Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Russians Elena Dementieva and Alisa Kleybanova posted straight-set wins Saturday in earning spots in the finals of the $220,000 Malaysian Open.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- No. 4-seeded Alisa Kleybanova cruised to a straight-set victory Monday in opening-round play at the $220,000 Malaysian Open tennis tournament.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. -- Nikolay Davydenko of Russia beat Spain's Fernando Verdasco in straight sets Sunday in the championship match of the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Taylor Dent and Marcos Baghdatis both survived third-set tiebreakers Monday in first-round wins at the $947,750 Malaysian Open tennis tournament.

Los Angeles, September 21; R&B star Beyonce Knowles is once again set to perform in Malaysia, two years after canceling a show in that predominantly Muslim country. The singer was previously banned from performing there because of her provocative clothing and image.

Kuala Lumpur, June 27: A Malaysian man is appealing to his former girlfriend to stop circulating his nude pictures and to destroy them.

Kuala Lumpur, June 27: In a rare ruling, a Malaysian judge has decided to personally carry out the punishment he has awarded to a youth convicted of an armed robbery.

Kuala Lumpur, June 26: A Malaysian Indian woman having seven children has petitioned parliament to get the government to order an inquest into the death of her husband while in police custody.

Kuala Lumpur, June 25: The sudden death of Malaysian Mohan Singh, 41, came as a shock to his family. But worse was the nightmare that followed: the country's religious authority confiscated the body, saying the man converted to Islam in 1992 and had to be buried according to Muslim rites.

Kuala Lumpur, June 22: Malaysia has ordered a school to be shut down for a week after one of its students infected her classmates with the swine-flu virus, news reports said Monday.