Petronas Got Warming from Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels  on Tuesday they would not tolerate oil exploration in their remote eastern region, saying it would link the company to war crimes by the Ethiopian military.
Reuters further reported that  Malaysian state-owned company is one of more than a dozen international explorers hunting for oil and gas deposits in [...]

1. Steven Speilberg with Total Gross of $3,765.0 Mil
Spielberg’s most important contribution to modern movies is his insight that there was an enormous audience to be created if old-style B-movie stories were made with A-level craftsmanship and enhanced with the latest developments in special effects. Consider such titles as Raiders of the Lost Ark and [...]

Melamine became a household term, after milk, dairy products and even baking ingredients were found to be contaminated with the chemical.
Parents in China were alarmed after infants were believed to have died from kidney stones and other complications after consuming milk powder tainted with melamine, a chemical used in the production of plastics.
Melamine is not [...]

US DEFENSE Secretary Robert Gates has asked for a new plan to close Guantanamo Bay within two years.
And President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to close the controversial detention camp.
The Bush administration studied the issue but could not resolve questions such as where to put the terror suspects held there [...]

This is my first Book Summary so taught to begin it with subject other rarely touches, religion.  While sitting on bus heading towards Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia for special prayers I manage to glimpse through this book.
Who are the Navagrahas? What can they do? What can be done to appease them? And Why should we [...]

Almost a billion people go hungry each day after food price rises pushed 40 million more people around the world into the ranks of the undernourished, the UN food agency reported yesterday.
According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), food prices have more than halved from their historic peaks a few months ago, but [...]

During the year 2008, many countries has been leadership changeover either through elections or handover by previous leadership. We highlighted some of the countries gone through the process as below:

TAIWAN

The landslide victory for the opposition Kuomintang in Taiwan’s parliamentary elections could sharply reduce the political influence of President Chen Shui-bian, who has antagonized China and [...]

MALAYSIA- Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, resplendent in a black baju Melayu, samping and songkok, today received the state award conferring the “Datuk” title on him from the Melaka Yang Dipertua Negeri ( State Governor) Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob at Dewan Seri Negeri in Ayer Keroh here.
The 43-year-old actor held the estimated 1,000 guests at [...]

Today, President Bush was briefed on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Proliferation and Terrorism report on U.S. progress against the threat of WMD proliferation and terrorism. President Bush welcomes the Commission’s report and findings on the greatest threat to our national security and notes their affirmation of past [...]

LONDON, Dec 4 - Indian commentators have spoken of the poorly equipped Mumbai Police and a highly corrupt procurement system that has blighted police training and its subsequent mediocre response to the last week’s deadly attacks by armed gunmen.
A report in The Times said Indian police who bore the brunt of last week’s attacks on [...]