March 26, 2009 Thursday
Updated

TAN Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has won the Umno deputy president's post, with 1,575 votes.

The party's three new vice-presidents are Datuk Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi with 1,552 votes, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein with 1,515 votes, and Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal's 1,445 votes.

 
Toddler dies of bird flu

JAKARTA - A TWO-YEAR boy died of suspected bird flu on Thursday in a hospital in Indonesia, the country hardest hit by the virus, medical workers said.

Vietnam to upgrade airline

HANOI - VIETNAM wants to turn its national airline into one of the region's best and foresees a rise in passenger numbers this year, officials said on Thursday, despite other carriers battling slumping demand.

2nd Indon bomb hoax in 2 days

SURABAYA (Indonesia) - INDONESIAN police said a bomb threat at a shopping mall in Surabaya, the country's second-biggest city, on Thursday turned out to be a false alarm, the second such incident in two days in the run-up to elections.

   
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