Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian police bomb squad safely detonated a live 430-kilogram bomb that was found on a university campus in the northern state of Perlis, news reports said Friday.

A heavy machinery operator discovered the bomb, believed to have been dropped during World War II, on Thursday, prompting police to block roads leading to the area, the Bernama news agency reported.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian police detained 27 protestors after a scuffle broke out during the demolition of several houses in a squatter community, news report said Friday.

The crowd, made up of residents of the squatter colony in the southern state of Johor and social activists, had gathered Thursday at the road leading to the village to protest the demolition of houses there amid a heavy police presence.

The ‘King Khan’ was recently honoured by a prestigious award in Malaysia giving him the title of 'Datuk' (the equivalent of a knighthood in Britain). The award was given by the state of Malacca to the star for promoting the state via his movies and thus helping its tourism industry to bring forth the tourists leading to an upsurge in its economy.

Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 15 : Three Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leaders were questioned by police on Tuesday on the alleged "illegal assembly" at the Muslim ministers'' Hari Raya open house at the Putra World Trade Centre earlier this month.

According to a New Strait Times report, S. Jayathas, K. Selvam and K. Santhi, who is the wife of the movement''s chairman P. Waythamoorthy, were questioned at the Dang Wangi police headquarters.

They entered the police station about 3 p. m. local times accompanied by their lawyers N. Surendran and Latheefa Koya.

Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 15 : Malaysia and India will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the exchange of workers between both countries in New Delhi in December.

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia announced Tuesday it will cut retail fuel prices for the third time in three months, following a dip in world oil prices.

From Wednesday, the retail price of petrol will be reduced by 6 per cent to 2.30 ringgit (0.69 cents) and diesel will be cut by 8 per cent to 2.20 ringgit (0.73 cents), said Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The price cut was due to a marked drop in world oil prices, Abdullah said in a statement.

The reduction in the price of gasoline and diesel is the third in three months, after the government raised pump prices by a whopping 41 per cent for petrol and 63 per cent for diesel in June.