tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90996979223887566752011-11-28T09:13:13.398+08:00cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.comBlogger891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-2558404056398166962011-09-30T02:01:00.000+08:002011-10-13T03:01:09.742+08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/7JDt4xIZezU/0.jpg" height="480" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7JDt4xIZezU&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7JDt4xIZezU&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN"><span style="font-size: large;">Come back again<br />I want you to stay next time<br />Cause sometimes the world ain't kind<br />When people get lost like you and me<br /><br />I just made a friend<br />A friend is someone you need<br />But now that he had to go away<br />I still feel the words that he might say<br /><br />Turn on your heartlight<br />Let it shine wherever you go<br />Let it make a happy glow<br />For all the world to see<br /><br />Turn on your heartlight<br />In the middle of a young boy's dream<br />Don't wake me up too soon<br />Gonna take a ride across the moon<br />You and me<br /><br />He's lookin' for home<br />‘Cause everyone needs a place<br />And home's the most excellent place of all<br />And I'll be right here if you should call me<br /><br />Turn on your heartlight<br />Let it shine wherever you go<br />Let it make a happy glow<br />For all the world to see<br /><br />Turn on your heartlight<br />In the middle of a young boy's dream<br />Don't wake me up too soon<br />Gonna take a ride across the moon<br />You and me<br /><br />(Instrumentals)<br />(Repeat)<br />And home's the most excellent place of all<br />And I'll be right here if you should call me<br /><br />Turn on your heartlight<br />Let it shine wherever you go<br />Let it make a happy glow<br />For all the world to see<br /><br />Turn on your heartlight<br />In the middle of a young boy's dream<br />Don't wake me up too soon<br />Gonna take a ride across the moon<br />You and me<br /><br />Turn on your heartlight now<br />Turn on your heartlight now</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-255840405639816696?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-80185240399928085442009-02-21T23:40:00.008+08:002011-10-13T03:07:54.831+08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KjNJmwwf7QA" width="640"></iframe></div><span lang="EN"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Summer has come and passed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the innocent can never last</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">like my father's come to pass</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">seven years has gone so fast</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">here comes the rain again falling from the stars</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">drenched in my pain again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">becoming who we are</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">as my memory rests</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but never forgets what I lost</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Summer has come and passed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the innocent can never last</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">ring out the bells again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">like we did when spring began</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">here comes the rain again falling from the stars</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">drenched in my pain again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">becoming who we are</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">as my memory rests</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">but never forgets what I lost</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Summer has come and passed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">the innocent can never last</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">like my father's come to pass</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">twenty years has gone so fast</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">wake me up when September ends</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;wake me up when September ends </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8018524039992808544?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-61798443519218609422009-02-18T22:02:00.005+08:002009-02-18T22:33:03.041+08:00<div align="justify">Bookings for Proton's maiden multi-purpose vehicle, Proton Exora, starts on Saturday.<br /><br /><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZwYRge-9pI/AAAAAAAAAeE/g2FPBO4pvy0/s1600-h/proton-exora-logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304141150192334482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZwYRge-9pI/AAAAAAAAAeE/g2FPBO4pvy0/s400/proton-exora-logo.jpg" border="0" /></a>The seven-seater MPV, which costs less than RM80,000, comes in five choice colours and is powered by a 1.6-litre CamPro engine.<br /><br />Proton Holdings Bhd chairman Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh said the launch has been set for April, while the export drive would start in July, with Indonesia and Thailand as the initial destinations.<br /><br />He said this yesterday after the official announcement of the MPV's name here and the winner of the contest to name the vehicle, which was held a few months ago.<br /><br />Also present was Proton managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir.<br />Syed Zainal said Proton had planned a monthly production of 3,000 to 3,500 units, and full production would start next month.<br /><br />"We have already started the preliminary production," he said, adding that it cost the company some RM450 million to develop Exora, which included between RM60-70 million for the production line at Proton's plant in Shah Alam.<br /><br />Nadzmi was confident Exora would be a hit in the market, although an MPV from Proton was a bit later than its competitors.<br /><br />"It's better late than never. There is a trend to have a big vehicle for a family," he said.<br /><br />On the price, Nadzmi said it was because Proton wanted a big volume.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZwY0f4GfVI/AAAAAAAAAeM/HUBKYMedhkM/s1600-h/Proton_Exora_MPV.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304141751324671314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZwY0f4GfVI/AAAAAAAAAeM/HUBKYMedhkM/s400/Proton_Exora_MPV.jpg" border="0" /></a>Meanwhile, Norsholihan Abd Eanich, a 29-year-old teacher from Changlun in Kedah, was the grand prize winner of the contest to name the MPV.<br /><br />Norsholihan's entry was among 39 entries that gave the "Exora" name but with different original taglines.<br /><br />She won herself an Exora, taken from the word "ixora", a type of tropical flower.<br /><br />The month-long contest attracted 251,763 entries. -- text: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2482918/Article/index_html">NST</a>, image/pix: <a href="http://paultan.org/">paultan.org</a><br /><br /><a href="http://paultan.org/topics/proton-mpv-2009/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304143332347489250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 125px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZwaQhpUK-I/AAAAAAAAAeU/UyEnSSoIXL4/s400/proton-exora-mpv-125-125.jpg" border="0" /></a>For more, please read some past coverage on the Proton Exora to find out more about the new MPV, expected to be powered by the Campro CPS engine. </p><p>Bookings will be open at a fee of RM1,000 from this Saturday (21st Feb 2009) onwards. – <a href="http://paultan.org/topics/proton-mpv-2009/">paultan.org</a></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6179844351921860942?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-9644934904884299372009-02-17T07:51:00.003+08:002011-10-16T12:52:50.730+08:00<div align="justify">Rebel blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has vowed to die in silence as a sign of protest if he is re-arrested on what many believe are politically motivated grounds. His pledge came as a court was due to rule whether he is to return to prison under Malaysia's Internal Security Act (ISA),<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoKb7Y-7lI/AAAAAAAAAc8/3tAygNY9ZCo/s1600-h/rpk-isa.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303562986097405522" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoKb7Y-7lI/AAAAAAAAAc8/3tAygNY9ZCo/s400/rpk-isa.gif" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 146px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 219px;" /></a>Raja Petra, who has risen to prominence as a pro-opposition blogger, was arrested on 12 September after accusations lodged by several religious groups who claim that he offended Islam in an article published on 8 August.<br /><br />He was released on 7 November last year but the government has appealed the court decision and a verdict is expected on Tuesday (today –ed.).<br /><br />“I shall no longer open my mouth or utter one word during my detention. I shall maintain the silence of a mute person. I shall not sign any documents of the so many documents that they make you sign when under detention," he said.<br /><br />"My signature is not going to be placed on a single shred of paper,” he wrote in his blog, ‘Malaysia Today’ acknowledging that the move could have dire consequences.<br /><br />”I shall refuse all medical treatment and visits to the hospital. I shall refuse to accept any food and water supplied by the authorities.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoLG7God2I/AAAAAAAAAdE/OHCTCTFlWbw/s1600-h/PrisonerCellblocksD22--200x150.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303563724754810722" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoLG7God2I/AAAAAAAAAdE/OHCTCTFlWbw/s400/PrisonerCellblocksD22--200x150.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a>"I shall refuse to leave my cell or to meet any of the prison authorities. In short, I shall shut myself out from the world and keep to my own world of my eight feet square cell.<br /><br />“This action will mean I shall survive at the most seven to eight days,” he added.<br /><br />Raja Petra blamed deputy prime minister Najib Razak for his arrest and for what he calls his political persecution.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoLc4maMqI/AAAAAAAAAdM/fp40RFic8H0/s1600-h/najib-231x300.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303564102039909026" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoLc4maMqI/AAAAAAAAAdM/fp40RFic8H0/s400/najib-231x300.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 231px;" /></a>Najib has been among Raja Petra’s main targets in his blog.<br /><br />In his most controversial article “Let’s Send Altantuya’s Murderers to Hell”, published on 25 April, Raja Petra said that Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, were involved in the killing of Altantuya Shaariibuu.<br /><br />Translator and former model, the Mongolia-born Shaariibuu, 28, was shot twice in the head, and her body was blown up with explosives, in a jungle outside Kuala Lumpur in October, 2006.<br /><br />“I am totally sure that Najib (Razak) is involved. And at the very least, he should be investigated,” Raja Petra told Adnkronos International (AKI).<br /><br />““I am aware that I have raised the stakes with this article and I am prepared to go all the way,” he added.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoMJ4ff68I/AAAAAAAAAdU/VjvU8erIJeM/s1600-h/rpk-arrested-isa.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303564875105037250" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZoMJ4ff68I/AAAAAAAAAdU/VjvU8erIJeM/s400/rpk-arrested-isa.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 265px;" /></a>Najib has denied any involvement in the case and has sworn at a mosque that he never met Shaariibuu. He has also denied any involvement in the arrest of Raja Petra.<br /><br />The ISA was inherited by Malaysia after it gained independence from Britain in 1957. In essence, it allows for the arrest of any person without the need for trial in certain circumstances. – <a href="http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2009/02/16/raja-petra-vows-to-die-in-silence-if-re-arrested/">AKI via DSAI</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-964493490488429937?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-67994310591098897072009-02-15T22:21:00.008+08:002009-02-15T22:49:33.423+08:00<div align="justify">Hollywood's most eligible bachelor may be about to be taken off the market - by a member of Pakistan's greatest political dynasty.<br /><br />George Clooney is known for dating cocktail waitresses, actresses and models - and is famous for betting on his own bachelorhood.<br /><br />Fatima Bhutto is the niece of slain Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto - a 'brainy foreign beauty' 21 years younger than the actor, who is 47.</div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZgmO15AC_I/AAAAAAAAAcE/dnzlKutVFmI/s1600-h/fatima-bhutto.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303030597654940658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZgmO15AC_I/AAAAAAAAAcE/dnzlKutVFmI/s400/fatima-bhutto.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em> <blockquote><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>Fatima Bhutto is a poet and journalist who lives with her brother and stepmother in Karachi. – DM pix</p></em></span></blockquote></em></span><div align="justify">But an American report that, despite the odds, the pair are embroiled in a secret affair, has thrown all of Pakistan into a frenzy.<br /><br />The National Enquirer claimed Clooney is smitten by the 26-year-old Bhutto, an outspoken poet and journalist who lives with her brother and step-mother in a Karachi suburb.<br /><br />'George has courted her by phone and email, and arranged to meet her abroad when their schedules allowed,' a friend of the actor's told the Enquirer.<br /><br />'Now he wants her to spend time with him in Hollywood.<br /><br />'He's still out there with his usual assortment of eye candy hanging from his arm.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZgmmkJ3MdI/AAAAAAAAAcM/RmMIf_aDT7k/s1600-h/clooney-thebirds.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303031005210685906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZgmmkJ3MdI/AAAAAAAAAcM/RmMIf_aDT7k/s400/clooney-thebirds.jpg" border="0" /></a>But George insists those days could be coming to an end if Fatima wants to take their relationship to the next level.'<br /><br />But the eye candy and the long distance may not be the biggest stumbling block that Clooney faces in his quest to get the girl.<br /><br />Fatima Bhutto was also said to believe their age differences made any relationship 'impractical'.<br /><br />She was educated at New York's prestigious Columbia University and well aware of Clooney's heart throb status before they met, the newspaper reported.<br /><br />'But she didn't take his advances seriously because she thought their age difference would make a serious relationship impractical,' it claimed.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZgrF2YkJAI/AAAAAAAAAcU/_8r9fCICJXs/s1600-h/george_clooney.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZgrF2YkJAI/AAAAAAAAAcU/_8r9fCICJXs/s320/george_clooney.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303035940726645762" /></a>However Clooney's profound interest in world affairs - which has often carried him into the political realm - may provide him and Bhutto with some common ground.<br /><br />Fatima is reported to be contesting her late aunt's former seat in the Larkana constituency in the next elections.<br /><br />She is also a prominent intellectual who has published a book of poetry, The Whispers of the Desert, and a memoir of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.<br /><br />And her journalist background - she often writes newspaper columns criticizing Pakistan's government - will strike a chord with Clooney, whose father Nick Clooney is a famous newspaper reporter and politician in the United States. – <span style="color:#3333ff;"><span style="color:#3333ff;">DM via NST</span> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6799431059109889707?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-13609816584991382222009-02-15T14:24:00.005+08:002009-02-15T14:38:32.641+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZe1ZJ_vXlI/AAAAAAAAAb0/DE7XxYvbZjA/s1600-h/DS100_logo_2009.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302906530036670034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZe1ZJ_vXlI/AAAAAAAAAb0/DE7XxYvbZjA/s400/DS100_logo_2009.gif" border="0" /></a><div align="justify">Dinar Standard, a United States-based growth strategy and intelligence service provider, has released its <a href="http://www.dinarstandard.com/rankings/ds100/index.html">fifth annual DS100 ranking</a> of the top 100 businesses in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. </div><div align="justify"><br /> Turkish companies continued to lead the list with 23 enterprises, followed by 14 from Malaysia, Saudi Arabia (13), Kuwait (eight) and Indonesia (seven). </div><div align="justify"><br />Other countries represented were the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Nigeria, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Bahrain and Algeria. </div><div align="justify"><br />With US$1.21 trillion (RM4.3 trillion) in total revenues, the 2008 DS100 list companies recorded a respectable 12.3 per cent growth in revenue over the previous year, Dinar Standard said in a statement. </div><div align="justify"><br />It said Saudi Aramco, the world's top oil producer, continued to lead the DS100 as the largest business enterprise of the Muslim world, and the 21 integrated oil and gas companies on the list continued their dominance, representing 64 per cent of the total DS100 company revenues. </div><div align="justify"><br />However, the biggest year on year growth in revenue was logged by basic material (chemical, iron, copper, others) companies at 34 per cent with Goldas from Turkey rising 72 per cent, followed by SABIC, the Saudi Arabia-based chemical giant, recording an impressive 46 per cent growth. </div><div align="justify"><br />The agriculture/food sector also grew big (20 per cent), benefiting from increased global food demand, with Malaysian IOI Group (64 per cent growth) leading that sector. </div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://www.cityandfinancial.com/assets/images/20070221171452DinarStandard_WEB.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 61px;" src="http://www.cityandfinancial.com/assets/images/20070221171452DinarStandard_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Dinar Standard said the ranking showed a decrease in growth of the construction, energy, and diversified sector companies. </div><div align="justify"><br />"As the global economic crisis persists, the reserves built by many DS100 companies through strong performance over the last few years should be a promising source of stability for OIC markets," said Dinar Standard managing director Rafiuddin Shikoh. </div><div align="justify"><br />"In the past few years we've seen many companies on the DS100 list such as SABIC, Zain, and Ulker emerge as global players. The exciting opportunity is to see how other DS100 companies will turn this global downturn as an opportunity to truly break onto the global competitive landscape," he added. — text: <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/business/18352-14-malaysian-firms-in-muslim-worlds-top-100-businesses">Bernama via TMI </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1360981658499138222?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-2094854220601838372009-02-14T23:48:00.000+08:002009-02-15T03:01:43.753+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZcSQFA79nI/AAAAAAAAAbk/fiPeIC3U-Xc/s1600-h/insidepix1-rajaazmi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302727153685362290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZcSQFA79nI/AAAAAAAAAbk/fiPeIC3U-Xc/s200/insidepix1-rajaazmi.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="justify">Writer-producer Raja Azmi Raja Sulaiman <em>(pix)</em> is going to produce a film on a subject so taboo that it may well be banned by the National Censorship Board.<br /><br />Yet, the feisty director said she would fight tooth and nail to get <em>Anu Dalam Botol</em> made and released.<br /><br />(<em>Anu</em> is colloquial Malay for the male genital.)<br /><br />"The film will be based on a true story of a friend," said Raja Azmi.<br />"I want to get it made because I don't want others to suffer like him."<br /><br />The film tells the story of a homosexual who decides to cut off his private part to show his love for his lover. The private part was kept in a bottle.<br /><br />Unfortunately, his lover wants him as a man, not a woman, and they break up. When the unlucky man later falls in love with a woman, he regrets losing his manhood.<br /><br />"My message is simple -- don't do stupid things for love."<br /><br />The project, scheduled to roll in April, is considered too "hot" to handle by two actors who were offered the part - Anuar Zain and Aaron Aziz. They declined the offer.<br /><br />Anuar declined because he was not ready to act again after Bintang Hati in 2004, which was a box office failure.<br /><br />Aaron turned it down upon advice by a men's skin care product company, for which he is the spokesperson.<br /><br />"The actors I've short-listed for the two leading roles will come for a closed-door casting session on Feb 24.<br /><br />"I'm confident of finding my two same-sex lovers."<br /><br />Raja Azmi said the film would feature several intimate scenes, including kissing.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZcTOGkueUI/AAAAAAAAAbs/FvtrtDPcRtY/s1600-h/insidepix2-awal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302728219255798082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 104px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZcTOGkueUI/AAAAAAAAAbs/FvtrtDPcRtY/s400/insidepix2-awal.jpg" border="0" /></a>Among the actors on her short-list are Jehan Miskin, Ashraf Muslim, Awal Ashari <em>(pix),</em> Remy Ishak and Iqram Dinzly.<br /><br />But will the film get past the National Censorship Board, which banned Hollywood's Brokeback Mountain, an award-winning film about two gay cowboys because it was deemed unsuitable for Malaysian audiences?<br /><br />The board also banned Bukak Api, an independent film directed by Osman Ali about a group of transvestites, made in 2000.<br /><br />"I don't want to worry about censorship now. I want to make the film and tell the story," said Raja Azmi. – <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2479473/Article/index_html">NST </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-209485422060183837?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-25000006798649755602009-02-14T20:04:00.003+08:002009-02-14T20:10:33.716+08:00<div align="justify">The three Measat satellites -- that transmit, among others, Astro's programmes to thousands of Malaysian households -- are not in any immediate danger of colliding with space debris, the National Space Agency said today.<br /><br /><a href="http://mek.kosmo.cz/telesa/2006/measat3.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 217px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://mek.kosmo.cz/telesa/2006/measat3.jpg" border="0" /></a>Its director-general Dr Mustafa Din Subari said Measat-1, 2 and 3 were safe from debris produced in the crash between the American Iridium and decommissioned Russian Cosmos-2251 satellites.<br /><br />He said the Malaysian satellites, which were orbiting about 36,000km above the Earth, were "too high up" to be affected.<br /><br />Scientists around the world had expressed concern that debris from Tuesday's collision, the first ever crash involving two intact spacecraft, would pose a risk to orbiting satellites and the international space station.<br /><br />"There is nothing to worry about. The satellites that crashed are in the low earth orbit. Measat satellites are thousands of kilometres above them," he said.<br /><br />Low earth orbit (LEO) satellites circle the Earth between 160km and 2,000km in space.<br /><br />High orbit satellites on the other hand, are positioned above 35,000km above the Earth.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.atsb.my/v2/assets/images/project/1razaksat.png"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px" alt="" src="http://www.atsb.my/v2/assets/images/project/1razaksat.png" border="0" /></a>He said the risk from the crash debris would not affect the launch of RazakSAT, a low earth orbit satellite, scheduled for April.<br /><br />Mustafa explained that for LEO satellites, there was always a risk of collision with space debris and other orbiting satellites.<br /><br />"It is actually a risk when you send a spacecraft into low earth orbit.<br /><br />"This is because there are many objects out there which pose a threat to operational LEO satellites. This is excluding the threat from space debris," he said. – text: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2479602/Article/index_html">NST</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2500000679864975560?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-49468045894871884822009-02-13T23:58:00.011+08:002009-02-14T00:14:31.699+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZWZcSCUBrI/AAAAAAAAAbE/7YjXahYU0q0/s1600-h/najib-lifestyle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302312847455553202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZWZcSCUBrI/AAAAAAAAAbE/7YjXahYU0q0/s400/najib-lifestyle.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="justify">Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the biggest threat faced by Muslim countries today is that they are often associated with terrorism and deviationist movements.<br /><br />He said this was made worse by the fact that anti-Islamic countries and the superpowers painted a negative image of Muslim countries.<br /><br />"The Muslim community has always been linked with terrorism, more so after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.<br /><br />"No matter what Muslims do, they've always had a battered image," he said when closing the Sarawak Islamic Congress here last night.<br /><br />Najib said the image problem was compounded when many Muslim communities in the world were labelled poor and backward.<br /><br />He said Muslim countries had become weak and were not as united as before, particularly since many of them had become victims of war, such as the Palestinians in Gaza.<br /><br />The deputy prime minister outlined four factors which could help Muslims handle challenges.<br /><br />First, he said, was human capital development through education and knowledge.<br /><br />"Muslim countries must have a generation that is intelligent and wise, just as it is mentioned in the Quran. Only then will they be able to build a great civilisation."<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZWZw1XXG6I/AAAAAAAAAbM/KE-jk5AUGEQ/s1600-h/hamas_izzedine_al-qassam_brigades_gaza.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302313200536460194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZWZw1XXG6I/AAAAAAAAAbM/KE-jk5AUGEQ/s400/hamas_izzedine_al-qassam_brigades_gaza.jpg" border="0" /></a>The second, he said, was the fighting spirit among the younger generation. He called on Islamic leaders to come forward and lead the way for the young.<br /><br />"The third is that Muslims do not realise their full economic potential. They must pursue this aggressively and be competitive, especially in trade and industry."<br /><br />The fourth factor, he said, was that Muslims must improve their work ethics and life practices in accordance with the values of honesty and integrity as espoused by Islam. – text: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2478687/Article/index_html">NST </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4946804589487188482?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-49790199403910514282009-02-12T11:38:00.003+08:002009-02-12T11:53:04.704+08:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZOP-Lz1grI/AAAAAAAAAac/T9bm3uwtQYw/s1600-h/NAjibTR.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301739484830073522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZOP-Lz1grI/AAAAAAAAAac/T9bm3uwtQYw/s400/NAjibTR.jpg" border="0" /></a>Leaders of the public sector must identify well-formulated goals or objectives and constantly articulate them repeatedly to get everyone to work in the same direction.<br /><br />Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said when making recommendations, they must stick to the ones with the biggest payoffs.<br /><br />"Firstly, when thinking of solutions, think of the elevator speech -- the solution should be so crisp and clear that you can explain it to someone in a 30-second elevator ride.<br /><br />"Secondly, leaders must be able to energise people to get things accomplished and allow them to solve the most vexing problems."<br /><br />Najib said the coming decades were periods to lay the foundation for substantial growth and change.<br />He said this in a speech, read by International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, at the closing of the "Public Sector Young Executive Conference" at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre yesterday.<br /><br />The two-day conference was opened by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Tuesday.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuSEapb8OI/AAAAAAAAAWs/DTogIn0SbtI/s1600-h/dpmnajib.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299489991101772002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 156px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuSEapb8OI/AAAAAAAAAWs/DTogIn0SbtI/s400/dpmnajib.jpg" border="0" /></a>Najib said qualitative case analysis as well as rigorous studies were beginning to provide leaders with knowledge to allow them to bring forth and effectively address key issues. [like this <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-is-now-fait-accompli.html">Perakmen: a fait accompli</a> -ed.]<br /><br />He said it was his observation that the leadership in the public sector was now facing an array of daunting challenges, including inverse global competition, changing demographics, issues of integrity and accountability, political aberrations and those relating to risky human behaviours.<br /><br />"While we are slowly working from differences to similarities, the challenges are not minimised but, in fact, becoming more complex."<br /><br />Therefore, Najib said, the leadership in the public sector must be about handling information and knowledge to achieve competitive advantage and effectiveness.<br /><br />He added that the skill to envision various alternatives, expected or otherwise, was not a luxury anymore.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZOSNQjq9dI/AAAAAAAAAak/pEgoCWu0yxU/s1600-h/global-view660x146.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301741942825743826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 88px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZOSNQjq9dI/AAAAAAAAAak/pEgoCWu0yxU/s400/global-view660x146.bmp" border="0" /></a>"The idiom of thinking outside the box should become a matter of habit to facilitate creativity which will help towards realising wisdom.<br /><br />"We have to be both smart and wise to display a successful public sector leadership to face the challenges of a globalised world." -- text: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2477495/Article/">NST </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4979019940391051428?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-47807311436271580662009-02-11T03:22:00.008+08:002009-02-11T03:52:46.637+08:00<div align="justify">R&amp;B star Rihanna postponed a concert in Malaysia's capital, organisers said Tuesday, after pulling out of the recent Grammy awards following an allegation of domestic violence involving her boyfriend.<br /><br />The Malaysian organisers, Pineapple Concerts, said the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles had told them Friday's concert would be rescheduled.<br /><br />It did not refer to the alleged assault, but said that "in light of recent events involving Rihanna", a new date would be set within two weeks.<br /><br /><blockquote><p><a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2437378"><strong>Rihanna's Concert in Kuala Lumpur Postponed</strong> </a></p><p>Organizers have confirmed that Rihanna's concert in Kuala Lumpur (Friday, 02/13/09 –ed.) will be rescheduled due to recent events involving the singer.<br /><br /></p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZHVt4REhUI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/SE2run5FmP4/s1600-h/rihannaconcert-postponed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301253220566598978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZHVt4REhUI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/SE2run5FmP4/s400/rihannaconcert-postponed.jpg" border="0" /></a>According Razman Razali, Managing Director of Pineapple Concerts Sdn Bhd, a new date for the event will be confirmed two weeks from now.<br /><br />Pineapple also confirmed that the concert has not been cancelled merely postponed, advising ticket buyers to hold on to their tickets and wait for a future announcement regarding the replacement date.<br /><br />"We sincerely regret this unavoidable shift in schedule and apologise to the fans for any inconvenience caused."<br /><br />The singer, who reportedly was attacked by boyfriend Chris Brown, also pulled out of a scheduled appearance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening.<br /><br />19 year-old performer Chris Brown handed himself in to police custody after the incident. According to a USA Today article, Brown was released after posting $50,000 bail on a felony charge of suspicion of making criminal threats.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZHWWsx8NII/AAAAAAAAAaE/8ouUREZcNeA/s1600-h/badboy-chris.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301253921857877122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZHWWsx8NII/AAAAAAAAAaE/8ouUREZcNeA/s400/badboy-chris.jpg" border="0" /></a>The bad publicity has already cost Brown a lucrative deal with Wrigley's Doublemint gum, to promote its product in an upcoming commercial campaign, which the company has suspended.<br /><br /><a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/features/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=2434737">Good Love Gone Bad</a> : For more on Chris and Rihanna, <a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/features/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=2434737">click here</a>. -- <span style="font-size:85%;">Johanan Sen, MSN - Tuesday, 10 February 2009<br /></span></blockquote>Malaysia's conservative Islamic party PAS had called for Rihanna's performance, part of the "Good Girl Gone Bad" tour, to be banned because her outfits were <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/01/rihanna-too-sexy-for-malaysiakini.html">too sexy</a>.<br /><br />The 20-year-old Barbados-born singer had been due to perform early in the Grammy Awards on Sunday before organizers abruptly announced her withdrawal just before the event.