IT DOESN’T matter how much you psyche yourself up for a long haul flight to Australia or New Zealand, it really plays havoc with your equilibrium.

Rescuers scoured Malaysian beach resorts and towns for about 100 missing tourists, fishermen and villagers missing after tidal waves killed at least 52 people and injured more than 220 others.

A complex of angular buildings and a 1,776ft spire designed by Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind has been chosen as the plan for the World Trade Centre site.

TWO designs that would put the tallest buildings in the world at the site of the World Trade Centre have been selected as the finalists in the plan to redevelop Ground Zero.

SKYSCRAPERS even taller than the 110-storey World Trade Center towers, along with a variety of memorials from twin reflecting pools to a Park of Heroes, were among the proposals unveiled yesterday for rebuilding Ground Zero.

President McAleese has agreed with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that international conflicts should be resolved through diplomacy, officials in Kuala Lumpur said.

Thousands of workers and shoppers were evacuated today from the world’s tallest buildings, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, following a bomb threat that came as many Malaysians were just learning of the terror tragedy gripping the United States.