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(2 May) - In a squatter area of Port Klang, in Selangor state, 500 ringgit a year gets you the odd luxury that makes life a little more bearable. For Abdul Majid, who is unemployed, it might be a better quality fish to eat for dinner, or not worrying about the bills when his children fall ill. He has received two cash bonuses... 

The mother, left, and grandmother of a five-year-old girl who died after eating poisoned yoghurt placed on a street by a nursery school headteacher. Photograph: AFP/Getty (3 May) - Two Chinese nursery school pupils have died after drinking yoghurt laced with rat poison, apparently because the head of a rival institution hoped... 

(30 Apr) - At Singapore’s Fullerton Bay Hotel, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak smile and toss yusheng, a raw-fish salad symbolizing prosperity, and in this case a thaw in five decades of feuding. The traditional feast in February after the Lunar New Year was the latest annual retreat...