Tunku Aziz: ‘I am not against the party. I am just against the attitude taken by the party
secretary-general.’

A day after he resigned from the DAP, Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim said he trusted party adviser Lim Kit Siang but not his son, secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, whom he described as a “different kettle of fish”.

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'I’m going away, mum'

On top of the refrigerator, tucked between bottles and other things, was a handwritten note by an 11-year-old boy saying he was going away.

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Promotions for 24,000 teachers

KUALA KANGSAR: There is good news for teachers – 24,000 of them with diplomas and degrees are eligible for promotion this year.

Five MoUs signed between M’sian institutions and US counterparts

NEW YORK: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak witnessed the signing of five memoranda of understanding between Malaysian research universities and their counterparts in the United States, ranging in areas from nanotechnology to human capital development.

Cats and soiled undies used to make magic brew

MALACCA: An animal activist investigating why scores of domestic cats had been reported missing lately found an intriguing link of a love potion and used underwear to the felines’ disappearance.

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Update: Thursday, May 17, 2012 MYT 8:15 AM

Strauss-Kahn countersues NY hotel maid for $1 million

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a $1 million (624 thousand pounds) countersuit against the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, costing him his job and any chance of being elected president of France.

Syria attack kills 21; rebels say protect U.N. monitors

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday in an attack in northern Syria, activists said, and members of a team of U.N. monitors caught in the incident said they were in rebel hands "for their own protection."

Caretaker government will take Greece to risky repeat vote

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek political leaders meet on Wednesday to form a caretaker government that will lead the country into its second election in just over a month, with Greece's euro membership at stake in a mounting crisis rocking world markets.

Facebook boosts IPO size by 25 percent, could top $16 billion

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money.

Indonesia finds black box from crashed Russian Sukhoi

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's national search and rescue agency has found a black box flight recorder from a Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 that crashed during a demonstration flight killing all 45 people on board, an agency official said on Wednesday.