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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Penang</title>
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		<title>Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/phones-outnumber-radios-among-poor-in-south-asia-99765/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick Noronha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Phones are catching up with TVs, and the number of phones being used by &#8216;bottom of the pyramid&#8217; households have already outpaced the number of radios and computers in South Asia, researchers have said.

LIRNEasia, a Sri Lanka-based Asia-Pacific information and communication technology (ICT) policy and regulation capacity-building organisation, said in India a hundred ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/phones-outnumber-radios-among-poor-in-south-asia-99765/">Phones outnumber radios among poor in South Asia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Indian barbers claim Malaysian boss abused them for four years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/seven-indian-barbers-claim-malaysian-boss-abused-them-for-four-years-97484/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG/KUALA LUMPUR - Seven Indian nationals have lodged a complaint with the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, accusing their employer in Penang of abusing them and failing to pay their salaries regularly for the past four years.

According to The Star, the men, aged between 20 and 28, were employed at a barbershop in Paya ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/seven-indian-barbers-claim-malaysian-boss-abused-them-for-four-years-97484/">Seven Indian barbers claim Malaysian boss abused them for four years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Language problems hold up Asians on net</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/language-problems-hold-up-asians-on-net-91442/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick Noronha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Asians were the most numerous internet users worldwide as of 2001. Yet, access to the net and computing are still largely restricted to those with knowledge of the English language.

A Pakistani localisation expert, working on solutions here, has suggested that the market is overlooking the computing needs of a number of smaller Asian .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/language-problems-hold-up-asians-on-net-91442/">Original source &nbsp;: Language problems hold up Asians on net</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s cooking on wok? An internet boom</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/whats-cooking-on-wok-an-internet-boom-88008/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/whats-cooking-on-wok-an-internet-boom-88008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick Noronha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - An Indonesian techie is trying to bring in a quiet revolution with the wok - a large, round-bottomed Chinese cooking vessel. His &#8220;wokbolic&#8221; is a low cost technology that takes wireless connectivity places and dramatically lowers the cost of internet access.

&#8220;It&#8217;s to cook,&#8221; jokes Onno Widodo Purbo, 44, a writer on information and ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/whats-cooking-on-wok-an-internet-boom-88008/">What&#8217;s cooking on wok? An internet boom</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The cellphone goes to Asian classrooms</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-cellphone-goes-to-asian-classrooms-86428/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick Noronha</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Can the cellphone replace the blackboard? Not quite, but it is finding new uses in the classroom in pockets of Asia, says a new report.

The latest and seventh volume of the &#8220;Digital Review of Asia Pacific&#8217;, released at a function here, highlights the power of new communication technologies in the field of education.	 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-cellphone-goes-to-asian-classrooms-86428/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: The cellphone goes to Asian classrooms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New curbs on internet content by Asian nations: Report</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-curbs-on-internet-content-by-asian-nations-report-85252/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-curbs-on-internet-content-by-asian-nations-report-85252/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederick Noronha</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Led by China, many Asian governments are shifting to a &#8220;new generation&#8221; of restrictions to control content on the internet and the growth in these curbs has been &#8220;accelerating&#8221;, according to a new study.

The OpenNet Initiative (ONI), which monitors internet surveillance practices by nations, released its report here Wednesday. It pointed to &#8220;an .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-curbs-on-internet-content-by-asian-nations-report-85252/">Source article &nbsp;: New curbs on internet content by Asian nations: Report</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Penang Govt. ready to allot land for Malay Tamil schools</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/penang-govt-ready-to-allot-land-for-malay-tamil-schools-64979/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/penang-govt-ready-to-allot-land-for-malay-tamil-schools-64979/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 19:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Penang Deputy Chief Minister Prof Dr P. Ramasamy has said that the Penang Government is ready to allot land for Tamil schools in Malaysia.

For this, schools have to make a formal application to the state, the star online quoted Ramasamy as saying.
There are 27 Tamil schools in the state and at least three-quarters .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/penang-govt-ready-to-allot-land-for-malay-tamil-schools-64979/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Penang Govt. ready to allot land for Malay Tamil schools</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pleasure cruise ends in tragedy for Indian couple</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pleasure-cruise-ends-in-tragedy-for-indian-couple-28984/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pleasure-cruise-ends-in-tragedy-for-indian-couple-28984/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GEORGE TOWN - An Indian couple&#8217;s pleasure cruise ended in tragedy when the man fell off the ship and his wife dived into the choppy sea in a failed rescue attempt.



Kasturi Shetty, 47, dived off the Star Cruise Virgo Monday to save her husband Noojady Nithyanand, 49, after the latter slipped on the deck and .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pleasure-cruise-ends-in-tragedy-for-indian-couple-28984/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian Indian leader gets bullets in mail</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/malaysian-indian-leader-gets-bullets-in-mail-11887/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/malaysian-indian-leader-gets-bullets-in-mail-11887/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Malaysian Indian lawmaker Karpal Singh received an envelope with two live bullets and a letter that threatened to &#8216;burn his entire family&#8217; if he clashed with the Malay rulers.



Singh, who heads the opposition Democratic Action Party, said he was in Kuala Lumpur when an employee at his Penang office called to inform him ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/malaysian-indian-leader-gets-bullets-in-mail-11887/">Malaysian Indian leader gets bullets in mail</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jalikattu is Tamil youths&#8217; test of manhood</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jalikattu-is-tamil-youths-test-of-manhood-45/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jalikattu-is-tamil-youths-test-of-manhood-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENANG - Tamil youths here flaunted their sporty prowess performing Jalikattu, the bull-fight, at the 100th annual Pongal festival, a media report said Monday.



&#8216;It was a test of manhood for young men,&#8217; The Star newspaper said.


Jalikattu is performed at the end of the harvest festival, when the Tamil community gathers to give thanks for the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jalikattu-is-tamil-youths-test-of-manhood-45/">Read more : Jalikattu is Tamil youths&#8217; test of manhood</a>.]]></description>
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