Malaysian officials have confirmed the search for the missing passenger jet has been expanded into the Indian Ocean.

Malaysia’s High Court refused to let prosecutors use crucial evidence that might link opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to semen found on the man who accused Anwar of sodomising him.

An official said Malaysia’s government has barred Muslims from a concert by US hip-hop stars the Black Eyed Peas next month because the event is being sponsored by Guinness.

Malaysia’s leader said claims made to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown that his government pursued ethnic cleansing policies were lies designed to divide the races in the Muslim-majority country.