A city in China’s mainly Muslim Xinjiang region has banned people with large beards or Islamic clothing from travelling on public buses, state media said, prompting outrage from an overseas rights group on Wednesday. Authorities in Karamay banned people wearing…
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Salam R1C, Heartbreaking pictures of the killings and the families’ anguish circled the Internet and television news stations. People around the world were outraged, including Singaporeans. The effects of this war are not just in lost lives. According to the…
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Dahulu aku pelajar miskin. Aku selalu didera oleh cikgu aku bernama Ms Seow semasa darjah dua. Aku dianaktirikan. Walaupun aku pandai, Ms Seow kata aku meniru. Ms Seow tidak percaya semua yang aku buat adalah hasil kerja aku sebab aku…
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Cikgu Muhammad Ariff Ahmad was awarded Singapore’s highest literary honour, the Cultural Medallion, in 1987 — ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN For photo gallery, click here. A literary giant in the Malay community in Singapore and the region, Cikgu Muhammad Ariff Ahmad is not letting two…
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LEMBAGA Perpustakaan Negara (NLB) akan melakar satu proses yang lebih jelas untuk buku-buku yang telah ditarik keluar dari senarai bacaan awam “disebabkan kandungan yang kontroversi”. Menerusi pendekatan yang dikemaskinikan, NLB tidak akan terus memusnahkan buku-buku yang dianggap tidak sesuai, sebaliknya…
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