<br /><br />A Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman neither confirmed nor denied that Rihanna was the victim in an alleged domestic violence incident on Sunday involving her boyfriend, singer-songwriter Chris Brown. – <a href="http://news.my.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2441145">Agence France-Presse - 2/10/2009 10:24 AM GMT </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4780731143627158066?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-27217049313769427642009-02-10T23:23:00.008+08:002009-02-10T23:43:48.770+08:00<div align="justify">Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi down played today the significance of the Bukit Gantang by-election in Perak, saying it has nothing to do with the recent takeover of the state government by Barisan Nasional (BN) through defections.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZGcrm4dn1I/AAAAAAAAAZs/xcPvGeoGhSs/s1600-h/Dolah-NoLah.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301190509377462098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZGcrm4dn1I/AAAAAAAAAZs/xcPvGeoGhSs/s400/Dolah-NoLah.JPG" border="0" /></a>Abdullah also sidestepped questions on whether the coalition was preparing to accept more defections from the federal opposition Pakatan Rakyat.<br /><br />“We didn’t plan, they came so we welcome them,” said Abdullah.<br /><br />The BN successfully dodged the prospect of facing a statewide election after convincing the Sultan of Perak that it had enough support in the state assembly to form the new government.<br /><br />“No, you can’t say that, it has nothing to do with it, a by-election has to be called so we will face the election,” said Abdullah when asked to comment on suggestions that the Bukit Gantang by-election at the Parliamentary constituency in Perak was held up by many people as a referendum on BN’s takeover of the state government.<br /><br />“Whatever issues that are raised in the by-election, we will face them and will have to answer, most importantly we will face it with utmost preparation,” he added.<br /><br />Abdullah admitted, however, that the by-elections in Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau, Kedah would not be easy for BN.<br /><br />“We have to be prepared from now, we have to work hard to win the seats. We cannot take this as an easy by-election for us,” Abdullah told reporters.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZGdIZWfxkI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/D270zMo6f3c/s1600-h/bukit_by-elections.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301191003961542210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 193px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZGdIZWfxkI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/D270zMo6f3c/s320/bukit_by-elections.JPG" border="0" /></a>Yesterday Pas’s Roslan Shaharum died of a heart attack, which paved the way for a by-election to be called for the Parliamentary constituency in northern Perak.<br /><br />In Kedah, Bukit Selambau state rep V Arumugam tendered his resignation as executive councillor and lawmaker yesterday.<br /><br />The Bukit Gantang by-election is being seen by many commentators as a referendum on BN’s successful takeover of the Perak government, leading to the state DAP endorsing the Pakatan Rakyat Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin’s candidacy for the seat.<br /><br />The party also challenged the BN to field newly appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Zambry Kadir for the by-election. -- <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/18016-no-its-not-a-referendum-lah">TMI</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2721704931376942764?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-72259965113134487972009-02-09T23:59:00.002+08:002009-02-10T00:36:50.707+08:00<div align="justify">Sports minister to appoint former internationals on several committees as part of the plan to save Malaysian football. </div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZBVAkxn4II/AAAAAAAAAZk/iyP9buRQxfU/s1600-h/insidepix1-ismailsabri-okays-ex-intl.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZBVAkxn4II/AAAAAAAAAZk/iyP9buRQxfU/s320/insidepix1-ismailsabri-okays-ex-intl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300830229775245442" /></a><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Sport/2474595/Article/index_html" target="_self"><strong>Football: Ismail Sabri okays ex-internationals</strong> </a><br /><a href="mailto:christopherraj@nst.com.my">By : Christopher Raj </a><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />SPORTS Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is expected to face resistance but he is set to appoint former internationals into the several committees that are to be formed as part of the plan to save Malaysian football.<br /><br />Ismail Sabri has already informed the FA of Malaysia of his intention via the delegation led by deputy president Khairy Jamaluddin on Thursday.<br /><br />Some quarters are said to be unhappy with the move but Ismail Sabri has a word of consolation for them -- he is aware that some former internationals may be in for personal gain.<br /><br />"I have identified a few areas where we can utilise the ex-internationals. Basically, we want more footballers to be involved in the game and I will be meeting them again soon," said Ismail Sabri.<br /><br />"We will be setting up several committees within the ministry to oversee football's progress and the ex-internationals can help us and FAM."<br /><br />But he warned the ex-internationals that he will not tolerate individuals who are only looking for their own gain.<br /><br />"We only want people who are sincere in bringing success to football. If some people think that they can be part of the committee and then seek contracts, I think they have come to the wrong place.<br /><br />"Every proposal will be carefully studied before they are implemented."<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYhiPUTygfI/AAAAAAAAAV0/46yHIr2w0oM/s1600-h/insidepix1-ismailsabri-football.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298592976890659314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYhiPUTygfI/AAAAAAAAAV0/46yHIr2w0oM/s400/insidepix1-ismailsabri-football.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (right) <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/02/we-are-willing-to-help-but-is-fam.html">exchanges views with ex-internationals </a>(from left) Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, Datuk Soh Chin Aun, Rahim Abdullah, Bakri Ibni and Abdullah Ali at last week’s dialogue at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. Pic: MOHD YUSNI ARIFFIN<br /></span></em><br /><div align="justify">Ismail Sabri also stressed the government is not interfering in FAM.<br /><br />"We are only assisting FAM in development. We are not taking over anything from them, even though we will be managing the Young Tigers.<br /><br />"At the end of the day, it will FAM's call as to which tournaments they will compete in and who will be heading the team."<br /><br />The community league which was mooted by the former Sports Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said is expected to kick off next month.<br /><br />Football will be played in 220 constituencies for a period of three months before an inter-district competition takes place.<br /><br />"At the state assembly level, the respective committees will manage the leagues and the state FA's will only get involved when the league moves into the district competition mode.<br /><br />"This will help us to save some cost as we don't want to be paying RM70,000 for match officials." -- NST </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7225996511313448797?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-36521385443412715642009-02-09T21:27:00.005+08:002009-02-09T21:40:55.144+08:00<div align="justify">Parti Keadilan Rakyat de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has played down DAP chairman Karpal Singh's planned suit against the Sultan of Perak for his "unconstitutional decision" to allow Barisan Nasional to take over the helm in Perak.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZAwtZ9aaAI/AAAAAAAAAZc/XtBX_Msktc4/s1600-h/090209anwar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300790318035789826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZAwtZ9aaAI/AAAAAAAAAZc/XtBX_Msktc4/s320/090209anwar.jpg" border="0" /></a>He said the suit would not be filed. Instead a panel of Pakatan Rakyat lawyers would look into legal remedies to the situation.<br /><br />Speaking last night to a 8,000-strong crowd at the menteri besar's official residence here, which was occupied by Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, Anwar said the decision was reached when he met DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang and Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang earlier.<br /><br />Anwar said he, Kit Siang and Hadi would seek an audience with the Sultan of Perak as soon as possible to convey the voice of the people of Perak.<br /><br />He urged Nizar and the Pakatan executive councillors to continue with their duties as assemblymen and to return to their offices tomorrow as usual.<br />If they were denied entry, they were to carry on from the menteri besar's residence, Anwar said.<br /><br />Present were Nizar and several Pakatan leaders, deputy DAP chairman Dr Tan Seng Giaw and Hadi.<br /><br />Police had blocked the roads within a kilometre radius to the menteri besar's residence to prevent crowds from converging.<br /><br />Traffic was at a standstill near a roundabout in front of the residence.<br /><br />City police chief Assistant Commissioner Azisman Alias said the roadblocks began at 6pm and were lifted at midnight. – text: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Frontpage/2474704/Article/index_html">NST</a>, pix: <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17910-pakatan-will-not-sue-sultan-as-nizar-prepares-to-take-his-message-to-the-people-">TMI </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-3652138544341271564?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-2657857023454125592009-02-09T12:56:00.000+08:002009-02-09T12:57:00.196+08:00<div align="justify">Ryan Giggs after 20 years has finally got himself a decent right foot. All credit to him.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY-zlf6vYFI/AAAAAAAAAY0/soH3SVwPg-0/s1600-h/West-Ham-Manchester-United-Ryan-Giggs-mobbed_1863609.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300652743242768466" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY-zlf6vYFI/AAAAAAAAAY0/soH3SVwPg-0/s320/West-Ham-Manchester-United-Ryan-Giggs-mobbed_1863609.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">pix: MU’s Giggs celebrates his goal w/ teammates in their EPL match against West Ham at Upton Park yesterday. MU won 1-0.<br /></span></em><br />Ryan Giggs scored a sublime goal to seal a 1-0 win for Manchester United at West Ham United yesterday that sent them back to the top of the Premier League.<br /><br />In a cagey game of few chances Giggs dodged past two West Ham players after 61 minutes before skimming a low shot inside the far post to put the champions two points clear of Liverpool.<br /><br />The Old Trafford outfit are beginning to have the look of champions again and this was the kind of obdurate display that has become their hallmark this season.<br /><br />For decades Ferguson has prided himself on producing teams who dazzle with their flair, but this crop of United stars are just as happy to grind out a 1-0 victory as they are to put on a show.<br /><br />United's defensive excellence in recent weeks has reached record-breaking levels and they chalked up another milestone en route to a 13th consecutive clean sheet and an eighth successive win.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY-x4b5M7rI/AAAAAAAAAYs/mvGtSGwAdWc/s1600-h/giggs-ron-celebrate.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300650869556833970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY-x4b5M7rI/AAAAAAAAAYs/mvGtSGwAdWc/s400/giggs-ron-celebrate.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">pix: Giggs (left) celebrates his goal w/ teammate Ron.</span></em><br /><br />United have 56 points from 24 games while Liverpool, who beat Portsmouth 3-2 on Saturday, have 54 from 25.<br /><br />Arsenal remain a distant fifth after drawing 0-0 at north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur despite playing for nearly an hour with 10 men after Emmanuel Ebouse was sent off. – Reuters/AFP</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-265785702345412559?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-73385923967237228852009-02-08T21:11:00.002+08:002009-02-08T21:13:55.463+08:00<div align="justify">Sir Alex Ferguson could be forgiven for feeling rather smug. Chelsea are all at sea while Liverpool lost Steven Gerrard to injury only two days after selling Robbie Keane this week and Fernando Torres is still not match-fit, but the Manchester United manager will not allow the problems his title rivals are facing lull either him or his players into a false sense of security.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY7V6H982OI/AAAAAAAAAYU/R41lAL-guP4/s1600-h/alex-ferguson-confident.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300409006009669858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY7V6H982OI/AAAAAAAAAYU/R41lAL-guP4/s400/alex-ferguson-confident.jpg" border="0" /></a>Perhaps it is the prospect of a tricky trip to a bogey ground such as Upton Park today <em>(Live, 2/8/09 11.55pm MYT, Astro Ch812 ESPN –ed.)</em> which prompted Ferguson to err on the side of caution, but the United manager is still preparing for the long haul.<br /><br />“It [the title race] could well [go to the wire],” Ferguson said. “You've got to put your mind towards thinking that - expect the worst and hope for the best.<br /><br />“I think that if the scenario was the same as last season, and we have to win on the last day away to Hull City, that's fine. At the start of the season, we'd have taken that position. The way the table is shaping up, with so many teams fighting at the bottom, I don't think you'll get an easy game anywhere.”<br /><br />Cautious, then, but clearly not concerned. United may have won only once in their past nine visits to the capital - against Fulham at Craven Cottage in March last year - and endured some unhappy experiences away to West Ham United in recent times, but with his team chasing an eighth successive win and thirteenth consecutive clean sheet in the league, Ferguson said that he would fancy his chances against anyone.<br /><br />“I wasn't aware of that [United's recent poor league record against clubs in London] but obviously with the form of the team as it is, I would be prepared to take them anywhere. I think the players have acquired some things over the past couple of years playing together. You can see a lot of mental strength in the players here. They can deal with most things.”<br /><br />United will be boosted further by the return from injury of Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra, even if neither is likely to be involved from the start against West Ham. Rooney, the England forward, has been out for 3½ weeks since suffering a hamstring injury in the 1-0 win at home to Wigan Athletic last month, while Evra, the left back, has had a foot problem.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY7XodymVII/AAAAAAAAAYk/eiu-8H2fopk/s1600-h/Edwin-van-der-Sar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300410901653247106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 166px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY7XodymVII/AAAAAAAAAYk/eiu-8H2fopk/s320/Edwin-van-der-Sar.jpg" border="0" /></a>While most eyes are likely to be on Edwin van der Sar, the United goalkeeper, who will break Chris Woods's British record of not conceding a goal for 1,196 minutes - for Rangers between November 1986 and January 1987 - if he keeps West Ham at bay for 75 minutes, Ferguson appears just as pleased with the form of Michael Carrick. One of the quiet men of the United dressing-room, Carrick has, nonetheless, been one of the driving forces behind the club's push for a third successive league title and Ferguson believes it is about time the England midfield player got more credit.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY7WQBPMdvI/AAAAAAAAAYc/F2XMdLyxfco/s1600-h/CARRICK_185x185_482372a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300409382160070386" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY7WQBPMdvI/AAAAAAAAAYc/F2XMdLyxfco/s400/CARRICK_185x185_482372a.jpg" border="0" /></a>“It's happened to a few players at Manchester United - the quieter types sometimes get overlooked by the fans and the press,” Ferguson said. “I made that point about Denis Irwin when he was here and Michael may come into that category.<br /><br />“He's a terrific footballer. He could always open up defences, but he has developed very well physically coming here and improved tremendously on the defensive play.” -- <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article5679385.ece">The Times</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7338592396723722885?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-75461894424980814612009-02-08T12:15:00.001+08:002009-02-09T20:57:25.621+08:00<div align="justify">Membaca berita Malaysiakini yang bertajuk “<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/97806">MB Nizar umum empat dasar penting</a>” membuatkan gue teringat akan kisah 2 imam sembahyang di Terengganu satu masa dulu. Tak dapat gue pastikan apakah masih ada lagi peristiwa 2 imam tersebut di Terengganu kini. Sepengetahuan gue tak ada berita dari MSM atau media alternatif yang melaporkan peristiwa sedemikian lagi. Jadi nampaknya kemelut 2 imam sembahyang tu dah diselesaikan.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY5Tp-iYeDI/AAAAAAAAAYE/nAjDTVtnlh4/s1600-h/2-imam-politik-di-perak.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300265792088602674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY5Tp-iYeDI/AAAAAAAAAYE/nAjDTVtnlh4/s400/2-imam-politik-di-perak.gif" border="0" /></a>Tapi kini nampaknya peristiwa 2 "imam" muncul kembali dalam bentuk “imam politik” pula di Perak – hehe... mana lagi kalo bukan Perak! kan Perak “test bed” bagi “we have the numbers”?<br /><br />Kalo imam sembahyang maka ada makmumnya yang tertentu, tapi kalo “imam politik” pula siapakah “makmun” dia ya?... Betuuul!!! SUK dan pegawai-pegawai di pejabat kerajaan yang lainnya!<br /><br />Tapi dalam situasi 2 “imam” di Perak ni, Hmmm… mimpi di siang hari lah! “imam” Nizar. Jumaat kelmarin tu, SUK dah isytiharkan bahawa dia “tidak berkerja dengan Nizar lagi.” Jadi segala arahan/polisi pentadbiran yang dikeluarkan “imam” Nizar tak mungkin akan dipatuhi SUK dan pentadbirannya. Struktur kuasa kini di Perak dah berubah dan beralih ke “imam” Dr Zambry walaupun “imam” Nizar dan "jemaah" Pakatan tidak mengiktirafnya. Sebab “<a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-is-now-fait-accompli.html">a fait accompli</a>.”<br /><br />Pentadbiran negeri harus berjalan untuk kepentingan rakyat. Pentadbiran tak boleh berada dalam dilemma: “imam” mana yang harus dipatuhi. SUK telah memutuskannya secara tak langsung – ikut dan patuhi “imam” Dr Zambry.<br /><br /><a href="http://anwaribrahimblog.com/2009/02/06/kenyataan-akhbar-majlis-pimpinan-pakatan-rakyat-2/">Pertikaian tentang keabsahan “imam” Dr Zambry </a>boleh diselesaikan melalui proses UU di mahkamah. Tak dak siapa yang boleh melarangnya hatta Sultan Perak sekalipun, apatah lagi “tikus-tikus politik” di luar Perak ni… <a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&amp;dt=0208&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Muka_Hadapan&amp;pg=mh_01.htm">MM: Jangan hina Raja Melayu</a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZAnCq77oAI/AAAAAAAAAZU/OHGjwkSc3cE/s1600-h/muka_hadapanMM020809-500x390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SZAnCq77oAI/AAAAAAAAAZU/OHGjwkSc3cE/s400/muka_hadapanMM020809-500x390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300779688253956098" /></a>Teruskanlah “imam” Nizar dan "jemaah" Pakatan, gue pun sokong 100 peratus akan saman “imam” Nizar yang sedang diteliti tu. Tapi dalam kontek arahan/polisi pentadbiran “imam” Nizar saperti yang dilaporkan Malaysiakini ni , gue kata secara pasti bahawa "arahan imam tu" tak laku – tak caya tunggu dan lihat lah! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7546189442498081461?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-34585062929729497912009-02-08T00:32:00.005+08:002009-02-08T00:42:50.545+08:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY24cgh2tQI/AAAAAAAAAX0/rigHU3pb_bs/s1600-h/espn_lg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300095136392721666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 78px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY24cgh2tQI/AAAAAAAAAX0/rigHU3pb_bs/s400/espn_lg.jpg" border="0" /></a>ESPN failed in its attempt to gain British television rights to English Premier League matches, with the final two packages awarded yesterday to BSkyB and Setanta.<br /><br />BSkyB won bidding to four packages earlier in the week. In all, the EPL said yesterday it will receive US$2.58 billion (RM8.77 billion) from British television rights from the 2010-11 through 2012-13 seasons, a slight increase from the US$2.55 billion from its current three-year British deals. The contracts cover 138 games per season.<br /><br />ESPN, which had hoped to expand its European programming, said in a statement it was "disappointed in the outcome."<br /><br />"But we were pleased to be at the table," said the network, owned by The Walt Disney Co.<br /><br />Foreign rights are sold separately. US rights currently are shared by Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta.<br /><br />FSC, like BSkyB, is controlled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY25GZdm9sI/AAAAAAAAAX8/yULpmGRc0P8/s1600-h/epl_lg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300095856050370242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 68px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY25GZdm9sI/AAAAAAAAAX8/yULpmGRc0P8/s400/epl_lg.jpg" border="0" /></a>"We are very pleased and relieved at the outcome. These are not necessarily the best economic times we could do this," Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said. "This gives the clubs medium-term stability. The clubs can plan knowing this is the lion's share of their income."<br /><br />Sky will have rights to 115 games per season, including 38 first-choice matches. Setanta will get the remaining 23 matches each season.<br /><br />Setanta retains late Saturday afternoon games but Sky takes over Monday night matches. Sky will retain the prime slot of games kicking off at 4pm on Sundays.<br /><br />Under European Commission rules, no single broadcaster can hold more than five of the six packages. – <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/sports/17804-espn-fails-to-gain-english-premier-league-rights">AP via the Malaysian Insider</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-3458506292972949791?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-20439261673906908522009-02-07T19:59:00.005+08:002009-02-07T20:11:27.013+08:00<div align="justify">Yusuf Islam - formerly known as Cat Stevens - has written a musical featuring his classic tracks.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY14_-8ktSI/AAAAAAAAAXk/AMrIJHrf43c/s1600-h/yusuf-islam.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY14_-8ktSI/AAAAAAAAAXk/AMrIJHrf43c/s400/yusuf-islam.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300025377109095714" /></a>'Moonshadow' - which features classic songs from the artist, formerly known as Cat Stevens, including 'Morning Has Broken' and 'Wild World' - debuts in Northampton this July, and if successful it will have a run in London's West End.<br /><br />Original 'Mamma Mia!' cast member Siobhan McCarthy is singing previews from the show as part of the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Awards, hosted by comic actors James Cordon and Sheridan Smith, at the Prince of Wales Theatre on February 15.<br /><br />Yusuf, 60, recently revealed he is recording a new studio album with his old label Island Records, which released his acclaimed albums 'Teaser and The Firecat' and 'Tea For The Tillerman'.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY15eVZRUHI/AAAAAAAAAXs/KDYD8je177k/s1600-h/georgeyusufklaus-song4peace.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY15eVZRUHI/AAAAAAAAAXs/KDYD8je177k/s200/georgeyusufklaus-song4peace.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300025898531115122" /></a><a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/01/yusuf-islam-formerly-cat-stevens.html">Last month, the singer released cover version for charity </a>of George Harrison's 'The Day The World Gets Round' - with long-time Beatles associate Klaus Voorman.<br /><br />Yusuf said: 'George was also more responsible than any other artist for initiating pop music's movement to aid people and countries stricken by war and calamities. His 'Concert For Bangladesh' was the first of its kind. I hope this song will help remind people of the immense legacy of love, peace and happiness we can share when we get round to looking at mankind's futile wars and prejudices and start to change our foolish ways.' – <a href="http://entertainment.sg.msn.com/Celebrity-Gossip/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2376084">Bang via MSN </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2043926167390690852?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-77166156191164861342009-02-06T22:05:00.008+08:002009-02-06T22:23:35.624+08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYxGgM-CTSI/AAAAAAAAAXU/FqaAhW4NKvg/s1600-h/wonderwall-unveiled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 170px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYxGgM-CTSI/AAAAAAAAAXU/FqaAhW4NKvg/s400/wonderwall-unveiled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299688380559412514" /></a><div align="justify">Microsoft plunged into the crowded field of online entertainment and celebrity news on Thursday, taking the wraps off a new website known as Wonderwall.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wonderwall.com/">Wonderwall.com </a>is a joint venture between MSN, the Internet arm of the US software giant, and BermanBraun Interactive, a media company based in Santa Monica, California.<br /><br />"Wonderwall offers people an engaging and visually dynamic perspective on the day's hottest pop culture stories, personalities and trends," MSN and BermanBraun said in a statement.<br /><br />The main feature of Wonderwall.com is a nearly full-screen wall of pictures with links to stories, photo galleries and video.<br /><br />The wall can be scrolled horizontally, an experience MSN and BermanBraun likened to "flipping through a favorite magazine."<br /><br />The site features a feed of the latest celebrity news and categories such as "Top Celebs" and "LOL Pics," the "funniest photos of celebs from around the Web."<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYxG5Q3pLOI/AAAAAAAAAXc/XsGbHLtQrg4/s1600-h/microsoft.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 155px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYxG5Q3pLOI/AAAAAAAAAXc/XsGbHLtQrg4/s400/microsoft.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299688811103071458" /></a>"Wonderwall offers a clever, thought-provoking and amusing voice to fans of celebrity and is a great addition to MSN's portfolio of entertainment content," said Rob Bennett, general manager of network programming for MSN.<br /><br />Entertainment and celebrity news are among the most popular subjects for Web surfers and Wonderwall will be competing for audience with sites such as TMZ.com, people.com and perezhilton.com, to name just a few. -- <a href="http://news.my.msn.com/sci-tech/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2363747">Agence France-Presse - 2/5/2009 6:56 PM GMT</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7716615619116486134?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-90708150204079871182009-02-06T13:05:00.003+08:002009-02-06T13:05:01.068+08:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuSgOharmI/AAAAAAAAAW0/cxl65-WW0yI/s1600-h/prayers-8-feb5.jpg"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299490468883246690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuSgOharmI/AAAAAAAAAW0/cxl65-WW0yI/s400/prayers-8-feb5.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">Pix: Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin surrounded by supporters on what may his last night in the Menteri Besar's official residence. On his right is the DAP's Ronnie Liu<br /></span></em><br />Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin made a burning pledge Thursday night “to fight to his last drop of blood” as he addressed more than ten thousand supporters at the compound of his official residence as a crescendo of horns could be heard blaring from motorists outside in support.<br /><br />“This will be where Najib will be buried,” he told the cheering crowd, referring to deputy Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s role in yesterday’s power grab.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuSEapb8OI/AAAAAAAAAWs/DTogIn0SbtI/s1600-h/dpmnajib.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299489991101772002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 156px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuSEapb8OI/AAAAAAAAAWs/DTogIn0SbtI/s400/dpmnajib.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">pix: Datuk Seri Najib Razak – “hahihu… We have the numbers.”<br /></span></em><br />“I was forced to seek dissolution of the state assembly as the Election Commission would not conduct the by-elections. Then I was asked to resign.<br /><br />“I will keep fighting,” said the normally impassive Nizar.<br /><br />Nizar added that he would boycott Friday’s swearing-in ceremony of the Barisan Nasional (BN) mentri besar.<br /><br />Instead, he will attend special prayers at the Ubudiah mosque next to the royal palace in Kuala Kangsar.<br /><br />Shouts of Allahuakbar rang out throughout the rally last night amid a light drizzle at the mentri besar’s residence here as thousands of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) supporters turned up for a public rally in support of the embattled Nizar.<br /><br />There is strong police presence outside the house, just a stone’s throw from the Umno building and the Istana Kinta, but this did not stop the public from turning up, causing a massive traffic jam in the city.<br /><br />Earlier, various PR leaders addressed the crowd, but their rhetoric was frequently drowned out by the roars of the supporters.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuTqFd-FBI/AAAAAAAAAW8/2LGGx6e9dKY/s1600-h/prayers-9-feb5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299491737763189778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 183px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuTqFd-FBI/AAAAAAAAAW8/2LGGx6e9dKY/s400/prayers-9-feb5.jpg" border="0" /></a>Many supporters were seen carrying banners calling for the dissolution of the state assembly and for power to be returned to the people.<br /><br />But despite <a href="http://elizabethwong.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/coup-detat-in-perak/">accusing the Barisan Nasional (BN) of executing a coup</a>, the loss of the state government is already a fait accompli as <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17701-zambry-prominent-politican-savvy-developer">Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, the BN assemblyman for Pangkor</a>, is already preparing to be sworn in today at 3.30pm in Kuala Kangsar ~ <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17685-a-fiery-nizar-makes-his-last-stand-before-thousands">MORE TMI<br /></a><br /><strong><a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=387993">Zambry Promises To Return Calm And Harmony To Perak<br /></a></strong><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuUqVvOc4I/AAAAAAAAAXE/JbsS5ndAY8A/s1600-h/dr-zambry.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299492841642161026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYuUqVvOc4I/AAAAAAAAAXE/JbsS5ndAY8A/s400/dr-zambry.jpg" border="0" /></a>Perak Menteri Besar designate Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir (pix) has promised to return calm and harmony to the state.<br /><br />Zambry, who thanked the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, for consenting the appointment and having the confidence in him to hold the post, regarded the new responsibility as a trust to be shouldered with good leadership.<br /><br />"I will uphold the trust to the best of my ability. I also thank Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is also the Perak Umno liaison chief, and my colleagues in Barisan Nasional (BN) for their support," he told reporters here on Thursday night.<br /><br />Zambry, who is the Pangkor assemblyman, hoped his appointment as Menteri Besar would not become an issue or create a difficult situation in Perak.<br /><br />Earlier in Kuala Lumpur, the prime minister announced that the <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/2472370/Article/index_html">Sultan of Perak had consented the appointment of Zambry </a>as Perak's next Menteri Besar.<br /><br />Abdullah also said that Zambry would be sworn in as the 11th Menteri Besar at Istana Iskandariah in Kuala Kangsar at 3.30pm on Friday.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYueZ07Ne_I/AAAAAAAAAXM/AI4-YKkgsG8/s1600-h/nizar_sultan-azlan-shah.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299503553072430066" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYueZ07Ne_I/AAAAAAAAAXM/AI4-YKkgsG8/s400/nizar_sultan-azlan-shah.gif" border="0" /></a>Zambry's appointment was made after Sultan Azlan Shah ordered that Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and his state executive councillors to resign from their posts with immediate effect after the <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/2472448/Article/index_html">Sultan met with all the 28 BN state assemblymen and three Independent assemblymen </a>who had declared their support for BN.<br /><br />The <a href="http://penarikbeca.blogspot.com/2009/02/sultan-perak-menunjuk-kuasanya.html">Sultan was convinced </a>that Mohammad Nizar had ceased to receive the support of the majority of the Perak state assemblymen.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-9070815020407987118?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-86259722959973143262009-02-05T20:00:00.001+08:002009-02-05T20:06:57.279+08:00<div align="justify">Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the Perak Menteri Besar’s refusal to resign despite the request by Sultan Azlan Shah did not mean Pakatan Rakyat was on a collision course with the Perak palace.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYrSENtQr_I/AAAAAAAAAWc/iRfkZBj5SH0/s1600-h/pakatan-pc-feb5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299278881395617778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYrSENtQr_I/AAAAAAAAAWc/iRfkZBj5SH0/s400/pakatan-pc-feb5.