Sabah quake: Nudist dismisses local culture as superstition

PETALING JAYA: A Canadian national claiming to be one of the nudists that posed for photographs on Mount Kinabalu, calls the experience the "time of my life" and is brushing off Kadazan Dusun legend as "superstition". "It is not based in logic, but superstition. I utterly do not care for superstition," said travel blog Monkeetime founder Emil...

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Statement on The Management of Flood Situation

Media statement made by NSC regarding flood situation: The National Security Council is deeply disturbed by the allegations made by certain individuals over the social media and web portals of late, particularly those that are published by the Malaysian Insider regarding the management of the current flood situation in the country. These articles...

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Why the oil price is falling

THE oil price has fallen by more than 40% since June, when it was $115 a barrel. It is now below $70. This comes after nearly five years of stability. At a meeting in Vienna on November 27th the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which controls nearly 40% of the world market, failed to reach agreement on production curbs, sending...

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Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?

This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com.  The Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti was recently sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of separatism. The former economics professor, who resided in Beijing for most of his career, is internationally known for his countless articles promoting stronger interethnic...

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Climate Change and Internal Displacement

Over the past five years, an average of nearly 27 million people have been displaced annually by natural hazard-related disasters. It has long been recognized that the effects of climate change will displace people and that most of this displacement will be within national borders. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’ very first report...

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How the three past ages of NATO add up to its future

NATO celebrated its 65th birthday earlier this year, which is generally seen as a good age for retirement. With the alliance’s involvement in Afghanistan coming to an end, much of the talk in Brussels and the capitals of NATO countries was over its remaining role, and even if the organisation was still relevant. But Russian president Vladimir...

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Chi Kong Chyong and Pierre Noel: Ukraine’s energy brinkmanship

Date: 10 October 2014 In the fog of its foreign-policy confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, the European Union seems unable to see its energy-security interests clearly or to act accordingly. Kiev has used the international crisis triggered by Russia’s actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine to restructure the contracts with Moscow it signed...

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Fixing the Weakest Link in Global Health Governance

References to ‘global health governance’ have become increasingly popular. Many universities are following the trend. Some are pursuing the option of providing masters and other tailored training courses that reflect the growing importance of the links between globalization and health and the nexus between the two. Many world leaders have also...

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MAO UMPAMA TUHAN

liu shao-chi Kalau anda masih ingat, coretan saya di dalam Mingguan Malaysia pada 3 Ogos 2014 ada menceritakan bagaimana Mao Tse-tung telah diperangkap oleh Liu Shao-chi semasa persidangan terbesar Parti Komunis China yang dinamakan Conference of the Seven Thousand Cadres yang berlangsung di Beijing sekitar Januari dan Februari 1962. Hasrat...

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Battling Ebola: Caution needed in sending the military to fight a disease

Tuesday 28 October 2014 Médecins Sans Frontières, one of the key charities on the frontline of tackling the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, has in recent weeks been calling for a global military intervention to contain the disease. Joanne Liu, the International President of MSF, told the UN in early September that the further spread...

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ISIS Shifts Its Social-Media Patterns

The latest round of propaganda videos released by the Islamic State suggest the terrorist group is altering its media approach to directly counter what the mainstream Western media is saying about it.   The two most recently released videos both feature British hostage John Cantlie, a captive journalist who has been used by ISIS as a spokesperson...

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Nigeria: Victims of Abductions Tell Their Stories

(London) – Women and girls abducted by the Islamist group Boko Haram are forced to marry, convert, and endure physical and psychological abuse, forced labor, and rape in captivity, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The group has abducted more than 500 women and girls since 2009, and intensified abductions since May 2013, when Nigeria...

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Taking Advantage of Morocco’s Security Threat

Authorities in Morocco are increasingly concerned about the impact of Moroccan jihadis returning from Syria. This unease was reflected in a series of precautionary measures, including amending anti-terrorism laws and tightening controls at airports and along the Algerian border. So far this year, security forces indicated they have dismantled a...

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