tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60709181209145575462024-03-13T16:25:55.026+08:00The Malaya DailyInternational AffairsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger794125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-32397930046264155792014-11-03T15:08:00.001+08:002014-11-03T15:08:22.716+08:00Sarajevo fans set football field alight, clash with police<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A football match in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital Sarajevo turned violent as fans bombarded players with a barrage of flares and clashed with police. At least 15 people were injured in the brawl – but the interrupted game then continued.<a name='more'></a><br /><br />The city’s FK Zeljeznicar stadium hosted a football match between FK Zeljeznicar and FK Sarajevo on Sunday.<br /><br />The game began with FK Sarajevo scoring its first goal at the 13th minute of the game – to which its supporters responded by lighting flares in celebration.<br /><br />However, after FK Zeljeznicar tied the score at the 22nd minute, disgruntled fans of the home team began to throw the burning flares on the field, targeting players.<br /><br />Thick smoke and fire spread from the flares, covering the stadium.<br /><br />But the riled up fans of FK Sarajevo did not stop there; they exchanged punches with dozens of baton-wielding police officers, who attempted to push the flare-throwing rioters out of the stadium.<br /><br />At least 15 fans were injured in clashes and were transported to a hospital.<br /><br /><img src="http://rt.com/files/news/31/40/b0/00/1.jpg" /><br /><br />A still from RT's Ruptly video<br /><br /><br /><br />At the 33rd minute players had to be escorted to their locker rooms, as the violence got out of hand. However, no arrests were made.<br /><br />After the situation stabilized, the match resumed and the game ended with FK Sarajevo winning 2 to 1.<div>
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PUTRAJAYA: The on-going final appeal hearing of opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim enters its fifth day.</div>
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Lead prosecutor Tan Sri Dr Muhammad Shafee Abdullah will continue the submission today before the five-man Federal Court bench chaired by Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria. IT comprised also of Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif, Tan Sri Abdull Hamid Embong, Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar, and Tan Sri Ahmad Maarop.</div>
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<b>11.53am: Shafee again told the court that Saiful's testimony having used words like "lagi (again)" and feeling pain "every time" (during penetration) indicate previous encounters between Anwar and Saiful.</b></div>
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<b>11.38am: Proceedings resume.</b></div>
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<b>11.15am: Tun Arifin Zakaria seeks 15-minute recess. Proceedings will resume at 11.30am.</b></div>
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<b>11.14am: Shafee said the three doctors who later examined victim Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan could not say there was penetration initially because lubricants may had been used. He told the bench that it may be because no undue force was used against Saiful by Anwar and also due to delay in Saiful seeking medical examination.</b></div>
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<b>11.08am: Shafee said DNA cannot change its identity by mere degradation. He noted that chemist Dr Seah Lay Hong had testified that under microscope, she found only sperm head in the sample. He said this is good enough as sperm head has the best DNA one can find.</b></div>
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<b>10.47am: Shafee said prosecution witness chemist Dr Nor Aidora Saedon testified that she analysed the bottle, towel and toothbrush months after chemist Dr Seah Lay Hong analysed them and found the DNA profile there to also match the Male Y DNA found on Anwar's underwear.</b></div>
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<b>10.32am: Shafee argued that the towel, toothbrush and bottle retrieved from Anwar's cell were admissible because of the probative value of the evidence to the whole case being higher than their prejudicial value.</b></div>
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<b>10.12am: Shafee told the Federal Court that the High Court itself had allowed the towel, toothbrush, and bottle to be admitted as evidence due to legality of Anwar's detention.</b></div>
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<b>10.06am: Shafee noted that prosecution witness Investigation officer ASP Jude Blacious Pereira had testified that the arrest of Anwar was made because Anwar refused to give his DNA sample while at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.</b></div>
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<b>10.02am: Shafee submitted the three items retrieved from Anwar's cell; the mineral water bottle, the towel, and the toothbrush; were admissible as Anwar's arrest was legal and involved no trickery by the police.</b></div>
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<b>9.59am: Shafee said Anwar's arrest was lawful as he refused to give a sample for DNA testing.</b></div>
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<b>9.52am: Shafee contended that Anwar's arrest was lawful because he was shown the warrant of arrest and charge sheet by the police.</b></div>
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<b>9.41am: Shafee said prosecution witness investigating officer ASP Jude Pereira's testimony supported the notion that Anwar brought in the mineral bottle where his DNA was later extracted.</b></div>
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<b>9.37am: Lead prosecutor Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah said there's reasonable inference Anwar used the towel, mineral bottle and toothbrush inside his cell as the items were found on the floor after he left the cell.</b></div>
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<b>9.23am: About 50 supporters Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan’s gathered near the road close to the court while shouting “Hukum.. Hukum.. Hukum... Hukum Anwar”</b></div>
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<b>9.230am: Proceedings begin.</b></div>
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<b>9.05am: Lead prosecutor Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah arrives at the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.</b></div>
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<b>8.50am: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim accompanied by PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail enter the court.</b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4640007019043px;">source: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4640007019043px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;">https://my.news.yahoo.com/anwar-appeal-day-5-timeline-011810832.html</span></span></i></div>
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PETALING JAYA, Nov 2 — Some 70 local residents and members of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) protested against the construction of a church, claiming the growing number of Christian places of worship in the area is part of an attempt to evangelise and convert Muslims to Christianity.</div>
