we begin with this item sent by rtm malaysia. the malaysian government says it has busted an international syndicate engaged in ivory smuggling. customs officials seized 15 tons of elephant tusks and suspected ivory handicrafts from port klang, 40 kilometers southwest of kuala lumpur last week. the street value is estimated at $1 million. the initial investigation shows that the banned goods originated in kenya and were bound for cambodia via the southern malaysian state. sri lanka and qatar have agreed to boost economic and cultural cooperation as well as to improve air connections. a deal was signed after sri lankan president raj ja paxon met with the prime minister in columbo on tuesday. he said that private firms from his country are interested in opening superluxury hotels in the capital and other well known tourist sites. >>> an international horticultural exposition has kicked off in the northern thai province on wednesday. 30 countries are participating in the three-month-long event. highlights include agricultural confer

we begin with this item set by rtm malaysia.he malaysian government says it has busted an international syndicate engaged in ivory smuggling. customs officials seized 15 tons of elephant tusks and suspected ivory handicrafts from port clang. the street value of the products is estimated at $1 million. the initial investigation shows that the banned goods originated in kenya and were bound for cambodia via the southern malaysian state of jahur. >>> sri lanka and qatar have agreed to boost economic and cultural cooperation, as well as to improve air connections. a deal was signed after sri lankan president met the visiting qatari prime minister in colombo on tuesday. the qatari prime minister said that private firms from his country are interested in opening super luxury hotels in the capital and other well-known tourist sites. >>> an international hort kult ral exposition kicked off in the northern thai province of cheng mai. highlights of the expo include agricultural conferences and plant contests. the organizers expect at leas