Reality
show:
Norman
posing for
photographers
Tuesday.

Norman Abdul Halim, music producer and businessman of KRU Group is the new principal of Akademi Fantasia Season Eight (AF 8). Norman, 38, been in the music business for over two decades. Many will remember him as a member of the popular group KRU in the 90s.

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Heartbreaking wait for mum

No heart: Chen with the mechanical heart device installed on her waiting at the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur Tuesday.

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‘Flashing candy’ a health hazard: Health Ministry

The Health Ministry has told importers and food agents not to import China-made “flashing candy” which it said was dangerous to the health.

MCA rep beats 2006 defamation suit

MCA state assemblyman Datuk Seet Har Cheow successfully defended a RM800,000 defamation suit brought against him by Malacca DAP chairman Goh Leong San at the Malacca High Court.

Conference of Rulers meets today

The 220th meeting of the Conference of Rulers began at Istana Negara here Wednesday chaired by the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah.

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Update: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 MYT 2:00:19 PM

Efforts to curb Afghan opium crop fail this year - U.N.

KABUL (Reuters) - Efforts to persuade Afghanistan's farmers to stop growing illegal opium have failed in the past year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, predicting as much land will be under poppy cultivation this year as in 2009.

INTERVIEW - Haiti PM: rebuilding could take 10 years

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Four weeks after an earthquake shattered its capital, Haiti remains in a precarious situation with no clear idea of how to house 1 million people living in the streets, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Tuesday.

Obama, Republicans find common ground on jobs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama found common ground with Republicans on Tuesday over his top priorities of job creation and deficit reduction but drew a rebuke on healthcare reform.

Trial of man charged in Jakarta bombings begins

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - An alleged Islamic militant went on trial Wednesday on charges of harboring terrorists behind twin suicide hotel bombings in Jakarta that killed seven and injured more than 50 in Indonesia.

Cambodia wants World Court to rule on Thai border

O SVAY, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's prime minister says his country will complain to the International Court of Justice that Thailand is occupying its land.

Ferrero, Andreev finally post 2010 wins in Brazil

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) - Top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero won his first match of the year in a two-hour struggle with Argentina's Eduardo Schwank 7-6 (4), 6-3 at the Brazil Open on Tuesday.