It was a promising start but then all hell broke loose when a handful of protesters defied the police and broke through the barricades.

Do you know who your kids are talking to?

Check out your child’s cyber buddy; he or she may be in danger even if their chance of ever meeting offline is slim.

Opposition not concerned about free and fair elections, says Najib

KUCHING: The Opposition should not fool the people with claims that elections in the country are not clean or fair, says Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Candidates on Twitter more likely to be picked for GE

KUCHING: Prospective candidates with social media following are more likely to be picked to contest in the next general election, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

SK Bukit Damansara PTA taking measures to ensure safety of its pupils

PETALING JAYA: A day after a 12-year-old boy on his way to school was abducted, another school has decided to beef up security measures.

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Update: Sunday, April 29, 2012 MYT 8:45 AM

Escaped China activist in U.S. protection - rights group

BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng is under U.S. protection in Beijing after an audacious escape from 19 months under house arrest, a U.S.-based group said on Saturday, in a drama that threatens to ignite new tensions between the two governments.

Sudan arrests foreigners in disputed border region

KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - Sudan said it had arrested a Briton, a Norwegian and a South African on Saturday, accusing them of illegally entering a disputed oil-producing border area to spy for its enemy South Sudan.

Saudi Arabia - bin Laden family let in on humanitarian grounds

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has allowed the family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden into the kingdom on humanitarian grounds, state media reported on Saturday, almost a year after U.S. special forces killed the world's most wanted man in Pakistan.

Thousands meet at native people's gathering in US

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) - Tom Roubideaux had not been to the annual meeting of Native American and indigenous people, known as the Gathering of Nations, for a decade because he was battling cancer and too sick to dance.

European firms keen but cautious over Myanmar - Ashton

YANGON, April 28 (Reuters) - European firms seeking to invest in Myanmar are unlikely to rush into business deals until more concrete reforms are put in place, despite a suspension of economic sanctions by the EU, its foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Saturday.