Italy's 30-year-old Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi grabbed his seventh Moto GP title on the Sepang circuit on Sunday, while Australian Casey Stoner won the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Italy's Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi took the pole-position advantage in his bid to win his seventh Moto GP world title at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Rossi needs to finish in the top four in Sunday's race to win the crown.
On Thailand's southern border with Malaysia, near to the country's paradise holiday resorts, a dangerous and little-known conflict is pitting the army against a unique and highly secretive insurgency, threatening to turn into secretarian violence.
A judge at an Islamic appeals court has ordered the review of a contested caning sentence imposed on a Malaysian woman for drinking beer in public. Her punishment was earlier postponed until after the holy month of Ramadan.
Our Focus programme looks at the case of Kartika Sari Dewa Shukarn, a Malaysian model who pleaded guilty to drinking beer in public and has been sentenced to caning after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan comes to an end.
A Muslim model, sentenced under sharia law to be caned for drinking beer, was abruptly released by Malaysian religious officials Monday, who say the punishment has been postponed until after the holy month of Ramadan.
Police fired tear gas and water cannons and made hundreds of arrests when more than 15,000 people gathered in downtown Kuala Lampur Saturday in protest against a colonial-era law that allows detention without trial.
The Italian blogosphere remains mobilised and continues coverage of the earthquake that struck central Italy. Meanwhile Malaysian Net users are delighted by the interest their prime minister has shown for technology.
Raikkonen led team mate Massa in a Ferrari one-two in Friday afternoon’s second practice session for the Grand Prix. The Finn dipped below Massa’s 2008 pole time of 1m 35.748s with 1m 35.707s.