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The Petaling chapter of Pertubuhan Sahabat — the NGO which organised the demonstration this morning — said that there are three churches in the vicinity, although close to 70 per cent of the residents in the area are Muslims and predominantly Malay.</div>
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The NGO’s spokesman Ishak Maarof instead suggested that the land should have been delineated for the construction of a Hindu temple, claiming that some 25 per cent of the area’s residents were Hindus.</div>
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“I resided on this plot when it was a squatter area... but we moved when they wanted to build a place of worship. We gave way because we thought it was for a temple... I can’t believe they demolished our homes and stalls just to build another church,” Ishak told the crowd in the sweltering heat.</div>
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“Even before the church is built, flyers on Christianity have been distributed to our homes, and this could confuse our children and divert them from the path of Islam,” he said.</div>
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The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) approved the construction of a four-storey church in the vacant plot of land — which was set aside for the construction of a non-Muslim place of worship — opposite the Mentari Court and Damai apartment complexes in 2012.</div>
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The vacant plot was previously occupied by squatters, a car park and several food stalls.</div>
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“Aren’t those three churches enough to cater to the Christians... only some of the Indonesians here are Christians as far as we know,” said a Damai Apartment resident Norhafiza Hassan, 42, who joined the demonstration which kicked off at 9.30am today.</div>
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Norhafiza said that the existing churches often organised charity events and distributed free food — which she claimed were part of the church’s evangelistic activities.</div>
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“They use the free food to entice our children,” she told reporters.</div>
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Ishak added that their Seri Setia constituency assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad and MBPJ had both turned a deaf ear to their concerns.</div>
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“None of our neighbours are Christians, we can vouch for that... it is an insult to Muslims to allow a church to be built here, but none of our representatives seem to have the time to listen to us,” he complained.</div>
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As Ishak was speaking to reporters, one demonstrator began hurling large rocks at the temporary steel fence around the vacant plot.</div>
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“Let’s show them how serious we are... let’s tear down this fence,” he shouted.</div>
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However, his calls went unheeded as the crowd began to disperse at around 11.30am.</div>
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Ishak added that the NGO would be handing its memorandum to the city council and Nik Nazmi as soon as possible.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-81385687128946145652013-08-23T17:39:00.001+08:002013-08-23T17:39:29.384+08:00Again, Malaysia’s churches release ‘Allah’ fact sheet after court lossKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 — After taking a major blow in court today over the Catholic Church's claim to use "Allah", Malaysia's leading Christian front pressed for the dispute to be tried fairly at the next hearing on September 10.<br /><br />The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM), which represents churches nationwide, also reminded the public that Malay-speaking Christians in Southeast Asia have been using the Middle Eastern word to call their god for centuries.<a name='more'></a><br />"In the meantime, we pray that this matter will not be politicised but that the Court of Appeal be allowed to fairly adjudicate over the matter," CFM chairman Rev Dr Eu Hong Seng said.<br /><br />His emailed statement included a fact sheet the group had put together and released previously, providing a chronological history on the use of the word "Allah" by indigenous Christians here.<br /><br />"It is our solemn hope that our factual perspective on the issue will prevail in the courts of our land," he said.<br /><br />The CFM fact sheet notes that the Arabic word "Allah" cannot be substituted with the Malay word "Tuhan", as both terms have different connotations.<br /><br />"In the Malay language, 'Allah' means 'God' and 'Tuhan' means 'Lord'," said CFM in the fact sheet.<br /><br />The Court of Appeal dismissed today the Catholic Church's application to strike off Putrajaya's appeal, noting that the subject matter was "not academic".<br /><br />"It is still a live issue. The controversy has yet to be resolved," Justice Datuk Seri Abu Samah Nordin said in his judgment today.<br /><br />The three-man bench - which was led by Abu Samah, and included Justices Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim and Datuk Rohana Yusuf - unanimously decided to dismiss the Catholic Church's application with costs.<br /><br />The Catholic Church argued earlier today that it was illogical to prohibit the Catholic weekly, Herald, from referring to God as “Allah” when Putrajaya had allowed shipments of Malay-language bibles containing the Arabic word in 2011.<br /><br />The Church's lead counsel, Porres Royan, noted that the Cabinet had issued a 10-point solution in April 2011 that allowed bibles in Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia and in indigenous languages to be imported for the use of the Christian community in Sabah and Sarawak.<br /><br />Porres also stressed that the Cabinet, in its 10-point solution, expressed its intention to resolve the blockade of Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia bible shipments, as well as "other religious issues...and Christian materials".<br /><br />But Haniff Khatri - lawyer for the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association, an intervenor in the appeal - argued that then-Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, in an affidavit, said the "word 'Allah' was not considered at all" in the Cabinet's 10-point solution.<br /><br />The Catholic Church had sued the government for violating its constitutional rights after the Home Ministry threatened to revoke the publication permit of Herald in 2008 for using the Arabic word “Allah” to describe God.<br /><br />The 2009 High Court judgment, which ruled that the word "Allah" was not exclusive to Muslims, had sparked one of the worst religious attacks in the country, where a church was firebombed and other places of worship desecrated.<br /><br />With today's decision, the hearing of the appeal will continue on September 10.<div>
