61.   The fundamentalist government of a Malaysian state has vowed to strengthen Islamic laws and force non-Muslims to comply, setting up a showdown with the federal government.

62.   The government declared a state of emergency in three Malaysian states and launched fogging and vaccination campaigns, but the virus raged on.

63.   The leader of the Malaysian state of Malacca was unconscious in a hospital Monday after suffering a stroke at his home.

64.   The new year is also celebrated in Sarawak and Sabah, the Malaysian states in the north of the island home to the Bidayuh and Hulu sub-tribes.

65.   The problem is not grave yet, but a Malaysian state is concerned about the spate of Singaporeans who are snapping up burial plots in its cemeteries.

66.   The province borders the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah on the island of Borneo.

67.   The State Department also advised caution to Americans traveling to the Malaysian state of Sabah.

68.   Thieves broke into the heavily guarded house of the top official of a southern Malaysian state while he was away at a party meeting, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

69.   They are run by Malaysians and employ workers from the Malaysian state of Sabah, he adds.

70.   Four children were killed and thousands evacuated after torrential rain hit three Malaysian states, reports said Sunday.