Time To Abide By Referee’s Decision On Lynas

Some people just don’t know when to abide by the referee’s decision and get on with the game. Despite the fact the residents’ appeal against the Lynas Rare Earth Plant has been dismissed, despite the fact that the mining company has agreed to the extra safety measures imposed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry and despite the fact today’s Parliamentary Selected Committee report will give the operation the all-clear, the most...

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Cassano, Balotelli Send Italy Through

POZNAN  — Antonio Cassano’s first-half header and Mario Balotelli’s spectacular late volley gave Italy a 2-0 win over Ireland which took them into the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as Group C runners-up. Cassano, who missed half the season with AC Milan after undergoing a minor heart operation, headed home 10 minutes before the break and Balotelli brilliantly hooked the ball home in the final minute to leave Italy second with five points...

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Lynas Injunction Application Hearing On July 19

KUALA LUMPUR – The High Court postponed to July 19 the inter-partes injunction hearing by Lynas Corporation Limited and Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd to restrain ‘Save Malaysia, Stop Lynas’ (SMSL), an anti-Lynas group and its two directors from further publishing defamatory article on Lynas. SMSL’s counsel Datuk Bastian Pius Vendargon told reporters that Lynas had served its affidavit pertaining to the injunction hearing to the defendants yesterday. He...

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Europe Vows Closer Union At G20 Summit

LOS CABOS, Mexico – Under pressure from financial markets and anxious world leaders, Europe agreed yesterday to move towards a more integrated banking system to stem a debt crisis that threatens the survival of the euro. At a Group of 20 summit of the world’s leading industrialised and developing economies in this Mexican resort, Germany and its big euro zone partners took the unusual step of spelling out in detail measures to complete the...

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Tyson To Take Tale To Broadway

NEW YORK – From the boxing ring to Broadway – Mike Tyson said Monday he’s teaming up with director Spike Lee to take his one-man show “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth” to the New York stage. Tyson, the former heavyweight world champion and self-styled “baddest man  on the planet,” debuted the show in Las Vegas in April, pulling few punches in  recounting the highs and highly publicized lows of his career. Now he plans to bring the...

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Microsoft ‘Surface’ Tablet Set To Take On iPad

LOS ANGELES – Microsoft on Monday unveiled a Surface tablet computer as the technology titan steps in with its own hardware to take on Apple’s market-ruling iPads. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer described the iPad challenger as a  tablet that “works and plays” when he showed it off at a press event in Los  Angeles. Surface is also the name of table and poster-sized touch screen computers  that Microsoft has pitched...

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Justin Bieber Grows Up, Gets Even On ‘Believe’

LOS ANGELES — Canadian pop star Justin Bieber makes his highly anticipated return with new album “Believe,” revealing an edgier, grown-up side to the young star who has gained a worldwide fan base with innocent love songs and baby-faced charms. “Believe,” out today, serves as Bieber’s highly anticipated sequel to his debut album “My World 2.0,” and has had critics buzzing on whether the teen who first found fame on YouTube is a short-lived...

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