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North Korea has threatened to target US airbases in Okinawa and Guam as it issued an air raid alert on Thursday and ordered its military to stand ready, the country’s state media reported.<br /><br /><i>"The United States is advised not to forget that our precision target tools have within their range the Anderson Air Force base on Guam where the B-52 takes off, as well as the Japanese mainland where nuclear powered submarines are deployed and the navy bases on Okinawa,</i>" the North Korean command spokesman was quoted as saying by KCNA news agency.<a name='more'></a><br /><br />The air raid alert was issued at 9:32 am local time (00:32 am GMT) with military units and civilians told to take cover, Korean Central Television said.<br /><br />A news report by South Korea’s Yonhap news agency suggested that the warning appears to be a part of a military drill, though this has not been confirmed by Pyongyang.<br /><br />This comes amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and ongoing saber-rattling that followed the UN Security Council's imposition of strict sanctions on Pyongyang over its third underground nuclear test in February.<br /><br />On Monday, the US said that every military resource at its disposal, including its nuclear arsenal, would be available to South Korea in the event of a confrontation with the North. <br /><br />Earlier in March, Pyongyang threatened all-out nuclear war with the US and South Korea after the two countries began joint military drills on the Korean Peninsula. The North also nullified the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, claiming the drills were preparations for an invasion.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-27388888086124321012013-03-19T07:44:00.000+08:002013-03-19T07:44:08.603+08:00STPM records higher perfect scoreKUALA LUMPUR: The percentage of students who scored a perfect 4.0 CGPA was higher in last year’s Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM).<br /><br />Of the 51,673 candidates who sat for the examination in 2012, 442 (or 0.86%) candidates scored a cumulative grade point average of 4.0 compared to 300 (or 0.59%) candidates in 2011.<a name='more'></a><br />While students are allowed to take up to five subjects for the STPM, their CGPA scores are calculated based on scores received for the best four subjects including General Studies.<br /><br />Malaysian Examinations Council chairman Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Noh Dalimin said the number of students who scored 5As increased to 18 candidates from 12 in 2011.<br /><br />“The total number of candidates who passed all their papers in five or four subjects improved too from 23,246 candidates (45.9%) in 2011 to 24,488 candidates (47.4%) in 2012.<br /><br />“There was also an improvement in the number of government school candidates who passed all their papers for five or four subjects, that is 23,683 (49.6%) in 2012 compared to 22,430 (47.8%) in 2011,” he said when announcing the results here yesterday.<br /><br />“There is still a significant gap in between the performance of urban and rural candidates.<br /><br />“The total number of urban candidates who scored 5As, 4As and 3As is 1,105 compared to only 170 rural candidates,” added Prof Mohd Noh, who is also the vice-chancellor of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.<br /><br />This is the last STPM under the old format.<br /><br />From last year, Lower Six students undergo school-based assessments and are tested at the end of each semester, instead of having to sit for a final exam.<br /><br />Prof Mohd Noh hoped continuous assessment will encourage more students to opt for STPM.<br /><br />“STPM students under the new modular format had their first semester examinations in November last year.”<br /><br />The inaugural batch of students under the new-look STPM will receive their first semester results this Thursday.<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-27466392591356269432013-03-19T07:37:00.001+08:002013-03-19T07:37:58.400+08:00Swiss Gang Rape Victim, Husband Partially To Blame For Attack, Indian Officials Suggest<div class="clear" style="background-color: white; border: none; clear: both; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1px; height: 1px !important; line-height: 1px !important; list-style: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;">
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Officials in India suggested that a Swiss tourist and her husband are partially to blame for an alleged attack and gang rape in a remote wooded area in Madhya Pradesh last week. They said the couple did not inquire about the safety of the region.</div>
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On Friday, a Swiss woman and her husband pitched a tent in a forest in Madhya Pradesh while on a three-month cycling excursion, according to the Associated Press. Around 9:30 p.m. a group of men attacked the couple, beat up the husband, tied him to a tree, gang raped the wife and robbed the pair, police said.</div>
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During a press conference on Sunday, police spokesperson Avnesh Kumar Budholiya suggested the tourists are partially to blame for the assault because they chose to travel that area without speaking to local police, the Independent reports.<br />
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“No one stops there," Budholiya said. “Why did they choose that place? They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They would have passed a police station on the way to the area they camped. They should have stopped and asked about places to sleep.”</div>
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"The rape of the Swiss national is unfortunate but foreign travelers should inform the police about their movement so they can be provided with adequate protection," said Umashankar Gupta, the Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh, according to The Times. "They often don't follow the state's rules."</div>
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Six men have been arrested in connection with the most recent reported gang rape, CNN reports. The victim, who was hospitalized after the attack, claims four of the men raped her. The other two reportedly robbed her and her husband. All six appeared in court Monday.</div>
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The most recent attack comes just three months after a 23-year-old woman was gang raped and beaten on a public bus by five men in New Delhi. The defense lawyer for three of the accused placed some of the blame on the now-deceased victim, saying a "respected lady" does not get raped.</div>
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"This is the mentality which most Indian men are suffering from unfortunately," Ranjana Kumari, director for the New Delhi-based Centre for Social Research, told the newspaper. "That is the mindset that has been perpetrating this crime because they justify it indirectly, you asked for it so it is your responsibility."</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-91530835215376934402013-03-19T07:31:00.000+08:002013-03-19T07:31:13.162+08:00BlackBerry CEO: Smartphone innovation is leaving Apple behindIf there’s someone who can talk with authority about the importance of innovation, it’s the CEO of BlackBerry, right?<br /><br />Probably not — but that didn’t prevent BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins from giving his take on the current state of smartphone interfaces. The gist: While the iPhone was the bee’s knees of innovation years ago, the smartphone market is leaving it behind.<a name='more'></a><div>
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AEK Athens’ player Giorgos Katidis has been banned for life from playing for any national teams by Greece's soccer federation. The punishment followed his alleged Nazi salute given to fans to celebrate his winning goal in a domestic game.<br />
