2015-01-28 Malaysia Health

The WSU Sign Post   

Science Weekly: All nighters may not be helping you learn   
The WSU Sign Post
The late night cram is something college students are familiar with. However, a new study shows that sleep is what may help us learn the material needed to ace our classes. Sleep, memory and learning have been known to have strong correlations with one ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia Science

Bangkok Post   

Warming melting huge Antarctic glacier   
Bangkok Post
SYDNEY - The largest glacier in East Antarctica, containing ice equivalent to a six-metre (20-foot) rise in global sea levels, is melting due to warm ocean water, Australian scientists said on Monday. File photo of a penguin strolling past the King Sejong Korean ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia Entertainment

Techlicious (blog)   

Apple Adds a 'Free on iTunes' Section for Songs and TV Shows   
Techlicious (blog)
Apple's Looking for free content to watch or listen to on your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV? If so, great news: Apple has created a new section on iTunes called “Free on iTunes” that lets you download a number of songs and television shows at no cost to you.
Apple's New "Free on iTunes" Feature Offers Free TV Shows & Music, including ...   High-Def Digest
iTunes Brings Back Free Music, TV Episodes   News For Shoppers
Apple Adds Free On iTunes - A Hub For Free Music, Film and TV   hypebot.com
Sin Chew Jit Poh   
PC Magazine   
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Greek singer Demis Roussos dies at 68   
The Star Online
Best-selling singer from the 1970s and 80s dies after a long illness in Athens, Greece. Egyptian-born Greek singer Demis Roussos, 68, who sold more than 60 million records worldwide with a series of international hits in the 1970s and 1980s, has died in ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia Sports

euronews   

Australia Reaches Asian Cup Final   
New York Times
Host Australia defeated the United Arab Emirates, 2-0, in a semifinal match at the Asian Cup on Tuesday. Australia took a firm grip on the contest when defenders Trent Sainsbury and Jason Davidson scored within the first 15 minutes. Australia will meet South ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia Technology

CNN   

Facebook denies outage was caused by hackers   
The Australian Financial Review
Facebook has denied that it was taken down by hackers after it went offline on Tuesday along with Instagram. Photo: Reuters. Sophie Nicholson. Facebook and its Instagram photo-sharing site were interrupted temporarily on Tuesday, provoking panic, ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia Business

Free Malaysia Today   

1MDB may seek 'shocking' 3rd postponement of RM2b loan   
Free Malaysia Today
1MDB is holding Maybank Bhd and RHB Bank hostage by seeking an extension for its overdue RM2 billion loan. tony pua1 KUALA LUMPUR: News from Bloomberg on Tuesday that “1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) is planning to seek another ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia World

Washington Times   

Obama pushes gender equality in India, but not in Saudi Arabia   
Washington Times
President Obama meets new Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, where he and the and first lady have come to expresses their condolences on the death of the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin ... more >.
Battery Heated Clothing Gets Put to the Test2:21   NEWS.com.au
New Saudi king greets Obama, but ignores First Lady   New York Post
US First Lady Michelle Obama opts not to wear headscarf for Saudi King   The Australian (blog)
Gulf Daily News   
New Zealand Herald   
Salt Lake Tribune   
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The Hindu   

10 killed in Tripoli hotel attack   
The Hindu
In the latest sign of Libya's descent into chaos, gunmen stormed a luxury hotel used by diplomats and businessmen in the capital on Tuesday, killing 10 persons. Two attackers were killed following an hour-long standoff that included a car bomb that exploded ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia Southeast Asia

Chiang Rai Times   

Kiwi backpacker found dead in Thailand   
New Zealand Herald
Christina Marian Annesley was found dead in a bungalow on the Thai island of Koh Tao. Photo / Facebook. A New Zealand-born woman has died while backpacking in Thailand. Christina Marian Annesley, 23, was born in Lower Hutt and lived most of her life ...

2015-01-28 Malaysia Malaysia

The Malaysian Insider   

Dr M: Adopt Danube River dam model to save forest   
The Star Online
KUCHING: Sarawak can avoid flooding large tracts of forest land if it adopts the model of dam construction like that along the Danube River in Europe, said Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The former prime minister said the state, which had built and planned for ...