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, hands clasped, deliberates about Perak's state of affairs in Pakatan Rakyat’s press conference in Ipoh today. Perak Menteri Besar — for now — Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin on his left looks on for inspiration. The coming hours will be crucial in deciding the fate of the silver state. — pic by Choo Choy May</em><br /></span><br />“Considering the spirit of constitutional monarchy and Parliamentary democracy, this takover if allowed will be a disaster to the democratic system,” Anwar told reporters after a meeting with PR leaders.<br /><br />He added that only a dissolution of the state assembly and a state-wide election would solve the problem.<br /><br />On the order by the state secretariat for the leaders to vacate the building, Anwar described the action as abnormal.<br /><br />“The MB has not resigned, has not been dismissed. It is abnormal under the so-called democratic system,” he added.<br /><br />DAP’s Lim Kit Siang described the takeover attempt by BN as a coup led by Datuk Seri Najib Razak.<br /><br />“A month before Najib becomes the sixth Prime Minister, but today he has launched a coup d'état,” said Lim adding that Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin was still the Menteri Besar.<br /><br />“The PR government is still legitimate. This takeover is illegal and unconstitutional,” said the Ipoh Timor MP.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYrViknbymI/AAAAAAAAAWk/32wY_4GViWY/s1600-h/nizar_sultan-azlan-shah.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299282701476153954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYrViknbymI/AAAAAAAAAWk/32wY_4GViWY/s400/nizar_sultan-azlan-shah.gif" border="0" /></a>Earlier today <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17680-sultan-azlan-shahs-media-statement">Nizar was ordered to resign by the ruler </a>as he was deemed to have lost the support of the majority of the state’s lawmakers.<br /><br />The government has however refused to step down saying that BN has no majority in the assembly, claiming that the three independents who back the coalition have resigned as legislators. -- <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17675-anwar-says-pakatan-not-going-against-the-palace">By Adib Zalkapli, The Malaysian Insider </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8625972295997314326?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-87261893152025646202009-02-04T23:36:00.008+08:002009-02-04T23:59:13.740+08:00<div align="justify">Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is planning a mammoth public gathering in front of the Perak mentri besar’s residence tomorrow in what is surely the last throw of the dice to head off the formation of a new state government by Barisan Nasional (BN).<br /><br /><a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17590-bn-set-to-form-perak-govt-as-sultan-defers-decision-on-dissolution">A new BN government is looking all but certain now </a>after the defections of four assemblymen from the PR alliance in Perak today.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYm29BAozGI/AAAAAAAAAWM/ur0448xk7UA/s1600-h/protester.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298967595937483874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYm29BAozGI/AAAAAAAAAWM/ur0448xk7UA/s400/protester.bmp" border="0" /></a>“We are trying to mobilise a crowd of over 50,000 people for tomorrow night.<br /><br />“This will be the start of the public’s support for Pakatan Rakyat,” read a text message sent by an aide to Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim tonight.<br /><br />The plans for a mammoth rally come after a dramatic day where Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin tried to obtain consent from the Peral Sultan to dissolve the state assembly.<br /><br />He failed to get an immediate answer from Sultan Azlan Shah.<br /><br />But any plans to convince the state ruler with a public rally may well be moot if he consents to BN forming a state government tomorrow morning.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/136-breaking-views/17603-najib-beats-anwar-at-his-own-game-the-malaysian-insider">Deputy Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also Perak BN chief</a>, is expected to be granted an audience by Sultan Azlan Shah tomorrow morning.<br /><br />During the meeting, Najib will make the case for BN to form a new government to end the political uncertainties in the state.<br /><br /><a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/4/nation/20090204131514&amp;sec=nation"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298967961343544642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYm3SSQOzUI/AAAAAAAAAWU/HUHWnu0S9mw/s400/botaok.jpg" border="0" /></em><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">the star pix: We have the numbers</span></em> </a><br /><br />Najib made the claim for the power grab today after announcing the state BN coalition now had 28 members of the state legislature, the same as PR, but it also had the backing of three independents whom are likely to join one of the parties of the ruling coalition soon.<br /><br />If the Sultan does not give an immediate answer tomorrow, it will open the door for PR to use a public rally to try to convince the ruler to dissolve the assembly.<br /><br />PR leaders feel that fresh elections will be their best bet for survival as they are confident of getting a convincing mandate from voters. - <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/17616-pakatan-plans-mammoth-gathering-in-ipoh-to-rally-support">The Malaysian Insider</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8726189315202564620?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-5127579253669470102009-02-04T16:12:00.000+08:002009-02-04T16:12:00.096+08:00<div align="justify">Nine members of the state Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BBC) yesterday declared their loyalty to Umno and the BN and said that there would be no defecting to any opposition party.<br /><br />State BBC chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad said the club fully supported the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, his deputy Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.<br /><br />"We also warn Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), Pas and DAP, along with their agents, not to spread rumours or allegations in relation to defections.<br /><br />"Our loyalty and integrity will not be compromised by any party and we will remain loyal to the BN and state government."</div><div align="center"><br /><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">pix: Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (second from left) with members of the state Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club<br /></span></em></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYlMpo2taQI/AAAAAAAAAWE/EY86N197zGU/s1600-h/insidepix1-songo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 191px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYlMpo2taQI/AAAAAAAAAWE/EY86N197zGU/s400/insidepix1-songo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298850714803333378" /></a><div align="justify">Apart from Zainal, who is the Sungai Lui sssemblyman, the other state BBC members are Datuk Roslan Md Yusof (Johol); Datuk Dr Awaludin Said (Kota); Datuk Mohd Kamil Abd Aziz (Gemencheh); Datuk Aziz Shamsuddin (Palong); Mustafa Salim (Lenggeng); Adnan Abu Hassan (Pilah); Zaifulbahri Idris (Chembong) and Azman Mohammad Noor (Bagan Pinang).<br /><br />Mohamad, who is also state BN chairman, said he hoped the declaration by the BBC members would put to rest any speculation that state BN members were defecting to the opposition.<br /><br />"I hope this issue will end here and not be prolonged. This is the time for us to work and implement all that we promised during the general election.<br /><br />"I also hope the public will remain confident in the state Barisan leadership and help us bring greater development and progress to the state."<br /><br />On a statement by Seremban Umno division chief Datuk Ishak Ismail in Internet news portal Malaysiakini predicting that three assemblymen in the state would defect, Mohamad said: "As Umno members, we must do our part to put an end to rumours and allegations which will destroy our party.<br /><br />"We will discuss what he said at our next meeting before bringing it up to party headquarters for further action."<br /><br />Malaysiakini had quoted Ishak as saying that Aziz, Mustafa and state executive councillor Shamsulkahar Mohd Deli would defect, with Aziz being the most likely.<br /><br />All three have denied the allegations. – nst </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-512757925366947010?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-56458646499567779652009-02-04T04:15:00.001+08:002009-02-04T04:15:00.496+08:00<div align="justify">Peristiwa ini bagus untuk perhatian dan renungan kelompok pro-demokrasi gaya unjuk rasa di Malaysia yang galak membuat demontrasi serupa sejak Gelombang Kuning tempohari. Dipercayai kebanyakan ahli geng ini ramai membaca dan menulis di portal berita terkemuka Malaysiakini.<br /><br />Ianya lebih relevan memandangkan <a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&amp;dt=0204&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Muka_Hadapan&amp;pg=mh_01.htm">drama "Perakmen"</a> sedang hangat bangat dilakunkan yang episodnya mungkin membawa kepada peristiwa sebegini -- siapa tahu!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsindex.php?id=387480">Bernama melaporkan bahawa </a>Speaker Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Sumatera Utara (Sumut), Abdul Aziz Angkat meninggal dunia akibat diserang bertubi-tubi oleh ribuan penunjuk perasaan yang menceroboh masuk ke dalam dewan yang tengah bersidang pada 10.30 pagi Selasa (02/03/2009)<br /><br />Penunjuk perasaan itu merupakan kelompok yang pro pembentukan Provinsi Tapanuli Utara yang bukan saja mengusung peti mayat dan sepanduk ke dalam dewan tetapi juga membelasah Abdul Aziz dan membalingnya dengan pelbagai benda termasuk gelas, demikian menurut laporan agensi berita Antara.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYiSi3Bf6CI/AAAAAAAAAV8/0MsGGksaSv8/s1600-h/demorusuh.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298646089184831522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYiSi3Bf6CI/AAAAAAAAAV8/0MsGGksaSv8/s400/demorusuh.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://news.id.msn.com/local/okezone/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2328961"><strong>Inilah Kronologis Meninggalnya Ketua DPRD Sumut</strong> </a><br /><br />Demontrasi pemekaran Provinsi Tapanuli yang berujung meninggalnya Ketua DPRD Sumut Abdul Azis Angkat, membuat prihatin berbagai kalangan. Lalu sebenarnya apakah yang terjadi saat itu.<br /><br />Mabes Polri melalui Kadiv Humas Polri Irjen Polisi Abu Bakar Nataprawira membeberkan kronologis kejadian dalam jumpa persnya di Mabes Polri, Jalan Trunojoyo, Selasa (02/03/2009).<br /><br />Berikut kronologis kejadian versi Mabes Polri:<br /><br />Pukul 09.00 WIB : Massa pertama yang berjumlah 750 orang berdemo di depan Gedung DPRD Sumut. Tujuannya agar DPRD membuat surat rekomendasi kepada DPR tentang pemekaran wilayah Tapanuli.<br /><br />Pukul 10.30 WIB : Aksi yang dipimpin oleh Chandra Panggabean, anggota DPRD Sumut dan orator Germok Samosir ingin bertemu dengan Ketua DPRD Abdul Azis Angkar. Namun almarhum tidak bisa bertemu karena sedang memimpin rapat dengan Sekda Sumut.<br /><br />Pukul 11.00 WIB : Mereka memaksa masuk ke ruang sidang. Diperkirakan massa berjumlah 2,000 orang. Dengan bertambahnya massa, pihak Polda Sumut dan Poltabes Medan tidak mampu mengamankan ruang sidang dan massa menerobos ke dalam. Setelah masuk, almarhum dievakuasi ke salah satu ruangan swit house dan rencananya akan dipindah ke Bank Mandiri, namun ditegur oleh massa dan dibawa kembali ke ruang sidang.<br /><br />Pukul 12.30 WIB : Setelah kelelahan, almarhum pingsan dan dibawa ke RS Gleni.<br /><br />Pukul 13.00 WIB : Ketua DPRD Sumtu Abdul Azis Angkat dinyatakan meninggal dunia oleh dokter rumah sakit Gleni.(lam)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-5645864649956777965?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-59264716219128264822009-02-03T23:14:00.005+08:002009-02-03T23:48:58.076+08:00<div align="justify">Several former internationals have offered to help save Malaysian football --- provided the FAM is sincere in wanting their assistance.<br /><br />The former internationals, who met Sports Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday, said FAM must also not be dictatorial and must accept criticism.<br /><br />“There are so many areas which are not functioning and we are willing to help.<br /><br />“Football in schools must be revived and so must the district leagues. We are willing to help but is FAM willing to accept?” asked Bakri Ibni.<br /><br />The NST report here… </div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/Sport/2469113/Article/index_html"><strong>Football: Go back to school, FAM told </strong></a><br /><a href="mailto:christopherraj@nst.com.my" target="_self">Reports by Christopher Raj </a><br /><br />THE message was loud and clear -- football has to go back to school, district leagues have to be revived and administrators should not meddle in technical matters.<br /><br />The FA of Malaysia should, even if it doesn't want to, listen for making the call were 72 former internationals.</div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYhiPUTygfI/AAAAAAAAAV0/46yHIr2w0oM/s1600-h/insidepix1-ismailsabri-football.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298592976890659314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYhiPUTygfI/AAAAAAAAAV0/46yHIr2w0oM/s400/insidepix1-ismailsabri-football.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (right) exchanges views with (from left) Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, Datuk Soh Chin Aun, Rahim Abdullah, Bakri Ibni and Abdullah Ali at yesterday’s dialogue at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. PIc: MOHD YUSNI ARIFFIN<br /></span></em><br /></p><div align="justify">The one listening was Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and it will be interesting to see what transpires when he meets the FAM delegation tomorrow.<br /><br />It was only right that the legendary Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat started the ball rolling.<br /><br />"Our players are no longer capable like before and we have to start from the schools in order to achieve success. We have to make sure that the best coaches work with the children," said Ghani, known as "Raja Bola" in his heydays.<br /><br />"Even free tickets can't entice my friends to watch Malaysian matches and this shows just how bad our football is."<br /><br />Former Selangor player K. Gunalan was critical of the Bukit Jalil Sports School players.<br /><br />"I was attached to the Bukit Jalil Sports School for one month and to be honest, the players in the school will not bring us any results.<br /><br />"They are technically sound despite having trained for so long and what then can we expect from the national coaches?" asked Gunalan.<br /><br />The meeting though was not only about slamming FAM.<br /><br />"FAM should not consider us as threats. We are genuinely interested in helping football and we can be used to train players at the grassroots," said Mubin Mokhtar.<br /><br />Former national coach Abdul Rahman Ibrahim concurred.<br /><br />"The problem is that from the 600-plus players in the M-League, only 50 can be considered for the national team. This is the reason why we are always relying on the same players.<br /><br />"The reason why the same players are picked is because technically, they are better but we know that their level is not good enough at the international level.<br /><br />"But these are the players coming through the ranks and we can only get better players if we have a solid structure at the grassroots."<br /><br />Bakri Ibni said district leagues were as important as a solid structure in schools.<br /><br />"Players need to play and they need to play at all levels. This is an area we have totally neglected and it must be revived," said Bakri.<br /><br />He said FAM should also not make it difficult for the ex-internationals with certification demands.<br /><br />"We are there to serve but if there are too many clauses, most just decide to not bother."<br /><br />Ismail Sabri said he would forward the suggestions to the FAM delegation, which will be led by deputy president Khairy Jamaluddin.<br /><br />"All the ideas given today (yesterday) will be presented to FAM and the discussion has to be a two-way affair. FAM has to listen to what we have to say as well," said Ismail Sabri. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-5926471621912826482?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-15571840729057668862009-02-02T12:27:00.007+08:002009-02-02T12:45:07.901+08:00<div align="justify">The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) have made B. Sathianathan and Datuk Soh Chin Aun the scapegoats for the national team’s failings, sacking the duo as coach and manager respectively.<br /><br />FAM vice-president Datuk Gulzar Mohd Nor has been appointed team manager while the new national coach would be named soon.</div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYZ3s3Xtv-I/AAAAAAAAAVc/KMAKel58Y5g/s1600-h/insidepix1-famofficios.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298053624309333986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYZ3s3Xtv-I/AAAAAAAAAVc/KMAKel58Y5g/s400/insidepix1-famofficios.jpg" border="0" /></a> <p align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">FAM general secretary Lt Jen (R) Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad (left) and FAM deputy president Datuk Redzuan Sheikh Ahmad at the exco meeting.— nst pix<br /></span></em><br /></p><div align="justify">These decisions were made at FAM’s executive committee meeting, which was chaired by president Sultan Ahmad Shah, at Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya yesterday.<br /><br />It was, however, not certain on what grounds Sathianathan and Chin Aun were sacked. </div><div align="justify"><br />Was it for the national team’s 5-0 mauling by the United Arab Emirates in their Asian Cup qualifying match on Jan 21?<br /><br />Or was it for Sathianathan’s now infamous “the M-League is not football” outburst moments after that defeat?<br /><br />Or was it for revealing that only three players had passed the fitness test after having had barely five days to prepare for the UAE match?<br /><br />“It is overall,” was their answer. As FAM deputy president Datuk Redzuan Tan Sri Sheikh Ahmad said at the press conference: “There are conditions in the clause to terminate the coach’s contract if the performance of the national team is not up to the mark.”<br /><br />Sathianathan and Chin Aun, though unhappy with the decision, accepted it anyway.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYZ4T12IluI/AAAAAAAAAVk/9EltJ--Xx2s/s1600-h/insidepix3-sathianathan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298054293914949346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYZ4T12IluI/AAAAAAAAAVk/9EltJ--Xx2s/s400/insidepix3-sathianathan.jpg" border="0" /></a>“Well, what can I do ... I accept the decision but it does not solve anything,” said Sathianathan, who said he would call for a press conference in a few days’ time to set the record straight.<br /><br />It’s surprising that FAM have sacked Sathianathan, given that <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2008/12/peluang-kedua-buat-sathia.html">they had just extended his contract to November</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYZ4oTuPhLI/AAAAAAAAAVs/tcO38-une6U/s1600-h/insidepix2-chinaun.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298054645532296370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYZ4oTuPhLI/AAAAAAAAAVs/tcO38-une6U/s400/insidepix2-chinaun.jpg" border="0" /></a>Chin Aun, a household name in Malaysian football, took the decision in his stride, saying: “I did nothing to earn this wrath. Anyway, it is nothing to me.”<br /><br />Chin Aun certainly has a case.<br /><br />He was only supposed to be the assistant manager for both the national team and the Under-23 squad.<br /><br />The FAM had appointed Khairy Jamaluddin as national team manager.<br /><br />As Khairy was busy with his political duties, Chin Aun was told to accompany the team to overseas stints and for tournaments on behalf of Khairy.<br /><br />When asked why was the “towkay” of Malaysian football made the fall guy, Redzuan replied: “The majority wanted new blood.” – text: <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/2/2/sports/3174122&amp;sec=sports">the star</a>, pixs: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Sport/2468379/Article/index_html">nst</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1557184072905766886?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-21126628021932441312009-02-01T14:45:00.009+08:002009-02-01T15:09:06.177+08:00<div align="justify">Manchester United went five points clear at the top of the English Premier League with a 1-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford here Saturday.<br /><br />Yahoo!.. Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-half penalty secured victory in a match.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYVGZr9utoI/AAAAAAAAAU8/B8muBUnGXOk/s1600-h/alex-ferguson-victoryboostsMU.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297717943783569026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYVGZr9utoI/AAAAAAAAAU8/B8muBUnGXOk/s400/alex-ferguson-victoryboostsMU.JPG" border="0" /></a>___________________________________________________<br />[<a href="http://sport.my.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2300497">AFP via MSN, Sunday, 01 Feb 2009</a>] Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said he expected there to be tricky moments between now and the end of the season after seeing his side extend their Premier League lead.<br /><br />United's 1-0 win over Everton at Old Trafford here Saturday left then five points clear at the top of the table with 15 league games remaining and ideally placed to claim a third successive Premier League title.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYVHYccUj1I/AAAAAAAAAVE/ft_pQCtO2l8/s1600-h/ronaldo_MU-vs-Everton.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297719021948669778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYVHYccUj1I/AAAAAAAAAVE/ft_pQCtO2l8/s400/ronaldo_MU-vs-Everton.jpg" border="0" /></a>But Ferguson refused to get carried away after Cristiano Ronaldo's first-half penalty earned his side a seventh straight league win.<br /><br />"The important thing is we keep the form going," said Ferguson. "We have a difficult game away to West Ham next week. All teams drop points in the run-in. We just hope we don't drop as many as the rest," the Scot added.<br /><br />"It's an advantage (being top). It's not a great advantage because there are still 15 games left. But it's always better to be top of the league than anywhere else."<br /><br />Having started January third in the table, United ended the month with a significant advantage over closest challengers Liverpool and Chelsea and a game in hand. – MORE </div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYVH1cHXUxI/AAAAAAAAAVM/nxr2C81cH5A/s1600-h/liverpool-chelsea.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297719520076976914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYVH1cHXUxI/AAAAAAAAAVM/nxr2C81cH5A/s400/liverpool-chelsea.JPG" border="0" /></a><p align="center">msn : <a href="http://sports.sg.msn.com/Football/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=2280547"><strong>Photogallery: The Liverpool-Chelsea chronicles</strong> </a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2112662802193244131?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-84872254731711768172009-01-31T16:18:00.005+08:002009-01-31T16:41:08.967+08:00<div align="justify">Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester United have the edge over Liverpool in the title run in as Sir Alex Ferguson's side look to pull away at the top of the Premier League table this weekend.<br /><br />Having replaced faltering Liverpool at the summit, United will move five points clear of nearest rivals Chelsea and Liverpool if they defeat Everton at Old Trafford today. <em>(Live, 2/1/09 1.25am MYT, Astro Ch813 Star Sports –ed.)<br /></em><br />Rafael Benitez's Liverpool, who have drawn seven of their last 10 league outings, entertain Chelsea tomorrow <em>(Live, 2/1/09 11.55pm MYT, Astro Ch812 ESPN –ed.)</em> in the biggest fixture of the weekend.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYQKnPnwXQI/AAAAAAAAAU0/1ALA4zvGJ5I/s1600-h/RioFerdinand-MU.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297370731019001090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYQKnPnwXQI/AAAAAAAAAU0/1ALA4zvGJ5I/s320/RioFerdinand-MU.jpg" border="0" /></a>By then, Ferdinand is hoping that United, currently two points clear with a game in hand over Benitez's side, will have opened up a significant gap at the top as they eye a third successive title.<br /><br />Ferdinand believes that United's experience of winning the Premier League will help them in the run-in.<br />But the England defender is taking nothing for granted.<br /><br />"It is easier when you have got experienced players in your camp, the likes of (Ryan) Giggs, (Paul) Scholes, players who have won the league before," said Ferdinand.<br /><br />"There is the experience in there and maybe that is the edge we have got on the other teams, that we've got the experience of older pros who have been there."<br /><br />Everton's Australian international Tim Cahill heads for Old Trafford eyeing another century of goals after notching his 100th career strike in midweek.<br /><br />Cahill reached the landmark when he opened the scoring against Arsenal in midweek although David Moyes's side had to settle for a point after Robin Van Persie scored a last minute equaliser for the Gunners.<br /><br />Everton go into their toughest fixture of the campaign unbeaten in nine games and with an FA Cup replay against neighbours Liverpool to follow on Wednesday.<br /><br />Yet Belgium international Marouane Fellaini believes that Everton's recent good form will help them get a result at Old Trafford.<br /><br />"It was awful to give the goal away on Wednesday and we are so disappointed," said Fellaini.<br /><br />"But we've got a great opportunity ahead of us. We are a good side -- we have shown that on many occasions -- and we are capable of going to Old Trafford to get a good result." -- <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Sport/2466883/Article/indexpull_html">AFP via NST </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8487225473171176817?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-80592060801371858552009-01-31T11:30:00.005+08:002009-01-31T11:47:47.723+08:00<div align="justify">Erdogan was angry when a panel moderator cut off his remarks, which were in response to Peres’ impassioned speech defending Israel’s offensive.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYPGfe1KtdI/AAAAAAAAAUk/yKpUefxDv20/s1600-h/erdogan-peres_wef-davos.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297295830872143314" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 167px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYPGfe1KtdI/AAAAAAAAAUk/yKpUefxDv20/s400/erdogan-peres_wef-davos.jpg" border="0" /></a>“I find it very sad that people applaud what you said,” Erdogan said. “You killed people. And I think that it is very wrong.”<br /><br />The angry exchange followed an hour-long debate at the forum attended by world leaders.<br /><br />Erdogan tried to rebut Peres as the discussion was ending, asking the moderator, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, to let him speak once more. “Only a minute,” Ignatius replied.<br /><br />“Mr. Peres, you are older than me. Your voice is too loud,” Erdogan told Peres, saying his emotion belied a guilty conscience.<br /><br />“<a href="http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=72084&amp;language=en">You kill people</a>,” Erdogan told the 85-year-old Israeli leader.<br /><br />“I remember the children who died on beaches. I remember two former prime ministers who said they felt very happy when they were able to enter Palestine on tanks.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYPG3v8GA6I/AAAAAAAAAUs/uXfEhxHjkL4/s1600-h/israeli-tanks-mass@border.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297296247781458850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYPG3v8GA6I/AAAAAAAAAUs/uXfEhxHjkL4/s400/israeli-tanks-mass%40border.jpg" border="0" /></a>“<a href="http://bytemuncher.blogspot.com/2009/01/chao-chee-bye-zionist-jewish-scum.html">When it comes to killing, you know it too well</a>,” the Turkish leader said.<br /><br />When the moderator tried to cut short Erdogan’s remarks again, saying that it was past time to adjourn for dinner, he answered, “Don’t interrupt me. You are not allowing me to speak.”<br /><br />He then said: “I will not come to Davos again.” -- <a href="http://penarikbeca.blogspot.com/2009/01/syabas-erdogan.html">The Buffalo News via Penarik Beca</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8059206080137185855?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-13647452909423887902009-01-29T23:59:00.001+08:002009-02-09T21:49:13.384+08:00<div align="justify">IN recent days, Pakatan Rakyat has been blowing its own trumpet over the defection of Bota assemblyman Datuk Nasarudin Hashim to Parti Keadilan Rakyat.<br /><br />So sweet was the "victory" that even PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim described the cross-over as a significant milestone on the road to change.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY_KDXY9NxI/AAAAAAAAAY8/_9L3lBp3vgk/s1600-h/nasarudin-nizar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300677445605472018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY_KDXY9NxI/AAAAAAAAAY8/_9L3lBp3vgk/s400/nasarudin-nizar.jpg" border="0" /></a>Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin announced the possibility of three more Umno assemblymen jumping ship.<br /><br />While he cannot be blamed for his optimism, Nizar should have held on to his horses.<br /><br />The trio concerned -- Lintang assemblyman Datuk Ahamad Pakeh Adam, Pengkalan Baharu assemblyman Datuk Hamdi Abu Bakar and Kubu Gajah assemblyman Datuk Seri Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar -- have since pledged their loyalty to Umno.<br /><br />The political scenario in Perak is precarious owing to the razor-thin margin that separates the Pakatan state government and the Barisan Nasional opposition.<br /><br />Before Nasarudin's defection, the balance of power hung on two seats. Now, Pakatan has 32 seats to BN's 27.<br /><br />Although Nizar might have thought that Nasarudin's move would secure his job, it might equally mark the beginning of the end for him as the state's 10th menteri besar.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY_KWvdEDDI/AAAAAAAAAZE/WCT1JyJ7TwU/s1600-h/tajolrosli190x212.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300677778482662450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY_KWvdEDDI/AAAAAAAAAZE/WCT1JyJ7TwU/s400/tajolrosli190x212.JPG" border="0" /></a>Outgoing Perak BN and state Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali was coy when he issued the warning to Nizar.<br /><br />"This is like a football match. They have got one goal in the first five minutes but we have the rest of the match to score."<br /><br />Stopping short of saying that BN would go all out to woo Pakatan assemblymen and topple the state government, he accused Pakatan of starting the ball rolling.<br /><br />If Tajol Rosli sounded bitter, he had every reason to.<br /><br />When rumours swirled that several Pakatan assemblymen in Perak were on the verge of joining BN last year, Tajol Rosli was accused of being unethical and corrupt.<br /><br />However, these same people have now welcomed Nasarudin's defection with Nizar even saying that it must be respected.<br /><br />Nizar should realise that although there might be internal problems in Umno and BN, his administration is no different.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY_LYBZLOOI/AAAAAAAAAZM/myI4U_WfNhQ/s1600-h/pakatan-trio.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300678899989690594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SY_LYBZLOOI/AAAAAAAAAZM/myI4U_WfNhQ/s400/pakatan-trio.JPG" border="0" /></a>Rifts exist between members of the state administration although these have been placed under wraps.<br /><br />BN will try and capitalise on them.<br /><br />The game has just begun and, as the saying goes, he who laughs last, laughs best. -- <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Thursday/National/2465315/Article/index_html">Husairy Othman, NST </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1364745290942388790?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-77609184060416588792009-01-29T06:49:00.010+08:002009-01-29T06:49:00.515+08:00<div align="justify">Yeah, el-fared secara umum dapat bersetuju dengan kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Dato Seri Syed Hamid el-Bar, saperti yang dilaporkan portal berita terkemuka Malaysiakini dengan tajuk berbentuk seruan ‘<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/97215">Jangan layan penjenayah macam hero</a>’ – tanpa ada tanda seruan (!)… alahai Malaysiakini!<br /><br />Walaupun el-Bar enggan mengaitkan kenyataannya itu, lapor Malaysiakini dengan memetik <a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsgeneral.php?id=386316">sumber Bernama</a>, dengan kematian suspek curi kereta A Kugan semasa dalam tahanan di balai polis Taipan, Subang Jaya, Selasa lepas, namun umum maklum dan dapat mengatakan dengan pasti bahawa kes Kugan lah yang dijadikan rujukan oleh el-Bar secara tidak langsung.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYDc4gcNnDI/AAAAAAAAAUc/jAe_9k3bUSM/s1600-h/mayatkugan_mercs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296476025126755378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYDc4gcNnDI/AAAAAAAAAUc/jAe_9k3bUSM/s320/mayatkugan_mercs.jpg" border="0" /></a>Beliau menjelaskan, dalam siasatan 19 kes curi kereta dan samun bersenjata, polis telah menahan tiga penjenayah yang disyaki termasuk Kugan. Maka beliau tidak mahu masyarakat menganggap mereka yang melakukan jenayah sebagai hero dan polis yang menguatkuasakan undang-undang pula sebagai syaitan.<br /><br />Beliau juga meminta orang ramai supaya jangan mempolitikkan siasatan kes kematian Kugan itu kerana ia boleh menyukarkan lagi tugas polis.<br /><br />"Mereka hendaklah bercakap mengenai kes itu berdasarkan fakta dan bukannya andaian," el-Bar dilapor Malaysiakini sebagai berkata.<br /><br />Berita awal yang memetik kenyataan Ketua Polis Selangor Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar sebagai berkata bahawa <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/96980">kematian Kugan adalah akibat paru-paru berair</a>. Kenyataan ini, el-fared percaya, adalah berdasarkan fakta laporan bedah siasat awal yang menunjukkan Kugan meninggal dunia akibat paru-paru berair. Bagaimanapun, bedah siasat kedua telah dijalankan setelah keluarga Kugan tidak berpuashati dengan punca kematian Kugan itu.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYCV3yezkLI/AAAAAAAAAUU/xnfqLShto9M/s1600-h/pageone_012409nst.