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New Record: 1,500 Elephant Tusks Seized by Malaysian Customs

Source: Softpedia, Dec 12 2012, 3:41pm CST

During a press conference that took place only yesterday, the Director of the Malaysian Customs, Dato’ Azis Yacub, made it public news that the country's authorities succeeded in confiscating as many as 1,500 elephant tusks. The tusks we ...

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Malaysia’s 1MDB plans US$1 bln IPO

Source: The Borneo Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 7:52pm CDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd plans to raise about US$1 billion through a public listing of its power assets in Malaysia next year, Dow Jones Newswires has reported. The proposed initial public offering ...

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Batang Kali massacre: 10,000 postcards handed over to British High Commission

Source: The Borneo Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 7:28pm CDT

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 10,000 postcards signed by Malaysians wanting the British Government to make an official apology on the unlawful killing of 24 villagers in Batang Kali in 1948 by British soldiers, were handed over to the British High Com ...

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"TRAFFIC commends the customs department on its vigilance and hopes to see it pursue all leads towards finding the criminals that are using Malaysia as a transit point for ivory"


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Photos: Ivory's tragic price

Source: CNN  |   Jun 18 2013, 7:22pm CDT

An elephant walks with her infant in the Amboseli Game Reserve in Kenya. The International Fund for Animal Welfare says 2012 had the highest toll of elephants' lives in decades. Between January and March 2012, at least 50% of the elephants in Cameroon's ...

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New Austin Bay for 06/19/2013

Source: Creators Syndicate  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:44pm CDT

Smuggling illegal animals and animal products probably generates $10 billion a year in black market sales. That figure includes everything from smuggled parrots to rhino horns to illegal meat, but trafficking in illegal ivory is a multi-million d ...

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Direct flight now to Naypyitaw for Malaysian SEA Games squad

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:33pm CDT

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian athletes participating in the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar would be flying direct to Naypyitaw, the main venue for the Games, on special flights arranged by Myanmar. The Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) honorary secretary Datuk Si ...

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Letter: African elephants hurt by ivory trade

Source: KnoxNews  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:30pm CDT

Every day I hear and read of crime all over the world, politics, wars, scandals, etc., but rarely do I read or hear of the hard times the African elephant is having in Africa. Poaching is at an all-time high. And why? The cost of ivory is at an ...

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Rebooting Chinese history

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:43pm CDT

There would be better understanding of the Chinese if their contributions to the nation were brought to light. THE clue to the forgotten nugget of information came in the form of an e-mail. The reader who sent it pointed me to a particular chapter i ...

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Culture and tourism the ‘perfect marriage’

Source: Scoop - New Zealand News  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:43pm CDT

Media Release Culture and tourism the ‘perfect marriage’ AUCKLAND June 17 2013 – The merging of culture and tourism is the perfect marriage, says Malaysia’s Minister of Tourism and Culture, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz. In New Zealand as part of a ...

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Malaysian entries in Cannes Lions shortlist

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:42pm CDT

CANNES: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has held the first of its four awards ceremonies that saw the winners of the Creative Effectiveness, Direct, PR and Promo ...

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