Smoking ape goes cold turkey
JOHOR BARU: Shirley the chain-smoking orang utan is being given the “cold turkey” treatment at the Malacca Zoo to help her kick the habit. The primate will be placed under intensive rehabilitation for two weeks before being transferred to Sarawak. “Actually, Shirley picked up the smoking habit while living in […]
PM: Priority to nurture talent
KUALA LUMPUR: Developing and nurturing a solid, local talent base is top on the Government’s agenda, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of human capital development stating that it is “the most important investment a country can make” as it is the core […]
Ambulance drivers to get more defensive driving training
MALACCA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will help the Health Ministry to provide additional training on defensive driving to ambulance drivers following frequent accidents involving ambulances recently. Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said Saturday relevant classes would be conducted with the department involving to train ambulance drivers about […]
‘Muslims for Life’
Source/Credit: Washington Post, On Faith By Naseem Mahdi On September 1, 2011, I launched the “Muslims for Life” campaign at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. I did this on behalf of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the first and oldest Muslim organization in the U.S.. The same day, […]
Brazil Outperformed by Other BRIC Nations
Source: The Rio Times Although China and India traditionally lead the group, Russia’s economy has been buoyed by higher commodity prices in recent months, due partly to higher oil prices, leaving Brazil trailing in fourth place. Data recently released by the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) – showedsluggish growth in the […]
Swiss drinking less alcohol every year
Source: Swissinfo Over the past 20 years, the consumption of alcohol by the Swiss has decreased on average by one per cent per year, reaching 8.5 litres of pure alcohol per person in 2010. Based on this trend, the government has decided against raising alcohol prices as part of the […]
Ours but to do and die
source:toi on line The news that flashed across television screens a few days ago had a numbing familiarity about it: 11 people had been killed in a bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court, scores more were injured. It was only some weeks ago that multiple bomb blasts, engineered by […]
Search continues as death toll rises to 11 after ferry sinks in central China
SHAOYANG, Hunan, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — At least 11 people, mostly students from primary and middle schools, were confirmed dead after a ferryboat sank in a river in central Hunan Province Friday afternoon, local authorities said. Rescuers are still searching for those missing, said Chen Wenhua, a publicity official of […]
China rights activist Wang Lihong jailed
A Chinese rights activist has been sentenced to nine months in prison for “stirring up trouble”. Wang Lihong was charged after attending a demonstration last year at the trial of three other activists. Read More…
Woman saved by a hair’s breadth
Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: As Mamta Pant started tipping forward, her foot failing to find a landing in the muddy water, her heart froze. “You hear about these things happening to others,” said the 22-year-old counselor hours after her near-death experience on the walk to office from the […]
Clinic where bypass is bypassed
Neomed Hospital in Chennai, is an innovative and integrative medical center. Neomed is for patients suffering from Angina, Chest pain, Coronary Artery Disease, Patients unfit for bypass, have failed bypass, do not want bypass or cannot afford bypass. Neomed Hospital is a Zero Surgery Center. Neomed Hospital is a Center […]
Israel pulls envoy after embassy attack
Israel’s ambassador to Egypt and senior staff have been evacuated home after protesters broke into a building containing the country’s embassy in Cairo on Friday night, adding further strain to already tense relations between the neighbours. A plane carrying Yitzhak Levanon, the ambassador, and others landed in Israel on Saturday, Israel Radio […]
Paris Muslims search for space to pray
By Clea Caulcut. There is controversy following government plans to hand over a large disused warehouse in northern Paris to local muslim leaders to use for prayers. Up until now the shortage of prayer space in the French capital has forcedmany Muslims to pray in the street. Ref: http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20110908-controversy-over-places-pray-muslims
Giving birth in France
By Nicola Fathers France has one of the highest birth rates in Europe. But it appears that many pregnant foreign women in France are apprehensive about giving birth in their adopted country. A midwife at a Paris birthing centre says the centre was established due to dissatisfaction at France’s “interventionist” […]
WAMY steps up Somalia aid program
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) has stepped up its relief programs for famine-hit Somalia after the United Nations reported that hundreds of people in the African country are dying each day despite a ramping up of relief aid. WAMY said […]
Grand mufti cautions public against dream interpreters on TV
By MD HUMAIDAN | ARAB NEWS Published: Sep 9, 2011 22:22 Updated: Sep 9, 2011 22:22 JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has strongly warned against listening to people who claim to explain dreams on radio and TV programs. His warning came following a growing trend among […]
Palestinians to announce UN statehood bid on Monday
JERUSALEM — The Palestinians will announce Monday what path they will take to seek UN membership or some other form of recognition as an independent state by the world body this month, the Palestinian UN envoy said Friday. Riyad Mansour told reporters on Friday that the Palestinian leadership will make […]