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296397947464028338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYCV3yezkLI/AAAAAAAAAUU/xnfqLShto9M/s400/pageone_012409nst.gif" border="0" /></a>Hingga kini, polis masih menyiasat punca kematian itu dan keputusannya dijangka diketahui dalam masa terdekat. Tapi alahai… Jumaat lepas, Peguam Negara Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail telah mengklasifikasikan kes kematian Kugan sebagai bunuh. Jadi persoalannya kini di Malaysia ialah ‘Siapakah Pembunuh Penjenayah Yang Disyaki Itu?’<br /><br />Takkan polis kut? saperti yang cuba digambarkan sang gembong politikus. Sebab kalo polis nak bunuh biasanya dia orang biarkan suspek terlepas lari dari tahanan dulu, kemudian kejar dan tembak sampai mati. Ingat, polis ada lesen untuk membunuh.<br /><br />Kalo nak disabitkan juga polis maka tuduhan yang boleh dibuat pihak pendakwa, el-fared rasa, ialah menyebabkan kematian bukannya membunuh. Hahaha… tak caya tunggu dan lihat lah!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7760918406041658879?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-42335399633394107502009-01-28T18:30:00.000+08:002009-01-28T18:34:02.023+08:00<div align="justify">Siapakah lelaki di Malaysiakini <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/INBLOGS.PHP">In Blogs </a>yang hot digossipkan mengidam Jue and Audi tu?<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYAuciR_0hI/AAAAAAAAAT0/VK-tnl-byks/s1600-h/gongxifacai-ox.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296284229561209362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYAuciR_0hI/AAAAAAAAAT0/VK-tnl-byks/s400/gongxifacai-ox.gif" border="0" /></a>“Dari Gunung diberitakan bahawa Bawean termenung mikirin di sudut ‘Thinking of Life’ bersama sheikh Fudzail di Dubai tentang Bro Jinggo yang mutaligat untuk memiliki Audi guna menjadi Generasi Pewaris Jue bagi pihak KJ selepas Ako Mustapha dan Jehan Miskin dikecewakan,” gossip Lembu Jantan Ox di hari cuti Gong Xi Fa Cai. Hahaha…Yaboo!<br /><br />Gossip menjadi bertambah hot selepas laporan WOW! yang berupa kampanye Lamborghini bagi pihak Naza Auto memuatkan luahan hati Jue yang lebih terpaut Audi. Kampanye WOW! dicuplik di bawah…<br /><br /><blockquote>[…]<br /><br />Ketika ditanya mengenai kereta Lamborghini kepada Jue Aziz, 25, pelakon yang menghiasi muka depan Wow! edisi pertama ini, beliau berkata, kereta ini sememangnya eksklusif kerana reka bentuknya, dan unik kerana ia tidak banyak di jalan raya.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYAvoYMjjRI/AAAAAAAAAUE/uCC4R6bH800/s1600-h/mega-WOW!.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296285532524088594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYAvoYMjjRI/AAAAAAAAAUE/uCC4R6bH800/s400/mega-WOW!.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ketika dihubungi untuk mengadakan sesi fotografi, Jue atau nama sebenarnya Zuliana Aziz, 25, sememangnya tidak dapat menyembunyikan keseronokannya untuk menjadi model bersama kereta idamannya itu.<br /><br />"Kalau kereta idaman yang termasuk dalam kategori 'harga luar kawalan' atau berjuta ringgit, Lamborghini memang antara kereta idaman Jue," kata artis yang lahir dari program realiti TV, <em>Malaysian Most Beautiful</em> itu.<br /><br />Bagaimanapun, ketika sesi fotografi, hati Jue terpaut pula kepada kereta mewah Audi R8 yang terdapat di pusat pameran Naza Automall yang baginya sememangnya kelihatan lebih gagah dari Lamborghini.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYAvDOu5pKI/AAAAAAAAAT8/vGMWqjHehQc/s1600-h/Audi_R8-J25.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296284894328628386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SYAvDOu5pKI/AAAAAAAAAT8/vGMWqjHehQc/s400/Audi_R8-J25.JPG" border="0" /></a></blockquote>Pelakon yang sedang namanya semakin meniti di kalangan peminat drama dan filem tempatan ini, lapor WOW! lagi, juga berpendapat “jika seseorang itu mampu, tidak salah mereka untuk berbelanja lebih sedikit bagi mendapatkan kereta idaman.”<br /><br />WOW! Idaman Lelaki itu <a href="http://www.nazaworld.com.my/INDEX.PHP?PAGE=CARS&amp;CATEGORY=SPORTSCAR&amp;ACTION=DETAILS&amp;&amp;ID=91">boleh di capai di sini</a>. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4233539963339410750?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-7655610328219991802009-01-27T14:26:00.004+08:002009-01-27T14:32:34.038+08:00<div align="justify">President Barack Obama's aides, who ran the most tech-savvy US election campaign in history, were forced into a red-faced admission Monday -- the White House email system has crashed.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX6p9eAR2wI/AAAAAAAAATk/LTHoyPgrmfU/s1600-h/reboot-whitehouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 170px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX6p9eAR2wI/AAAAAAAAATk/LTHoyPgrmfU/s400/reboot-whitehouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295857085325630210" /></a>"Our email system is not working so well," press spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters at the start of his daily briefing.<br /><br />"We'll endeavor to get you information from earlier in the day, hopefully in a little bit more of a timely manner, if we can get the email to work."<br /><br />At one stage, Obama aides were forced to turn back the clock and hand out copies of memoranda signed by the president on cutting global warming, not via email as is normal, but by the dead tree method, on paper.<br /><br />The email meltdown was all the more embarrassing as the White House only last week had revealed that the famously connected new president Barack Obama had won a <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-refuses-to-surrender-blackberry.html">battle to keep his BlackBerry</a> -- albeit a high security encrypted device.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX6qKdy2JhI/AAAAAAAAATs/mchZ1EW0DYE/s1600-h/whitehouse.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 168px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX6qKdy2JhI/AAAAAAAAATs/mchZ1EW0DYE/s320/whitehouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295857308607587858" /></a>During the 2008 campaign, the Obama team pioneered new ways to put technology to political ends, including the use of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace and even used a Twitter feed.<br /><br />They even announced the selection of Joseph Biden as Obama's vice presidential nominee by SMS text message. -- <a href="http://news.my.msn.com/oddities/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2248362">Agence France-Presse - 1/26/2009 10:46 PM GMT</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-765561032821999180?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-72630619998342994942009-01-27T10:33:00.001+08:002009-01-27T10:49:03.322+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Singer-songwriter Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, </span><strong>released on Sunday a charity song whose proceeds will go towards assisting Palestinians in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. </strong></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX5t9gVwcSI/AAAAAAAAATU/ydBQ1WX1zKY/s1600-h/yusufislam.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295791115254919458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 176px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX5t9gVwcSI/AAAAAAAAATU/ydBQ1WX1zKY/s320/yusufislam.jpg" border="0" /></a>The new recording of the song 'The day the world gets round', originally recorded by George Harrison, features Yusuf on vocals and Klaus Voorman, known to many as the fifth Beatle, on bass. </div><div align="justify"><br />The song can be downloaded online at different rates and its proceeds will go towards the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and Save the Children to aid children and families in the Gaza Strip, <span style="font-size:180%;">UNRWA</span> said in a statement. </div><div align="justify"><br />Yusuf said on his website he hoped the recording will "help remind people of the immense legacy of love, peace and happiness we can share when we get round to looking at mankind's futile wars and prejudices." </div><div align="justify"><br />As Cat Stevens, Islam, now 59, recorded several major hits in the late 1960s and 1970s. He converted to Islam at the height of his fame in 1977, devoting himself to education and philanthropy. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>Israel's 22-day offensive in the Hamas-ruled territory, which ended on January 18, killed more than 1,300 Palestinians, including hundreds of women and children, medics say. It also left widespread destruction. </strong></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX519ir1VmI/AAAAAAAAATc/mfWMhs7bA14/s1600-h/georgeyusufklaus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 94px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SX519ir1VmI/AAAAAAAAATc/mfWMhs7bA14/s400/georgeyusufklaus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295799911977408098" /></a><strong>UNRWA said the song can be purchased online at</strong> <a href="http://www.jamalrecords.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?display=home"><strong>http://www.jamalrecords.com/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?display=home</strong></a> -- <a href="http://news.id.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2247114">Agence France-Presse - 1/26/2009 3:21 PM GMT </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7263061999834299494?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-91767057418849272262009-01-25T10:58:00.006+08:002009-01-25T11:50:55.322+08:00<div align="justify"><blockquote>[…]<br /><br />Ketika ditanya mengenai kereta Lamborghini kepada Jue Aziz, 25, pelakon yang menghiasi muka depan <span style="font-size:180%;">Wow!</span> edisi pertama ini, beliau berkata, kereta ini sememangnya eksklusif kerana reka bentuknya dan unik kerana ia tidak banyak di jalan raya.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXvaZ0-q5jI/AAAAAAAAASs/4rOtRVf-OuE/s1600-h/mega-WOW!.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295065924157236786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXvaZ0-q5jI/AAAAAAAAASs/4rOtRVf-OuE/s400/mega-WOW!.jpg" border="0" /></a>Ketika dihubungi untuk mengadakan sesi fotografi, Jue atau nama sebenarnya Zuliana Aziz, 25, sememangnya tidak dapat menyembunyikan keseronokannya untuk menjadi model bersama kereta idamannya itu.<br /><br />"Kalau kereta <span style="font-size:130%;">idaman</span> yang termasuk dalam kategori 'harga luar kawalan' atau berjuta ringgit, Lamborghini memang antara kereta <span style="font-size:130%;">idaman</span> Jue," kata artis yang lahir dari program realiti TV, <em>Malaysian Most Beautiful</em> itu.<br /><br />Bagaimanapun, ketika sesi fotografi, hati Jue terpaut pula kepada kereta mewah Audi R8 yang terdapat di pusat pameran Naza Automall yang baginya sememangnya kelihatan <em>lebih</em> gagah.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXvhAlYtiEI/AAAAAAAAAS8/tdFZyxzOap0/s1600-h/Audi_R8_J25.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295073187056158786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXvhAlYtiEI/AAAAAAAAAS8/tdFZyxzOap0/s400/Audi_R8_J25.JPG" border="0" /></a>Pelakon yang sedang namanya semakin meniti di kalangan peminat drama dan filem tempatan ini juga berpendapat jika seseorang itu mampu, tidak salah mereka untuk berbelanja <em>lebih</em> sedikit bagi mendapatkan kereta <span style="font-size:130%;">idaman</span>. – <a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/">Utusan Malaysia</a></blockquote></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-9176705741884927226?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-46409785620068509262009-01-24T13:17:00.011+08:002009-01-24T15:24:45.966+08:00<div align="justify">LONDON - <span style="font-size:180%;">Reputasi pemilik Chelsea, Roman Abramovich dicabar</span> <strong>apabila hartawan dari Arab sedia membincangkan untuk mengambilalih kepentingan kelab England itu.<br /></strong><br />Abramovich yang juga jutawan Rusia sebelum ini menegaskan untuk tidak menjual kelab tersebut, sama seperti yang dijelaskan Ketua Eksekutif Chelsea, Peter Kenyon minggu lalu.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXqk8IuvvEI/AAAAAAAAAR8/vNq_rJkFBYM/s1600-h/su_01PakArabMelobi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294725664970095682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXqk8IuvvEI/AAAAAAAAAR8/vNq_rJkFBYM/s400/su_01PakArabMelobi.jpg" border="0" /></a>Namun, <strong>Dr. Sulaiman al-Fahim</strong> yang bekerja dengan kumpulan pelabur Jerman percaya bahawa semua benda di dunia ini mempunyai tanda harga dan dia menyatakan kesediaan untuk melancarkan pembidaan bagi pengambilalihan kelab tersebut.<br /><br />Dr. Sulaiman difahamkan akan mengemukakan kertas cadangan itu bersama Falcon Equity, sebuah rakan kerjasama ekuiti berpangkalan di Switzerland.<br /><br />Dr. Sulaiman al-Fahim yang merupakan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) Hydra Properties yang berpangkalan di Abu Dhabi juga merupakan Pengerusi Falcon Equity, syarikat yang dikendalikan Holger Heims, bekas rakan niaga Deutsche Venture Capital (DVC).<br /><br />"Kami sebelum ini telah memantau beberapa kelab di Eropah untuk melihat jika jumlahnya akan meningkat dan sekarang kami lakukan perkara yang sama untuk Chelsea.<br /><br />"<strong>Saya tak percaya terdapat benda yang bukan untuk dijual sekiranya kamu datang dengan harga yang tepat. Ia bukan tentang membeli pasukan bola sepak tetapi tentang perniagaan</strong>.<br /><br />"Kamu tidak boleh buat duit kerana 11 pemain di atas padang, kamu boleh buat duit kerana kesemua aspek komersial yang ada pada kelab itu termasuk hak siaran televisyen," kata Heims.<br /><br /><strong>Sementara itu, al-Fahim berkata, biarpun tidak jelas sama ada Chelsea untuk dijual atau tidak, dia tidak menghiraukannya dan tetap mengintai peluang untuk membeli kelab berkenaan.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXqlXt_dfgI/AAAAAAAAASE/RjEHSaBuWFk/s1600-h/su_01RomanAbramovich.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294726138828783106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 375px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXqlXt_dfgI/AAAAAAAAASE/RjEHSaBuWFk/s400/su_01RomanAbramovich.jpg" border="0" /></a>"<strong>Abramovich</strong> telah melabur lebih 500 juta pound (RM2.47 bilion) untuk kelab itu, ia bukan murah. Dengan krisis kredit ketika ini, tiada siapa yang mahu mempertaruhkan harga tinggi untuk urusan jual beli.<br /><br />"Tapi menerusi beberapa orang pelabur yang ada, kami mempunyai wang yang cukup untuk sama-sama menjayakan urusan ini," kata Fahim.<br /><br />Kenyon pula memberitahu, pihaknya telah melabur sebanyak 600 juta pound (RM2.96 bilion) sepanjang lima setengah tahun dengan berjaya menyediakan kemudahan dan pasukan yang hebat bagi tempoh tersebut.<br /><br />"<strong>Abramovic tidak perlu menjual Chelsea dan beliau juga tidak mahu berbuat demikian. Itu pendirian kami ketika ini</strong>," <strong>kata Kenyon</strong>. – <a href="http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2009&amp;dt=0124&amp;pub=Kosmo&amp;sec=Sukan&amp;pg=su_01.htm">Agensi via Utusan Malaysia </a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXql2yIMnNI/AAAAAAAAASM/orodMmogY6Y/s1600-h/su_01INFO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294726672515112146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXql2yIMnNI/AAAAAAAAASM/orodMmogY6Y/s400/su_01INFO.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4640978562006850926?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-30982486950553913292009-01-22T07:51:00.000+08:002009-01-22T07:51:47.071+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Malaysia's conservative Islamic party has called for R&amp;B sensation Rihanna to be banned from performing here next month, saying her outfits are too sexy</strong>, <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/01/pas-bantah-konsert-rihanna-13-februari.html"><strong>a report said Wednesday. </strong></a></div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXc_vxwLXII/AAAAAAAAAQ8/MtLaOxz7yyU/s1600-h/rihanna2sexy4malaysia.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293769977039117442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXc_vxwLXII/AAAAAAAAAQ8/MtLaOxz7yyU/s400/rihanna2sexy4malaysia.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="justify">The Pan-Malaysian Islamic party (PAS), which has mounted protests against the United States over its support of Israel, said that concertgoers would also contribute to an outflow of local currency to the United States. </div><div align="justify"><br />"Whether Rihanna realises it or not, we know that the taxes she has paid also contributed to the war in Gaza," Kamaruzaman Mohamad, a PAS youth wing leader, told the Star daily. </div><br /><div align="justify">Kamaruzaman said that the show planned for February 13, part of Rihanna's "<span style="font-size:180%;">Good Girl Gone Bad</span>" tour, would be an insult to Asian values as she often performed suggestively and wore skimpy outfits. </div><div align="justify"><br />The event was "akin to insulting Eastern culture, belittling local artistes, internationally causing losses to the country's economy and supporting Israel's war policy, which is supported by America," he said. </div><br /><div align="justify">Kamaruzaman urged authorities who issue concert permits in Muslim-majority Malaysia to reject the organiser's application. </div><br /><div align="justify">The concert's sponsor told the daily that Rihanna has agreed to follow local regulations for her performance but did not give details.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXdAy6HR4TI/AAAAAAAAARM/xKJ_3Q1S3Xo/s1600-h/avril_lavigne.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293771130334732594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXdAy6HR4TI/AAAAAAAAARM/xKJ_3Q1S3Xo/s400/avril_lavigne.jpg" border="0" /></a>US singer Beyonce scrapped a planned concert in Malaysia last year due to fears of protests, while Gwen Stefani went ahead with a performance but was forced to cover up after complaints about her outfits. </div><br /><div align="justify"><strong>PAS also mounted protests against Canadian rocker Avril Lavigne's concert last year after failing to have it banned, saying her performance would weaken the younger generation "morally and mentally."</strong> -- <span style="color:#3333ff;">Agence France-Presse - 1/21/2009 4:11 AM GMT </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-3098248695055391329?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-62598521817679520312009-01-21T20:44:00.006+08:002009-01-21T20:58:57.647+08:00<div align="justify">PETALING JAYA, Malaysia:<br /><strong>Dewan Pemuda PAS membantah penganjuran konsert</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">Rihanna Live in Kuala Lumpur</span> <strong>pada 13 Februari ini atas alasan ia tidak sesuai dengan budaya tempatan dan sentimen menghormati rakyat Palestin.<br /></strong><br />Ketua Pemuda PAS Wilayah Persekutuan, Kamaruzaman Mohamad berkata, pihaknya akan menghantar memorandum bantahan dalam tempoh terdekat kepada syarikat telekomunikasi tempatan, Celcom (M) Berhad yang menaja penganjuran konsert tersebut.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXcaBoTko7I/AAAAAAAAAQs/kLmyA4ZPldo/s1600-h/rihanna_pc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293728502299009970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXcaBoTko7I/AAAAAAAAAQs/kLmyA4ZPldo/s400/rihanna_pc.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">KETUA Pegawai Eksekutif Celcom, Datuk Seri Shazali Ramly pada sidang akhbar berhubung penajaan penganjuran konsert "Rihanna Live in Kuala Lumpur" di ibu negara semalam. - foto The Star oleh LOW LAY PHON<br /></span></em><br />"Penganjuran konsert ini menunjukkan Celcom tidak sensitif dengan budaya ketimuran kerana keperibadian penyanyi tersebut boleh merosakkan akhlak masyarakat di negera kita khusunya golongan remaja," katanya kepada <em>mStar Online</em>.<br /><br />Tambah beliau, tingkah laku serta cara berpakaian penyanyi antarabangsa itu sangat bertentangan dengan gaya hidup timur dan amalan umat Islam.<br /><br />"Dalam konsert-konsertnya sebelum ini beliau mempamerkan aksi yang cukup tidak elok dengan budaya kita serta boleh melalaikan," kata beliau.<br /><br /><strong>Selain itu menurutnya, bantahan tersebut juga berasaskan kepada perkembangan terkini apabila rakyat disaran supaya memboikot produk-produk Amerika Syarikat (AS) yang selama ini menjadi sekutu kepada kekejaman Israel ke atas rakyat Palestin.<br /></strong><br />"Kita perlu boikot bukan sahaja produk malah artis-artis mereka bagi mengelakkan pengaliran wang ke AS.<br /><br />"Kita sibuk menderma untuk tabung kemanusiaan Palestin, tapi pada yang sama kita sumbangkan duit untuk konsert Rihanna yang secara tak langsung menyumbang kepada kekayaan AS yang akhirnya digunakan untuk kepentingan Israel," katanya.<br /><br />Jelas Kamaruzaman, pihaknya sebelum ini pernah mengadakan perbincangan dengan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) yang meluluskan permit penganjuran konsert tersebut.<br /><br />"Kita sudah bincang dan mengemukakan surat bantahan kepada DBKL, tapi tiada sebarang reaksi positif, jadi nampaknya kita teruskan usaha bagi membantah penganjurannya dengan berjumpa dengan pihak pengurusan Celcom pula," katanya.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXcafgK1OcI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/sKnPZKb9jvc/s1600-h/rihannaperform-jan9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293729015510940098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXcafgK1OcI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/sKnPZKb9jvc/s400/rihannaperform-jan9.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Bagaimanapun beliau berkata bantahan konsert tersebut bukan bererti PAS mengamalkan sikap antihiburan.<br /></strong><br />"Kita bukanlah antihiburan, tapi kalau hiburan atau konsert yang dianjurkan itu bertentangan dengan tuntutan Islam serta boleh merosakkan akhlak, kita tetap akan bantah.<br /><br />"Kalau dianjurkan konsert yang mengikut lunas Islam, sudah pasti kita akan menyokong," katanya lagi. -- <a href="http://www1.mstar.com.my/cerita.asp?file=/2009/1/21/mstar_berita/20090120192637&amp;sec=mstar_berita">Oleh ARIFFUDDIN ISHAK, mstar - Rabu Januari 21, 2009 </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6259852181767952031?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-51550533387129771432009-01-19T22:17:00.008+08:002009-01-19T23:15:03.546+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">US actor Tom Cruise said on Sunday he had always dreamt of killing Adolf Hitler</span><strong>, revealing one of his motives for starring in his latest film featuring a plot to murder the Nazi leader.</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXSNHTeZb9I/AAAAAAAAAQU/b0a3vJESi1Y/s1600-h/valkyrie.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293010618693545938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXSNHTeZb9I/AAAAAAAAAQU/b0a3vJESi1Y/s400/valkyrie.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong>In "Valkyrie" the 46-year-old plays the role of Colonel Stauffenberg, a German officer plotting to kill Hitler during World War II.<br /></strong><br />"I've always wanted to kill Hitler. I hate that guy," said Cruise, who was born 17 years after Hitler's death.<br /><br />"Studying Stauffenberg and his life, I came to greatly admire him... Although the story takes place during World War II, I found the story ageless," he told a news conference in Seoul, where he was promoting the new Hollywood film.<br /><br />He described making "Valkyrie" as a "very powerful experience" which he hoped his performance would communicate to the audience.<br /><br /><strong>"Valkyrie" arrives in Asia on Thursday, opening in South Korean cinemas, director Bryan Singer said.<br /></strong><br />"We chose (South) Korea as the first Asian country to release the movie because it's an extraordinary rising market for both local and international films," Singer told the conference, sitting alongside Cruise.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXSNlgktTcI/AAAAAAAAAQc/JpJoStrtjiQ/s1600-h/tom-cruise-valkyrie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293011137605750210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXSNlgktTcI/AAAAAAAAAQc/JpJoStrtjiQ/s400/tom-cruise-valkyrie.jpg" border="0" /></a>Cruise took part in a hand-printing ceremony in front of some 500 fans in South Korea on Saturday.<br /><br />One of the most popular Hollywood stars here, he has visited three times before to promote "Interview with the Vampire," "Mission Impossible 2," and "Vanilla Sky." -- <a href="http://news.id.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2143131">Agence France-Presse - 1/18/2009 9:44 AM GMT</a><br /><br /><strong>So Tom Cruise's aficionados [pr: af-fish-yo-nah-dos] in Malaysia, let's wait and watch this movie... yeah!</strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-5155053338712977143?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-26217812985875116062009-01-18T23:35:00.001+08:002009-01-19T00:46:09.392+08:00<div align="justify">BOLTON, England –<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Tandukan Dimitar Berbatov pada minit ke-90</span> <strong>meletakkan Manchester United di tangga teratas Liga Perdana England buat kali pertama musim ini selepas menang 1-0 ke atas Bolton, semalam.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXNbs4XHfNI/AAAAAAAAAQM/hZCrh6ACUgM/s1600-h/sl_01-MU-Berbatov.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292674813692181714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXNbs4XHfNI/AAAAAAAAAQM/hZCrh6ACUgM/s400/sl_01-MU-Berbatov.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">PENYERANG Manchester United, Dimitar Berbatov menanduk bola untuk jaringan tunggal menewaskan Bolton 1-0 di Stadium Reebok, Bolton, semalam. – AFP </span></em></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Sebelum jaringan tersebut, Red Devils dihampakan oleh kecemerlangan penjaga gol Bolton, Jussi Jaaskelainen yang menyelamatkan percubaan Cristiano Ronaldo yang masih segar dengan anugerah Pemain Terbaik Dunia FIFA.</div><div align="justify"><br />Namun, Carlos Tevez berjaya menghantar bola lintang dari sebelah kanan pintu gol untuk Berbatov yang tidak dikawal menanduk kemas, sekali gus memastikan kemenangan bagi memintas Liverpool di tangga teratas dengan kelebihan satu mata.</div><br /><div align="justify"><strong>Liverpool </strong>mampu kembali merampas kedudukan teratas apabila menentang Everton, esok dalam pertembungan di Merseyside.</div><br /><div align="justify"><strong>Chelsea</strong> pula terselamat setelah seakan-akan bakal dimalukan apabila ia bangkit dari ketinggalan satu gol untuk menewaskan Stoke City 2-1 hasil jaringan pada babak akhir Juliano Belletti dan Frank Lampard.</div><br /><div align="justify">Pasukan bimbingan Luiz Felipe Scolari itu yang menerima tamparan apabila pemain tengah Joe Cole tidak dapat beraksi sehingga ke akhir musim, kekal di tangga ketiga liga, mengatasi Aston Villa yang juga bangkit dari ketinggalan satu gol untuk menewaskan Sunderland 2-1 walaupun kehilangan Ashley Young yang dibuang padang.</div><br /><div align="justify"><strong>Manchester City</strong> mengetepikan kemelut untuk mendapatkan pemain AC Milan, Kaka dengan menewaskan Wigan Athletic 1-0 di Eastlands. </div><br /><div align="justify"><strong>West Bromwich Albion</strong> menang selesa 3-0 ke atas Middlesbrough untuk menjarakkan diri dari tangga tercorot manakala Blackburn Rovers keluar dari zon penyingkiran apabila menang 3-0 ke atas Newcastle United. – <a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&amp;dt=0118&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Sukan_Luar_Negara&amp;pg=sl_01.htm">Agensi via Utusan Malaysia </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2621781298587511606?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-61587202115345190642009-01-18T07:17:00.005+08:002009-01-18T07:49:31.657+08:00<p align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Portal berita terkemuka Malaysiakini</span> <strong>melaporkan bahawa: <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/96648">PAS rampas kerusi Parlimen KT</a> dengan majoriti 2,631 undi. </strong></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXIBrJWLYLI/AAAAAAAAAPs/g_2LRS3Q56k/s1600-h/pas-win-kt-by-2631votes.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292294352868696242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXIBrJWLYLI/AAAAAAAAAPs/g_2LRS3Q56k/s400/pas-win-kt-by-2631votes.gif" border="0" /></a> <p align="justify">Calon Pas-Pakatan Rakyat Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (MAWE World, gelaran pop terkini) yang juga ADUN Wakaf Mempelam memenangi pilihan raya kecil Parlimen Kuala Terengganu dengan memperolehi 32,883 undi menewaskan calon Umno-Barisan Nasional Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh <em>(tidak ada kena mengena dengan el-fared di sini –ed.)</em> yang meraih 30,252 undi selepas kesemua 144 peti undi dikira.</p><p align="justify">Calon Bebas Bomoh (lepasan Universiti Putra Malaysia, hah?.. ada ijazah jadi bomoh ka?) Azharudin Mamat @ Adam yang memperolehi 193 undi, hilang wang pertaruhan dalam perjudian politik kali pertamanya di KT – alahai… perhatian: calon bebas, lain kali toksah gatai nak pop, buang current saja! Nenek Mai Moon alias Mai Bulan lebih terror, 685 undi.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXICty8xSAI/AAAAAAAAAP8/ciRnmUp27zE/s1600-h/PilihanYangTepat-Badawi.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292295497907783682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 375px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXICty8xSAI/AAAAAAAAAP8/ciRnmUp27zE/s400/PilihanYangTepat-Badawi.JPG" border="0" /></a>Sementara itu dinmerican (bukan din beramboi) yang membuat tinjauan dan analisis di lapangan (ground zero, kata pop semasa) dan melapor langsung dari KT menggambarkan PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , yang dijadualkan akan bersara pada March mendatang , sebagai berkata: ianya “<span style="font-size:180%;">Pilihan Yang Tepat !!!</span>” -- ha ha ha!<br /><br />“<strong><a href="http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/teruskan-agenda-perubahan-demi-masa-depan-untuk-semua/">Teruskan agenda perubahan demi masa depan untuk semua</a></strong>,” <strong>blog din lagi</strong>.<br /><strong>Ha hi hu! </strong>-- <a href="http://banghuris-ghutghut.blogspot.com/">b-g</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6158720211534519064?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-80444050145119777552009-01-17T21:27:00.006+08:002009-01-17T21:37:56.237+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Despite legal and security hurdles, president-elect Barack Obama</span> <strong>says he has a plan to retain his beloved Blackberry once he moves into the White House next week.</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXHdsszm0CI/AAAAAAAAAPU/nJpzpp5S3xY/s1600-h/trend2009obama.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292254797148639266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXHdsszm0CI/AAAAAAAAAPU/nJpzpp5S3xY/s400/trend2009obama.JPG" border="0" /></a>Interviewed by CNN Friday, Obama said the smartphone was among the tools that he would use to stay in touch with real Americans and avoid becoming trapped inside the <strong>presidential "bubble."<br /></strong><br />"I think we're going to be able to hang on to one of these. My working assumption, and this is not new, is that anything I write on an email could end up being on CNN," he said.<br /><br />"So I make sure to think before I press 'send'," he said of his Blackberry, which was an ever-present fixture on his belt or in his hand on the campaign trail.<br /><br />Obama did not divulge just how he will overcome legal constraints, given the requirement of the post-Watergate Presidential Records Act of 1978 to keep a record of every White House communication.<br /><br />Nor did he say how he would persuade his Secret Service protectors that the Blackberry does not pose a security risk, for instance if it is hacked over the air.<br /><br />But Obama, who succeeds the unpopular George W. Bush on Tuesday, said the phone was a valuable part of a wider strategy to escape the <strong>White House fishbowl</strong>.<br /><br />"It's just one tool among a number of tools that I'm trying to use, to break out of the bubble, to make sure that people can still reach me," he said.<br /><br />"If I'm doing something stupid, somebody in Chicago can send me an email and say, <strong>'What are you doing?'<br /></strong><br />"I want to be able to have voices, other than the people who are immediately working for me, be able to reach out and send me a message about <strong>what's happening</strong> in America."<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXHeIRS1bxI/AAAAAAAAAPc/2-NYAyImgbs/s1600-h/obamablackberry-limoplane-ss.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292255270799765266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXHeIRS1bxI/AAAAAAAAAPc/2-NYAyImgbs/s400/obamablackberry-limoplane-ss.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>The mobile device dilemma may have inadvertently been solved on Friday, as Obama's Blackberry tumbled from his belt as he got out of his limousine and onto his plane in Washington.<br /><br />A Secret Service agent hurried to pick up the pieces, gathering the Blackberry and battery off the frigid tarmac.</strong> -- <a href="http://news.id.msn.com/topstories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2123965">Agence France-Presse - 1/17/2009 2:14 AM GMT</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8044405014511977755?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-38571028471149083482009-01-17T15:15:00.008+08:002009-01-17T18:45:56.430+08:00<div align="justify"><strong><blink>Steve Jobs exiting the Apple stage</blink>, perhaps not to return, signals a close to an Internet Age era with roots stretching back to the radical hippie movement of the 1960s.<br /><br />His departure for health reasons comes some seven months after his renowned rival Bill Gates retired from Microsoft to devote himself to philanthropic work.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXGF0qqJPII/AAAAAAAAAOs/Puu0vUlmcJo/s1600-h/billgates-calls-it-a-day.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292158176987790466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXGF0qqJPII/AAAAAAAAAOs/Puu0vUlmcJo/s400/billgates-calls-it-a-day.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>The two culture-changing men were seen as leaders of rival camps: personal computer lovers versus the cult of Macintosh computers.<br /><br /></strong>Technology allegiances were the stuff of fierce debates in coffee houses and other Silicon Valley social settings, with vitriol spewed by all sides. <p></p><p>Macintosh devotees were passionate underdogs standing up to PC faithful whose confidence was cemented by the fact more than 90 percent of the computers in the world are PCs running on Microsoft operating systems.<br /><br />The dueling technologies had faces at which people aimed praise of scorn. Gates was the PC. Jobs is the Macintosh.<br /><br />Jerry Yang, the very public face of <strong>Internet pioneer Yahoo!</strong>, was replaced as chief executive this week by Carol Bartz and it seems he has already faded into the purple and gold woodwork at the firm's California headquarters.<br /><br />"In many ways we are stepping out of the age where the people are defining the company," said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.