en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-02-02 Singapore Southeast Asia

One hurt as small blasts rattle Bangkok mall shoppers
Zee News
Bangkok: Police in Thailand today were investigating a pair of bombings outside a luxury shopping mall in the heart of Bangkok, the first such violence reported in the capital since last year's army coup. One person was slightly injured in the blasts yesterday ...

Bombs explode outside Bangkok shopping mall   Sydney Morning Herald
Phuket: Bombs explode in Bangkok   The Phuket News
Twin Bombs Rattle Shoppers in Bangkok   Wall Street Journal

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Singapore Budget 2015 will help mid-career Singaporeans: Tharman
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Mr Tharman is leading the government's push to train workers in employable skills as technology reshapes jobs across the global economy and competition from developing countries heats up. PHOTO: SPH. Comments. Share. 2 Feb5:50 AM. Singapore.
Budget 2015: It's for building S'pore's future   The New Paper
Budget's focus 'will be on building Singapore's future'   The Independent Singapore News (blog)
Tharman gives rare glimpse of Budget 2015   Channel News Asia
The Straits Times
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Grandmother on Death Row in Indonesia Pleads Foreign Minister for Help
Oye! Times
The grandmother on death row in Bali for smuggling £1.6million of cocaine, 57-year-old Lindsay Sandiford, has pleaded for help from Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. The Cheltenham, Glos, resident alleged that her time “is running out” and she could be ...

British grandmother Lindsay Sandiford in final appeal from Indonesia's death row   International Business Times UK
Cheltenham woman writes to Foreign Office to appeal death sentence   ITV News
UK's top Bali diplomat suspended after prisoner affair claim   Channel News Asia

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Cops book nine suspected of supporting Sabah, Sarawak secession drive
Malay Mail Online
A screen capture of SSKM's facebook page. The movement has gained traction, particularly among youngsters in Sabah and Sarawak, who called for a review of the Malaysia Agreement 1963.KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Nine people aged between 24 and 50 ...

Sabah police arrest 9 for encouraging secession from Malaysia – Bernama   The Malaysian Insider
Standoff as nine with alleged links to SSKM held   The Star Online
Bouquets from IGP for Tuaran cops   Free Malaysia Today
The Sun Daily
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CPP leadership sees influx of new blood
The Phnom Penh Post
The ruling Cambodian People's Party has added 306 new members to its central committee in a bid to revitalise the party ahead of pivotal elections in three years. The new additions, announced yesterday, include more than a dozen children of top party ...

Military, Police Top Brass Get Party Promotions   The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
'Virgin surgery' ads banned in Cambodia   6minutes
Change Finally On The Way For Cambodian Politics   The Establishment Post
Financial Times
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Baby girl boon for mother
The Sun Daily
KUALA LUMPUR: A mother's dream finally came true when she gave birth to her fourth child, a girl, at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) on Federal Territory (FT) Day today. Siti Norhariani Kamal, 28, said she was not too hopeful of getting a girl as she had ...

Baby Girl Boon For Mother Of 3 Boys On FT Day   Bernama
Get rid of Ku Nan's redundant FT Ministry & SAVE RM1 BIL - Chin Tong tells Najib   Malaysia Chronicle
Junk redundant Federal Territories Ministry, DAP MP says   Malay Mail Online
The Malaysian Insider
malaysiandigest.com
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RI resumes search for AirAsia crash victims
Jakarta Post
Rescuers on Sunday resumed their search for 86 victims still missing from the AirAsia plane that crashed on Dec. 28, 2014, with 162 people on board, an official said. National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) chief Bambang Soelistyo said last week ...

AirAsia Captain Said To Have Left Seat Before Crash   Airwise
AirAsia QZ8501: Plane crashed with co-pilot in the pilot's seat   Patriarc
AirAsia crash: Pilots shut off critical computer system - WHY?   Malaysia Chronicle
Irish Independent
NEWS.com.au
AsiaOne
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MAS: Families were informed
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines denied that it did not give any prior notice to the next of kin before authorities declared that everyone on board MH370 was “presumed dead”. “Prior to the scheduled announcement by Civil Aviation Department, all next of ...

MH370 kin to receive compensation once paperwork complete – Bernama   The Malaysian Insider
MH370 next-of-kin to receive compensation upon completion of documentation ...   Malay Mail Online
MH370: MAS notified families before Jan 29 announcement   The Borneo Post
Bernama
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Exhibition marks 125th anniversary of Thaipusam at Batu Caves
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: A copy of the British Governor's signed document prepared in 1891, allowing Batu Caves to be used as a venue to celebrate Thaipusam, is among a collection of items on display at an exhibition to mark the 125th year of celebrations here ...

Tourists feel the warmth of Thaipusam too   The Sun Daily
Thaipusam Rituals Leave Foreign Tourists Spellbound   Bernama

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Don't waste public funds on 'hopeless' Border's case, DAP tells Jawi
The Rakyat Post
DAP's Zairil Khir Johari says Border's bookstore branch manager Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz had to endure unnecessary legal tribulations and emotional anguish despite having committed no wrong. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2, 2015: The Federal Territories ...

Jawi's move in Borders case persecution of the innocent   Free Malaysia Today
Islamic authority's appeal against bookstore manager is persecution, says DAP   The Malaysian Insider
Jawi's Apex Court appeal is an act of desperation and persecution — Zairil Khir ...   Malay Mail Online
The Sun Daily
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