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Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list

and wants to be translated into more languages, Stone said. It is currently available in English, Japanese and Spanish. PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Biz Stone,  U.S. Republican Party

Twitter to scrap controversial list

Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said the company was seeking ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, Salon,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Biz Stone,  U.S. Republican Party

Social-media site Twitter to scrap controversial list of ’suggested users,’ executive says

Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, Simple Thoughts,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.,  Biz Stone,  Ashton Kutcher,  U.S. Republican Party

Malaysia bars Catholic paper using tribal language

The government in Muslim-majority Malaysia has barred a Roman Catholic newspaper from publishing a supplement in a language spoken by indigenous people on Borneo island, an official said Friday. The decision will prevent the Herald, the Catholic ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Malaysia, Indonesia mending fences over maid abuse

Indonesia's leader requested swift justice Thursday for maids allegedly abused while on the job in Malaysia _ charges that have strained normally amicable relations between the neighbors. Concerns that some 300,000 Indonesians employed as ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, Taiwan News,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

China gets rail deal in Malaysia

MALAYSIA agreed yesterday to award a multibillion-dollar rail project to a Chinese contractor as part of efforts to bolster business ties with its biggest trading partner amid a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao. Both countries also signed ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, Shanghai Daily,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hu Jintao

China gets rail project as leader visits Malaysia

Malaysia agreed Wednesday to award a multibillion-dollar rail project to a Chinese contractor as part of efforts to bolster business ties with its biggest trading partner amid a visit by China's President Hu Jintao. Both countries also signed ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, eTaiwan News,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hu Jintao

Malaysia rejects call to release 10,000 Bibles

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles confiscated for using the word "Allah" to refer to God, a banned translation in Christian texts in this Muslim-majority country, an official said ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, Buffalo News,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Roman Catholic Church

Church officials: 15,000 Bibles seized in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysian authorities have confiscated more than 15,000 Bibles in recent months because they referred to "God" as "Allah," a translation that has been banned in this Muslim-majority country, Christian church officials said ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, Boston Globe,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Roman Catholic Church

Malaysian lawmaker convicted of biting police officer

A Malaysian court convicted a prominent opposition lawmaker Thursday of biting a police officer at an illegal protest and sentenced him to six months in prison. Tian Chua was found guilty in the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court on a charge of hurting a ...

From JULIA ZAPPEI, Globe and Mail,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Anwar Ibrahim

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