<br /><br />"We talk about the <strong>Google kids</strong>, but are the founders truly icons. I argue not. We seem to be moving away from the age where there is a face behind the company; a larger than life human component."<br /><br />Ironically, while Google and other modern Internet superstars use private data about their millions of users to target ads, their founders tend to vigilantly protect their privacy.<br /><br /><strong>"In many ways, Internet companies are losing their personalities," Enderle said. "Ever changing brands in a constant sea of surging names."</strong><br /><br /></p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXGGYRMIhxI/AAAAAAAAAO0/Mg7NnO0uZ3U/s1600-h/morethanjustnames.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292158788626319122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXGGYRMIhxI/AAAAAAAAAO0/Mg7NnO0uZ3U/s400/morethanjustnames.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Jobs and Gates, both born in 1955, grew up during the socially rebellious 1960s and bear its mark</strong>, according to Peter Friess, a historian who is president of The Tech Museum of Innovation in the heart of Silicon Valley. </div><div align="justify"><br />Gates and Jobs both dropped out of college to pursue dreams of building computers for people.<br /><br />Before Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak made the first Apple computer, they crafted a "blue box" to get around paying for long distance telephone calls.<br /><br />"They came out of a time when culture meant a lot to all of us," Friess said.<br /><br />"It was a revolutionary time. It is always a time that creates people. Now, Google, Facebook and others align much more with the system. Social networks don't change the world like Jobs and Gates did."<br /><br />Bringing personal computers to the masses fulfilled a hippie mantra of "Power to the people," according to Friess.<br /><br />While the first PCs and "Macs" were sold by Gates and Jobs before there was a Web to surf, the men led their respective companies to glory in the Internet Age.<br /><br />"In time, I suppose we might look back at the leaders of big search companies in a similar way, but it really feels like a thin comparison," said University of California, Berkeley, information school assistant professor Coye Cheshire.<br /><br />"If only because all these fantastic information services only became practical and truly useful once we had the PCs, Macs, iPods, Xboxes, Zunes, iPhones, etc in our lives."<br /><br />Crises with climate change and wars fought for control of oil have set the stage for new iconic visionaries in the molds of Gates or Jobs to rise in the area of renewable energy, says Friess.<br /><br />"Putting personal computers in the hands was really giving power to the people," Friess said.<br /><br />"I'm waiting for someone in the renewable energy world with the same vision Jobs had in the computer world."<br /><br /><strong>In a rare joint appearance, Jobs and Gates reminisced on stage at an All Things Digital conference in California two years ago. The men joked that their rivalry was misunderstood.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXGGzUv8vLI/AAAAAAAAAO8/_NHrO3eun0E/s1600-h/stevejobs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292159253438315698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SXGGzUv8vLI/AAAAAAAAAO8/_NHrO3eun0E/s400/stevejobs.jpg" border="0" /></a>"We've kept our marriage secret for over a decade now," Jobs quipped, eliciting raucous laughter from the audience.<br /><br />While Jobs and Gates "personified the dispute" between Apple and Microsoft, the two companies are unlikely to change their ways without their iconic founders, according to analyst Michael Cherry of Directions On Microsoft.<br /><br /><strong>"No one wants to die ... and yet death is the destination we all share," Jobs told a stadium packed with students during a 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.<br /><br />"Death is possibly the single best invention in life. It clears out the old to make way for the new."</strong> -- <a href="http://news.my.msn.com/sci-tech/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2112190">Agence France-Presse - 1/16/2009 6:39 AM GMT </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-3857102847114908348?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-55718095070096786692009-01-15T22:32:00.005+08:002009-01-15T22:44:45.182+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">GERMAN carmaker BMW AG's subsidiary BMW Malaysia Sdn Bhd</span> is keeping its sales target this year to itself but says that it will be "wonderful" if it can match the 2008 performance.<br /><br />"We always have a target but generally do not speculate on it. If we can hold on to our 2008 volume, we'll be happy. That will be wonderful," BMW Malaysia managing director Geoffrey Briscoe said.<br /><br />Local sales of BMW vehicles rose 12 per cent to about 3,750 units last year, just behind perennial rival Mercedes-Benz, which sold over 5,000 cars.<br /><br />But globally, Briscoe said BMW is the top-selling luxury car ahead of its German rival.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SW9LHrBpwNI/AAAAAAAAAOM/vL9nGpEvBIA/s1600-h/pix_middle-bmw7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291530682364444882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 275px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 253px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SW9LHrBpwNI/AAAAAAAAAOM/vL9nGpEvBIA/s400/pix_middle-bmw7.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Speaking at the launch of the all-new, fifth generation BMW 7 Series in Kuala Lumpur yesterday</strong>, he said the overall luxury car market in Malaysia more or less stayed at about 9,000 units annually for the past few years.<br /><br />Hence, the segment may not be affected by the slowing economy arising from the global financial crisis.<br /><br />He added that based on the strong October sales in particular, the premium segment should sustain its annual volume of 9,000 units for 2008.<br /><br />Briscoe said the new BMW 7 Series will be pivotal in leading BMW Malaysia forward, as was its predecessor.<br /><br />The fourth generation model was the most successful 7 Series ever with a total sales of 987 units over its life cycle from 2001 till 2008 in Malaysia.<br /><br />This is 153 per cent more than the third generation 7 Series, which had a total sales of 390 units over the same seven years of its lifespan.<br /><br />The new 7 Series enters the local market with two variants - the 4.4-litre BMW 750Li and the 3.0-litre BMW 740Li. The former sells at about RM1.14 million excluding insurance, while the latter costs RM848,800 (minus insurance).<br /><br /><strong>BMW Malaysia said the car boasts the world's most efficient V8 petrol engine, as well as luxurious and technological breakthrough features. </strong>They include integral active steering, which it claims is the most intelligent car steering system ever designed, lane departure warning system as well as the world's first side view camera system and the world's most advanced night vision system. – <a href="http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/bimme/Article/">By Zuraimi Abdullah NST's BT Published: 2009/01/15</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-5571809507009678669?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-69778396632540782432009-01-15T21:40:00.004+08:002009-01-15T21:50:13.535+08:00<div align="justify">PARK CITY, Jan 15 —<br />The Sundance Film Festival resumes its duties as a great equaliser of the cinema world.<br /><br />This is where complete unknowns can suddenly find themselves sought-after talent among Hollywood distributors. This is where marquee talent such as Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Chris Rock turn up in thoughtful, non-studio flicks. And it’s where eager audiences get to grill stars and filmmakers about the creative process during question-and-answer sessions after screenings.<br /><br />Overseen by Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute, the festival is the nation’s top showcase for independent film. The 11-day festival includes 118 feature-length films and 96 shorts.<br /><br />Opening the festival tonight is director Adam Elliot’s “Mary and Max”, a clay-animation tale about a pen-pal friendship between an 8-year-old Australian girl (voiced by Toni Collette) and an obese middle-aged New Yorker (Philip Seymour Hoffman).<br /><br />Filmmakers say one of the festival’s big lures is rubbing elbows with fans who brave the cold, snow and mob scene of Sundance to see something different than what they’ll find at their local multiplex.<br /><br />“That’s the best thing about going to a festival, especially Sundance,” said Bobcat Goldthwait, writer-director of the dark Sundance comedy “World’s Greatest Dad,” starring Robin Williams. “I feel like I’m a rich guy who pays money to go to one of those fantasy baseball camps and gets to play baseball with the pros. That’s what it’s like for me.”<br /><br />“The Office” co-star John Krasinski makes his directing debut with the comedy “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men”; Rock plays host for the documentary “Good Hair” exploring African-American hairstyles; and Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan star in the melodrama “The Greatest”. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SW8-Dg7gJdI/AAAAAAAAAN8/f0gVFblZer8/s1600-h/brosnansarandon_jan15.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 329px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SW8-Dg7gJdI/AAAAAAAAAN8/f0gVFblZer8/s400/brosnansarandon_jan15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291516317283657170" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">Brosnan and Sarandon in a scene from Shana Feste’s, ‘The Greatest’, one of the films in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. — AP pic</span></em><br /><br />Other big-name entries include Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Ethan Hawke in Antoine Fuqua’s cop drama “Brooklyn’s Finest,” Uma Thurman in the domestic tale “Motherhood”, Kevin Spacey as analyst to Hollywood A-listers in “Shrink” and William Hurt and Chiwetel Ejiofor in the apartheid story “Endgame”.<br /><br />Festival director Geoffrey Gilmore said key themes this time are “romance and activism”.<br /><br />Sundance is heavy on cautionary environmental stories, among them the dolphin tale “The Cove”, the oil-pollution chronicle “Crude” and the earthy ecology study “Dirt! The Movie”.<br /><br />“What you see is people going out and making stories not just identifying problems and documenting what that is, but trying to identify solutions,” Gilmore said. “The environmental work you see these days doesn’t end with a description of the crisis we’re in. It ends with a description of what you can do to help us get out of this crisis.”<br /><br />On the romantic side, Sundance offers quirky stories of passion and affection, including “Don’t Let Me Drown”, a teen love story set in the aftermath of the Sept 11attacks; “Peter and Vandy”, chronicling a couple’s relationship from hopeful start through slow deterioration; and “Humpday”, a tale of old buddies who attempt a “work of art” — an amateur porn flick of straight guys having sex with each other.<br /><br />Jim Carrey appears in his first Sundance film with one of those romances, “I Love You Phillip Morris”, playing a gay con man who meets the love of his life (Ewan McGregor) in prison.<br /><br />“It’s just such a goodhearted, sweet, beautiful, really funny movie. It dares to be romantic,” Carrey said, adding a dig at Utah’s Mormon church over its involvement in the passage of California’s gay marriage ban. “I just think it’s a perfect movie for these days, and I’m just so glad it’s premiering there. First of all, it’s in Utah, which is kind of poignant after Proposition 8.” — <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/showbiz/16003-indie-time-sundance-mixes-stars-newcomers-fans">AP via the Malaysian Insider </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6977839663254078243?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-75854257874579821882009-01-14T23:22:00.002+08:002009-01-15T03:36:17.614+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Huge global interest in</span> <strong>"</strong><span style="font-size:180%;">the best job in the world</span><strong>" -- earning good money for lazing on a paradise island -- has crashed the Australian website where it is advertised, according to officials.<br /></strong><br />"We've been inundated, with around 300,000 people visiting the site yesterday," said a spokeswoman for the Queensland state government, which is offering the six-month post of "island caretaker".<br /><br />"The website crashed -- in one hour alone 25,000 people were trying to visit -- but we're working on it and it should be up and running again later today," Nicole McNaughton told AFP.<br /><br /><strong>The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (about 100,000 US dollars)</strong> and includes free airfares from the successful candidate's home country to tropical Hamilton Island on the famed Great Barrier Reef.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SW478VE54oI/AAAAAAAAAN0/hQbl-Iz0xkg/s1600-h/queensland_great-barrier-reef.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291232519842816642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 163px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SW478VE54oI/AAAAAAAAAN0/hQbl-Iz0xkg/s400/queensland_great-barrier-reef.jpg" border="0" /></a>In return, the winner will be expected to have as much fun as he or she can -- soaking up the sun, swimming, snorkelling, sailing -- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.<br /><br />The successful candidate -- who will stay rent-free in a multi-million-dollar three-bedroom beach home -- must be over 18, a "fantastic and charismatic" communicator, and able to speak and write English.<br /><br /><strong>The campaign</strong> is a key element in a drive to promote the northeastern Australian state's 18 billion dollar a year tourism industry during the tough global economic climate, officials say.<br /><br />And they are at pains to stress that it is "a real job".<br /><br />The successful applicant will "also have to talk to media from time to time about what they're doing so they can't be too shy and they'll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors," said acting state Premier Paul Lucas.<br /><br />"The fact that they will be paid to explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, swim, snorkel and generally live the Queensland lifestyle makes this undoubtedly the best job in the world."<br /><br />Given the enormous response, the economic downturn has also played a part in turning the advertisement into a dream for hundreds of thousands of people facing a daily media dose of doom, gloom and job losses.<br /><br />"We've had visitors (to the website) from as far and wide as Mongolia and Vatican City" since the job was first widely publicised on Tuesday, McNaughton said.<br /><br />The freezing northern hemisphere winter may also be a prodding some into action.<br /><br />More than 350 applications had been submitted before the website crashed -- from Britain, the United States, Croatia, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Canada, Netherlands and Portugal among other countries.<br /><br />"The applicants so far have ranged from a Swiss horsewoman to a sun-seeking teenager from England to 'Richard' from the UK who can be seen swimming with the fish in his application," she said.<br /><br />Candidates are required to create a video application in English of up to one minute explaining why they are uniquely qualified for the job.<br /><br />One applicant had submitted his application via email in six different languages and some candidates had reportedly visited the Australian Embassy in Washington with applications in hand, McNaughton said.<br /><br /><strong>Applications are open until February 22. Eleven shortlisted candidates will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May for the final selection process and the six-month contract will commence on July 1.<br /><br />Job-seekers can apply on .</strong> -- <a href="http://news.my.msn.com/topstories/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2081758">Agence France-Presse via MSN - 1/14/2009 7:03 AM GMT </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7585425787457982188?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-10283485176417856952009-01-13T22:05:00.005+08:002009-01-13T22:18:05.937+08:00<div align="justify"><a href="http://news.asiaone.com/News/The+New+Paper/Story/A1Story20090113-114218.html"><span style="font-size:180%;">Ok Ron, you deserve it<br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290780365757642338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWygtf2YdmI/AAAAAAAAANM/m0M821U38Jk/s400/FIFA-footballer-of-the-year2008-RON.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Manchester United and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo was on Monday named FIFA World Footballer of the Year for 2008.<br /></strong><br />Ronaldo, who is also holder of the prestigious Ballon d'Or for the European Footballer of the Year, beat off competition from 2007 winner Kaka (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Fernando Torres (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).<br /><br />"It's an overwhelming moment in my career and I'd like to dedicate this award to my family, friends and colleagues," he said.<br /><br />"Winning the Champions League for me was the most memorable moment of 2008," added Ronaldo, who scored in the final but missed a penalty in the penalty shootout against Chelsea.<br /><br />Ronaldo went out of his way to heap praise on United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, with whom relations became strained during last summer over whether he was going to leave the club for Real Madrid.<br /><br />"It's also true that the manager always has an important role to play," said Ronaldo.<br /><br />"It was a great season for me and for my club, and the coach was important for me because I learned a lot from him.<br /><br />"His experience over so many years is of paramount importance - it's a privilege to have such a great club manager.<br /><br />"This is the climax of a fantastic era for me. I'm happy and proud about what has been done by my team and what we have won.<br /><br />"I am lucky to be part of the history of a club like Manchester United."<br /><br /><strong>Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz</strong>, who was also with Ronaldo at Manchester United when he was assistant coach to Ferguson, said it was a logical decision.<br /><br />"Quality and justice were behind this decision," said Queiroz.<br /><br />"This is a great achievement for a player as young (23) as he is and with his career before him.<br /><br />"I congratulate Cristiano Ronaldo and hope that this award both stimulates and inspires his career."<br /><br />Ronaldo, scorer of 42 goals in all competitions in the 2007-8 season, was one of United's architects behind the club's English Premiership and Champions League double.<br /><br />It was not a perfectly scripted year for Ronaldo, however, as Portugal crashed out 3-2 to Germany in the quarter-final of Euro 2008 in June.<br /><br /><strong>Ronaldo becomes the second Portuguese player to win the FIFA accolade after Luis Figo in 2001, and the first one playing for a British club.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWyhXrqJfjI/AAAAAAAAANU/2ShK64s_x2A/s1600-h/FIFA-footballer-of-the-year-nominees.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290781090482060850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWyhXrqJfjI/AAAAAAAAANU/2ShK64s_x2A/s400/FIFA-footballer-of-the-year-nominees.jpg" border="0" /></a>He reaped 935 points in the vote in which the coaches and captains of 155 national teams took part. Messi finished second (678 points) and was trailed by Torres (203), Kaka (183) and Xavi (155).<br /><br />Brazilian midfielder Marta was unveiled as FIFA World Women's Footballer of the year for 2008, for the third year running.<br /><br />Marta delivered an outstanding performance at the women's Olympic football tournament in Beijing 2008, and equalled the record set by Birgit Prinz by claiming her third consecutive title.<br /><br />For the women's vote, 139 coaches and captains cast their vote and Marta won comfortably (1,002 points) ahead of Germany's Prinz (328), Brazil's Cristiane (275), Germany's Nadine Angerer (198) and England's Kelly Smith (150). – <a href="http://sport.my.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2065461">Agence France-Presse via MSN - Monday, 12 January 2009</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1028348517641785695?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-55565951919528572832009-01-12T23:46:00.005+08:002009-01-13T13:22:09.366+08:00<div align="justify">KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 –<br /><strong>As Parliament continued to censure the Israeli and United States governments over the Gaza conflict, PKR today mooted the idea of a regional Islamic body to flex its political muscle in the Muslim world.<br /></strong><br />MPs had expressed frustration over the powerlessness of the public to compel the United States and Israel to bring a halt to the Israeli attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza strip that has continued for nearly three weeks.<br /><br /><strong>Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang</strong> said that "throwing shoes cannot stop Tomahawk missiles," to illustrate the lack of a political solution.<br /><br /><strong>De Facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim</strong> proposed in Parliament today that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi negotiate with other Muslim nations in the region such as Indonesia and Brunei to do something meaningful.<br /><br />"This will encourage Arab leaders to do more than just have to beg for mercy," he said.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWwktkMRx6I/AAAAAAAAANE/8tNp4_Q5giE/s1600-h/islam-in-sea-Edited-2.2.GIF"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 356px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWwktkMRx6I/AAAAAAAAANE/8tNp4_Q5giE/s400/islam-in-sea-Edited-2.2.GIF" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290644027481376674" /></a>In a press conference later, he added that as Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim country and "an important democratic country that is considered moderate," with an independent foreign policy, a regional coalition could have "a definite influence on the world, as Arab countries may be considered emotionally vested in such issues."<br /><br />"We must take our own stand as the anger of the public has been made known so it is incumbent upon our leaders to react," he said.<br /><br /><strong>Selangor Menteri Besar and former PKR secretary-general Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim</strong> added more details on the suggestion in his speech in Parliament later.<br /><br />"A task force with a formal secretariat should be formed to meet and mobilise initiatives with other Islamic nations," he said.<br /><br />He said that by taking an active role, holding talks and discussions with other governments, a regional body could lobby for concerted efforts to curb future atrocities against Muslim nations.<br /><br /><strong>Khalid suggested that foreign ministers could lead the secretariat to ensure eminent persons from each of the three Southeast Asian countries would represent their respective governments when speaking to other parties. </strong>– text: <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/15814-pkr-moots-regional-islamic-body-as-throwing-shoes-wont-stop-missiles">By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider</a>, graphic: <a href="http://banghuris-ghutghut.blogspot.com/">b-g</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-5556595191952857283?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-20022395346717323572009-01-11T22:35:00.008+08:002009-01-11T23:10:03.359+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>IT was billed as a top-of-the-table clash but the outcome was never in doubt as Selangor reinforced their credentials as the team to watch out for this season with a 3-0 win over Negri Sembilan in a Malaysian Super League clash at the Shah Alam Stadium last night.</strong><br /><br />Victory was their third in succession and given how treble champs Kedah are wobbling, it is hard to see who can stop Red Giants from romping away with the title, which they are desperate to win after having to live with the stigma that they are no longer the giants of Malaysian football for the last couple of seasons.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWoExErXKSI/AAAAAAAAAMU/3iOoB7-2f1Q/s1600-h/selangor-negri9_3null.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290045953415784738" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWoExErXKSI/AAAAAAAAAMU/3iOoB7-2f1Q/s320/selangor-negri9_3null.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em><span style="font-size:70%;color:#ff6600;">My ball: Negri Sembilan defender Mohd Aidil Zafuan tackling Selangor striker R. Surendran during their match at the Shah Alam Stadium yesterday.<br /></span></em><br />The Deer, who went into the tie as leaders on goal difference, thought they had a chance but it was obvious there is still much to do before they can hope to challenge Red Giants.<br /><br />Their back-to-back wins over Kedah and Perak saw Selangor walking out to a sight that has long been absent from the Shah Alam Stadium, a crowd of some 25,000. While the empty seats still outnumbered the turnout in the 70,000 capacity stadium, Selangor would have been glad after having been reduced to playing before just a couple of thousands last season.<br /><br />They nearly had a roaring start too but Amirulhadi Zainal was a little slow in connecting to a cross from Safee Sali in the 15th minute.<br /><br />It was a warning about Selangor's seriousness and five minutes later, Amirulhadi made up for his earlier miss by shooting past Negri Sembilan goalkeeper Mohd Farizal Hassan.<br /><br />For new Selangor coach K. Devan, the honeymoon was continuing and as his charges continued pressing, it was apparent that the second goal would soon be coming.<br /><br />Negri were helpless and their plight was made worse by the absence of Shukor Adan in midfield, no thanks to a hamstring injury.<br /><br />And their agony worsened in the 22nd minute when R. Surendran capitalised on Farizal's hesitance to score a soft goal but Selangor weren't complaining and neither were their fans.<br /><br />The best from The Deer centred around striker Zaquan Adha and he did come close in the 35th minute but Selangor goalkeeper Hamsani Omar was equal to the effort.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWoJJL5PsII/AAAAAAAAAMc/iDkYjtYxlns/s1600-h/red-giants.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWoJJL5PsII/AAAAAAAAAMc/iDkYjtYxlns/s400/red-giants.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290050765716435074" /></a><strong>Red Giants took their foot off the pedal a little in the second half but there was no reason to press hard as The Deer just couldn't muster a strong challenge.<br /><br />What made their plight worse was Red Giants scored again, through Amri Yahya in the 74th minute, as they share top spot with KL Plus. </strong>-- Text: <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Sport/2449705/Article/index_html">NST</a>, Pix (my ball): <a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/1/11/sports/2995388&amp;sec=sports">The Star </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2002239534671732357?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-11161990666872861932009-01-11T01:08:00.003+08:002009-01-11T04:06:10.320+08:00<div align="justify">CHENNAI, 10 Jan -<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Malaysia has expressed concern over Indian computer giant Satyam's financial fraud issue</span> as it could affect its worldwide operations, including that in Malaysia. </strong></div><div align="justify"><br />Satyam Computer Services, a software outsourcing firm, has a sizeable number of workers in Cyberjaya.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWj1JKFZZYI/AAAAAAAAAL0/0c2ivKUFxTk/s1600-h/satyam-malaysia_banner.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289747300021265794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 69px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWj1JKFZZYI/AAAAAAAAAL0/0c2ivKUFxTk/s400/satyam-malaysia_banner.gif" border="0" /></a>"Things are just unfolding, the company is unsettled and unable to give a clear picture on its direction but its current status is definitely an issue.<br /><br />"We are concerned of the subsequent direction of the company as it will affect its presence in Malaysia," Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam told Malaysian reporters on the sidelines of the 7th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference which ended here yesterday.<br /><br />Satyam, India's fourth largest software company, built single-handedly by entrepreneur B. Ramalinga Raju, <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2009/01/indias-enron-question-mark-over-status.html">plunged into a financial quagmire last week</a>, after he confessed to fudging figures to the tune of US$1 billion (RM3.5 billion) over the last five years.<br /><br />In a dramatic move on Friday night, Raju and his brother B. Rama Raju were arrested by police for the multi-million dollar scam. It is also the worst financial scandal to hit India.<br /><br />"When I get back to Malaysia, I will discuss with Satyam there to see whether they have any instructions on the future direction of the company.<br /><br /><strong>“But we will definitely take up the issue seriously to ensure that the company's customers in Malaysia and the welfare of the workforce is taken into consideration," said Subramaniam.</strong> — <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/15678-malaysia-disturbed-over-satyam-fiasco">Bernama via the Malaysian Insider </a><br /><br />[Malay language] <strong><a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsbusiness.php?id=382738"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">Malaysia Bimbang Terhadap Kemelut Satyam</span> </a><br /></strong><br />CHENNAI, 10 Jan (Bernama) –<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Malaysia telah melahirkan kebimbangan terhadap isu penipuan kewangan syarikat gergasi komputer India, Satyam</span> kerana ia boleh menjejaskan operasi seluruh dunia, termasuk di Malaysia.<br /></strong><br />Satyam Computer Services iaitu syarikat penyumberan luar perisian, mempunyai jumlah pekerja yang ramai di Cyberjaya.<br /><br />"Perkara ini masih belum selesai, syarikat masih tidak mampu memberikan gambaran jelas mengenai arah tujunya tetapi statusnya pada masa ini sudah pastinya menjadi isu.<br /><br />"Kita bimbang mengenai arah tuju syarikat seterusnya kerana ia akan memberi kesan kepada kehadirannya di Malaysia," kata Menteri Sumber Manusia Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam kepada pemberita di luar persidangan Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ketujuh yang berakhir di sini, Jumaat.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWj1mv7N0wI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Ra3CTDT1WDs/s1600-h/satyam_raju.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289747808395318018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 143px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWj1mv7N0wI/AAAAAAAAAL8/Ra3CTDT1WDs/s400/satyam_raju.jpg" border="0" /></a>Satyam, syarikat perisian keempat terbesar di India, yang ditubuhkan oleh usahawan B. Ramalinga Raju, merudum ke kancah kewangan minggu lepas, selepas beliau mengaku memalsukan angka sehingga Rs7,000 crores (RM3.5 billion) sejak lima tahun lepas.<br /><br />Dalam satu langkah dramatik berlaku <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/business/15671-former-satyam-chairman-managing-director-arrested">malam Jumaat, Ramalinga dan saudara lelakinya B. Rama Raju, ditahan polis</a> kerana penipuan melibatkan jutaan dolar. Ia juga merupakan skandal kewangan terburuk melanda India.<br /><br />"Bila saya kembali ke Malaysia, saya akan membincangkan dengan Satyam di sana untuk melihat sama ada mereka mempunyai sebarang arahan mengenai arah tuju masa depan syarikat.<br /><br /><strong>"Tetapi, sudah pastinya kita akan melihat isu ini secara serius bagi memastikan yang pengguna syarikat di Malaysia dan kebajikan pekerja diambil kira," kata Subramaniam.</strong> -- <a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newsbusiness.php?id=382738">BERNAMA, 10 Januari, 2009 14:38 PM</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1116199066687286193?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-9725734533886851142009-01-10T13:50:00.006+08:002009-01-10T14:15:20.855+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Sevilla's Malian international striker Frederic Kanoute</span> <strong>has been fined for displaying a t-shirt with the word "Palestine" during his side's 2-1 Spanish Cup over Deportivo La Coruna in the Spanish Cup.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote><strong>The federation did not reveal the amount of the fine but Spanish media said it was between 2,000 and 3,000 euros (2,700 and 4,000 US dollars).</strong></blockquote><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWg6gVeh1sI/AAAAAAAAALc/-kq4rehQ5OA/s1600-h/kanoute_palestina.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289542089542063810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWg6gVeh1sI/AAAAAAAAALc/-kq4rehQ5OA/s400/kanoute_palestina.jpg" border="0" /></a> <blockquote><em><span style="font-size:85%;">pix:</span><a href="http://christopherjro.blogspot.com/2009/01/frederic-kanoute-expresses-support-for.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">Frederic Kanoute expresses support for Palestine after scoring goal</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, more pix: </span><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/sport/2009/01/200918152344764876.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">Kanoute facing Palestine shirt fine</span></a></em><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/sport/2009/01/200918152344764876.html"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;"> </span></a><br /><br />Kanoute lifted his jersey to show the t-shirt with the word written in various languages after he scored in the 39th minute of Wednesday's match in an act of support for Palestinians in Gaza where an Israeli military offensive has claimed at least 785 lives since it began on December 27.<br /><br />"It was something that I felt that I should do. Everyone should feel a bit responsible when there is such a big injustice. I am 100 percent responsible for what I did and I don't care about the sanction," he told private television Telecinco on Thursday.<br /><br />Federation rules prevent players from displaying any sort of publicity or slogan during matches.<br /><br />The federation said it was not penalizing the political nature of the message but the fact that the player had displayed a message in violation of the rules.