DUBAI, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Dubai's non-oil direct foreign trade grew by 54.3 percent in the first half of 2008 compared to the corresponding period last year, according to latest statistics.

DUBAI, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- The soon-to-be-opened Dubai Mall here has seen the deployment of more than 13,550 tonnes of structural steel to date, surpassing the total amount used in the construction

JOHOR BAHARU (Malaysia), Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Southern state of Johor police have detained 27 Vietnamese, four of them women, and with their arrests believe they have put paid to a Vietnamese robber

JOHOR BAHARU (Malaysia), Sept 8 (BERNAMA) -- A crew of Malaysia's MISC tanker Bunga Melati Lima, seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Aug 29, said they are always being watched by at least ten

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 -- Bilateral trade between Malaysia and India is
expected to see double-digit growth this year from the US$8.1 billion in 2007.

SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's journalism laureate, the late A.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Monday reminded civil servants to implement as best as possible all the proposals in the 2009 Budget, which was tabled in parliam

PENANG (Malaysia), Sept 8 (Bernama) -- Flash floods that sent some 10,000 people fleeing to higher ground last night is the worst for Penang in 14 years, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

PEKAN (Malaysia), Sept 8 (Bernama) -- It is a policy of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition that its leaders must visit victims of disasters to determine the type of aid that should be given

KOTA KINABALU (Malaysia), Sept 8 (Bernama) -- The East Malaysia state of Sabah Land Development Board (SLDB) will embark on 'gaharu' or agarwood commercial planting, which could provide a viable op