27, 2015: United States President Barack Obama folds his hands in a traditional Indian greeting after he addressed a gathering at Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi today. Obama weighed in on one of India’s most sensitive topics as he wound up a visit today, making a plea for freedom of religion to be upheld in a country where relations between Hindus and minorities have come under strain. — Reuters pic

  • I see the red moon rising

    Jan 27, 2015: Once in a ‘red moon': The red-tinge moon spotted in Shah Alam, Selangor. — TRP pic by Mokhsin Zamani

  • An edible decoration

    Jan 26, 2015: A man admires a row of citrus lime plants at Paling Holticulture, Sungai Buloh, being sold for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebration. — TRP picture by Daniel Chan

  • Gearing up for Chinese New Year

    Jan 26, 2015: A girl checks her phone as she stops by a shop selling citrus lime plants at Paling Holticulture, Sungai Buloh, for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations. Chinese see a citrus lime tree as a symbol of happiness and prosperity. — TRP pic by Daniel Chan

  • Rail-ly fast

    Jan 26, 2015: A light rail transit train zooms past the Plaza Rakyat station, with the Kuala Lumpur Towers in the background. — TRP pic by Mokhsin Zamani.

Rakyat TV

  1. Batu Caves’ new automated system to carry out “milk offering ritual”

    This video of a machine used to carry out the milk offering ritual in Batu Caves has been circulating on Whatsapp, leading to an outburst by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf).

    VIDEO GALLERY

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Trending

  1. How to plan your future on RM2,000 basic salary

    How to plan your future on RM2,000 basic salary

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  2. Video of woman hitting husband’s ‘mistress’ all the rage on Facebook (video)

    Video of woman hitting husband’s ‘mistress’ all the rage on Facebook (video)

    Published: 27 Jan 2015, 11:44pm

  3. Facebook and Instagram go offline for 45 minutes

    Facebook and Instagram go offline for 45 minutes

    Published: 27 Jan 2015, 2:55pm

  4. ‘Born a woman, but always been a man’

    ‘Born a woman, but always been a man’

    Published: 26 Jan 2015, 7:00am

  5. ‘Expect more protests if Selangor MB fails to intervene’

    ‘Expect more protests if Selangor MB fails to intervene’

    Published: 25 Jan 2015, 10:18pm

  6. JPJ denies being involved in chase in Malacca which resulted in four deaths

    JPJ denies being involved in chase in Malacca which resulted in four deaths

    Published: 24 Jan 2015, 12:12pm

  7. Japanese hostage’s mother: My son and Japan not enemies of IS

    Japanese hostage’s mother: My son and Japan not enemies of IS

    Published: 23 Jan 2015, 9:54am

  8. 16-year-old orphan found dead at car wash

    16-year-old orphan found dead at car wash

    Published: 22 Jan 2015, 11:40am

  9. AirAsia jet’s alarms ‘screaming’ before crash, says investigator

    AirAsia jet’s alarms ‘screaming’ before crash, says investigator

    Published: 21 Jan 2015, 6:59pm

  10. 21 sen drop in diesel, petrol price?

    21 sen drop in diesel, petrol price?

    Published: 21 Jan 2015, 6:26pm

Quote of the Day

“PS any hackers saying they have ‘nudes’? Psssh you’d love that wouldn’t you! Have fun photoshopping cause you got NOTHING.”

 

 

Singer Taylor Swift responding to a claim by the hackers group Lizard Squad that it had hacked her Twitter and Instagram accounts. They threatened to post nude pictures of Swift (which she denies exist).

Say What?

“See I do smile … even laugh on occasion. Not too often though because it causes wrinkles.” 

 

Reality star Kim Kardashian West wrote next to an Instagram picture with her friend, Shamari Maurice, both laughing, to explain why she is seldom pictured smiling.

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