</blockquote><strong>France-born Kanoute, a Sevilla player since a 2005 move from English Premiership side Tottenham, is a practising Muslim who has supported various humanitarian causes in the past.<br /><br />In 2006 he set up a foundation to help orphans in Mali and the following year he reportedly spent around 500,000 euros (700,000 dollars) of his own money to save a privately owned mosque in Seville from being sold after a contract to use the premises by the local Muslim population had expired.</strong> -- <a href="http://sport.my.msn.com/football/laliga/article.aspx?cp-documentid=2029625">Agence France-Presse, Saturday, 10 January 2009</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-972573453388685114?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-40625056820078980982009-01-09T20:45:00.005+08:002009-01-09T20:56:48.942+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWdH9_PDBYI/AAAAAAAAALM/A78Iz_wVLNc/s1600-h/zhang-ziyi.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289275417642075522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 75px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWdH9_PDBYI/AAAAAAAAALM/A78Iz_wVLNc/s400/zhang-ziyi.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi</span> <strong>has always had a love-hate relationship with her countrymen.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote>The 29-year-old "Memoirs of a Geisha" star scores pride in Chinese hearts with her international fame, yet her Westernised ways rile the same fans, who often berate her for turning her back on her roots.<br /><br />The tensions went into overdrive on Monday, when topless pictures of Ziyi frolicking on the beach with her Israeli venture capitalist fiancé Viv Nevo were splashed across the Internet.<br /><br />Paparazzi photograhers snapped the couple, on vacation on the ultra-exclusive Caribbean island of St Barts, getting touchy-feely with each other.<br /><br />The pictures say it all: Ziyi and her beau were obviously enjoying a private moment, at a place where they thought they had all to themselves.</blockquote><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWdIXCdKFHI/AAAAAAAAALU/aaSSgf20-t8/s1600-h/ziyi-nevo-beach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289275848003294322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWdIXCdKFHI/AAAAAAAAALU/aaSSgf20-t8/s400/ziyi-nevo-beach.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Yet the debate rages on: Was the media once again overly intrusive, or do the couple have no one to blame but themselves for not safeguarding their own privacy?</strong> – MORE PIXS <a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/features/photogallery.aspx?cp-documentid=1998803">here</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4062505682007898098?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-10632200180970372112009-01-07T22:48:00.008+08:002009-01-07T23:22:21.375+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">The announcement of the resignation of chairman and founder of Satyam Computer Service Ltd, Ramalinga Raju,</span><strong> has sent shockwaves through the company and the global IT community.</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWTGsAIqiII/AAAAAAAAAK0/hLZowH6FH8o/s1600-h/raju-satyam.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288570321692690562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWTGsAIqiII/AAAAAAAAAK0/hLZowH6FH8o/s400/raju-satyam.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Raju, considered one of the biggest names in India's IT success story, announced today that he has resigned after</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">falsifying account and assets to the tune of 50.4 billion rupees (RM3.61 billion)</span> <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&amp;sid=aSR2iC3g2LAQ&amp;refer=india">according to Bloomberg</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>The story also said that Raju, 53, unsuccessfully tried to sell two companies to Satyam last month in a final attempt to plug 50.4 billion rupees worth of "fictitious assets" on the company's balance sheet. Profits from the main business have been inflated "over a period of last several years," Raju said in a letter to the board.<br /><br />After the announcement, Satyam's shares collapsed by over 70 per cent to 51 Indian rupees (RM3.65). Raju, an immensely soft spoken and unassuming man who professed a liking for Malaysia due to its familiar cuisine - he once said that he could find better Indian food in Malaysia than in his home state of Andhra Pradesh - and its 2 hour plus flight proximity to Hyderabad where Satyam is based.<br /><br />It is understood an interim management team has been put in place to oversee corporate affairs. In a statement on its website, Satyam says that Mr. Ram Mynampati is the interim CEO, pending ratification by the board and has been mandated to steer the company through this crisis.</blockquote><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWTDmocUHDI/AAAAAAAAAKs/1PlzPDyUzOY/s1600-h/satyam-malaysia_banner.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288566930898426930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWTDmocUHDI/AAAAAAAAAKs/1PlzPDyUzOY/s400/satyam-malaysia_banner.gif" border="0" /></a><strong>Satyam is one of Cyberjaya's biggest employers and has an estimated 800 employees at its sparkling office, called the Global Solution Centre or GSC in the IT hub city.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote>It has also been very supportive of Malaysia's IT ambitions and has trained dozens of students and university lecturers under a special programme with the government in a bid to raise IT competency levels in Malaysia.<br /><br />GSC Cyberjaya was also considered one of its biggest facilities outside Hyderabad and a key location for servicing its Islamic Banking and Japanese clients.<br /><br />Pavan Mullapudi, head of GSC Cyberjaya says that he is still waiting for more information from the headquarters but claims that "there is absolutely no change at Cyberjaya. It's only at the corporate level."<br /><br />A government source familiar with Satyam says that they were given a quick update by Satyam and that the latter put in place an "interim SWAT team" to look after operations worldwide.<br /><br />"It's still too early to tell the impact on GSC Cyberjaya," says the source.<br /><br />Satyam announced a deal to buy over Motorola's software development centre in Cyberjaya, which had 128 employees, last November.<br /><br />It is unclear if recent events will affect the purchase although former Motorola employees reported for work as Satyam employees as of 31st December last year.</blockquote><strong>This scandal comes just a few months after another scandal concerning an MSC status company.<br /><br />Last October, Entellium CEO Paul Thomas Johnston was arrested by the FBI in the US and admitted to cooking the books and overstating revenue figures to the tune of millions in order to attract investment from the venture capital community.<br /><br />The government owned be Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd. had invested RM7 million in Entellium last July. The Multimedia Development Corporation had also approved several million worth in government research grants to Entellium.</strong> -- <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/business/15438-question-mark-over-status-of-satyam-cyberjaya-">By Lee Wei Lian, The Malaysian Insider </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1063220018097037211?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-44894236723509065722009-01-07T02:00:00.005+08:002009-01-07T03:11:42.304+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Deepest condolences on the</span> <span style="font-size:180%;">threshold of the</span> <span style="font-size:180%;">arrival of Imam Mahdi (AS)</span> <strong>, the real avenger of the blood of Imam Hussein (AS), the promised, the expected one, to all Muslim freedom fighters throughout the world, and especially to his true devotees, on the occasion of Ashura</strong>, the most unforgettable tragedy in history, the day when Imam Hussein (AS) and his seventy-two companions were martyred unjustly but were not defeated.<br /><br /><blockquote>Wednesday the 7th of January 2009 is the day of Ashura, the 10th of Muharram, the day of victory for Islam and Muslims.</div></blockquote><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWOnh225j7I/AAAAAAAAAKk/v2qPOSx4cfk/s1600-h/picashura-HUR.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288254587566395314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWOnh225j7I/AAAAAAAAAKk/v2qPOSx4cfk/s400/picashura-HUR.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div align="justify"><blockquote>The day of Ashura is commemorated not only by the Shia people but also by freedom-loving nations throughout the world as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein ibn Ali (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (S) at the battle of Karbala.<br /><br />It is especially mourned on the first ten days of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, although the mourning continues through the whole month and well into Safar till the eighth of Rabi al Awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar.</blockquote>Imam Hussein (AS) was the son of Imam Ali (AS), the first Shia Imam. His mother was Fatima (SA), the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (S), and his most famous title is Seyyed ush-Shuhada (Master of the Martyrs). <strong>Nine infallible Imams are his descendents, and Imam Mahdi (AS) is the last, the twelfth Imam. His followers await him day and night, praying that Almighty Allah may hasten his reappearance</strong>. – MORE <a href="http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=186405">tehrantimes.com </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4489423672350906572?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-18495778022836294282009-01-06T21:50:00.004+08:002009-01-06T22:04:45.078+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Sir Alex Ferguson</span> <strong>may have said it was "not realistic" for</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">Manchester United</span> <strong>to win a unique European and domestic quadruple but he still believes his squad can compete on four fronts.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWNjUoge53I/AAAAAAAAAKU/gR1yJOBcEDw/s1600-h/insidepix1-FAcup-MU-Nani.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 329px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWNjUoge53I/AAAAAAAAAKU/gR1yJOBcEDw/s400/insidepix1-FAcup-MU-Nani.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288179593585289074" /></a><blockquote><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Manchester United’s Nani (left) is challenged by Southampton’s Oscar Gobern in their FA Cup third round match at St. Mary’s Stadium on Sunday. United won 3-0. — AFPpic<br /></span></em><br />United opened their FA Cup campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win away to Championship strugglers Southampton at St Mary's on Sunday.<br /><br />United, well placed in their quest for a third successive Premier League title, are also through to the last 16 of the Champions League and face Derby in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final.<br /><br />No team have ever won all four trophies in the same season and the depth of Manchester United’s squad will continue to be tested tomorrow when the Red Devils play the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final at Derby.<br /><br />The game is the second of six in just 17 days for a Manchester United squad that only returned to domestic action on Dec 26 following a tiring pre-Christmas trip to Japan for the Club World Cup.</blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWNjmHeBb1I/AAAAAAAAAKc/Zfaiiz3S9Rw/s1600-h/alex-ferguson.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 365px; height: 170px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWNjmHeBb1I/AAAAAAAAAKc/Zfaiiz3S9Rw/s400/alex-ferguson.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288179893954244434" /></a><blockquote>With a Premier League match against Chelsea coming up on Sunday, Fergusson is set to continue with the mix of first-team regulars and reserves that beat Southampton 3-0 in the FA Cup at the weekend.<br /><br />But United’s resources are such that they can still bolster their lineup with striker Carlos Tevez, who missed his team’s last two matches because of a trip back to his native Argentina.<br /><br />United have only lifted the League Cup twice but have won all three of their games without conceding a goal since returning from Japan, suggesting that League Championship strugglers Derby are set for a tough time, despite home advantage.<br /><br />Derby are without a manager following Paul Jewell’s resignation last week and tailed 2-0 and 3-2 at non-league Forest Green Rovers before winning 4-3 in the FA Cup on Saturday.</blockquote><strong>The second leg is at Old Trafford on Jan 20, with the overall winner set to meet Tottenham or Burnley in the March 1 final at Wembley.</strong> – NST Print, <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/Sport/2444652/Article/index_html">related:online ver </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1849577802283629428?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-15407763426338429972009-01-05T22:46:00.004+08:002009-01-05T23:55:05.412+08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWIhHNtjC2I/AAAAAAAAAKM/5KobMsPkjyI/s1600-h/kate-winslet-bersinar.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287825320309885794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 343px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWIhHNtjC2I/AAAAAAAAAKM/5KobMsPkjyI/s400/kate-winslet-bersinar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><blockquote><span style="font-size:180%;">PESONA Kate Winslet</span> tampaknya kian bersinar di 2009. Terbukti, banyak majalah internasional yang sudah mengantre ingin merangkai cerita kisah suksesnya di dunia hiburan.<br /><br />Majalah Elle, misalnya. Menurut The Sun, Kamis, (1/1/2009), pemeran utama film "Titanic" ini menerima tawaran menjadi model sampul depan majalah Elle, Februari mendatang.<br /><br />Hanya saja, Anda jangan berharap bisa melihatnya tampil vulgar tanpa mengenakan busana. Pasalnya, pose Kate kali ini lebih bercitra seksi dan elegan dengan busana yang memeluk tubuh.<br /><br />Selain itu, Kate tidak hanya mengumbar sensualitas dalam deretan foto-foto menarik di majalah Elle. Dia juga meladeni interviu yang mengupas soal kehidupan pribadi hingga proses menantang di balik film "The Readers".</blockquote><strong>Wow, seru!</strong> -- <a href="http://news.id.msn.com/lifestyle/okezone/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1911526">okezone.com - 1/1/2009 1:58 AM Local Time </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1540776342633842997?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-84050454551351614542009-01-04T13:43:00.005+08:002009-01-04T14:23:22.139+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Blog paling popular milik mantan perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (TDM)</span><strong> akan menjual ruangan iklan mulai tahun baru ini, khususnya untuk syarikat-syarikat kecil, lapor portal berita terkemuka Malaysiakini pada Jumaat (Jan 2, 09).<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWBOWG7qG1I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/8VHCUTmabek/s1600-h/chedet-dot.cc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287312104257887058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWBOWG7qG1I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/8VHCUTmabek/s200/chedet-dot.cc.jpg" border="0" /></a>Kadar iklan di blog tersebut <a href="http://www.chedet.cc/" target="_blank">Chedet.cc</a>, ditetapkan antara RM300 hingga RM1K sehari. Kosnya bergantung kepada jenis dan kedudukan iklan tersebut di dalam blog – amalan biasa dalam dunia pengiklanan samada media cetak atau e-media.<br /><br /></div><blockquote><p align="justify">Blog TDM menutup tirai tahun lalu dengan rekod jumlah pengunjung sebanyak 10.9 juta – angka yang amat tinggi bagi sebuah blog yang baru tujuh bulan beroperasi.<br /><br />Keputusan membuka iklan di laman blog TDM dibuat bertujuan memberi ruang kepada syarikat-syarikat kecil mendedahkan diri masing-masing ke dunia “e-market”, lapor Malaysiakini dengan memetik Sufi Yusuf, pembantu khas TDM, sebagai berkata.<br /><br />Sementara itu ejen iklan blog tersebut Mutual Digital Sdn Bhd menjelaskan kepada Malaysiakini bahawa iklan itu boleh membantu syarikat-syarikat kecil dan bagi menampung kos pengendalian blog paling popular itu.<br /><br />Walaubagaiamapun "keuntungan bukanlah keutamaan (kami), sebaliknya mahu memberikan pendedahan kepada syarikat-syarikat kecil,” kata Sufi Yusuf dengan menambah “tetapi kalau (dapat) menampung sedikit kos, bagus juga," lapor Malaysiakini lagi.</p></blockquote><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWBPtX9VblI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/o-n8BMQ9rmc/s1600-h/mkini-no1.google.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287313603476942418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SWBPtX9VblI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/o-n8BMQ9rmc/s200/mkini-no1.google.gif" border="0" /></a> <div align="justify"><strong>Bunyi laporan ini sukar untuk dikatakan tidak menjurus kepada “krisis kewangan” --- ehem… tak kan TDM pun terkena tempias “krisis mentaliti kapitalis” kut? </strong><br /><br /><strong>Laporan penuh Malaysiakini </strong><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/95697"><strong>di sini</strong></a><strong>.</strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8405045455135161454?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-12722511711250426532009-01-02T23:59:00.003+08:002009-01-03T00:37:36.552+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Angelina Jolie says she is like a tiger</span> <strong>and would be 'honoured' if anyone ever compared her to the creatures.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote>The 'Changeling' actress - who has one of the creatures tattooed on her back - says they are her favourite animal and she would be 'honoured' if anyone compared her to them.<br /><br />She explained: 'My favourite animal is the tiger. I like them because they are very independent creatures, they are majestic and they always move forward. Their tactic is to attack, not defend.<br /><br />'So I wouldn't mind if I was compared to a tiger, it would be well received and I'd feel honoured.<br /><br />'Besides, every woman has something of a tiger inside her and so do I.'</blockquote><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SV49ef6PQ4I/AAAAAAAAAJU/HbmkRhvbfgs/s1600-h/Tiger-Angelina-Jolie.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286730606750679938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SV49ef6PQ4I/AAAAAAAAAJU/HbmkRhvbfgs/s400/Tiger-Angelina-Jolie.JPG" border="0" /></a> <blockquote><p>The 33-year-old star - who raises six children with partner Brad Pitt - also confessed she is useless around the home.<br /><br />She added to Britain's OK! magazine: 'Honestly, I'm not a very good housewife but luckily Brad is great in the house. He has a good eye for structure and architecture. For example, we love to share breakfast, all of us, so we have an excellent place with a lot of light.'<br /><br />When not dining together, Angelina likes to encourage her children to be active, and is already helping them learn how to defend themselves.<br /><br />She explained: 'I love martial arts. They are ideal for children because they teach them discipline and perseverance. In fact, my son is already starting to go to class.<br /><br />'Physical exercise is ideal, it's much better than sitting in front of the TV or the computer screen.</p></blockquote>'<strong>I like all of Bruce Lee's films, he was the best. I also like Jackie Chan a lot; my kids are Jackie Chan fans.</strong>' -- <a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/celebrity-gossip/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1899429">Bang Showbiz.com via MSN </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1272251171125042653?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-20268269556799592842009-01-01T23:44:00.007+08:002009-01-02T00:36:09.890+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>u shud c d harbor here, dar.</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">it’s beautiful @nite</span><strong>, like d harbor @</strong><a href="http://www.sepanggoldcoast/"></a><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.sepanggoldcoast.com/"><strong>sepanggoldcoast </strong></a><strong>when we were there @merdeka day. u wander up &amp;down d waterfront in short sleeves and listen to d fishermen arguing and d cbirds squawking.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVzp_sN3LII/AAAAAAAAAJE/U3ccp45_Lw4/s1600-h/sydney-harbor-010109.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286357343036451970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 167px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVzp_sN3LII/AAAAAAAAAJE/U3ccp45_Lw4/s320/sydney-harbor-010109.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff6600;">fireworks explode over the sydney harbour bridge and the opera house during the new year's celebrations on sydney harbour in sydney, australia, thursday, jan. 1, 2009. -- msn</span></em></div><div align="justify"><br /><blockquote>there’s a funny little restaurant that i’ve taken to eating in. syd is very proud of his bouillabaisse, and i’m rather fond of his taste. he’s from d north, brisbanegoldcoast, where he left his girlfriend, and we spend long evening boring each other silly w/ stories about d girls we’re left behind. he says if i can get u down here he’ll put on something really sumptuous. n i’m sure he wud, especially 4 u, my dearest.<br /><br />everything’s fine. but it cud be better, and u know y. i’d gladly send u money 4 d ticket if u cud get away. then i’d probably c lees of d fishermen and cbirds as we walk along d jetty and opera house, but i can live w/out them.</blockquote><strong>click on the link below 2 c more fireworks around the world… </strong></div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVzqZpzpGUI/AAAAAAAAAJM/9SNMeh56BKk/s1600-h/sydney-harbor-ny2009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286357789066205506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVzqZpzpGUI/AAAAAAAAAJM/9SNMeh56BKk/s320/sydney-harbor-ny2009.jpg" border="0" /></a> <p align="center">msn: <a href="http://news.my.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1906796"><strong>Sydney kicks off New Year celebrations</strong> </a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2026826955679959284?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-1242816753966752732009-01-01T09:50:00.005+08:002009-01-01T10:04:23.325+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>The</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)</span><strong> has warned of stern action against those publishing offensive and indecent contents about race and religion.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVwimcIcatI/AAAAAAAAAI0/vmn0YCwtwKY/s1600-h/action-required.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286138106408102610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVwimcIcatI/AAAAAAAAAI0/vmn0YCwtwKY/s320/action-required.bmp" border="0" /></a> <blockquote>Any action that constitutes a contravention of the laws of Malaysia in the offline world also constitutes an offence in the online world, including the Internet, an MCMC statement here says.<br /><br />It also calls on parents and guardians to monitor the use of the Internet by minors and young persons to ensure that they do not fall prey to unscrupulous individuals.<br /><br />Users of Internet social networking sites should be cautious of the type of information they choose to post or publish online as irresponsible individuals may use these information against them at some future occasion, it adds.<br /><br />“MCMC is very concerned with the increasing incidence of irresponsible and unethical use of the Internet, in particular comments made in blogs.<br /><br />“The Internet is a powerful tool for development but is unfortunately misused by a small number of irresponsible and unethical individuals.”</blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVwjAxphKxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/ofHkUPW3tsU/s1600-h/bloglaknat.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286138558860569362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVwjAxphKxI/AAAAAAAAAI8/ofHkUPW3tsU/s400/bloglaknat.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong>Citing the <a href="http://pemudabesut.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-laknat.html">latest incident where a weblog </a>was reported to have published contents found to be offensive and indecent, in particular comments relating to Prophet Muhammad and Islam, it says the MCMC is working in close cooperation with other enforcement agencies in its investigations.</strong> – <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20081231150921/Article/index_html">Bernama via NST </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-124281675396675273?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-60721419025617096162008-12-31T23:59:00.007+08:002009-01-03T03:57:17.911+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Topless tanning on Australia's iconic beaches</span> <strong>could soon be outlawed if a conservative lawmaker wins a battle to force women to keep their breasts under wraps.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote>Fred Nile, an ordained reverend, has launched a bill which would ban topless sunbathing in the eastern state of New South Wales, which is home to Sydney's renowned Bondi beach.<br /><br />Nile says women baring their breasts on the beach, a common practice among Australian sunworshippers, is offensive and should be banned.</blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SV5lkxQ3bMI/AAAAAAAAAJc/uW2ZWVJcMug/s1600-h/sydney-bondi-beach.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286774694953315522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 245px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 157px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SV5lkxQ3bMI/AAAAAAAAAJc/uW2ZWVJcMug/s320/sydney-bondi-beach.jpg" border="0" /></a> <blockquote>"The law should be clear.<br />It must say exposure of women's breasts on beaches will be prohibited," Nile told Tuesday's Daily Telegraph.</blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SV5l2zmfQgI/AAAAAAAAAJk/Y9KIaEcr5uY/s1600-h/sydney-bondi-topless-girls.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286775004818522626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SV5l2zmfQgI/AAAAAAAAAJk/Y9KIaEcr5uY/s320/sydney-bondi-topless-girls.jpg" border="0" /></a> <blockquote><br />"If we don't, we could have people saying 'I'm not nude. I can walk (topless) down (Sydney's main street)," he said.<br /><br />Nile, leader of the Christian Democrats, has won backing for his crusade from some members of both the major Labour and Liberal parties in the state parliament, the newspaper said.<br /><br />But Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said topless sunbathing was a private issue.<br /><br />"People want to go to the beach and use the beach in a variety of ways," Gillard told reporters.</blockquote>"<strong>As long as people know what the rules are and know what to expect, I think it's a matter for the individuals involved</strong>." -- <a href="http://news.sg.msn.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1879739">Agence France-Presse - 12/30/2008 6:41 AM GMT</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6072141902561709616?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-77685891940176471732008-12-30T23:13:00.008+08:002008-12-31T10:53:17.378+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM)</span> <strong>said on Tuesday there was a delay in the restoration of Internet services following technical problems in repairing the submarine cable network linking Malaysia to Europe.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVo7p3dfbnI/AAAAAAAAAIU/cvxmtapPMlY/s1600-h/oops!!!_sorry_small.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285602703121018482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 65px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVo7p3dfbnI/AAAAAAAAAIU/cvxmtapPMlY/s400/oops!!!_sorry_small.gif" border="0" /></a> </div><blockquote>“Due to the delay, full recovery of Internet services is now expected to be on Jan 4, 2009,” TM said in a statement.<br /><br /><a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2008/12/internet-services-disrupted-until-dec.html">On Dec 20, TM said </a>the disruption of its Internet services was due to circuit fault on the Southeast Asia – Middle East – Western Europe 4 (SMW4) submarine cable network between Palermo (Southern Italy) and Alexandria (Northern Egypt) linking Malaysia to Europe.<br /><br />TM said there was a delay in the restoration of Internet services due to technical problems at the repairing stages.<br /><br />It added that customers using Internet services might continue to experience slow browsing while accessing websites hosted in Europe.<br /><br />Customers using other IP services such as Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other critical business applications linked to Europe may also experience some service degradation.<br /><br />“To alleviate the problem, some of the links have been rerouted to alternate routes to ease the congestion,” it said.<br /><br />TM assured its customers that it was undertaking all necessary measures to restore communications services for its customers as soon as possible.</blockquote><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVo8F3JFCAI/AAAAAAAAAIc/vtGggKJvuaE/s1600-h/got_q-tmnet.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285603184071739394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVo8F3JFCAI/AAAAAAAAAIc/vtGggKJvuaE/s320/got_q-tmnet.bmp" border="0" /></a><strong>Customers can call TM at 100 and select “Internet Services” or e-mail TM at <a href="mailto:help@tm.com.my">help@tm.com.my</a> </strong><strong>for any Internet related problems.</strong> – <a href="http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/30/business/20081230185258&amp;sec=business">The Star - 12/30/2008 6:54:00 PM MYT</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7768589194017647173?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-6315266718253585252008-12-28T14:38:00.005+08:002008-12-28T14:54:05.990+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Kerajaan akan mewujudkan</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">sistem tele-kerja atau teleworking</span> <strong>iaitu sistem bekerja dari rumah </strong>(<span style="font-size:180%;">WFH </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>-ed</em>.)</span><strong> bagi menyediakan peluang pekerjaan terutamanya kepada golongan suri rumah, ibu tunggal, pesara dan graduan menganggur.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVcg4ZRk_CI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Ncfo-uVM80c/s1600-h/muka_hadapan_small-MM122808.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284728840971942946" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVcg4ZRk_CI/AAAAAAAAAHk/Ncfo-uVM80c/s400/muka_hadapan_small-MM122808.jpg" border="0" /></a>Melalui sistem itu, kira-kira 7.1 juta rakyat Malaysia yang tidak tergolong dalam sektor tenaga kerja berpeluang menyertai pasaran buruh menerusi konsep Pusat Tele-kerja (T-centre) yang bakal diwujudkan kelak.<br /><br /><blockquote>Menteri Sumber Manusia, Datuk S. Subramaniam berkata, selain memberi peluang golongan berpendapatan rendah memperoleh pendapatan menerusi pekerjaan di Internet, tele-kerja juga mampu mengurangkan pergantungan kepada tenaga kerja asing.<br /><br />“Kita ada lebih 7.1 juta rakyat yang mempunyai kebolehan bekerja tetapi tidak dapat berbuat demikian kerana pelbagai masalah seperti sudah mempunyai anak atau pesara yang tidak boleh keluar bekerja.<br /><br />“Kalau kita boleh memanfaatkan sepenuhnya tenaga kerja dari golongan ini, dalam bidang tertentu mereka berpotensi menggantikan tenaga kerja asing,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan program tele-kerja anjuran Yayasan Kemajuan Sosial Malaysia (YKSM) di sini hari ini.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVchaHOwruI/AAAAAAAAAHs/CFSd9fhTd3A/s1600-h/subramaniam-HR.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284729420243840738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 71px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 79px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVchaHOwruI/AAAAAAAAAHs/CFSd9fhTd3A/s400/subramaniam-HR.jpg" border="0" /></a>Subramaniam berkata, kementerian itu sedang menyemak semula Akta Kerja 1955 bagi membolehkan aspek perundangan menyokong pelaksanaan sistem tele-kerja dan memberi manfaat yang saksama kepada pekerja dan majikan.<br /><br />Pada masa sama jelasnya, kerajaan juga sedang merangka garis panduan kepada para majikan untuk mengenal pasti sektor-sektor yang berpotensi untuk dilaksanakan melalui sistem itu.<br /><br />“Sistem tele-kerja ini mencetuskan kebimbangan majikan mengenai mutu kerja, masa penyampaian, isu kerahsiaan dan (masalah) ini menyukarkan ia dilaksanakan secara lebih berkesan.<br /><br />“Oleh itu, semakan semula akta sedia ada akan membolehkan undang-undang melindungi majikan dan pekerja termasuklah dalam isu-isu kebajikan seperti cuti tahun dan faedah penamatan kerja,” jelasnya.<br /><br />Beliau menambah, konsep tele-kerja tidak memerlukan peserta keluar bekerja, malah mereka mempunyai banyak masa menguruskan keluarga dan diberi latihan dari semasa ke semasa untuk meningkatkan kemahiran.<br /><br />Sehubungan itu, beliau menggesa para majikan supaya bersikap lebih terbuka dan menerima konsep tele-kerja sebagai revolusi baru dalam menambah produktiviti selain mengurangkan kos dan sewa bangunan.<br /><br />“Kalau dilihat bagaimana sistem tele-kerja yang dilaksanakan YKSM, sistem ini sebenarnya amat berkesan dalam memberi kemahiran kepada golongan berpendapatan rendah, malah majikan turut menerima manfaatnya,” katanya.</blockquote><strong>Subramaniam berkata, usaha kerajaan dalam meningkatkan kemudahan jalur lebar akan membantu menjayakan sistem tersebut selain aplikasi lain seperti e-Kerajaan, e-Kesihatan, e-Pendidikan dan e-Pembayaran.</strong> -- <a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&amp;dt=1228&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Muka_Hadapan&amp;pg=mh_01.htm">Oleh Abdul Muin Sapidin, Mingguan Malaysia </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-631526671825358525?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-75549954248496477492008-12-26T23:59:00.002+08:002008-12-27T00:33:25.521+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>The 41st</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">International Sahara Festival</span> <strong>opened here (DOUZ, Tunisia) Thursday with camel races, desert dog hunting and Saharan music launching four days of cultural events with participants from around the world.</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVUD6IpZXdI/AAAAAAAAAHc/5etuDCPo84M/s1600-h/sahara-festival-camel-races.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284134035077553618" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVUD6IpZXdI/AAAAAAAAAHc/5etuDCPo84M/s200/sahara-festival-camel-races.