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“The player’s action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi bestiality and injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game,” the Greek soccer federation’s statement said.<br />
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Katidis’ gesture met heavy criticism from political parties and fans on social media. March 17 marks the 70th anniversary of Greek-Jew deportations to Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-63208302621064627652013-03-18T00:38:00.000+08:002013-03-18T00:38:00.004+08:00MP Home Minister blames Swiss tourist for gangrapeBhopal: The Datia Police have arrested six people in connection with the alleged gangrape of a Swiss national even as the Madhya Pradesh Home Minister said the couple should have informed the police about their travel plans for additional security. The suspects - six members of a nomadic tribe in the area - have been arrested and a stolen laptop and a mobile phone have been seized from them.<a name='more'></a><br />The Swiss tourist was assaulted when she was camping outside a village with her partner during a cycling trip. "The police had detained 25 people and were interrogating them. During interrogation the names of these accused cropped up. They were searched and have been identified," RK Gurjar, Inspector, Datia, said.<br /><br />But immediately after the arrests, the state Home Minister Umashankar Gupta caused a major embarrassment by blaming the Swiss tourists for the incident. Gupta said tourists arriving in Madhya Pradesh flout safety norms by not informing the police of their whereabouts.<br /><br /><br /><br />"The rape of the Swiss national is unfortunate but foreign travellers should inform the police about their movement so that they can be provided with adequate protection. They often don't follow state's rules," Gupta said.<br /><br />The Minister's statement comes at a time when pressure is building for the Shivraj Singh Chauhan government because of the alarming number of sexual assaults in the state.<br /><br /><div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-69371739766230826312013-03-18T00:30:00.000+08:002013-03-18T00:30:02.963+08:00Sulu Rebels: Ops Daulat documentary to premiere on Bernama TVKUALA LUMPUR: Bernama TV, a 24-hour television channel offering news in four languages, will broadcast a documentary on the Sabah intrusion by Sulu terrorists from southern Philippines on Tuesday.<a name='more'></a><br />The 30-minute documentary entitled 'Ops Daulat, Demi Maruah Negara' (for the country's dignity) will depicts the tense standoff before the ensuing clashes between the security forces and the terrorists, said Bernama TV in a statement.<br /><br />Produced by editor Ahmad Kamal Dahalan, the documentary will premiere on Tuesday at 9.30 pm and will be repeated on Wednesday (1.30 pm), Friday (9.30 pm) and Saturday (1.30 pm).<br /><br />Bernama TV is broadcast via channel 502 on Astro. -- Bernama<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Read more: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-lahad-datu-font-ops-daulat-documentary-to-premiere-on-bernama-tv-1.236454#ixzz2NobiTcvl">LAHAD DATU: Ops Daulat documentary to premiere on Bernama TV - Latest - New Straits Times</a></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-16949743995589746762013-03-18T00:25:00.003+08:002013-03-18T00:25:24.581+08:00Google Claims The FBI Spies On YouGoogle says that the FBI is spying on you. Ignoring the fact that this is basically the pot and the kettle engaged in name-calling, let’s all take a moment to be afraid.<br />
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Basically, the FBI can use Google to see where you live just not how many times you Google“Illuminati killed my goldfish.” Comforted? I didn’t think so.<br />
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Google is not known for being open about how often it spies into your soul via your internet searches, so their transparency about the government’s National Security requests smells a little bit like passing the buck. The creepy, creepy buck.<br />
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Of course, there are no numbers that show us how these FBI requests have actually made us safer. But rest assured that unless they have your computer, the only people who know about the number of times you visit Pinterest are you, Google and all the advertisers that pay them for the information. Just not the FBI.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-7204249214989729392013-03-18T00:22:00.003+08:002013-03-18T00:22:47.819+08:00Umno not involved with explicit videoMELAKA, March 17 (Bernama) -- Umno has denied the party is involved with a video grab showing explicit act resembling a political figure with a male partner.<br /><br />Information chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan said the opposition will certainly blame Umno but the party had never arranged such perverse act in a hotel room.<a name='more'></a><br />"The opposition thinks everything is the work of Umno including the intrusion of Lahad Datu. We don't have the time to put cameras in hotel rooms," he told reporters after opening a briefing for information speakers here today.<br /><br />He said this when commenting on a video grab showing two men involved in explicit act, including hugs and kisses, on the blog rajagoyang360.blogspot.com.<br /><br />The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department said the people could judge who was the political figure shown in the video recording.<br /><br />"Don't dismiss without watching the video. Watch it and then make your own judgement," he added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Ahmad called on the Umno and Barisan Nasional machinery to have confidence that the party could win two-thirds majority in 13th general election.<br /><br />The confidence was based on the success of programmes and policies implemented by the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.<br /><br />He said the opposition did not have any strength and had failed to fufill promises made to the people other than having leaders who were involved with various scandals.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-1483374851211565972013-03-18T00:21:00.004+08:002013-03-18T00:21:47.798+08:00PM Najib: PM: Big plans for M’sia should BN retain powerKLANG (March 17, 2013): With weeks to go to the 13th general election, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has asked for the people's mandate to ensure the government's transformation programmes see fruition.<br /><br />Najib, who became prime minister in 2009 after his predecessor Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resigned, said the coming election will be the first time he is contesting for the people's mandate.<a name='more'></a><br /><br />"This is the first time I am contesting for your mandate, first time asking for your support," he said in his speech at the BN Pilihan Rakyat programme here.<br /><br />Najib also promised "big plans" for the country should BN retain power.<br /><br />"We have big plans for Malaysia, but our transformation agenda and policies will be destroyed without support for BN.<br /><br />"What I promised (to the Indian community) will not happen if there is no support for BN," he said to a crowd of some 50,000, mostly Indians, at SMK Meru.<br /><br />He slammed the opposition coalition's manifesto, saying that it does not hold water.