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Thai Princess shopping spree in UK

lycaphim — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:30:06 +0800

Please do not criticize the royal family by the way. You can go to jail. Oh wait, this is Malaysia.

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Princess clears the shelves in antiques raid: Thai royal spends EIGHT HOURS - and at least £20,000 - buying treasures at arcade (and carries them off in 15-car convoy)

Princess Consort Srirasmi and her entourage arrived at a village antiques and craft centre in a fleet of chauffeur-driven limousines

Royal, 40, bought china plates, glass and ornaments in Battlesbridge

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-22...res-arcade.html

Malaysia Most Peaceful Country in SEA

lycaphim — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:26:58 +0800

Global Peace Index 2012 is released. Malaysia in 20th place.

1 Iceland 1.113
2 Denmark 1.239
2 New Zealand 1.239
4 Canada 1.317
5 Japan 1.326
6 Austria 1.328
6 Ireland 1.328
8 Slovenia 1.330
9 Finland 1.348
10 Switzerland 1.349
11 Belgium 1.376
12 Qatar 1.395
13 Czech Republic 1.396
14 Sweden 1.419
15 Germany 1.424
16 Portugal 1.470
17 Hungary 1.476
18 Norway 1.480
19 Bhutan 1.481
20 Malaysia 1.485
21 Mauritius 1.487
22 Australia 1.494
23 Singapore 1.521
24 Poland 1.524
25 Spain 1.548
26 Slovakia 1.590
27 Taiwan 1.602
28 Netherlands 1.606

http://www.visionofhumanity.org/wp-content...-and-Scores.pdf

Malaysia is truly one of the best places to live!

Edit: Modified title.

Najib Apologizes To Injured Reporter

lycaphim — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:16:49 +0800

Kudos Najib, taking your time to apologize to the reporter! (And making sure everybody sees it)

[YOUTUBE]-Ltk6VuHwbs[/YOUTUBE]

Malaysia stop exporting to Iran

lycaphim — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:04:46 +0800

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Malaysian palm oil exporters have stopped supplying Iran with most of the 30,000 tonnes of the food staple the Middle Eastern country buys each month, or about half its demand, as Western financial curbs on Tehran stymie payments, two trading sources said.

The halt in Malaysia's palm oil exports to Iran, which the traders said started late last year, is the latest sign that sanctions aimed at persuading Tehran to abandon a suspected nuclear weapons program have started to bite.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/08/...E8170JZ20120208

Actually not because of political reasons although we all hate the Shiites - Iran just isn't paying us.

Biggest Rally in Israel's History

lycaphim — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:39:31 +0800

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(Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands marched Saturday for lower living costs in the largest such rally in Israel's history, bolstering a social change movement and mounting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take on economic reform.

Protest leaders called it "the moment of truth" for the grassroots movement that has swollen since July from a cluster of student tent-squatters into a countrywide mobilization of Israel's middle class.

"An entire generation wants a future," read one banner as demonstrators flooded the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and cities throughout Israel, shouting "the people demand social justice."

Netanyahu has warned he would not be able to satisfy all the protesters' demands, ranging from tax cuts, to expansion of free education and bigger government housing budgets.

Organizers said over 450,000 people took part in the demonstrations. Police put the number at least 300,000.

Protests on that scale in Israel, with a population of 7.7 million, are usually held over issues of war and peace.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/04/...E7821OS20110904

Riots in Qianxi County

lycaphim — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:37:51 +0800

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Thousands of residents of a town in southwest China took to the streets Thursday, smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens angered by the rough handling of local officials, according to news reports.

The protest in Qianxi County, Guizhou province, was the latest of thousands of brief, local riots and demonstrations that happen in China every year, and like many recent outbreaks this one pitted residents against "urban administration" officials charged with enforcing law and order.

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"In fact, China has riots more serious than England's every week," said one Weibo comment.

Even Chinese can only take so much from their Government

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/...E77B07S20110812

Norway Mass Murderer References Malaysia

lycaphim — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:37:24 +0800

FFFFFUUUUUUU

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A rambling 1,500-page tract written by Behring Breivik said "Even in Malaysia[18], one Muslim majority country frequently hailed as “moderate and tolerant,” hundreds of Hindu worshippers watched in horror as workers, mostly Muslims, brought down the roof of their temple and smashed the deities that immigrant Indian workers had brought with them. “We are poor and our only comfort is our temples and now we are losing that also,” Kanagamah said in Tamil, the language spoken by ethnic Indians who form eight percent of Malaysia’s 26 million people and mostly follow Hinduism."

http://www.norwaynews.com/en/~view.php?72X...7OT76EFh353Q6p8

/k/ is Famous Yo!

lycaphim — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:06:43 +0800

http://www.rockybru.com.my/2011/07/rais-wi...t-case-but.html

With pics, so read for yourself.