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ff0000;"> Horsemen parade during the opening of the Sahara International Festival in Douz, south-western Tunisia. The 41st International Sahara Festival opened with camel races, desert dog hunting and Saharan music launching four days of cultural events with participants from around the world.<br /></span></em><br /><blockquote>More than 75,000 people attended the opening ceremony led by Tunisian Tourism Minister Khelil Lajimi in the southern city of Douz, a desert oasis at the edge of the Sahara.<br /><br />Participants from France, Italy, Japan and several Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are taking part in the festivities.<br /><br />The first day of the festival included Saharan folk dances and exhibits of desert medicinal plants as well as dates and handcraft.<br /><br />The programme includes an international conference on cultural and nature tourism in the Sahara, a poetry contest and safaris.</blockquote><strong>The festival was created 98 years ago. At the time, it only featured camel races. </strong>– <a href="http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081225/ten-entertainment-tunisia-culture-sports-1dc2b55.html">AFP - Friday, December 26 via Yahoo! </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7554995424849647749?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-85647662046380765822008-12-25T10:34:00.007+08:002008-12-25T11:11:35.580+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">AUSTRALIA</span><strong> Directed by Baz Luhrmann, Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, David Ngoombujarra, Brandon Walters<br /></strong><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVL2B64khtI/AAAAAAAAAHE/Q5NZgarR2BU/s1600-h/australia_kidman-walters.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283555825705846482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVL2B64khtI/AAAAAAAAAHE/Q5NZgarR2BU/s400/australia_kidman-walters.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong>FIRST and foremost, make sure you are mentally well-rested for this movie as it is one long journey — almost three hours!</strong></div><strong><div align="justify"><br /></div></strong><blockquote>Australia, an epic romantic action adventure, is set on the brink of World War II.<br /><br />It revolves around English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) who travels to Australia in search of her husband whom she believes is cheating on her.<br /><br />During her journey through the breathtaking yet unforgiving terrain of Outback Australia, Sarah meets a rough cattleman, only known as “the drover” (Hugh Jackman), with whom she often finds herself at odds.<br /><br />When a young orphan called Nullah (Brandon Walters), a half-aboriginal, half-Caucasian boy loses his mother, Sarah happily assumes the role.<br /><br />Later, Sarah reluctantly joins forces with the drover to save Faraway Downs, the land which she inherited.<br /><br />He helps her drive 1,500 cattle across Australia.<br /><br />As if that isn’t enough, the Japanese, who had earlier attacked Pearl Harbour, attack Darwin.</blockquote><div align="justify"><strong>War, cattle, action, adventure, love and romance... it seems that this movie has too much going on at times.<br /></strong><br />It is ambitious but we don’t think it will go down in movie history as a classic as it lacks a strong thread to hold it together.<br /><br />Sure, there are great moments, for instance, the mass exodus of cattle stampeding through the beautiful yet brutal landscape, which is simply phenomenal, but there are also scenes which seem to have been borrowed from archives, such as the bombing of Pearl Harbour.</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVL4USvgEeI/AAAAAAAAAHU/n0sxMc4LSF0/s1600-h/insidepix1-australia-jackman-kidman.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283558340371157474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SVL4USvgEeI/AAAAAAAAAHU/n0sxMc4LSF0/s400/insidepix1-australia-jackman-kidman.JPG" border="0" /></a> <p align="center"><em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:85%;">nst pix: Jackman (left) and Kidman are the pull factors for Australia.</span></span></em></p><div align="justify"><strong>Despite its shortcomings, it has its pull factors, namely, its cinematography, Kidman (right) and Jackman.<br /><br />Having two famous Australian faces who have had a string of box-office hits does help. </strong></div><div align="justify"><blockquote>Kidman’s portrayal of Sarah is probably her best work yet.<br /><br />Even in her worst state, <a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1843418">Sarah is a sight to behold</a>. A pretty face compounded by a strong talent makes for a winning combination.<br /><br />The scene involving her mothering Nullah is reminiscent of the late Princess Diana hugging leprosy patients. Simply moving and poignant.<br /><br />With Jackman, his rugged good looks would make anyone want to be rescued by him.<br /><br />There is also good chemistry between Kidman and Jackman and this help save an otherwise average outing.<br /><br />Walters passes with flying colours as Nullah. He represents the child of an interracial society in which he is not accepted by any. One feels that this could be a story on its own.</blockquote><strong>All said, Australia is not a bad film. It is just way too long.</strong> -- <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/Features/20081224194439/Article/indexpull_html">By : Shuib Taib , NST’s Life &amp; Times<br /></a></span><br /><strong>However, “Watch this because I said so. Ha,” said Syahida Kamarudin <a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/movies/film.aspx?P_MediaID=34822">here</a>. </strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8564766204638076582?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-25421475516795185912008-12-21T20:13:00.005+08:002008-12-21T20:37:47.396+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">PIRATES of the Caribbean</span> <strong>fans should tune in to Star Movies as the channel is showcasing the Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy this month.<br /></strong><br />Catch the first offering, Dead Man’s Chest, on Sunday (today -ed.) and At World’s End on Dec 28, both at 10pm.<br /><br />On New Year’s Eve, Star Movies is going full steam ahead with a special Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy Marathon whereby all three movies will be aired back-to-back from 6.30pm.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU43dhMcM8I/AAAAAAAAAGs/AIYGdB3-OaE/s1600-h/insidepix1-pirates-caribbean.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282220393218454466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU43dhMcM8I/AAAAAAAAAGs/AIYGdB3-OaE/s320/insidepix1-pirates-caribbean.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><blockquote><p>It begins with Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl at 6.30pm, followed by the Oscar-winning sequel Dead Man’s Chest at 9pm; and concluding with At World’s End, at 11.30pm.<br /><br /><strong>In Curse of the Black Pearl</strong>, roguish Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Johnny Depp, has gained a reputation as a conman and villain. </p><p>But when the Governor’s beautiful and spirited daughter Elizabeth (played by Kiera Knightley), is kidnapped by the wily Captain Barbossa, her would-be suitor Will Turner, played by Orlanda Bloom, teams up with Jack to help rescue her.<br /><br />But Jack has his own reasons for hunting down Barbossa and his cursed crew — they’ve stolen his beloved ship, The Black Pearl, and he wants it back.<br /><br /><strong>Jack then returns in blockbuster sequel Dead Man’s Chest</strong> which ranks as the third most successful film in Hollywood history.<br /><br />As Will and Elizabeth prepare to exchange vows, their wedding plans hit rough waters when they’re arrested for helping Jack escape.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Jack faces a prison term after he reneges on a deal with Davy Jones (played by Bill Nighy), the captain of the terrifying ghost ship, Flying Dutchman.<br /><br />In a bid to save his life, Jack reunites with Will and Elizabeth, and enlists help from his one-time nemesis, Captain Barbossa.<br /><br /><strong>And in At World’s End</strong>, Will, Elizabeth and Captain Barbossa embark on a desperate quest to save Jack from a monstrous sea creature controlled by Davy Jones.<br /><br />To complete their mission, they must travel to Singapore to confront Chinese pirate Captain Sao Feng (played by Chow Yun-fat) and sail into treacherous waters to sink the Flying Dutchman.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the East India Trading Co., led by Lord Beckett (played by Tom Hollander) is trying to end piracy once and for all.</p></blockquote><div align="justify"><strong>Catch the Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy over Astro Channel 413.</strong> — <span style="font-size:85%;">Compiled by Sharmila Billot<br /></span><br /><strong>Pirates of the Caribbean contest:</strong> IF you’re a feisty Pirates of the Caribbean fan, here’s your chance to win mini treasure chest sets worth RM200 each.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU43-u8nt1I/AAAAAAAAAG0/Cy6rrSEmOHc/s1600-h/agent-provocateur.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282220963845879634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU43-u8nt1I/AAAAAAAAAG0/Cy6rrSEmOHc/s400/agent-provocateur.bmp" border="0" /></a> <blockquote><div align="justify">In conjunction with Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy, Star Movies is giving away 20 mini treasure chests.<br /><br />All you have to do is say what you would do if you were a swashbuckling pirate in not more than 25 words.<br /><br />E-mail your entries to: <a href="mailto:starmovies@sg.startv.com">starmovies@sg.startv.com</a> before Dec 31.<br /><br />Winners will be notified by e-mail. Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entertained. -- <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Features/20081218173320/Article/indexF_html">NST's Life &amp; Times</a></div></blockquote></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2542147551679518591?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-46244608434854089592008-12-21T15:18:00.007+08:002008-12-21T15:40:29.756+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM)</span> <strong>has reported a disruption in its Internet services due to circuit faults on the submarine cable network linking Malaysia and Europe, and said the services would be completely restored by Dec 31.<br /></strong><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU3uyrIimvI/AAAAAAAAAGc/db03rvlNHbA/s1600-h/oops!!!_sorry_small.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282140492314876658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 65px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU3uyrIimvI/AAAAAAAAAGc/db03rvlNHbA/s400/oops!!!_sorry_small.gif" border="0" /></a> <blockquote>TM said in a statement Sunday that customers using its Internet services may experience slow browsing.<br /><br />Access to websites hosted in Europe and that those using other IP (Internet Protocol) services such as Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and other critical business applications linked to Europe may also experience some service degradation.<br /><br />It said the affected cables, on the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 4 (SMW4) submarine network between Palermo in southern Italy and Alexandria in northern Egypt, were being repaired and that some of the links had meanwhile been rerouted to ease congestion.<br /><br />During the restoration process, traffic to northern America may experience minor degradation while traffic to other countries is unaffected, it said.</blockquote><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU3vSEJtYjI/AAAAAAAAAGk/d09rl-BsaBw/s1600-h/got_q-tmnet.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282141031606608434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU3vSEJtYjI/AAAAAAAAAGk/d09rl-BsaBw/s320/got_q-tmnet.bmp" border="0" /></a><strong>Customers can call TM at 100 and select “Internet Services” or email TM at <a href="mailto:help@tm.com.my">help@tm.com.my</a> </strong><strong>regarding Internet-related problems, it added.</strong> – <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/21/nation/20081221113626&amp;sec=nation">Bernama via The Star </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4624460843485408959?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-63758049313876203082008-12-20T23:32:00.005+08:002008-12-20T23:54:33.145+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Penyayi dan pelakon popular tanah air, Awie</span> <strong>atau nama sebenarnya Ahmad Azhar Othman, 40, membuat laporan polis dan akan mengambil tindakan mahkamah berhubung dakwaan mengatakan dia menjadi ketua kumpulan samseng ala kongsi gelap yang dinamakan Dragon.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote>Awie yang berpangkat Ayahanda dalam Pertubuhan Kebajikan dan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Pekida) menafikan sepenuhnya bahawa dia menjadi ketua samseng dalam pertubuhan tersebut.</blockquote><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU0SFyNJZ6I/AAAAAAAAAGM/g9Muj9hNmE0/s1600-h/12202008_awiepc(a).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281897828561020834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SU0SFyNJZ6I/AAAAAAAAAGM/g9Muj9hNmE0/s320/12202008_awiepc(a).jpg" border="0" /></a> <blockquote>Menurut Awie, laporan polis tersebut dibuat di Balai Polis Kota Bharu, Kelantan, kira-kira jam 7:30 petang Ahad lalu kerana menganggap laporan yang dikeluarkan sebuah akhbar tempatan itu adalah fitnah yang keterlaluan ke atas dirinya.<br /><br />“Dalam akhbar tersebut, Presiden Pekida, Jamaluddin Yusof melontarkan fitnah dan tohmahan ke atas diri saya yang terang-terang melabelkan saya sebagai seorang yang berbahaya.<br /><br />“Saya juga terkilan dengan kenyataan beliau yang mengatakan saya mengambil wang RM3,600 daripada pengikut jika hendak bai'ah (angkat sumpah),” katanya dalam sidang media semalam.<br /><br />Tambahnya, peguamnya akan mengambil tindakan di mahkamah sivil terhadap Presiden Pekida dan kepada mereka yang mensensasikan berita tersebut.<br /><br />Menurut peguamnya, Md Yunos Shariff, undang-undang sivil diambil untuk membersihkan semula nama anak guamannya, manakala laporan polis dibuat untuk jenayah fitnah.<br /><br />Menurut Yunos, pihaknya akan berurusan dengan pihak berkuasa dan kes tersebut dimaklumkan akan disiasat mengikut Seksyen 499 Kanun Keseksaan, dibaca bersama Seksyen 500 Kanun Keseksaan.<br /><br />“Kita dalam proses penyediaan dokumen-dokumen berkaitan termasuk mengumpul segala bukti untuk menfailkan kes di mahkamah, selewat-lewatnya bulan ini,” katanya.</blockquote><strong>Turut hadir dalam sidang media tersebut adalah Pengerusi Pekida Putrajaya, Datuk Sri Jaafar Shaari dan Pengerusi Pekida Wangsa Maju, Datuk Malek Ranting yang sebelum ini dipecat daripada Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Pekida. </strong>– teks: <a href="http://www.sinarharian.com.my/">Sinar Harian </a>Sabtu 20 Disember 2008 (versi cetak m.s. N17), foto: <a href="http://www.murai.com.my/">murai.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6375804931387620308?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-81581529746860100522008-12-19T22:25:00.007+08:002008-12-19T22:44:36.554+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Proton Holdings Bhd</span> <strong>(</strong><a href="http://www.zoomfinance.com/zoomfinance/S13_FastQuote2.jsp?txtSymbol=5304"><strong>5304</strong></a><strong> –ed.) has not been served with any summons by the Chinese joint venture (JV) partner, Goldstar Heavy Industrial Co Ltd, and therefore was not aware of the basis of the purported claim, it said in a reply to Bursa Malaysia query.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote>Bursa Malaysia queried the national carmaker on a news report that said Goldstar was claiming RM520 million from Proton for breach of contract.</blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUuxY4bG8kI/AAAAAAAAAF8/tjzG9PcItCY/s1600-h/proton-logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281510029043102274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUuxY4bG8kI/AAAAAAAAAF8/tjzG9PcItCY/s320/proton-logo.jpg" border="0" /></a> <blockquote><em>[the Star daily said Wednesday (Dec 17, 2008) that Goldstar had started legal action in Guangdong province, seeking about 1.0 billion yuan in compensation over the failed venture, <a href="http://www1.malaysiakini.com/news/94991">Malaysiakini news portal reported </a>(AFP’s version <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2008/12/proton-gets-sued.html">here</a>) – ed.]<br /></em><br />Proton also confirmed the JV company still existed though it never commenced business operations due to the failure of Goldstar to meet its contractual obligations including procuring the necessary approvals from the relevant authorities in China.<br /><br />“The parties have referred the dispute to arbitration, in accordance with the spirit of the JV agreement,” it said.<br /><br />Proton’s JV collaboration, signed in early 2002, was to assemble Waja cars and make parts in China, tap the vibrant growth in the world's populous nation as well as cater to its neighbouring countries.</blockquote><strong>The JV involved Proton taking up a 49 per cent stake in Goldstar for RM85.5 million.</strong> — <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/14456-proton-says-no-summons-from-goldstar">Bernama via M/Insider </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8158152974686010052?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-13884219889907566412008-12-18T06:59:00.001+08:002008-12-18T07:00:19.376+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Thirty nine fraternity students joined in the</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">annual naked run</span> <strong>Tuesday which turned out to be a protest against recent moves by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies in Congress to effect charter change which they claim will extend Arroyo's term beyond 2010.<br /><br /></strong><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUlBhBui_2I/AAAAAAAAAFs/dq9fF_XFMMQ/s1600-h/philippines-naked-run.jpg"><strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824073723772770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUlBhBui_2I/AAAAAAAAAFs/dq9fF_XFMMQ/s400/philippines-naked-run.jpg" border="0" /></strong></a><strong> </strong><blockquote><strong>Pix: A naked member of the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity gives a red rose to a student as they run naked around the Palma Hall building in the fraternity's annual naked run dubbed "The Oblation Run" at the University of the Philippines, the country's premier university, Tuesday Dec. 16, 2008 at Manila's Quezon city. </strong></blockquote></div><div align="justify"><strong><blockquote>More Pixs@MSN Philippines – Click On Photo</blockquote></strong></div><a href="http://news.ph.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1841988"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280824341473844146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUlBwnLI27I/AAAAAAAAAF0/eeTp9Ym1K-Y/s400/fleshing-out-the-issues.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1388421988990756641?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-75002086864704172412008-12-17T19:41:00.015+08:002008-12-17T20:08:27.934+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">MALAYSIA'S PROTON</span> <strong>is being sued for 146 million dollars by China's Goldstar Heavy Industrial over the collapse of their joint venture plan to build vehicles in China</strong>, a report said Wednesday.<br /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/17/business/2826084&amp;sec=business">The Star daily said </a>Goldstar had started legal action in Guangdong province, seeking about 1.0 billion yuan in compensation over the failed venture.</blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUjn1uemrKI/AAAAAAAAAFk/2FvM0OXcb3w/s1600-h/proton-gets-sued.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280725473287384226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUjn1uemrKI/AAAAAAAAAFk/2FvM0OXcb3w/s400/proton-gets-sued.JPG" border="0" /></a> <blockquote>The two companies were to have produced vehicles in a plant in Dongguan province, but Proton reportedly said Goldstar failed to obtain a licence for the joint venture.<br /><br />Goldstar's legal action contravenes "the agreed arbitration process", the Malaysian firm told the daily, adding that arbitration had been due to be held in Singapore in March.<br /><br />The Star said Proton had instead signed an agreement to partner with another Chinese firm, Jinhua Youngman Automobile Manufacturing, with a goal of selling 30,000 units of its GEN-2 model in China.<br /><br />Proton has been trying to develop export markets as it suffers a steep decline in market share in Malaysia, where it has been outgunned by imports in a newly deregulated environment.</blockquote><strong>The automaker was formed 25 years ago as part of an ambitious national industrialisation plan, but it has suffered from a reputation for poor quality and unimaginative models. </strong>-- <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.my.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1841464">Agence France-Presse - 12/17/2008 3:59 AM GMT</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7500208686470417241?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-42489177398836706092008-12-16T23:35:00.002+08:002008-12-17T00:12:26.164+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM)</span> <strong>memberi satu lagi peluang kepada B. Sathianathan untuk membimbing skuad nasional apabila menawarkan jurulatih itu kontrak lanjutan tidak lebih setahun dengan syarat-syarat yang ketat.<br /></strong><br />Di bawah tawaran itu, Sathia akan membimbing skuad nasional untuk mengharungi perlawanan kelayakan Piala Asia mulai bulan depan sehingga ke perlawanan terakhir menentang Uzbekistan pada November depan.<br /><br />Namun, FAM menegaskan Sathia tidak akan terlibat dalam persediaan skuad nasional ke Sukan SEA di Laos tahun depan, sebaliknya tugas itu akan diisi oleh jurulatih lain.<br /><br />Mengumumkan lanjutan kontrak itu, Timbalan Presiden FAM, Khairy Jamaluddin berkata, jika bersetuju, pencapaian Sathia akan dianalisis berdasarkan pencapaian skuad nasional di sepanjang perlawanan kelayakan Piala Asia.<br /><br />Selain itu, katanya, kedudukan skuad nasional dalam rangking Persekutuan Bola Sepak Antarabangsa (FIFA) akan menjadi kayu ukur nasib Sathia sama ada akan terus bergelar jurulatih atau sebaliknya.<br /><br />‘‘FAM menawarkan lanjutan kontrak kepada Sathia atas beberapa faktor, pertama kerana kita menaruh keyakinan terhadap skuad yang dibimbingnya.<br /><br />‘‘Ia merupakan skuad yang masih muda, masih dalam pembikinan dengan purata umur pemain 24 tahun yang belum menyerlahkan potensi maksimumnya.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUfLEf2G2AI/AAAAAAAAAFc/jB-494hJoYE/s1600-h/fam-cif.jpg"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280412366243551234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUfLEf2G2AI/AAAAAAAAAFc/jB-494hJoYE/s320/fam-cif.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></a><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">foto utusan: SULTAN Ahmad Shah (kiri) yang diiringi Khairy Jamaluddin tiba untuk mempengerusikan mesyuarat FAM di Kelana Jaya, semalam.<br /></span></em><br />‘‘Selain itu FAM kesuntukan masa untuk mencari jurulatih lain memandangkan saingan kelayakan Piala Asia akan bermula bulan depan,’’ katanya selepas mesyuarat jawatankuasa pengurusan skuad nasional di Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya, semalam.<br /><br />Mesyuarat itu dipengerusikan oleh Presiden FAM, Sultan Ahmad Shah.<br /><br /><strong><a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2008/12/cari-pemain-dan-jurulatih-yang-bagus.html">Sathia dikritik hebat </a>ekoran kegagalan membawa skuad nasional melepasi peringkat kelayakan Piala Asia di Phuket dengan kekalahan paling diingati kepada Vietnam 2-3 akibat kesilapan penjaga gol Mohd. Helmi Eliza Elias.<br /><br />Jelas Khairy, FAM tidak mahu menggugurkan jurulatih serta pembubaran skuad seperti sebelum ini setiap kali gagal di kejohanan antarabangsa. […]</strong> -- <a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&amp;dt=1216&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Sukan&amp;pg=su_01.htm">Utusan Malaysia, Selasa, 16 Disember 2008 </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4248917739883670609?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-85510156983060549802008-12-16T14:10:00.005+08:002008-12-16T14:30:00.176+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">BEYOND RANGOON</span> <strong>directed by John Boorman (Distributed by Alliance Entertainment (M) Sdn Bhd) Starring Patricia Arquette<br /></strong><br />THIS is that rare sort of film that grips you as you are drawn in, leaving you emotionally drained.<br /><br /><blockquote>You are shocked, saddened, outraged — and relieved — by the time the movie ends.<br /><br />John Boorman knows his stuff, and with a little help from a brilliant performance by Patricia Arquette, he delivers.</blockquote><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUdHmjIT0LI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tTwrb0He_qg/s1600-h/beyondRangoon.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280267815705890994" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 327px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUdHmjIT0LI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tTwrb0He_qg/s400/beyondRangoon.jpg" border="0" /></a><blockquote>Set in Myanmar in 1988, it follows the story of grieving American tourist Dr Laura Bowman (Arquette), who is on holiday to help her come to terms with the recent murder of her husband and son. Alas, she loses her passport and finds herself stranded in Rangoon (Yangon) just as the army begins its infamous crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.<br /><br />Soon after witnessing murders and brutality by the army against unarmed civilians, she flees from the country with a professor, monk and some dissident students, the army in hot pursuit.<br /><br />As she fights for her survival and that of her companions, she learns to get over her loss and grief.</blockquote>Beautifully filmed, even if a trifle heavy-handed in a couple of places, this movie has a spiritual quality about it.<br /><br />It is said to be based on true incidents and in the special features section, Boorman and others make no bones about their support for Aung San Suu Kyi and her country's democracy movement.<br /><br /><strong>So yes, this is a political film, as well as a powerful narrative. And if the background looks familiar, this is because much of the story was filmed in Malaysia.</strong> – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.emedia.com.my/detailnews_cinema.php?nid=5934&amp;cid=M01">James Hipkiss via e-media.com</a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8551015698306054980?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-9115552537256743782008-12-15T21:08:00.005+08:002008-12-15T21:23:45.584+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Celebrities and captains of industry</span> <strong>had a ball yesterday, playing against each other in a charity tennis event that raised RM75K.<br /></strong><br /><blockquote>TV show host Azura Zainal played her part with great gusto, not to mention she can execute a mean backhand as well.<br /><br />Azura Zainal, who stopped playing tennis four years ago, said she enjoyed herself immensely.<br /><br />"I had one goal in mind: keep the ball in the court and just have fun. It was an absolutely great opportunity to meet captains of industry whom I might normally not meet," said the Singapore-based Azura, who expressed amazement at how fit most of the CEOs were.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUZYIEQ3aGI/AAAAAAAAAFE/RpgAIuIBZGE/s1600-h/ceo&amp;celebrity-charity-tennis08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280004508745164898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUZYIEQ3aGI/AAAAAAAAAFE/RpgAIuIBZGE/s400/ceo%26celebrity-charity-tennis08.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"><em>nst pix: Datuk Seri Kalimullah Hassan letting AirAsia CEO Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes (second from left) keep the Wilson K Factor racquet. With them are Azura Zainal (left) and Hans Isaac.<br /></em></span><br />For AirAsia chief executive officer Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes, who rarely plays tennis, it was a flight through uncharted territory.<br /><br />"Though this tournament saw some very high standard tennis played, I enjoyed it so much that I will probably take up tennis regularly from now.<br /><br />"The main reason I joined this tournament was because it was charity-driven.<br /><br />"However, the fact that I could help do some good while having fun is not a bad thing."</blockquote><strong>Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia president Datuk Abdul Razak Latiff said they did it in the spirit of charity.</strong> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-911555253725674378?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-67892981573748443092008-12-13T17:38:00.010+08:002008-12-13T20:46:51.921+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>I know you all,</strong> <span style="font-size:180%;">Malaysiakini readers</span><strong>, take an interest in matters of political animals’ behaviors. I thought you all might want to know and share your thought about the following sad case and remarks by <span style="color:#ff0000;">BARA </span>spokesperson, Khan. Is there any way that this so-called democratic animal incidents and its animality problem could be rectified?</strong></div><br /><p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Iu393jgzuTk&amp;color1=" width="425" height="344" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" feature="player_embedded&amp;fs=" color2="0xcfcfcf&amp;hl="></embed></p><br /><p align="justify"><strong>The Game: Khan specifically made reference to </strong><a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Frontpage/20081210191544/Article/index_html"><strong>this blame game</strong></a></p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUOFFZAP4sI/AAAAAAAAAE0/pzEGKWGPXwg/s1600-h/landslide-tragedy_blame-game-begins.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279209515866120898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUOFFZAP4sI/AAAAAAAAAE0/pzEGKWGPXwg/s400/landslide-tragedy_blame-game-begins.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>The Tragedy: </strong><a href="http://mariasamad.blogspot.com/2008/12/landslide-tragedy-4-killed-more-buried.html"><strong>Landslide tragedy at Bt Antarabangsa: 4 killed, more buried - Malaysiakini</strong></a><br /><p align="justify"></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUOHlBs-p0I/AAAAAAAAAE8/48q2C-WRMZQ/s1600-h/bukit-antarabangsa_landslide.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279212258390353730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUOHlBs-p0I/AAAAAAAAAE8/48q2C-WRMZQ/s400/bukit-antarabangsa_landslide.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6789298157374844309?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-49797027132959601422008-12-13T01:37:00.011+08:002008-12-13T02:07:39.655+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">British supermodel Kate Moss</span> <strong>has been seen clutching two bottles of what appears to be amyl nitrate, a drug used to enhance sexual pleasure.</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUKiXLDxWWI/AAAAAAAAAEk/yBcrCkrWZw8/s1600-h/kate-moss-sex-boost.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278960232220940642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUKiXLDxWWI/AAAAAAAAAEk/yBcrCkrWZw8/s400/kate-moss-sex-boost.JPG" border="0" /></a><blockquote>The British supermodel arrived at her North London home holding two small plastic bottles - featuring a skull and crossbones warning on the lids, a design which bears a resemblance to the potent substance which is also known as 'poppers' - last night (10 Dec, 2008).<br /><br />Legal drug amyl nitrate is also popular among clubbers who sniff the vapours to get a head rush. It is often combined with other drugs.<br /><br />Earlier that day, Kate - who is dating rocker Jamie Hince - had left home to enjoy a shopping spree.<br /><br />Upon her return, along with the two bottles, the 34-year-old supermodel was also carrying a bag containing exclusive Diptyque candles.<br /><br />Kate isn't the only celebrity to be linked to poppers recently.</blockquote><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUKipnKVjmI/AAAAAAAAAEs/4NJDizDWWSI/s1600-h/kate-moss.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278960549002317410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUKipnKVjmI/AAAAAAAAAEs/4NJDizDWWSI/s400/kate-moss.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>Sarah Symonds, who alleges she had a seven-year affair with Gordon Ramsay, claims the controversial TV chef used the substance during their sex sessions to enhance his performance in the bedroom</strong>. – <a href="http://entertainment.my.msn.com/Celebrity-Gossip/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1834573"><span style="font-size:85%;">Bang - Friday, 12 December 2008</span></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4979702713295960142?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-64736419797348904352008-12-12T21:03:00.007+08:002008-12-13T07:39:10.565+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-size:180%;">Polis kena siasat kes ni</span><strong> kerana laporan sudah dibuat -- Lagi pun ini kes criminal, ada potential jadi terrorist -- Walaupun Diana kata dia dah maafkan, lapor Harian Metro hari ini:</strong><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUJiHJi6MJI/AAAAAAAAAEU/8GatHqDwRLM/s1600-h/gambar-diana-danielle-shamsul-b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278889588192587922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 371px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUJiHJi6MJI/AAAAAAAAAEU/8GatHqDwRLM/s400/gambar-diana-danielle-shamsul-b.jpg" border="0" /></a>“Saya sudah maafkan dia, tapi tak dapat terimanya seperti dulu lagi. Saya trauma dan masih terkejut,” kata pelakon jelita, Diana Danielle yang kesal dengan tindakan pengarah muda, Syamsul Yusof, 24, mengasarinya.<br /><br />Pada 28 November lalu, Diana membuat laporan di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Ampang mendakwa Syamsul mengasarinya dalam satu pertengkaran di rumahnya, dua hari sebelum itu.<br /><br />Diana mendakwa ditumbuk lima kali hingga cedera di telinga dan kepalanya.<br /><br />“Dia cuba tumbuk muka, tapi saya mengelak menyebabkan tumbukan itu terkena kepala dan telinga. Bagaimanapun, pergaduhan kami dileraikan ibu saya (Norsiah Ramli) dan anggota keluarga lain yang berada di rumah.</div><div align="justify"><br />“Akibat serangan itu, saya lebam di kepala dan telinga. Laporan polis yang saya buat bukan berniat mendakwa Syamsul, sebaliknya untuk mempertahankan diri,” katanya.<br /><br /><strong>Ditanya adakah dia merancang menarik semula laporan polis itu, Diana ternyata enggan melakukannya.