Read more Malaysia stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7082/malaysia.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:29:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72044/beyonce-scraps-malaysia-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter controversy over her racy outfits and dance routines, Beyoncé won’t perform in Kuala Lumpur this weekend. The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, a hardline Muslim group, had protested the Oct. 25 date on her “I Am” tour, but promoters deny the postponement had anything to do with those objections. They say...http://www.newser.com/story/72044/beyonce-scraps-malaysia-show.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 14:05:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67421/beer-drinking-model-demands-public-caning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Malaysian model sentenced to caning for drinking beer wants her punishment carried out in public, CNN reports. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, will be the first woman to be flogged for alcohol consumption in the Muslim-majority nation. "Let's be transparent" about the punishment, Kartika has insisted. Her father said...http://www.newser.com/story/67421/beer-drinking-model-demands-public-caning.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 3:06:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64911/malaysian-woman-sentenced-to-flogging-for-drinking-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Malaysian woman will be flogged for drinking a beer in a nightclub, reports the AP. A judge ordered the part-time model, 32, to be struck six times with a rattan cane and fined $1,400. She pleaded guilty in a religious court to consuming alcohol, but now plans to...http://www.newser.com/story/64911/malaysian-woman-sentenced-to-flogging-for-drinking-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 6:49:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57583/mcdonalds-doesnt-own-mc-prefix-malaysian-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Malaysian court ruled that McDonald’s does not control the rights to every word with the “Mc” prefix, the AP reports. The appellate court overturned a 2006 decision that forced a Malaysian restaurant named “McCurry’s” to pay damages to McDonald’s for using the name to associate its business with the...http://www.newser.com/story/57583/mcdonalds-doesnt-own-mc-prefix-malaysian-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 16:58:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46725/world-bids-2008-good-riddance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFireworks exploded over Sydney's shimmering harbor today, as the world's first major city to ring in 2009 celebrated the end of a rocky year with cheers, beers, and a sense of relief. "I'm looking forward to 2009," said a spectator. "Because it can't get much worse." Facing the end of...http://www.newser.com/story/46725/world-bids-2008-good-riddance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 9:57:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43425/fatwa-bans-yoga-for-muslims-in-malaysia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIslamic authorities in Malaysia issued a fatwa today against Muslims practicing yoga, BBC reports. The chair of Malaysia's National Fatwa Council said Hindu elements are essential to yoga and could destroy a Muslim's faith. "We are of the view that yoga combines physical exercise, religious elements, chanting and worshipping for...http://www.newser.com/story/43425/fatwa-bans-yoga-for-muslims-in-malaysia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Nov 2008 19:15:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40546/borneo-threatened-by-green-gold-rush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBorneo, the Texas-sized island whose rain forests are astonishingly rich in biodiversity, has been plundered for its other riches—everything from rhino horns to coal to oil—for centuries. Now, with the market for palm oil, dubbed green gold, booming, oil-palm plantations threaten the remaining forest, Mel White writes in...http://www.newser.com/story/40546/borneo-threatened-by-green-gold-rush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Oct 2008 13:16:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37925/us-able-to-delay-al-qaedas-annual-911-tape-a-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl Qaeda’s commemoration of the Sept. 11 terror attacks came a bit later than usual this year, ABC News reports, as US intelligence services were able to block the group's annual propaganda video from making the Internet rounds until today. Sources said Germany and Malaysia helped keep the extremist group...http://www.newser.com/story/37925/us-able-to-delay-al-qaedas-annual-911-tape-a-week.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Sep 2008 17:25:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34364/malaysian-opposition-leader-pleads-not-guilty-to-sodomy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMalaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim pleaded not guilty today to a charge that he sodomized a male aide, dismissing it as a "treacherous" accusation aimed at undermining democracy, AP reports. Anwar, 60, was charged under massive police security, underscoring the controversy surrounding the case, and was freed on bail to...http://www.newser.com/story/34364/malaysian-opposition-leader-pleads-not-guilty-to-sodomy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 Aug 2008 6:07:04 CDT