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malacca

muh la kuh

  • n  stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
  • n  a cane made from the stem of a rattan palm
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  • Fires shroud Singapore in haze
    Singapore was shrouded in haze on Wednesday as smoke from forest fires in nearby Sumatra drifted across the Malacca Strait in the city's worst pollution crisis in more than a decade.
    June 19, 2013 - CNN
Quotes

  • John Harrison in AFP
    Certainly, we do know that there has been a long-term concern about terrorism in the Malacca Strait but the threat level remains fairly low,Harrison told AFP. "That said, it was very prudent for the Singapore Navy to pass this warning...
  • Najib Razak in Center for Research on Globalization
    ...Najib Razak said of a regional manifestation of the PSI that "this touches on the question of our national sovereignty. Malaysia and Indonesia oppose a proposal by Washington to deploy US marines with high-speed boats to guard the Malacca...
  • Teo Chee Hean in Zee News
    We would welcome the user states to make a contribution to the security of the Malacca Straits. But of course ...... It must be respectful of international law, as well as the sovereignty of the littoral states,Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean...

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