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...former Cisco Systems executive accused of embezzling $10 million from the networking equipment maker and one of its smaller partners; in San Jose, California. ARRESTED. BADARUDDIN ISMAIL, 56, Malaysian human- rights activist and the 10th person arrested this year under the country's draconian Internal Security Act; in Kuala Lumpur. DIED. DAVID WALKER, 56, former astronaut who commanded the 1989 Atlantis voyage and launched the Magellan probe that mapped the surface of Venus; in Houston, Texas. Walker also flew on three other U.S. space shuttle missions, including the 1984 Discovery, which was the first successful attempt at retrieving satellites from...
...citizen, simply shrugs. "Oh, who knows," she says. "I'm half Punjabi, mixed with some English, a little French and dribs and drabs of God knows what else." The 29-year-old speaks crisp British English, fluent Malay, and a smidgen of Punjabi. She grew up in a Kuala Lumpur neighborhood that was mostly Chinese, attended an English-speaking school and was pals with Malay and Indian kids. Gill's Channel V show, broadcast in English, has a strong following in Malaysia, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. "I'm Hitler's worst nightmare," she says. "My ethnicity and profession...
...been better. Skyline Cruisers easily matches the blockbuster Hollywood action films in scope and grandeur; none of the cost-cutting so common in Hong Kong productions is to be found here. Yip gets the most visually out of every cent in his large budget. The futuristic architecture of Kuala Lumpur is photographed to its best advantage, and it is a rare shot indeed that disappoints...
...rushed out when I heard the gunshots," Saraswathy, a 44-year-old housewife told a Kuala Lumpur court in early March. She claims she tried to alert police that a pregnant woman was inside the house they had surrounded. "Do you want to die? Go back inside," a policeman shouted, according to Saraswathy. "About two hours later a police truck arrived. They brought out five bodies from the house and into the waiting truck." One of the bodies was Selvamalar...
...CHARGED. MOHAMAD EZAM MOHAMAD NOR, 34, youth leader of the Malaysian opposition National Justice Party, with sedition over his reported call in a newspaper interview for mass protests to topple the government; in Kuala Lumpur. Mohamad Ezam accused the government of using smear tactics against him and said that he was misquoted by the Mingguan Malaysia newspaper, to which he had spoken only of peaceful planned protests...