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/ 18 October 2011
Police have rescued 21 Ugandan women who were lured to Malaysia with promises of lucrative jobs but were forced into prostitution instead.
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/ 14 October 2011
Conservative Malaysia’s controversial Obedient Wife Club has released a book encouraging men in polygamous Muslim marriages to have group sex.
Rights group Amnesty International urged Malaysia on Tuesday to withdraw its invitation to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh backed luckless Lewis Hamilton to bounce back and challenge for victory in China and the world title this year.
Sebastian Vettel powered to victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, the German registering his second pole-to-flag win in as many races.
Apple’s iPad 2 shortage has spread to the afterlife as Chinese families in Malaysia rush to buy paper replicas of the popular new gadget.
A Malaysian man abandoned his wife after a temple medium convinced him that she was a demon who wanted to kill him.
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/ 22 September 2010
Spain’s Fernando Alonso is determined to build on the momentum of winning in Italy with another victory under the lights this week in Singapore.
Sebastian Vettel stormed to victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, leading home a Red Bull one-two ahead of Mark Webber.
Jenson Button says McLaren-Mercedes can develop faster than other teams this year and forecast another solid showing in Malaysia this week.
With the new-look Lotus’ first home grand prix just days away, the team would like nothing more than to upstage the Formula One old guard.
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/ 14 December 2009
Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen will race for Lotus when the Malaysian-backed Formula One team returns to the starting grid next season.
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/ 25 October 2009
Defending world champion Valentino Rossi claimed his seventh MotoGP title in a thrilling race in wet conditions on Sunday at the Malaysian MotoGP.
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/ 9 September 2009
Hundreds of Malaysian couples tied the knot on Wednesday in a mass wedding held on the auspicious "999" date that signifies hopes for a long marriage.
Malaysia denied on Friday that a proposed internet filter would be used to police blogs and websites, saying it would be used to block pornography.
Malaysia is considering setting up an internet filter in a move the opposition said would stifle dissent and officials warned would hit investment.
Voters turned out in large numbers on Tuesday in a tense by-election that is seen as a key test for the Malaysia’s new prime minister.
Brawn GP’s Jenson Button took pole position on Saturday for Sunday’s Malaysian F1 Grand Prix, making it back-to-back poles for the English dr
Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello admit Malaysia’s weather and the Sepang circuit layout will make it tough to repeat their Australian heroics.
Malaysia has banned two opposition papers as incoming premier Najib Razak gets ready to take power, raising opposition fears of a looming clampdown.
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/ 25 February 2009
Gay Asians voiced indignation on Wednesday after television broadcasts of the Academy Awards in their region censored the words ”gay” and ”lesbian”.
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/ 9 February 2009
A pair of identical twins have escaped being convicted and hanged on drugs charges, due to confusion over which one of them was the culprit.
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/ 7 February 2009
A pair of identical twins escaped being convicted and hanged on drugs charges in Malaysia, due to confusion over which one of them was the culprit.
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/ 18 November 2008
An oceanarium resort planned near the world-famous Sipadan diving spot off Malaysian Borneo could spell disaster for the region’s coral reefs.
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/ 29 October 2008
Two-time Major winner Retief Goosen is aiming for victory at the Iskandar Johor Open this week to salvage what he called a ”bad” season.
A Malaysian welder had to have a nut removed from around his penis after an attempt to lengthen it before he gets engaged next week went wrong.
What unites the opposition is a wish to see the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi ousted. But the parties have differing reasons for this.
Malaysian Proton’s highly publicised campaign to hike sales appears to have hit a road block, with drivers snubbing the national carmaker.
Authorities in a Malaysian city ruled by conservative Islamists urge its women to forsake bright lipstick and noisy high-heels to avoid rape.
Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday he would soon leave the Turkish embassy where he took refuge following sodomy accusations.
Heavily armed pirates on Monday attacked and damaged a huge oil tanker off the Somali coast using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, a Malaysian-based maritime watchdog said. Pirates on five speed boats attacked the tanker, the size of a football field, at about 2.30am GMT in the Gulf of Aden, it said.
The Olympic torch set off through the Malaysian capital on Monday to rapturous cheers from Chinese supporters and tight security by police keen to avoid the disruption seen on earlier legs. More than 1 000 police and other security forces were deployed on the route from the city centre to the iconic Petronas Twin Towers.