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Hockey: Ireland 4 Malaysia 1

A British woman who was convicted for stripping on a sacred Malaysian mountain will fly home today, her lawyer said.

Police have detained four Westerners accused of posing naked to take photos on a Malaysian mountain — an act that has been blamed for causing the earthquake that killed 18 climbers last week.

Boulders “the size of cars” roared down the crowded slopes of Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu after its earthquake, a witness said, as authorities yesterday raised the death toll in the disaster to 16.

Carried by soldiers and draped in the national flag, coffins carrying Malaysian victims of Flight MH17 returned home yesterday to a country still searching for those onboard another doomed jet and a government battling the political fallout of both tragedies.

The Dutch-led forensic team working on the remains of the passengers of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 has identified 23 victims so far.

Up to 80 children were feared to be among the 295 passengers and crew who died after the Malaysian Airways plane was shot down over Ukraine yesterday afternoon.

Investigators in Malaysia are voicing scepticism that the Malaysian airliner which disappeared early on Saturday was the target of an attack, say US and European government sources close to the probe.

Malaysia’s governing coalition won national elections yesterday to extend its 56 years of unbroken rule.

Malaysian police say they have shot dead 31 Filipino intruders who sparked a security crisis in Borneo.

About 45,000 people joined a massive opposition rally today in Malaysia’s largest city in a show of force ahead of key general elections due in months.

Ireland’s Olympic dream was snatched from them in the cruellest fashion yesterday, as the tale of the tape gave Korea a contentious winner with just nine seconds to go to stun a packed Belfield into silence yesterday.

Ireland's men's hockey team are excited by the prospect of making history rather than being weighed down by its burden, according to coach Paul Revington as they face into one of the biggest games of their careers today.

Ireland put in a performance of real maturity at the Electric Ireland FIH Road to London to secure the 1-1 draw they needed with Malaysia to advance to a winner-takes-all playoff for Olympic qualification against Korea tomorrow (4pm).

Ireland coach Paul Revington insists playing for a draw against Malaysia in their crunch final pool clash at the Electric Ireland FIH Road to London Olympic qualifiers in UCD tomorrow (3pm) is not an option.

Ireland wasted a slew of chances but nonetheless got the job done with a workmanlike 3-0 win over Chile at the Electric Ireland FIH Road to London Olympic qualifier at Belfield tonight.

Ireland will today learn whether they’ll have to plan without key centre-back Conor Harte for the remainder of their Electric Ireland FIH Road to London Olympicqualification campaign.

Malaysia has banned a planned concert by Erykah Badu over a photograph showing the Grammy-winning singer with the Arabic word for Allah written on her body.

Malaysian authorities said today they were investigating whether a Muslim group violated religious laws with a morality campaign that describes the Prophet Mohammed as a role model for "sacred sex".

A Malaysian social activist is apologising 100 times on Twitter in an unusual settlement with a magazine publisher in a defamation case.

Lady Gaga is urging young Malaysians to protest against the censorship of lyrics in her hit song that encourage acceptance of gays.

A BUS crashed through a barrier in southern Malaysia and rammed into several vehicles, killing 12 people and injuring at least 35 others, police said.

A bus crashed through a barrier in southern Malaysia and rammed into several vehicles, killing 12 people and injuring at least 35 others, police said.

Five Irish activists whose ship was blocked from delivering humanitarian relief supplies to Gaza will arrive back in Dublin tomorrow, it was confirmed today.

One of the last ships on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza is to be intercepted by the Israeli navy today.

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was today awaiting further developments as potential buyers edged closer to striking a deal for the club.

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has received at least two offers of £100m (€116m) for the club.

From the man in Colombia who was named after the King of Pop, to Malaysians who named a soya drink for him, to a generation of people around the world who have tried to moonwalk, the news stunned the world.

Malaysia’s Health Ministry says three more people have tested positive for swine flu, bringing the country’s total to 15 cases.

SOMALI pirates seized an Egyptian cargo ship and its 28 crew members yesterday while a Malaysian military helicopter saved an Indian tanker from being hijacked in the new year’s first attacks by pirates in the dangerous Gulf of Aden.

The royal titular head of a Malaysian state has criticised an Islamic opposition party for opposing a planned music concert, dismissing the protest as “hypocritical” and “trivial” in a rare outburst.

Malaysia's prime minister won the backing of his party today despite leading it to historic electoral losses.

Malaysia’s ruling coalition suffered its biggest yet electoral upset, losing control of four state governments and failing to win a two-thirds majority in parliament, in a protest vote against racial discrimination, crime and corruption.

Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s ruling coalition suffered its biggest upset in nearly four decades in general elections today, reflecting widespread unhappiness at his failure to curb racial tensions, corruption and inflation.

Malaysians will vote on March 8 in the next general election, which is expected to return the ruling coalition to power despite widespread public anger over inflation, crime and racial discord.

A leading politician was forced to resign today after admitting unwittingly starring in a secretly filmed sex video which has embarrassed the Malaysian government.

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.

Malaysia’s first astronaut, a Muslim, has vowed to keep praying and fasting in space.

Manchester United chief executive David Gill is attempting to resolve the row over the Red Devils’ summer tour to the Far East.

Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said has urged the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to reconsider their opposition to Manchester United’s planned visit to Malaysia.

Suspected Muslim insurgents launched simultaneous attacks across four provinces in southern Thailand, killing six and wounding at least 50, an army spokesman said.

MALAYSIA plans to push the boundaries of space travel — making tea.

Rescuers said hopes of finding more survivors from a devastating earthquake that killed more than 5,400 people were waning today, as aid workers from around the world arrived in the disaster zone in central Indonesia.