<br /><br />"The Selangor mentri besar (Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim) said the manifesto is not a promise. What is the value of their manifesto then?" he said to cheers.<br /><br />"Their manifesto has no plan for the Indian community, because they have taken the Indian support for granted. The Indian community voted for the Opposition during the 2008 GE not because they wanted the Opposition, but because they wanted to teach BN a lesson.<br /><br />"For the past four years and more we have put in place the changes and given allocations to help the Indian community," he said.<br /><br />Najib said he is confident that with these changes the Indian community will not be fooled so easily again by the Opposition.<br /><br />"We want the future to be brighter, not just any tomorrow, but a truly better tomorrow under the leadership of the BN," he thundered.<br /><br />He also announced that the maximum number of subjects allowed for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) will be 12.<br /><br />This way, he said, anyone is free to sit for two additional subjects including Tamil language and Tamil literature.<br /><br />Earlier, at the launch of the 1Million Women Purple Walk and 1Malaysia Komuniti Perwani initiative in Putrajaya, Najib called on women to be agents of change and transformation within their communities.<br /><br />He said women can also serve as the eyes and ears of the government in fighting crime and protecting the nation from security threats.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-70509612518216155752013-03-13T09:21:00.002+08:002013-03-13T09:21:37.195+08:00 It’s Not Rape Because Drunken, Barely Conscious Girl Didn’t Say ‘No’<br />
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It’s clear that the defense is banking on rape culture carrying the day. In the alternate reality of rape culture, rape isn’t rape if the girl was “asking for it.” They’re hoping for a jury where at least of few of them will subscribe to Bill O’Reilly’s personal theory of responSibility. Said theory states that a drunken woman that gets raped really has no one to blame but herself. She was, after all, drunk and everyone knows that drunk people deserve to have non-consensual sex forced on them. Victim blaming is a prime component of rape culture.</div>
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This is going to be a tough sell for even a disgusting misogynist like O’Reilly. The pictures from that night are clearly of an unconscious or barely conscious girl. The video from the “Rape Crew” clearly indicates that the girl was not able to communicate in any meaningful fashion. One particularly vile segment of the video shows one of these upstanding citizens making joke after joke about how “dead” the girl was.</div>
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LAHAD DATU: Another gunman has been shot dead the 54th casualty among the Sulu gunmen as security forces removed 22 bodies from Kampung Tanjung Batu and Semporna.<br />
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Sabah police chief Comm Datuk Hamza Taib said the bodies had been sent to Tawau Hospital and Lahad Datu Hospital for forensic investigations and post-mortem.<br />
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“We did not remove the nine bodies found in Kampung Tanduo as they were too badly decomposed,” he told a press conference.<br />
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The gunman killed on Sunday was shot in Kampung Tanjung Batu after two policemen were injured during sporadic shooting.<br />
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Hopefully we can finish soon and allow villagers to go home,” he said.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-63829241633974836222013-03-12T09:20:00.002+08:002013-03-12T09:20:27.155+08:00Sodomy Case: Saiful’s dad joins PakatanPETALING JAYA: The father of Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who was involved in the sodomy case implicating Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, has joined PKR.<br /><br />Azlan Mohd Lazim announced his decision at a press conference at the PKR headquarters here yesterday.<a name='more'></a><br />“The reason I am here this morning is to submit my application form as a PKR member,” he said.<br /><br />Just three days earlier, Azlan said his son was part of a conspiracy hatched by a special officer of the Prime Minister's Department to destroy Anwar's political career.<br /><br />Asked on the timing of his allegation and why he did not make his stand known in 2008, he said it was the appropriate time for him to do so now.<br /><br />“I expect this to be raised ... my principle is clear,” Azlan said, denying allegations that he had ulterior motives.<br /><br />Saiful had made a police report that he was forcefully sodomised by Anwar on June 29, 2008.<br /><br />On Aug 15 that year, in the congregation hall of the Federal Territory Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, he took sumpah laknat an oath according to Syariah principles that he spoke the truth.<br /><br />Anwar was subsequently charged in court but was acquitted on Jan 9 last year. The prosecution has since filed an appeal against the acquittal.<br /><br />At the press conference, Azlan expressed his love for Saiful and his two other children.<br /><br />“I wish to apologise to my son for what has happened. There is no intention to oppress or betray him ... he is my child,” he said.<br /><br />Asked if he was willing to take a similar oath like his son, Azlan said: “Looking at the history of this country, many people have sworn and taken an oath I am not afraid but I will not do so.”<br /><br />Attempts by newsmen to pose further questions was cut short by PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifudin Nasution who quickly handed the application form to Azlan.<br /><br />Meanwhile, an emotional pro-Anwar blogger caused a stir outside the PKR office when he lashed out at the media for allegedly asking “stupid questions” and challenging Azlan to take an oath on the Quran.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-73196342788551739222013-03-11T10:05:00.000+08:002013-03-11T10:05:16.883+08:00'Sulu Sultanate Army' learned combat by watching movies<img border="0" src="http://static.rappler.com/images/Idjarani.jpg" style="text-align: center;" /><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: center;">COMBAT MOVIES. Abraham Idjirani and Jacel Kiram say the Kirams want a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Sabah. Photo by Jerald Uy</span><br /><br />MANILA, Philippines - Admitting that the 215 surviving followers of the Sulu Sultanate only learned combat by watching movies, the camp of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III is now the one pressing for a peaceful resolution of the row they started in Sabah.<a name='more'></a><br />“'Yung mga napapanood sa sine (What we see in the movies) is another training, visual training kung papaano aalis sa danger zone (how to leave a danger zone),” said Abraham Idjirani, spokesperson of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III.<br /><br />“How much more for the Sulu people kasi how many decades na-experience nila kung papaano iiwas sadanger. (The Sulu people have decades of experience on how to avoid danger) No, walang training sila(they had no training),” he said.<br /><br />The Sultanate is relieved that the United Nations is exerting effort to enter the picture. According to the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Hussein Haniff, permanent representative of Malaysia, on March 8 to discuss recent developments in Sabah.