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• Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship
The latest is a Philippine bulk carrier seized in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday with a crew of 21, Noel Choong of the Malaysia-based International Maritime Bureau's piracy reporting center. Choong said the Philippines-operated ship, flying a ...
• Whale autopsy: Trash clogged its intestine
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A beached whale has died in Malaysia after swallowing a plastic bag, a rope and a bottle cap, a marine researcher said Wednesday. The 30-foot-long Bryde's whale got stranded in eastern Pahang state Monday and died a day later ...
• Lunar lander liftoffs
Meanwhile, another multimillion-dollar rocket competition - the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize for honest-to-goodness lunar landers - has two new competitors : Independence-X Aerospace, based in Malaysia; and Omega Envoy , led by students at the ...
• Be prepared to dig deep for these shorts
In Malaysia, home to more than 6 million ethnic Chinese, the price of fake money that is burnt as offerings to the dead has jumped by up to 20 percent because the colourful bills are made in China where costs are rising, a local daily said on Monday.
• Bank robbers need lesson in ATM operation
Or at least that was the problem that thwarted three men who broke into a bank in northern Malaysia recently, tied a rope around what they thought was an ATM, attached it to two vehicles, and yanked the machine from its hinges. The trio managed to ...