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The Transport Bureau received a record high number of customer complaints over taxi services last year (1,559) but only 172 led to a fine, warning or recommendation

Bad taxi drivers could lose license

The new regulation on taxis, currently being drafted, could allow authorities to terminate the professional license of drivers who receive many complaints, the

Iran fighter crash kills crew

An Iranian US-manufactured F-14 fighter jet crashed early yesterday minutes after takeoff killing both crew, the Fars news agency reported.“The pilot and the co-pilot of ...
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EU financial transaction tax ‘madness’: Cameron

The European Union’s plan for a financial transaction tax is “simply madness”, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday at the World Economic Forum in ...
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    1. The US Department of State published its latest report on trafficking in persons last week, which reiterates the criticism it has made since 2008
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  • This Day in History: Edgar Allan Poe is born

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    On 17 January 1820, British writer and poet Anne Bronte – the youngest of the six Bronte children and one of the three renown Bronte
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    1 - NEPAL: Kathmandu – A priest (2L) carries Nepalese living goddess Kumari, Mateena Shakya towards The Taleju Temple in Kathmandu on Monday, on the
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  • This Day in History: Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall

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    On January 16, 1938, American Jazz legend Benny Goodman decides to give a concert a New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall, claiming a new place
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    Malaysia’s Google translations Malaysia’s defence ministry yesterday blamed the use of Google Translate for the mangled English that appeared on its website sparking online ridicule.The
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  • This Day in History

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    Paul Simon visits South AfricaOn this day in 1996, Paul Simon performs in a historic concert in Johannesbug, South Africa, being the first international star
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    Malaysia’s Google translations Malaysia’s defence ministry yesterday blamed the use of Google Translate for the mangled English that appeared on its website sparking online ridicule.The
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