<br /><br />“The Secretary-General noted the efforts that were made by the Governments of Malaysia and Philippines to find a peaceful resolution to the situation. He reiterated his hope that the situation will be resolved as soon as possible, and that efforts will continue to be made to ensure respect for human rights and to avoid further loss of life.”<br /><br />The sultan's brother, Raja Muda, and a few dozen followers sailed to Sabah on February 9 to stake their claim on the disputed territory.<br /><br />"If they have to die, then they will die. They are sacrificing (themselves) for whatever may happen," the sultan was quoted saying. (READ: Sultan infuriates PH, Malaysia)<br /><br />Royal Forces led by a teacher, not a fighter<br /><br />Disputing claims by Malacañang that the Sabah situation is the result of a conspiracy and that theKirams deceived people to go to Sabah, the sultan's daughter Jacel said the members of the Sultanate's Royal Forces voluntarily joined Raja Muda without any compensation.<br /><br />“In olden times, may Sultanate of Sulu, may Royal Forces na, hanggang maghirap ang sultanate, these people remained,” she added. (In the olden times, when there were already royal forces under the Sultanate of Sulu, up to the time that the sultanate became poor, these people remained.)<br /><br />Jacel said her uncle Raja Muda is a teacher by profession without any experience in leading a war.<br /><br />Idjirani denied reports that Raja Muda has been killed in the conflict. “That statements from the Malaysian Government are lies and black propaganda,” he said.<br /><br />He then quoted Raja Muda as saying that their forces are “still intact” and “the magnitude of the bombardment has decreased.”<br /><br />“'Yung mga naaresto malamang (Those arrested are most likely) undocumented Filipinos,” Idjirani said, referring to reports that 79 Filipinos were arrested in Sabah.<br /><br />Caught between conspiracies<br /><br />Kiram turned the tables on the governments of the Philippines and Malaysia, which have their own conspiracy theories about the Sabah claim.<br /><br />“Purely for political exigency and popularity. This issue to them is not important especially on election time in Malaysia. To gain points, instead of adhering to the call of the United Nations for a peaceful resolution, Razak did the opposite. He ordered a more ferocious offensive bombardment, ordering 7 battalions, supported by the naval and air force, to pulverize the Sultanate's Royal Army, disregarding the preservation of life.”<br /><br />She added that “Malacañang acted as spokesperson for Malaysia against the interests of our own people in order to pacify the role of Malaysia in facilitating the peace process.”<br /><br />Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda earlier criticized Jacel for making supposedly "inconsistent" statements against Malacañang. Lacierda talked about at least 3 meetings between Malacañang emissaries and the Kirams to help the family arrange a meeting with Malaysian officials so they can discuss their concerns about Sabah.<br /><br />Lacierda said the sultan's other brother Ismael Kiram was ready to go to Malaysia but the sultan stopped him.<br /><br />Malacañang propaganda?<br /><br />Jacel was also offended by reports she received that a Cabinet official called 3 representatives of international wire agencies to sell the idea of a conspiracy.<br /><br />“Puro sila alegasyon. (They're full of allegations.) That's an imaginary conspiracy. Ang totoongconspiracy dito ay ang sabwatan ng (The real conspiracy is between the) PNoy government and the government of Razak for the political interests of Razak, kahit masakripisyo na ang mga Pilipino,” Kiram told Rappler.<br /><br />The sultanate also lamented that 3 representatives of the International Court of Justice and an advanced team of a UN Peacekeeping Force were allegedly denied entry to Sabah.<br /><br />“Gusto nilang takpan ang katotohanan. 'Pag binigay nila ang pahintulot sa ICJ, malalaman at malalaman ang katotohanan (They want to hide the truth. If they allow ICJ to enter Sabah, the international community will know the truth),” she said.<div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-74046322982401175752013-03-11T10:00:00.002+08:002013-03-11T10:00:32.938+08:00Wan Azizah auctions hubby’s love letter for RM50,000In a bid to sweeten the deal for their supporters and coax them into parting with more hard-earned cash to steam Pakatan’s push for Putrajaya in the imminent general election, senior coalition leaders each gave up a “prized possession” in an auction at the coalitions fundraising do last night.<a name='more'></a><br />A walking stick once owned by PAS spiritual adviser Nik Aziz and PKR veteran Syed Husin Ali’s graduation photos were among items that made it to the auction block.<br />While DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh contributed the “Singh is King” film made for his last birthday celebrations and from PAS president Hadi Awang, a photo-portrait of himself.<br /><br />Though the term “prized possession” took on a more personal meaning with DAP’s Seputeh MP Teresa Kok who auctioned off her sleeping partner she shared the bed with for years, a fluffy white teddy bear.<br /><br />While things took on a more lovey-dovey bent as DAP general-secretary’s Lim Guan Eng’s pen was auctioned off.<br /><br />The writing implement he used to write love letters to his wife and corresponding with other family members while “on holiday” in Kajang prison went for RM23,000.<br /><br />Love from prison on sale<br /><br />Not to be outdone, PKR president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail also put up for bidding something close to her heart, a love letter from her husband and PKR de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim to her from the time he was in prison.<br /><br /><div>
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<br />Altogether the opposition coalition raised RM182,000 from the auction alone. – Mkini</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-9377766420444958682013-03-11T09:38:00.000+08:002013-03-11T09:38:45.120+08:00Anti-Wan Azizah letter writer fears for his safety<div>
Mohd Fareez Kamal Intidzam has lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police station yesterday, asking for police protection for himself and his family against those who are looking for him.</div>
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Mohd Fareez Kamal Intidzam, 24, now wants the police to provide him with security as he feels his safety is at stake.<br />
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“I am being hunted down by certain people who I think are either supporters or people acting on behalf of Wan Azizah.<br />
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Last Thursday popular blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin posted in his website Malaysia-Today a handwritten letter purportedly by Fareez urging PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang to save the opposition pact from PKR president Wan Azizah and its vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar.<br />
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Fareez alleged in his letter that Wan Azizah and Nurul wanted to destroy his career as he was “close” to Anwar.<br />
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He also claimed to be working for Anwar as his private secretary for international affairs since 2008.<br />