Polaris, lolz.

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Rais wins court case but ...

... but not public opinion online. Just pop in to lowyat.net, which is probably the country's largest online forum, and just listen to what Netizens are talking about with regards to Information Minister Rais Yatim's win against a previously unknown blogger, Din Sharpshooter, over a posting early this year on the Minister's alleged rape of an Indonesian maid.

First, someone in lowyat put up this story about 10am:

Dog Craze in Iran

lycaphim — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:38:04 +0800

Wah, Iranians so liberal...

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Iranians have turned to the Internet to organize antigovernment protests. Now they're flocking online to defy another Islamic Republic edict: buying and selling dogs.

Pooch lovers in Iran are clicking on popular websites like Woof Woof Iran Digital Pets and Persianpet to pick their favorite canine, study dog grooming or swap pet tales.

A trainer and puppy outside the kennel of Woof Woof Iran in Karaj, Iran.

Buying and selling dogs is illegal in Iran, unless they are guard dogs or used by police. Dogs are considered "haram," or unclean, in Islam. Until recently, keeping dogs as pets was limited to a small circle of Westernized Iranians.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...=googlenews_wsj

The Avengers Teaser, Leaked

lycaphim — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:07:48 +0800

Bootleg copy below. Possible spoilers for those unfamiliar with Captain America's story:

[YOUTUBE]qhhuNuDyFVc[/YOUTUBE]

You can watch the proper version when Captain America comes out, after the credits.

Egypt Pays A Heavy Price For Revolution

lycaphim — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:53:18 +0800

This article is curiously timed. Nurul Kamaludin claims that Egypt's people revolution (hint: rallies and riots) made the country worse. Is she implying something?

So would she say the Islamic Revolution in Iran - which overthrew a corrupt government but made Iran an international pariah - was a bad thing? (I have yet to see a single Muslim claim this)

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsfeatures.php?id=599919

Rebecca Black's Friday Removed From Youtube

lycaphim — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:50:49 +0800

[YOUTUBE]CD2LRROpph0[/YOUTUBE]

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It’s Thursday, Thursday, and Rebecca Black’s memetastic “Friday” video is no longer available on YouTube, due to a copyright claim filed by Rebecca Black apparently. It’s not clear what exactly happened to the video, which at its pre-takedown height had amassed 167,370,534 views off of the ARK Music Factory account.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/16/rebecca-b...ble-on-youtube/

[addedon]June 17, 2011, 6:51 pm[/addedon]FFFFFU SELOW

Saudi Arabia Buys Peace

lycaphim — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:12:28 +0800

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — As one nation after another has battled uprisings across the Arab world, the one major country spared is also its richest — Saudi Arabia, where a fresh infusion of money has so far bought order.

The kingdom is spending $130 billion to pump up salaries, build housing and finance religious organizations, among other outlays, effectively neutralizing most opposition. King Abdullah began wielding his checkbook right after leaders in Tunisia and Egypt fell, seeking to placate the public and reward a loyal religious establishment. The king’s reserves, swollen by more than $214 billion in oil revenue last year, have insulated the royal family from widespread demands for change even while some discontent simmers.

Saudi Arabia has also relied on its unusually close alliance with the religious establishment that has long helped preserve the power of the royal family. The grand mufti, the highest religious official in the kingdom, rolled out a fatwa saying Islam forbade street protests, and clerics hammered at that message in their Friday sermons.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/world/mi...ner=rss&emc=rss

Too bad Malaysia not enough oil money to buy off opposition lol.

Hard life for refugees in Malaysia

lycaphim — Wed, 18 May 2011 17:47:42 +0800

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Tan Tian Maw sits in an office on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, hands trembling in her lap, and describes how she was raped by two Malaysian policemen.

Her voice is soft and barely audible above the dragon boat drummer practising outside.

"She hasn't had any trauma counselling," her lawyer, Latheefa Koya, explains. "No one has really helped her."

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The UNHCR helped file a complaint with the Malaysian police, who initially claimed the rapists were fake police officers. They then said the patrol car was stolen.

Later, they conceded the pair were real officers but could not be identified and repeatedly questioned her about the ownership of the bike.

