During the 2000 Al Qaeda Summit in Kuala Lumpur, American authorities claim that immigration records show that a person named Abdulaziz al-Omari was visiting the country, although they say they are not sure that this was the same person.

* 1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Malaysia maintains an embassy in Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina maintains an embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

Brunei has a high commission in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has a high commission in Bandar Seri Begawan.

A school bus in Kuala Lumpur.

The previous record, 13, 200 cubic metres poured in 54 hours despite a severe tropical storm requiring the site to be covered with tarpaulins to allow work to continue, was achieved in 1992 by joint Japanese and South Korean consortiums Hazama Corporation and the Samsung C & T Corporation for the construction of the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A movement developed in the mid-1950s to establish two campuses, one in Kuala Lumpur and one in Singapore.

* 1993 – Forty-eight people are killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapses near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

* Enterprise Asia, a regional NGO for the development of entrepreneurship, based in Kuala Lumpur

* 1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

* 1974 – Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.

* Federal Territory Day ( Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia )

An advertisement for labour from Sabah and Sarawak, seen in Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.

Some graffiti arts on street in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

There are also a large graffiti influences in Southeast Asian countries that mostly come from modern Western culture, such as Malaysia, where graffiti has long been a common sight in Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur.

Although the Chinese and Indian communities could maintain their own Chinese and Tamil-language primary schools, all their students were required to learn Malay, and to study an agreed “ Malayan curriculum .” Most importantly, the entry exam to the University of Malaya ( which moved from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in 1963 ) would be conducted in Malay, even though most teaching at the university was in English until the 1970s.

The victorious opposition celebrated by holding a motorcade on the main streets of Kuala Lumpur with supporters holding up brooms as a signal of its intention to make sweeping changes.

Kuala Lumpur, a blend of old and new.

These years saw rapid growth in Malaysian cities, particularly Kuala Lumpur, which became a magnet for immigration both from rural Malaya and from poorer neighbours such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand and the Philippines.

Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur the tallest building in South-East Asia.

The 2007 Bersih Rally which was attended by 40, 000 people was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 10 November to campaign for electoral reform.

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia the usual boiled potatoes have been switched to french fries.

Japan has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, which was established in 1957.

* 1942 – World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.

Jakarta has grown more rapidly than Kuala Lumpur, Beijing and Bangkok.

Chinese migrants also pioneered some major Southeast Asian cities, such as Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and hence Chinese influence is felt there.

There are many express bus companies operating 24-hours there, and main destinations are usually Genting Highlands and Kuala Lumpur.

Only a few courts exist outside Britain, most notably at Geelong Grammar School in Australia ( the school is often referred to as the ' Eton of Australia '); there are also courts in Geneva, Zurich, Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, Switzerland, St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, India and Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia, and two brand new courts have recently been completed in the South of France, in the village of Grillon, Provence.

Most of Kuala Lumpur's passenger rail lines serve KL Sentral, while many intercity trains serving Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore start there.

Although it is not common to see Malaysian Chinese stalls and restaurants selling nasi lemak, there is a non-halal version that contains pork sold in towns and cities such as Malacca and certain parts of Kuala Lumpur.

In September 1945, he was posted as station commander at the RAF Base in Kuala Lumpur ; he remained there until May 1947, and was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) for his services in south-east Asia.

In addition, there is an international troop of Scouts in Kuala Lumpur, linked to the Direct Service branch of the Boy Scouts of America, which supports units around the world.

A second document reveals that officials at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur had briefed ministers that there was little point in Scotland Yard officers interviewing eyewitnesses in the 1970s because Malaysian villagers were untrustworthy, motivated by compensation and it was " doubtful " they could recall events 22 years earlier.

Furthermore, there are three international schools, namely Fairview international school which is located in Sime UEP Industrial Park in USJ, Sunway International School at Bandar Sunway, and the Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur at Saujana Golf and Country Club.

Due to the modification, boot space was reduced by half to accommodate the NGV tank and there are only a few petrol stations by Malaysian oil-giant Petronas in the Klang Valley that sell natural gas, although there are plans underway to increase the number of stations selling it at various locations around Kuala Lumpur.

Aside from road transport out of the city, there is also a train connecting Binjai with Medan ; the continuing line to Kuala, Langkat is disused and no longer functional.

He returned to Kuala Lumpur at the age of six months and spent most of his early life there.

Today, there is a street named after him in the heart of Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur, known as ' Jalan Yap Ah Loy ' ( Yap Ah Loy Road ).

However, there are also some Vaishnava Hindus in Malaysia as well, many of them of North Indian extraction, and these Hindus worship in temples such as the Geeta Ashram in Seksyen 52, Petaling Jaya, or the Lakshmi-Narayan Temple in Kampung Kasipillay, Kuala Lumpur.

Upon fleeing the Portuguese conquest of Melaka in 1511, a new kingdom was established on the banks of the Perak River near what is now Teluk Intan, and the court remained there until its relocation to Kuala Kangsar in the northern part of the state later in the 19th century.

His bungalow stood there until the entire parcel of land was purchased by Berjaya Group Tan Sri Vincent Tan for the development of the current Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur.

In 2006, during a visit by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Kuala sungai, Khairy, together with members of the ruling UMNO party and some members of the Malaysian Islamist party PAS, led a demonstration to the venue of the meeting where he handed over a memo to demand Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon and the suspension of the military operation there.

Previously, there was a town called Kuala Kubu nearby.

Kuala Balai, then was too inaccessible as there were no roads linking it to the rest of the country.

However there are also some oil / gas wells to the south and east of Kuala Belait town in Kg.