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“The duo wants to eliminate anyone close to Anwar as they are jealous. As PAS president, only you (Hadi) can pressure Wan Azizah to quit her post before the 13th general election,” he said in his letter.<br />
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In his statement today, Fareez said the disclosure of the letter had caused unhappiness to certain persons in PKR, especially to Wan Azizah.<br />
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Reacting to the letter, Raja Petra raised a question if this letter was part of PKR deputy president Azmin Ali’s move to “finish off Wan Azizah and Nurul Izzah”.<br />
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“Or is this Sodomy 3 looming on the horizon, engineered by Azmin and gang to finish off Anwar Ibrahim instead?<br />
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“Anyway, this letter appears to be an attempt to bring down the entire Anwar clan — father, mother and daughter,” he said.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-74022253326053100222013-03-11T09:32:00.000+08:002013-03-11T09:32:57.836+08:00Sulu Rebels: Agbimuddin Kiram slips away during raidHAVEN FOR IMMIGRANTS: 33 held after house-to-house search in terrorist hideout<br /><br />THE leader of the terrorist group in Sabah, Agbimuddin Kiram, was believed to have given security forces the slip when they raided a settlement in Kampung Pinggir Bakau, here, yesterday.<a name='more'></a><br />Agbimuddin, the brother of Jamalul Kiram III, the self-proclaimed sultan of Sulu, was believed to have been hiding in the settlement with several other terrorists who escaped the onslaught in Kampung Tanduo, Lahad Datu, which began on Tuesday.<br /><br />The security forces, however, nabbed 33 suspects, including four believed to be involved in the shootout in Simunul on March 2 which claimed the lives of six policemen and six terrorists.<br /><br />Also nabbed yesterday were four women who were the "eyes and ears" of the terrorist group and had also provided them food.<br /><br />Police said the 6.30am raid involving some 100 police officers, including the elite Special Action Force (UTK), was instigated by a tip-off that Agbimuddin and his lieutenants were hiding in the settlement. He is believed to have slipped out in the middle of the commotion.<br /><br />A source told the New Straits Times that Kampung Pinggir Bakau was known as a haven for illegal immigrants from southern Philippines and served as a perfect hideout for Agbimuddin and his men.<br /><br />District police chief Deputy Superintendent Mohd Firdaus Francis Abdullah said the 33 had been nabbed during a house-to-house search which lasted three hours. They were all illegal immigrants.<br /><br />Firdaus, however, said no firearms were found during the operation.<br /><br />A check by New Straits Times at the settlement near a mangrove swamp saw heavily armed UTK officers clad in bulletproof vests and body armour guarding the main road leading into the area.<br /><br />The detainees were transported in a police truck to the district police headquarters.<br /><br />In another development, police found an axe, believed to have been the weapon used to mutilate one of the murdered policemen, during a search operation in Jalan 5, Kampung Simunul, on Saturday.<br /><br />A team of policemen, including commandos and forensics unit officers, had conducted a house- to-house search at Kampung Simunul and neighbouring Kampung Srijaya 1. Several officers were seen holding bags containing seized items.<br /><img src="http://www.nst.com.my/polopoly_fs/1.232644.1362932695!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_454/image.jpg" /><br /><br />Police officers, including the elite Special Action Force, leaving Kampung Pinggir Bakau after a 6.30am raid in search of Agbimuddin and his men. Pic by Mohd Radzi Bujang<br /><br />Original source: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/font-color-red-lahad-datu-font-agbimuddin-slips-away-during-raid-1.232515?cache=03D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.3D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.111w5ii%2Fed-1.1176%2F%2F2.2525%2F2.2525%2F1.33120%2F7.185446%3F#ixzz2NBs9Xpen">LAHAD DATU:Agbimuddin slips away during raid - General - New Straits Times</a> <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/font-color-red-lahad-datu-font-agbimuddin-slips-away-during-raid-1.232515?cache=03D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.3D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.111w5ii%2Fed-1.1176%2F%2F2.2525%2F2.2525%2F1.33120%2F7.185446%3F#ixzz2NBs9Xpen">http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/font-color-red-lahad-datu-font-agbimuddin-slips-away-during-raid-1.232515?cache=03D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.3D163D03edding-pred-1.1176%2F%3FpFpentwage63Dp%3A%2Fhe3D03Dn63Frea-rti3D19.111w5ii%2Fed-1.1176%2F%2F2.2525%2F2.2525%2F1.33120%2F7.185446%3F#ixzz2NBs9Xpen</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-36668609422891100932013-03-11T09:27:00.002+08:002013-03-11T09:27:37.016+08:00Lahad Datu: ‘The armed gunman was watching us’<i>The Star</i> photographer Normimie Diun and a group of journalists had a close encounter with a gunman as they were heading towards the frontline yesterday morning.<br /><br />They were about 3km away from a place where elite police and military units were flushing out remnants of the Sulu armed group when she saw a gunman in the oil palm plantation.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>This is her first person account:<br /><br />“At around 9.30am, I decided to drive towards Kampung Tanjung Labian. We (journalists in two cars) headed to our usual spot, a junction to the red zone (where the armed forces are conducting their operations against Sulu gunmen hiding in two coastal villages).<br /><br />The place, about 20km from the media centre (in Felda Residence Sahabat resort) and about 150km from Lahad Datu town, has the best likelihood for photo opportunities.<br /><br />It is where you can photograph suspects being led away or see military and police vehicles coming in and going out.<br /><br />Usually, there is a police roadblock manned by two or three policemen who will not allow civilians to enter the red zone, located about 15km away. There are also snipers hiding around the area.<br /><br />But when we arrived there was no police roadblock. We decided to drive on after seeing a villager on a motorcycle coming out of the road.<br /><br />We thought it was safe as it looked like the situation there had gone back to normal.<br /><br />As we drove on, we still did not see any policemen, and so we became more confident that the situation in the no-entry zone was back to normal.<br /><br />After driving for 2km, we arrived at a village with about 20 wooden and concrete houses.<br /><br />But the village was deserted and doors of the houses were mostly wide open.<br /><br />I told my colleagues to be careful as there was nobody in the village and it could be occupied by armed intruders.<br /><br />Then I saw several Afghan shawls on the clothesline – the black-and-white ones – and I noticed that there were no children’s clothes.<br /><br />I said to myself: ‘The armed intruders are here.’<br /><br />We quickly left the place and drove in the direction of Tanjung Batu to find areas where our armed forces were present.<br /><br />As we passed Kampung Labian, I saw a shadow of a man squatting among oil palm trees on the left side of the road, about 10m from our car. I said that I had seen a man.<br /><br />Serieffa (Mushtafa Al Bakry, the Al-Hijrah television news journalist) who was driving the car said he too saw the man holding a gun.