May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — The government will not allow any events involving Irshad Manji, a lesbian writer who has stirred up controversy during her visit here to promote her book on Islam, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said this morning. The Islamic affairs minister has insisted that the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) and home ministry will ..
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May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Chinese education movement Dong Zong or the United Chinese School Committees Association created another stir with a recent announcement that it is pulling out of the roundtable meetings of the Education Ministry’s special committee to address the shortage of Chinese school teachers. Early this year, the movement had created …
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May 19th
The evolution of Windows wasn’t alway graceful. [Read more]
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May 19th
SEOUL, May 19 — In the span of just a few days, Samsung has already received nine million pre-orders for its new smartphone, the Galaxy S3, according to an article in Korea Economic Daily published yesterday. Currently about a hundred carriers around the world, including T-Mobile and AT&T in the US and Vodafone in the UK are offering preorders for …
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May 19th
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat will sue the New Straits Times, former police chief Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor and three others next week over the Umno-controlled newspaper’s May 8 report labelling the PAS spiritual leader as the “father of kafir (infidels).” The party organ Harakah quoted Kelantan PAS’ legal and human rights …
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May 19th
ALK Technologies free CoPilot GPS app offers downloadable maps, but route guidance is extremely hobbled due to lack of turn graphics and voice prompts.
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May 19th
Company announces changes meant to “continue to bring people front and center in Gmail.” Google+ is of course part of the equation. [Read more]
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May 19th
NEW YORK, May 19 — Gold rose more than 1 per cent yesterday, on track for its largest two-day gain since October, boosted by investors’ consolidation of positions ahead of the weekend and a stronger euro. The second day of gains helped bolster confidence, which had been shaken by gold’s fall earlier this week to a four-month low at US$1,527 …
Original post: Precious gold jumps, heads for biggest 2-day gain since October
May 19th
Let your fingers do the talking with Virgin Mobile’s LG Optimus Slider. [Read more]
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