2014-12-31 Malaysia Health

Malay Mail Online   

Floods: More than 1200 infectious diseases detected in Pahang in six days   
The Star Online
KUANTAN: A total 1,220 cases of flood related infectious such as eye and skin diseases were detected in Pahang in six days until Sunday. Pahang Health director Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar said the findings were made during health checks on 4,073 flood victims.
More than 1200 infectious diseases detected in Pahang in 6 days   Astro Awani
Over 1200 infectious disease cases detected in Pahang   Malay Mail Online
1220 cases of infectious diseases detected in Pahang   Free Malaysia Today
The Malaysian Insider   
New Straits Times Online   
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Malaysia Chronicle   

Women in labour flown to USM hospital   
The Star Online
KOTA BARU: Kelantan State Health director Datuk Ahmad Razin Ahmad Maher said two female patients were successfully transported by helicopter to the Universiti Sains Malaysia hospital in Kubang Kerian. “I can't confirm whether the helicopter was used ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia Science

Songbirds: How do they know when tornadoes are coming?   
The Star Online
You might want to be careful about who you call “bird-brained”. Some of our feathered friends exhibit powers of perception that make humans appear helpless. New research shows that little songbirds known as golden-winged warblers (Vermivora ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia Entertainment

The Malaysian Insider   

Vietnam, Namibia, Panama: countries to visit in 2015   
The Malaysian Insider
Da Nang in Vietnam is the top destination of 2015 according to the Tripadvisor community. — AFP pic, December 30, 2014.Which of the world's regions will be at the top of travellers' lists in 2015? Travel websites and guidebook publishers have delivered their ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia Sports

New Straits Times Online   

From star to car salesman   
New Straits Times Online
SEVERAL players from Perlis have sold their personal possessions and are now doing odd jobs following the state's failure to settle their wages for five months last season. The Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (PFAM), representing 12 ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia Technology

Forbes   

Google Needs To Fix Android Wear In 2015 To Fend Off The Apple Watch   
Forbes
I've pretty much had an Android Wear device on my wrist since the summer and one thing I've realised, with my time using the LG G Watch R, Sony SmartWatch 3 and Moto 360 is that for all their individual hardware faults, the biggest problem of all with these ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia Business

The Rakyat Post   

TM wins RM720mil submarine cable job   
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has won a contract worth RM720mil from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to develop and construct a new submarine cable system called Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia World

ABC Online   

Australia, US reject latest Palestinian call for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian ...   
ABC Online
The UN Security Council has rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories by late 2017. Even if the draft had received the minimum nine votes in favour, it would have been defeated by Washington's vote against it.
UN rejects Palestinian resolution to end Israel's occupation   Business Standard
Australia 'damaged' relations with Arab world by voting down UN Palestinian ...   The Guardian
UN vote set on Palestine draft   Gulf Daily News
Irish Independent   
Arutz Sheva   
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TIME   

Nine People Have Been Found Dead in a Mass Murder in Canada   
TIME
Edmonton Deaths Police investigate the scene where multiple deaths occurred overnight in Edmonton, Alberta, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. JASON FRANSON—AP. Police are calling it an act of domestic violence. The bodies of nine people, including two ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia Southeast Asia

Firstpost   

Bodies without life jackets indicate it wasn't controlled ditching: Expert   
AsiaOne
Members of the Search and Rescue Agency carry debris recovered from the sea presumed from missing Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ 8501 at Pangkalan Bun. Print. The pilot onboard Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 was probably not able to do a 'controlled ...

2014-12-31 Malaysia Malaysia

Malay Mail Online   

Three charged over IS links   
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: A man charged with being a terrorist sympathiser started crying in the dock, saying he felt sorry for the war-torn state of Syria. Grocery shop trader Mohd Rosmadi Che Daud was charged in the High Court here with taking a Qatar Airways ...