<br /><br />I looked again at the man and noticed that he was holding a gun that looked like an M-16. He was dressed in black and looked like he was in his 50s.<br /><br />I saw that he was staring at us. He looked like a typical villager but he was holding a gun.<br /><br />My companions wanted to shoot the armed man (with their cameras). I shouted to them: ‘Don’t!’ I also told them to keep down and put away their cameras.<br /><br />My immediate thought was that he could mistake our equipment as weapons and fire at us.<br /><br />In the car we kept saying ‘Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar’ (God is great, God is great) as Serieffa slammed the accelerator and sped off at 120kph.<br /><br />As we reached the main Felda road, we came across about 30 frightened villagers of Tanjung Labian. They had heard four gunshots just minutes earlier.<br /><br />One of them, Achar Jalil, said they were told by their village chief to remain in the area despite advice from Malaysian authorities to evacuate on Monday.<br /><br />As we left Tanjung Labian, we saw police personnel in a truck heading into the area.<br /><br />In my 17 years with The Star as a photographer, this is the first time I had come face-to-face with a gunman in a battle zone.”<br /><br />(Four hours later, Normimie and the other journalists returned to the junction leading to Tanjung Labian, but this time their cars were stopped at a heavily guarded roadblock. Policemen told them not to drive any further.)<div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-26377391769686233272013-03-11T09:25:00.003+08:002013-03-11T09:25:42.896+08:00Sulu Rebels: 9 stilt houses as hideoutFollowers of Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III may have bought at least nine stilt houses to use as hideouts in Kampung Simunul water village in Sabah, Malaysian authorities said.<a name='more'></a><div>
<br />A report posted on New Straits Times quoted village head Ramlee Saraman as saying that local residents may have unwittingly sold the houses to Kiram's followers.<br /> <br />The houses are to be torn down to restore residents' confidence that the village is no longer a "terrorist den," the report quoted village head Saraman as saying.<br /> <br />Malaysian authorities had referred to the Kiram followers as terrorists.<br /> <br />Ramlee said Kiram's followers appeared to infiltrate the village and mixed with locals, with one of the followers even being called an "imam."<br /> <br />He added the house owners may have been "unsuspecting" and had no idea Kiram's followers would use the houses as hideouts.<br /> <br />Malaysian authorities continued last Sunday their efforts to flush out Kiram's followers from villages in Sabah following a series of deadly clashes that began March 1.<br /> <br />While Sultan Kiram had offered a unilateral ceasefire last March 7, Malaysia had rejected it and demanded that Kiram's followers lay down their arms unconditionally. — RSJ, GMA News</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-5630439353990564312013-03-08T11:54:00.000+08:002013-03-08T11:54:21.786+08:0082-year-old woman tossed off train for singing An 82-year-old woman was tossed off a train in Miami last month for refusing to stop singing.<br /><br />In cell phone video shot by a fellow passenger, the woman, Emma Anderson, is shown seated on the Metrorail, loudly singing a gospel song and slapping her thigh with rolled-up paper.<a name='more'></a><div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Watch video related to this : <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/video/elderly-woman-dragged-off-train-153237821.html">http://news.yahoo.com/video/elderly-woman-dragged-off-train-153237821.html</a></span></b><br /><br />A security guard is then seen asking Anderson to stop. When Anderson refused, the guard grabbed her rolling luggage cart.<br /><br />"You're getting off here," he can be heard telling Anderson. "Let's go." A struggle between the guard and Anderson ensued, and Anderson was pulled off the train, falling onto the platform at the downtown stop, about six miles from her intended destination of North Miami.<br /><br />"It was not right for them to drag her off the train," Donal Anderson, the woman's son, told Miami's WSVN-TV.<br /><br />A spokeswoman for Miami-Dade Transit told the network that Anderson violated its noise policy, which prohibits commuters from singing, dancing and playing instruments.<br /><br />The policy is outlined on the transit service's website under the "Creating a Nuisance" section. Prohibited activities include:<br /><br /><br />Impeding or hindering bus or train operators in the performance of their duties.<br />Playing any radio television, cassette player, recorder or other sound-producing device or musical instrument without the use of earphones. These devices and instruments may be played along the linear park underneath the Metrorail guideway only if they are not annoying or a nuisance.<br />Creating a nuisance and using any insulting or obscene language.<br /><br />"We regret that Ms. Anderson had to eventually be escorted out," the spokeswoman said in a statement, "but regardless of age, all passengers need to abide by rules associated with using transit."<br /><br />"Well, y'all may call it 'noise,'" the elderly South Floridian scoffed, "but wait till Jesus comes. It's going to be more noise in there!"</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6070918120914557546.post-29473607405884354532013-03-08T11:51:00.000+08:002013-03-08T11:51:03.009+08:00Oldest known common male ancestor is 340,000 years oldDNA evidence has revealed that the oldest known common male ancestor is 340,000 years old, more than twice as old as previous estimates.<br /><br />New Scientist reports that the sample comes from a recently deceased man named Albert Perry. After the African-American South Carolina man died, one of his relatives submitted a sample of his DNA to a company called Family Tree DNA for analysis.<a name='more'></a><br />The findings were published in the The American Journal of Human Genetics and may require researchers to adjust the known timeline of humankind’s evolution.<br /><br />And the historical mark came at something of a bargain—the company does historical DNA analysis on individuals for about $150.<br /><br />All previously compared DNA samples pointed to a common Y chromosome traced back to man who lived between 60,000 and 140,000 years ago. But Perry’s DNA sample broke the trend, not matching up with this common ancestor.<br /><br />"It's a cool discovery," Jon Wilkins of the Ronin Institute in Montclair, N.J., told New Scientist. "We geneticists have been looking at Y chromosomes about as long as we've been looking at anything. Changing where the root of the Y-chromosome tree is at this point is extremely surprising."<br /><br />After the initial tests on Perry’s DNA, geneticists at the University of Arizona conducted further tests to confirm the anomaly. The Y chromosome in Perry’s test matched up with those of 11 men who all lived in one village in Cameroon.<br /><br />University of Arizona researcher Michael Hammer says Perry’s DNA suggests there may have been an earlier species of humans that went extinct—but not before interbreeding with the more modern version of man.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Original source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/father-humankind-340-000-years-old-210033011.html</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0