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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Heavy vehicle ban during CNY rush

Heavy vehicles will be kept off the roads on Feb 12, 13, 20 and 21 under a ban to be imposed to avert traffic congestion during the Chinese New Year “balik kampung” (homecoming) rush.

Six public servants charged over sand smuggling

Six public servants were separately charged in the Sessions Court here Wednesday with receiving bribes in connection with sand smuggling activities.

Ruling on application in RM22mil Noritta defamation case

The High Court will rule next Friday on an application by the defence to amend their statement in a case of a 39-year-old broker who filed a RM22mil defamation suit against 11 parties for portraying him as a prime suspect in the Noritta Samsudin murder case in 2003.

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Update: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 MYT 8:30:20 PM

Second big snowstorm batters U.S. East Coast

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week battered the East Coast from Washington to New York on Wednesday, forcing the closure of U.S. government agencies and the United Nations.

Q+A - Is Pakistani Taliban leader Mehsud dead?

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told reporters on Wednesday he had "credible information" that Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was dead but did not have confirmation.

Lebanon warns of "dangerous" situation with Israel

LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

Dad of Palin grandson bares all for Playgirl cover

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP): The teen father of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's grandson is featured on the cover of the upcoming print version of Playgirl magazine _ sporting nothing but a sultry gaze.

Political supporters clash in streets of Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka): Government supporters hurled stones at thousands of opposition activists demonstrating against the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka’s capital Wednesday.

Hackers disrupt Australian government Web sites

SYDNEY (AP): Hackers shut down several Australian government Web sites Wednesday in a coordinated attack against a proposed Internet filter that targets pornography and criminal sites.