Defer travel to Bangkok, minister says
Monday, May 17th, 2010PUTRAJAYA: The Foreign Affairs Ministry has recommended that Malaysians defer all travel to Bangkok, Thailand, until the situation there returns to normal.
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Thai troops close in on protest encampment
Monday, May 17th, 2010BANGKOK: Thai protesters ignored calls by the government to leave their central Bangkok camp on Monday as troops tightened a security cordon around the area, raising fears of fresh bloodshed after 37 people died in five days of fighting.
Malaysia bans three beauty products
Monday, May 17th, 2010PUTRAJAYA: Three beauty products were banned by the Health Ministry today because they contain scheduled poisons, tretinoin and hydroquinone.