"No investigation has taken place," Ms Koya says. "Nothing will happen. And this is not unusual. This is standard for refugees.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/break...es-in-malaysia/

First Malaysian born Mayor in Britain

lycaphim — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:36:17 +0800

While Perkasa is complaining of the pendatangs, Brits vote for a Malaysian born Mayor...

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A woman who was born and raised in Penang, will take oath tomorrow to be the first non-English mayor in England.

Helen Chuah, who loves her curry mee, will be taking the badge and robes of the mayor's office of the city of Colchester in a ceremony held at the city's Moot Hall.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...7547&sec=nation

"Israelis are more merciful than you"

lycaphim — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:08:05 +0800

As I have always maintained, the Arab dictators are worse than the Zionists...

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(Reuters) - A Syrian mother of six who opened the door to a secret policeman in the border town of Deraa just had time to scream "Israelis are more merciful than you" before he shot her dead, relatives said on Thursday.

Neighbors were then chilled by the hysterical cries of her 10-year-old daughter Sameeha after the killing on Wednesday.

Tanks rolled into Deraa, the cradle of protests against President Bashar al-Assad, on Monday. Residents say at least 50 bodies have been picked up, mainly from the town's old quarter, since then. Dozens more corpses still rot in the streets.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/28/...E73R4S820110428?

France starts ban on full face veil

lycaphim — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:39:37 +0800

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France's ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, and anyone wearing the Muslim niqab or burqa in public could now face a fine of 150 euros ($216), or lessons in French citizenship.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/11/...E73A1CL20110411

Aztech Modem/Router Problem

lycaphim — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:20:04 +0800

Broadband provider
ISP/package: Streamyx
Location: PJ
Have you called your ISP's helpline?: Yes

Personal equipment
Modem: Aztech 1000EW
Router: Same (Modem/Router)
Firewall used: None

Problem details
So not sure what I'm doing wrong with my router.

It was working fine for the past few months and then one day it didn't work. On the status page, it shows as "Connected" and it even lists TMNet DNS servers detected (202.188.0.133).

I can connect to the router via WiFi and Ethernet and access it obviously.

But I can't use the Internet through WiFi and Ethernet. Can't even ping Google, TMnet or the DNS Servers (weird). But I haven't changed anything (unless TMNet changed something!).

Restored to factory settings and it worked for awhile. But then after turning it off and back on, same problem again. Now it doesn't work even after restoring sections.

No problem when I connect using a standalone modem (which I'm using to type this now). Any ideas what went wrong with the Aztech?

Many thanks.

[addedon]January 20, 2011, 10:59 am[/addedon]Okay, think I figured out the problem although not sure if this is a permanent solution (still think the Aztech is acting weird)

So as per screenshot, make sure all boxes are checked in the modem. Apparently some were not checked and that made me unable to browse. But not sure how it came to be changed as I didn't touch any settings. I won't be buying Aztech anymore, this is my second modem that has been acting all weird.

Suicide Bombings in Pakistan Sufi Shrine

lycaphim — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:21:10 +0800

Once again, the extremists show how they are better at killing Muslims than Infidels.

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ISLAMABAD—Three suicide bombers blew themselves up inside a popular Sufi shrine in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, a brutal continuation of attacks by extremists targeting followers of one of Pakistan's popular and more moderate versions of Islam.

Thousands of devotees were inside the Data Gunj Bakhsh complex, a turquoise-domed shrine to an 11th-century Persian Sufi saint, when two bombers detonated themselves inside the marbled hall. A third attack took place outside the gate, police and witness said.

The attackers threw grenades on the crowd as it concluded late-night prayers, and then detonated themselves. Pakistani television showed images of blood smeared on the shrine's marble floor. "There was a huge blast and there was complete pandemonium," a witness told private GEO TV news.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405...=googlenews_wsj

Saudi Arabia Lets Israel Attack Iran

lycaphim — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:58:10 +0800

See - Arabs and Jews can get along, especially when they are fighting Persians.

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Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.

In the week that the UN Security Council imposed a new round of sanctions on Tehran, defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran.

To ensure the Israeli bombers pass unmolested, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defence systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defences will return to full alert.

“The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way,” said a US defence source in the area. “They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren’t scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the [US] State Department.”

Sources in Saudi Arabia say it is common knowledge within defence circles in the kingdom that an arrangement is in place if Israel decides to launch the raid. Despite the tension between the two governments, they share a mutual loathing of the regime in Tehran and a common fear of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “We all know this. We will let them [the Israelis] through and see nothing,” said one.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle7148555.ece