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Police stand guard outside a court room in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

The week in science: Chile pushes for a national science ministry, Indonesia protects its forests, and Nobel laureate Heinrich Rohrer dies.

Prosecutors have filed a sedition charge against a student activist who had urged Malaysians to engage in street protests against the government over claims of election fraud.

Business leaders yesterday demanded compensation from authorities for firms affected by Tuesday's massive power outage, while the Energy Ministry ordered a review of the emergency decision-making process.

A massive power blackout hit 14 southern provinces Tuesday night after a transmission failure in Prachuap Khiri Khan cut off supply from the Central Region.

The massive blackout in the South on Tuesday night was not a deliberate act to justify building new coal-fired power plants in the South, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says.

This image provided by the Naval Research Lab shows tropical cyclone Mahasen taken Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 0600 GMT.

Fine, young cops: The writer's father, Wong Heck Ming, with his squad mates Joseph Chong, Tan Teck Seng and Ng Peng Imm.

It is extremely difficult to find any real winners in the results that came out of Malaysia's Electoral Commission; although, somewhat surprisingly, one could be Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who ran ahead of his party and who managed to preserve a majority in Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu and Pahang against an opposition onslaught, and to win back ... (more)

Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the last of 28 miners killed last week when an underground room of a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine collapsed, the operator of the U.S.-owned facility said.

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The Department of Finance thumbed down a proposal to grant income tax holiday incentive to hotels and resorts in top tourist destinations in the Philippines.

'Various nutrition-related activities will be carried out as part of the initiative to reinforce the message of leading a healthy lifestyle to prevent diet-related chronic diseases,' says Dr Tee.

A Rohingya woman and her child at Bawdupha, a camp located several kilometers east of Sittwe, Arakan State.

Thailand's government lowered its full-year growth forecast after the economy expanded less than analysts estimated last quarter, boosting the case for the central bank to cut interest rates.

The White House welcomed ex-general Thein Sein on Monday as the first president of Burma/Myanmar in roughly 47 years after the late Gen.

High-speed railway lines connecting Thailand, Laos and China might soon become a reality after the Thai cabinet met with its Lao counterparts in Chiang Mai earlier this week.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo won more than 88 per cent of the vote for congress in Pampanga province.

Choice habitat: The mangroves and mudflats along the coast from Teluk Air Tawar near Butterworth, Penang, to Kuala Muda in Kedah, are important for migratory waterbirds such as these common redshanks.

However, instead of joyous celebration, there are widespread protests on the street.