Perak
(2002 est. pop. 2.1 million). Perak, which in the Malay language means "silver," covers an area of 21,005 square kilometers on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula and has a popul...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) _ Malaysia's prime minister felt weak and appeared to totter during a public function, and had to be held up by officials who were with him, raising health concerns abou...
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Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled Monday
an ambitious 177 billion ringgit ($51.2 billion) economic blueprint
to boost development in the country's four northern states.
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Two male Malaysian lawmakers were forced to apologize Friday for
making sexist remarks about a fellow lawmaker's menstrual cycle a
week ago.
The comments sparked a huge uproar among women'...
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The virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected outside Kuala Lumpur, one year after Malaysia was declared free of the disease, the government said Wednesday.A statement released by the Depa...
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Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Malaysia has detected the deadly H5N1 strain
of bird flu in a state surrounding the country's capital city Kuala
Lumpur, government officials said Thurs...
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Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - An outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease
malaria in a Malaysian state has been blamed on infection by
immigrant workers from neighbouring Thailand, a r...
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The spread of farms and towns on Malaysia's coasts has destroyed some of the world's most important winter homes for migrating birds, said a report released Wednesday.Wetlands International, a glob...
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(For related story, see MALAYSIA-ARRESTS/ (UPDATE 1) moved at
0756 GMT)) Dec 13 (Reuters) - Malaysia has invoked its notorious
Internal Security Act (ISA) to detain five ethnic Indians from
a grou...
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Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - A Malaysian man died in a fire which razed
his home in the northern city of Ipoh after his mother locked the
doors on him while he slept and went out jo...
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Dollar climbs to 119 yen line as Sunday's election has limited impact
TOKYO - The U.S. dollar briefly rose to the 119 yen line Monday
in Tokyo as players resumed selling the yen ...
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