I had just over five minutes to address a diverse audience about the overnight killing of protesters in Rabaa Al-Adawiya in Cairo. The news from Egypt had made this a sad day. Some reports said over 120 people had been killed in Rabaa Al-Adawiya, many of them Morsi supporters. A few hours before, just after fajr, early news was trickling through of some deaths in Cairo but it did not…

Event: MUAR: The Government will not trade off Malaysia's dignity and lead it to bankruptcy in regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations held in Kota Kinabalu last week. Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Hamim Samuri said the government would not ink any agreement without considering the views of all concerned parties and safeguarding the people's rights. "This is evident from the nation's earnings of around…

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Event: Jakarta - Education Minister Muhammad Nuh wonders how pornographic material was included in textbooks for elementary students. All parties involved, may be sanctioned. "I wonder why this book reached the school. Ought not be," Nuh said at the State Palace, Veteran Street, Jakarta, Thursday (07/11/2013). Nuh had sent a team in the field to check on how the book can be circulated. Nuh was also surprised by the elementary…