</strong><br /><br />“Saya tidak akan tarik balik laporan itu kerana apa pula kata keluarga saya kelak kerana mereka menyaksikan kejadian itu. Lagipun, saya bukan mahu mendakwanya, sebaliknya laporan itu bertujuan mempertahankan diri.<br /><br />“Seumur hidup, saya tidak pernah dikasari sebegini meskipun daripada ibu sendiri. Apabila Syamsul bertindak sedemikian, saya cukup terkilan.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUJi8J5M1II/AAAAAAAAAEc/aqusSG9etSw/s1600-h/diana-danielle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278890498819150978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 331px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUJi8J5M1II/AAAAAAAAAEc/aqusSG9etSw/s400/diana-danielle.jpg" border="0" /></a>“Kalau boleh saya tak mahu bercakap lagi soal ini kerana tak mahu kenyataan saya mengguris hati pelbagai pihak, tambahan pula saya amat menghormati Datuk Yusof Haslam dan isterinya, Datin Fatimah Ismail yang sudah saya anggap sebagai ibu bapa sendiri,” katanya. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>Diana berkata demikian ketika hadir pada majlis Lord's Tailor Brand New Look sempena ulang tahun ke-34 butik berkenaan di Pusat Beli-belah Bangsar di sini, semalam. </strong>– <a href="http://www.hmetro.com.my/Friday/BeritaUtama/20081212085505/Article">Lagi di Harian Metro </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6473641979734890435?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-64561914547788166132008-12-12T18:14:00.007+08:002008-12-12T18:34:10.948+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Kalau Raja Bola, Datuk Ghani Minhat sendiri sudah memberi pandangan agar mencari pemain lain untuk wakili pasukan kebangsaan ini, bermakna sukan bola sepak negara kini di tahap kritikal.<br /></strong><br />Menurut Ghani, pemain yang akan mewakili skuad kebangsaan perlulah yang betul-betul bagus, kalau tidak jurulatih perlu melatih pemain itu menjadi yang terhebat dan mampu memberi saingan kepada pasukan lain.<br /><br />‘‘Pemain yang baik pula bukan hanya bagus dari segi permainan tetapi perlu memiliki kemahiran tipu helah tetapi ia tidak cukup setakat seorang dua pemain sahaja,’’ katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia, semalam bagi mengulas prestasi buruk negara dalam Kejohanan Piala Suzuki AFF.<br /><br />Jelasnya, pasukan yang kuat mampu menjaringkan gol, kalau tidak berjaya menjaringkan gol bermakna pasukan itu tidak kuat.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUI6DW49tjI/AAAAAAAAAEE/g6zmurL3ztY/s1600-h/sk_01_big.FAMprob.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278845542590166578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUI6DW49tjI/AAAAAAAAAEE/g6zmurL3ztY/s200/sk_01_big.FAMprob.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>Sementara itu, Nasib B. Sathianathan sebagai jurulatih kebangsaan akan diketahui Isnin ini apabila Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) mengadakan mesyuarat mengenainya susulan kekalahan Malaysia dalam saingan Kumpulan B kejohanan bola sepak Piala Suzuki AFF di Phuket, kelmarin.<br /></strong><br />Walaupun FAM telah memberi ketetapan tidak akan memperbaharui kontrak Sathia yang tamat hujung bulan jika beliau gagal membawa pasukannya mara ke final kejohanan, namun belum ada keputusan muktamad dibuat mengenai kedudukan Sathia.<br /><br />Malah, Setiausaha Agung FAM, Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad yang ditanya mengenai perkara itu berkata, segala-galanya akan diputuskan dalam mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Pengurusan FAM Isnin ini.<br /><br />‘‘Masih terlalu awal untuk saya memperkatakan tentang kedudukan Sathia. Secara peribadi saya juga tidak boleh mengulas kedudukan beliau kerana ia akan ditentukan oleh Jawatankuasa Pengurusan yang bermesyuarat Isnin ini,’’ katanya ketika tiba dari Phuket bersama para pemain skuad negara di Pangkalan Udara Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) Subang, semalam.<br /><br /></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUI6gztta3I/AAAAAAAAAEM/7J1cb1Rfbwk/s1600-h/su_02TigersBalikTUDM.jpg"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278846048543796082" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUI6gztta3I/AAAAAAAAAEM/7J1cb1Rfbwk/s200/su_02TigersBalikTUDM.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">Skuad negara menamatkan cabaran lebih awal di kejohanan tersebut apabila tewas dua perlawanan terakhir dengan Vietnam (2-3) dan Thailand (0-3) walaupun </span><a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2008/12/bravo-tigers-benam-laos-3-null.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">bermula cemerlang dengan membenam Laos 3-0 </span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">pada perlawanan pembukaan.<br /></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gagal mencapai sasaran untuk sekurang-kurangnya layak ke separuh akhir, kesuraman jelas kelihatan di wajah 22 pemain dan 11 pegawai yang tiba dari Phuket dengan menaiki pesawat Hercules C-130 milik TUDM pada pukul 2.30 petang, semalam. -- <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&amp;dt=1212&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Sukan&amp;pg=su_02.htm">Utusan Malaysia</a></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6456191454778816613?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-72719332845605368482008-12-11T20:57:00.005+08:002008-12-11T21:24:07.117+08:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>The big four of Asean football progressed into the semi-finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup after an action-packed six days of group games that produced 46 goals.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUEPF6H_B9I/AAAAAAAAACs/moJVqOoxgDg/s1600-h/AFFSUZUKICUP2008_BIG4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278516832431441874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUEPF6H_B9I/AAAAAAAAACs/moJVqOoxgDg/s400/AFFSUZUKICUP2008_BIG4.jpg" border="0" /></a></strong>Defending champions Singapore and the co-hosts Indonesia were joined by three-time winners Thailand and Vietnam after the final pool matches on Wednesday.<br /><br />Malaysia missed out on the semi-finals for the first time since 1998 after Thailand beat them 3-0 and Vietnam defeated Laos 4-0 in the Group B double header.<br /><br />Group B winners Thailand, the only side not to have conceded a goal in the group games, take on Indonesia while Singapore, who topped Group A, play Vietnam in the home and away semis.<br /><br />The Thais, hot favourites to win the title after three impressive performances, travel to Jakarta for the first leg on December 16 with the home tie to be played on December 20.<br /><br />Vietnam will be at home to Singapore on December 17 and play in the Lion City on December 21.<br /><br /><strong>Thailand, under new coach Peter Reid, were top scorers in group action with 11 goals but the former Sunderland and Manchester City boss will still be concerned at the profligacy of his young forward line.</strong> – <a href="http://sport.my.msn.com/AseanFootball/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1832604"><span style="font-size:85%;">MORE MSN SPORTS</span> </a></span></div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUEQ40PrnyI/AAAAAAAAAC0/mE6mkRIDRq4/s1600-h/Reid_Ex-BlackCats-boss.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278518806538067746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SUEQ40PrnyI/AAAAAAAAAC0/mE6mkRIDRq4/s400/Reid_Ex-BlackCats-boss.JPG" border="0" /></a> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Aroy Mak! Reid puas hati matlamat tercapai</strong>: JURULATIH Thailand, Peter Reid puas hati dengan persembahan anak buahnya sepanjang saingan Kumpulan B Piala AFF Suzuki termasuk ketika membenam Malaysia 3-0 di Stadium Surakul, semalam.<br /><br /><blockquote>“Kami berjaya mencapai objektif kami iaitu melangkah ke separuh akhir sebagai juara kumpulan.<br />“Saya gembira dengan persembahan semua pemain sepanjang saingan kumpulan dan berharap mereka akan meneruskannya apabila kami bermain di peringkat separuh akhir menentang Indonesia,” katanya.</blockquote>Meskipun melihat pemainnya diasak pemain negara di babak kedua permainan, Reid berkata, dia yakin dengan kematangan anak buahnya menangani tekanan.<br /><br /><blockquote>“Pemain saya matang dan tahu apa yang hendak dilakukan. Kami bertahan dan menyerang secara berpasukan.<br />“Itu kunci permainan kami dan setakat ini kami nampak kuat di semua bahagian,” katanya yang turut memuji sikap positif pemainnya.</blockquote>Begitupun, dia mengakui tugas berat menanti pasukannya apabila bertandang ke Jakarta untuk mengharungi separuh akhir pertama, Selasa depan.<br /><br /><blockquote>“Saya diberitahu penolong jurulatih, Steve Darby betapa sokongan kuat penyokong Indonesia mampu merubah rentak pasukan mereka.<br />“Kami akan sentiasa berwaspada dan berharap akan mendapat keputusan yang iinginkan,” katanya.</blockquote><strong>Reid yang juga bekas pengurus Sunderland, berkata, dia tidak berminat kembali ke pangkuan kelab Inggeris itu susulan peletakan jawatan Roy Keane. Sebaliknya, dia komited untuk menghabiskan kontrak empat tahunnya bersama Thailand yang dilaporkan bernilai £4 juta (RM24 juta)</strong>. – <a href="http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/myMetro/Thursday/Arena/20081211092234/Article/index_html">harian metro</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-7271933284560536848?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-60995608345863940942008-12-10T23:58:00.007+08:002008-12-11T00:31:12.809+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Tumpuan laporan media alternatif hari ini kepada respon Syed Hamid, Menteri Dalam Negeri, berkaitan pendedahan Harian Singapura <em>The Straits Times</em> bahawa lebih 10 anggota kumpulan radikal yang dikaitkan dengan peristiwa 911 telah dibebaskan dari Kem Tahanan Kamunting.<br /></strong><br /><strong>Portal berita terkemuka <em>Malaysiakini</em> hari ini (Dec 10, 08 4:01pm) juga tidak mahu ketinggalan ‘bot Yazid’ melaporkan bahawa:<br /></strong><br />Lebih 10 anggota kumpulan radikal yang dikaitkan dengan Jemaah Islamiah (JI) termasuk Yazid Sufaat - didakwa terlibat dalam peristiwa 11 September - dibebaskan daripada kurungan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) di kem Kamunting.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST_pqQD8oOI/AAAAAAAAACc/hJdodBedyIk/s1600-h/yazid-sufaat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278194200376811746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST_pqQD8oOI/AAAAAAAAACc/hJdodBedyIk/s400/yazid-sufaat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Nama Yazid muncul sewaktu perbicaraan Zacarias Moussaoui, warga Perancis yang didapati bersalah berkonspirasi dalam pengeboman Pusat Dagangan Dunia (WTC) di New York pada 2001.<br /><br />Harian Singapura The Straits Times hari ini dilaporkan memetik seorang pegawai Malaysia yang menyatakan anggota-anggota jaringan JI di kem Kamunting warga Indonesia dan Filipina turut dibebaskan sejak sebulan lepas.<br /><br />Mereka dibebaskan selepas didapati tidak lagi menimbulkan ancaman keselamatan, laporan itu dipetik.<br /><br />Pegawai kanan itu berkata mereka yang dibebaskan itu telah insaf selepas menjalani pemulihan di kem di Taiping itu.<br /><br />Yazid, yang ditahan pada Disember tujuh tahun lepas, telah menunjukkan "peningkatan besar", kata pegawai itu lagi tanpa mengulas lanjut.<br /><br />Bekas kapten tentera berusia 43 tahun itu antara radikal yang paling popular dikaitkan dengan JI dan serangan dua menara di Amerika Syarikat itu.<br /><br />Suspek anggota-anggota JI negara ini, Indonesia dan Filipina yang ditahan ISA dikaitkan dengan beberapa serangan bom di republik itu dan perjuangan gerila Islam di Mindanao.<br /><br />Sementara itu Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar hanya menyebut enam tahanan ISA, termasuk Yazid dan dua anggota JI dibebaskan baru-baru ini, lapor Bernama.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST_qGBAwZMI/AAAAAAAAACk/fPcTBALiMps/s1600-h/anggota-ji.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278194677373232322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 378px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST_qGBAwZMI/AAAAAAAAACk/fPcTBALiMps/s400/anggota-ji.gif" border="0" /></a><br />Katanya, lima orang dibebaskan 4 Disember lepas iaitu dua warga Thailand yang dituduh anggota kumpulan pemisah dan tiga rakyat Malaysia termasuk seorang anggota JI.<br /><br />Yazid dibebaskan bulan lepas, kata Syed Hamid.<br /><br />"Kerajaan bersikap, kalau tahanan tidak menjadi ancaman kepada masyarakat, dia akan dibebaskan selepas dipulihkan dan seterusnya boleh dikembalikan kepada masyarakat," katanya di lobi Parlimen.<br /><br />Menurut agensi berita itu lagi, Syed Hamid berkata sejak beliau memegang Kementerian Dalam Negeri, jumlah 75 tahanan akta kontroversi itu sudah menurun kepada 46 orang.<br /><br />Katanya, daripada jumlah tersebut, 16 anggota kumpulan militan JI, 13 orang dari kumpulan Darul Islam, 10 orang kerana terlibat dalam pemalsuan dokumen kad pengenalan dan pasport, lima pemimpin Barisan Bertindak Hak-hak Hindu (Hindraf) dan dua individu yang bekerja dengan agensi perisikan asing. –<a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/94625"><span style="font-size:85%;">Malaysiakini - Dec 10, 08 4:01pm MYT</span> </a><br /><br /><strong>Faktanya, jangan lupa, 10 penyerang Mumbai@BomBay menggunakan ‘bot’ untuk ke sasaran yang telah dikenalpastikan oleh 8 ‘reconnaissancers’... [setakat itu saja] </strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6099560834586394094?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-84351533680519470332008-12-09T21:53:00.005+08:002008-12-10T02:33:43.822+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Dear Technocrats@Cyberjaya, Note the message on Police/MPSp will be issuing summons to cars parked at roundabouts, Traffic Lights junctions, and road junctions along the roads below …</strong> </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>• Persiaran APEC<br />• Persiaran Multimedia<br />• Persiaran Semarak Api<br />• Jalan Teknokrat<br />• Jalan Usahawan.<br /></strong><br />[<a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/12/8/central/2735381&amp;sec=central">The Star</a>] <strong>BEGINNING next year if you find your vehicle clamped or missing from the place you parked in Cyberjaya, it is probably been towed away by the Sepang Muncipal Council (MPSp) tow-trucks. </strong></div><div align="justify"><br />The council is coming hard on haphazard parking in Cyberjaya and if motorists are still stubborn, then be prepared to pay hefty summonses to retrieve your vehicles. </div><div align="justify"><br />Enforcement officers will be stationed along major routes like Persiaran APEC, Persiaran Multimedia, Persiaran Semarak Api, Jalan Teknokrat and Jalan Usahawan.<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST557i_X-9I/AAAAAAAAACM/SGxORq2kCQc/s1600-h/cyberjaya-summons.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277789877236661202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST557i_X-9I/AAAAAAAAACM/SGxORq2kCQc/s400/cyberjaya-summons.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em> <blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>pix: Time to be tough: Cyberjaya chief inspector Franky George placing a sunmmons on a car in Cyberjaya watched by MPSp deputy president Abdul Razak Jaafar (left) and Town Planning director Yunus Kashib.</em></span></blockquote><p align="justify"></em></span><strong>MPSp public relations officer Zelda Mohd Zamri said motorists were advised to park their vehicles at designated parking areas at The Sports Arena, Taman Tasik Cyberjaya and Persiaran Rimba Permai and hop into the free shuttle services to get to their working place. </strong></p><div align="justify">“The days are numbered for errant drivers. There are ample parking areas, therefore there is no reason for roadside parking any more,’’ she said. </div><div align="justify"><br />The Cyberview-MPSp parking venue consisting of 1,149 parking bays is in place and a dedicated transport system is provided to ferry workers and visitors commuting within the city. </div><br /><div align="justify">Those who still insist on parking along road shoulders would be fined the maximum amount allowed under the council parking by-laws. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>Council president Azizan Mohd Sidin had said enforcement officers would conduct daily checks to ensure that no vehicles were parked along these routes and create awareness on the new parking system. </strong></div><br /><div align="justify">In October, <em>StarMetro</em> reported that the high-tech township, billed as the “Silicon Valley of Malaysia” was losing its uniqueness because of haphazard parking and poor enforcement. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>Following the report, both the police and the MPSp decided to take a more serious view of the problem and started issuing summonses to owners of vehicles parked along the road shoulders and those obstructing traffic.</strong> – <span style="font-size:78%;">By CHARLES FERNANDEZ</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8435153368051947033?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-12882572262080318312008-12-09T13:24:00.014+08:002008-12-09T17:43:55.340+08:00<div align="justify"><strong><a href="http://alahai-apa-ni.blogspot.com/">alahai apa ni</a>? Malaysia dibelasah Vietnam (2-3) dalam perlawanan Kumpulan B yang berlangsung di Stadium Surakul, Phuket kelmarin.</strong> Ini sekaligus menyempitkan peluang skuad negara untuk melangkah ke separuh akhir Piala Suzuki AFF 2008. Kesilapan penjaga gol Mohd Helmi Eliza Elias ternyata cukup mengecewakan jurulateh Sathianathan.<br /><br />“<strong>Kesemua tiga gol lawan adalah kesilapan penjaga gol</strong>,” kata Sathianathan selepas perlawanan, “tetapi keseluruhan pasukan harus bertanggungjawab,” tambah beliau tanpa mahu mengulas lanjut, <a href="http://amirulcyber.com/bola/berita-bola/vietnam-sempitkan-peluang-malaysia-ke-separuh-akhir.html">lapor amirulcyber.com/bola<br /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST4FDDPtD1I/AAAAAAAAAB8/J0TAp1w_xLA/s1600-h/msiavietnam.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277661363293720402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST4FDDPtD1I/AAAAAAAAAB8/J0TAp1w_xLA/s400/msiavietnam.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Pasukan </strong><a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2008/12/bravo-tigers-benam-laos-3-null.html"><strong>“Harimau-Malaya” yang membenam Laos 3-0 </strong></a><strong>pada perlawanan pertamanya Sabtu lepas, dibelasah Vietnam menerusi jaringan Pham Thanh Luong pada minit ke-17 sebelum Nguyen Vu Phong menambah dua gol lagi pada minit ke-72 dan 86.<br /></strong><br /><strong>Gol Pertama Vietnam: </strong>Pada minit ke-17 penjaga gol Malaysia, Mohd Helmi Eliza Elias, diperangkap Thanh Luong yang merembat dari jarak 25 meter dimana pada ketika itu Helmi Eliza terkeluar dari posisinya.<br /><br /><strong>Goal Kedua Vietnam:</strong> Pada minit ke-72, pintu gol Malaysia sekali lagi dibolosi. Vu Phong yang bergerak dari sebelah kiri mendapat sedikit ruang sebelum melepaskan rembatan yang sekaligus menewaskan Helmi.<br /><br /><strong>Gol Ketiga Vietnam:</strong> Seminit selepas Malaysia bangkit semula dengan gol penyamaan pada minit ke-85 hasil sepakan percuma Indra di dalam kawasan penalti Vietnam, sekali lagi kesilapan Helmi mengundang padah apabila dia tersalah agak bola lambungan Vu Phong yang langsung tidak berbahaya. Bola itu melantun melepasinya dan membolos ke gawang yang terbuka.<br /><br /><strong>alahai… </strong><a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&amp;dt=1209&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Sukan&amp;pg=su_01.htm"><strong>Silap penjaga gol bawa padah</strong></a><strong>… </strong><a href="http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/myMetro/Tuesday/Arena/20081209091333/Article/index_html"><strong>kuak pintu pulang </strong></a><strong> awal… [Helmi pi kocak ayam siyam kut?]<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST4F3plcZPI/AAAAAAAAACE/cnQM_mHxpGQ/s1600-h/sk_01_big-PialaAFFSuzuki.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277662266938647794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 253px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST4F3plcZPI/AAAAAAAAACE/cnQM_mHxpGQ/s320/sk_01_big-PialaAFFSuzuki.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></strong>Kedua-dua gol Malaysia dijaringkan oleh Indra Putra Mahayuddin pada minit ke-21 dan 85.<br /><br /><strong>Pasukan Malaysia kini kena menang besar jumpa Thailand pada Rabu nanti memandangkan Vietnam amat pasti akan menang besar dengan Laos, untuk melangkah ke separuh akhir Piala Suzuki AFF 2008. Jika tidak, nampaknya sejarah 1998 sedekad lalu berulang kembali.<br /><br />“Masih ada peluang,” kata jurulateh Sathianathan, “ tapi kami perlu tewaskan Thailand kerana Vietnam pasti memenangi perlawanan mereka dengan Laos.” </strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-1288257226208031831?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-61559540422774642602008-12-08T23:22:00.004+08:002008-12-08T23:52:59.348+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Kate Winslet says stripping naked in her new movie took her to the 'brink'.<br /></strong><p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST09ppDY2PI/AAAAAAAAABs/VG02r_kWpxA/s1600-h/winslet"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277442123952085234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST09ppDY2PI/AAAAAAAAABs/VG02r_kWpxA/s400/winslet%27s-naked-brink.jpg" border="0" /></a>The British beauty - who bares all in post-war drama 'The Reader' - found playing a former concentration camp guard in the film physically and emotionally draining.<br /><br />She said: 'It really took me to the brink in many ways. To bring my character Hanna Schmitz to life was an absolutely enormous challenge and a huge responsibility as well, because it's a much-loved piece of German literature. Many people have differing opinions of Hanna Schmitz - they love her, they loathe her.'<br /><br />Kate, whose character embarks in a relationship with a younger man in the movie, also revealed she had no problem filming the sex scenes with her 18-year-old co-star David Kross.<br /><br />The 33-year-old actress explained to 'Entertainment Tonight': 'It was the same as shooting any other scene of that nature. A scene with that level of intimacy involving nudity, you know, it's always nerve-wracking, and you really have to rehearse those scenes so that everybody knows exactly what's going on. He didn't need that much looking after.'<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST0-lPyN1QI/AAAAAAAAAB0/Ej58ljrnyxY/s1600-h/winslet-bares-all.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277443147961324802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/ST0-lPyN1QI/AAAAAAAAAB0/Ej58ljrnyxY/s400/winslet-bares-all.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong>'The Reader', which also stars Ralph Fiennes, is released worldwide in January.</strong> -- <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.id.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1824454">Bang - 12/8/2008 7:00 AM GMT</a></span> </p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-6155954042277464260?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-25739509493925322762008-12-07T23:59:00.000+08:002008-12-09T00:18:24.794+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Got this link from Malaysiakini In Blogs, mutaligat: <a href="http://mutaligat.blogspot.com/2008/12/malaysia-benam-laos-resah-hadapi.html">MALAYSIA BENAM LAOS, RESAH HADAPI VIETNAM &amp; THAILAND ~ Ref Malaysiakini</a></strong></div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STx_MaDBt1I/AAAAAAAAABk/BR1GAFUyAT4/s1600-h/affsuzukicup2008-M3-L0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277232714498553682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STx_MaDBt1I/AAAAAAAAABk/BR1GAFUyAT4/s400/affsuzukicup2008-M3-L0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>Yeah!... It was a <a href="http://cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com/2008/12/kita-kena-menang-jumpa-laos.html">good start for the Tigers </a>under Sathianathan</strong>. <strong>The Tigers showed a lot of swashbuckling bravado in the second half of the battle against Laos at the Surakul Stadium in Phuket yesterday</strong>, but to be truly brave they need to appreciate the risks of inconsistency, not the <em>resah </em>(sebagaimana <em>resah</em>nya “Tigersathia” yang kelihatan cukup resah kelmarin dek kebuntuan jaringan walaupun anak-anak buahnya menguasai permainan, lapor Utusan.)<br /><br /></div><blockquote><p align="justify">“It was not an easy game for us, Laos played well, and the players took some time to settle down. But it is a good start for us; we won and managed to collect three points. Laos did not want to lose the game; they gave us plenty of problems. At times, our midfielders and defenders took it easy,” a relieved <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Sport/2421936/Article/index_html">Sathianathan told NST</a>.</p></blockquote><div align="justify"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STv-8RnynGI/AAAAAAAAABc/GvqSv2uJh8w/s1600-h/affsuzukicup2008-mas3-laos0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277091699870571618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STv-8RnynGI/AAAAAAAAABc/GvqSv2uJh8w/s320/affsuzukicup2008-mas3-laos0.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><blockquote><p align="justify">Apart from Laos, the other opponents in Group B are hosts Thailand and Vietnam.<br /><br />For the Tigers to go far in this tournament, they have to be consistent in every match that they play in and that means all the Tigers must show their <em>lapar&amp;dahaga</em>-ness when they are on the battleground.<br /><br />In the first battle they played against Laos, they only played well in the second half and not in the first. The Tigers must avoid that.<br /><br />“Apa yang perlu kita lakukan ialah mengulangi persembahan di babak kedua. Kita perlu mendesak," <a href="http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&amp;dt=1207&amp;pub=Utusan_Malaysia&amp;sec=Sukan&amp;pg=su_01.htm">kata Timbalan Presiden FAM Khairy Jamaluddin, yang turut menyaksikan perlawanan semalam, kepada Utusan Malaysia</a>, "apabila menentang Vietnam, esok dan Thailand pada 10 Disember nanti." </p></blockquote><div align="justify"><strong>We expect the Tigers to go as far as the FINAL because the gap between the teams in South East Asia nations is not really that great</strong>. The Tigers have beaten the White Elephants before and only lost to the Lions in penalty kicks so we're really confident.<br /><br /><blockquote><strong>For the record</strong>, Malaysia’s best showing in the biennial Asean Football Federation championship was in 1996 when the Tigers lost to the White Elephants in the final (0-1). They failed to make it out of the group stage in 1998 but finished third in 2000. The Tigers finish fourth in 2002 and third in 2004 and lost to the Lions on penalty (in 2006).<br /><br /><strong>The Tigers will take on Vietnam on Monday in the second battle, and a win against them will see Malaysia advance to the semi-finals. </strong></blockquote></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-2573950949392532276?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-297675445056723532008-12-07T00:38:00.007+08:002008-12-07T01:14:25.371+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Dear Proton, Just a note to wish you every success in your new alliance. We’ve watched you do well through stock market…</strong></div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STqwTaG1QUI/AAAAAAAAABE/IrjCTam6Y-A/s1600-h/smooth-ride-4-proton.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276723760889938242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STqwTaG1QUI/AAAAAAAAABE/IrjCTam6Y-A/s400/smooth-ride-4-proton.JPG" border="0" /></a> <p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">afp: </span><a href="http://news.my.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1806875"><strong>Malaysia's Proton announces big jump in profits </strong></a><br /><br /></p><div align="justify">...and have every confidence that you’ll breeze through the next stage in your ambitious scheme. Your attitude towards these things is right, and you’ve got nothing to worry about.<br /><br /><strong>Now back to your new ride!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STqw1RuUp-I/AAAAAAAAABM/8ne6i43pZjU/s1600-h/reunion-of-old-partners.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276724342755207138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STqw1RuUp-I/AAAAAAAAABM/8ne6i43pZjU/s400/reunion-of-old-partners.jpg" border="0" /></a>[<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/94390">Malaysiakini Dec 5, 08 2:42pm</a></span>]Malaysia's national carmarker Proton on Friday announced it has inked an agreement to develop a new vehicle with its former Japanese partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp.<br /><br /></strong>Under the ambitious scheme, Proton, which is in need of advanced technology and auto designs in order to remain competitive, will use Mitsubishi expertise to develop a new model, it said in a statement to the stock exchange.<br /><br />It said the alliance would also allow the two companies to improve component quality for Proton vehicles, and explore options for exports and contract assembly.<br /><br /><strong>Mitsubishi Motors was a former Proton shareholder and helped the state-controlled firm make its first cars more than two decades ago.</strong> It sold its stake in 2004.<br /><br />For Mitsubishi Motors, Japan's fourth-biggest carmaker, the deal would provide a springboard to expand its business in Malaysia, Southeast Asia's biggest passenger car market.<br /><br /><strong>Proton was formed 25 years ago by former premier Mahathir Mohamad as part of an ambitious national industrialisation plan,</strong> but its market share has slumped in recent years as it flailed in a newly deregulated market.<br /><br />It has also suffered from a reputation for unimaginative models and poor quality that has left it struggling to compete against Japanese and European carmakers.<br /><br /><strong>The government has urged it to forge a partnership with a foreign automaker to give it the expertise and economies of scale</strong> that it needs to survive.<br /><br />However, talks with Volkswagen and General Motors have collapsed, with the stumbling block reputed to be demands for a stake in Proton. The Mitsubishi deal does not include any ownership changes.<strong> – <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://news.my.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1823375">Agence France-Presse - 12/5/2008 6:42 AM GMT</a></span></strong></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-29767544505672353?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-45275090082368991602008-12-06T14:53:00.009+08:002008-12-08T01:45:47.549+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Teras pengupayaan Melayu (Teras) mengesa agar fatwa rokok yang telah diisytiharkan oleh Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan sejak 1995 perlu segera diwartakan oleh setiap kerajaan negeri jika pihak kerajaan benar-benar serius untuk menjaga kesejahteraan rakyat negara ini.<br /></div></strong><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STol-MHqSfI/AAAAAAAAAAs/SKjeoMkTAEA/s1600-h/Manisha-Rokok.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276571663753431538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STol-MHqSfI/AAAAAAAAAAs/SKjeoMkTAEA/s320/Manisha-Rokok.jpg" border="0" /></a> <blockquote><p align="justify">Presiden Teras Mohd Azmi Abdul Hamid berkata gejala merokok adalah musibah yang sangat jelas dari pelbagai segi sehingga setiap tahun kira-kira 100,000 orang mati yang dikaitkan dengan penyakit akibat merokok.<br /><br />Katanya setiap tahun rakyat Malaysia berbelanja RM2 bilion untuk merokok manakala kerajaan pula terpaksa mengeluarkan perbelajaan berbilion ringgit lagi untuk merawat mereka yang menjadi mangsa dari penyakit yang dikait dengan merokok.<br /><br />"Kesan sosial kepada anak muda juga sangat jelas. Kini generasi muda yang terjebak dengan tabiat merokok terdedah kepada jerat dadah yang semakin meningkatkan kes penagihan dadah dari sehari ke sehari di kalangan generasi tunas ini.<br /><br />"Kita juga tidak dapat menafikan kos penyelanggaran untuk memungkinkan perokok disediakan tempat merokok dan membersih sampah dari rokok yang juga menelan belanja yang sepatutnya disalurkan kepada urusan masyarakat yang lebih bermanfaat," katanya dalam satu kenyataannya kepada <em>Harakah</em>.</p></blockquote><p align="justify"><strong>Bahaya rokok yang menyebabkan kebakaran juga tidak kurang memperkukuhkan mudharat kenapa fatwa ini bukan sahaja mempunyai nas naqli malah juga nas aqli, kata Azmi</strong><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STomaKG7v0I/AAAAAAAAAA0/xCW5qvbwstg/s1600-h/smokeout.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276572144249847618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 196px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STomaKG7v0I/AAAAAAAAAA0/xCW5qvbwstg/s400/smokeout.jpg" border="0" /></a>.</p><blockquote><p align="justify">Lantaran itu katanya penyemakan semula terhadap fatwa ini tidak wajar diadakan sebaliknya apa yang perlu dilakukan ialah mempastikan pewartaan fatwa menjadi undang-undang yang rasmi dan menentukan mekanisme penguatkuasaan ke atas mereka yang melanggar undang-undang tersebut.<br /><br />Negara seperti Thailand, Singapura dan Kanada sudah jauh kehadapan dalam memperketatkan undang-undang mengenai rokok dan merokok berbanding kita malah Malaysia sendiri telah menjadi salah sebuah Negara yang menandatangani sebuah Konvensyen antarabangsa mengenai kawalan rokok, kata Azmi.<br /><br />"Kita tidak dapat menerima alasan mereka yang bertanggungjawab yang masih melengah-lengahkan tindakan untuk mewartakan fatwa ini di peringkat kerajaan negeri.</p></blockquote><p align="justify">"<strong>Fatwa ini akan memberi kesan yang sangat mendalam kepada seluruh umat Islam memandangkan hukum agama, walaupun ada yang melanggarnya, namun boleh memberi impak yang kuat untuk membasmi tabiat yang memudaratkan ini dari terus dibudayakan</strong>," katanya.-Hrkh _ <span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.harakahdaily.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=18201&amp;Itemid=1">Harakahdaily </a></span></p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STov495ePzI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Crim7ucMscA/s1600-h/rokok.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276582569152757554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 52px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STov495ePzI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Crim7ucMscA/s400/rokok.jpg" border="0" /></a> <p align="justify">tapi el-fared kata:<strong> <blockquote><p align="justify">Bila Rokok Telah DiFatwakan Haram, Dan Kemudian DiWartakan Untuk Tujuan Penguatkuasaan, Bagaimana Halnya Dengan Tembakau? Bagaimana Pula Kedudukan Agensi Kerajaan, Lembaga Tembakau Negara? Apakah Alternatif Kepada Penanam-penanam Tembakau? Dan Lagi Apa Akan Jadi Terhadap Syarikat-syarikat Rokok di Malaysia? Tutup Kedai Semuanya? Fikir-fikir Kan Lah!<br /><br />Hukum Asal Terhadap Rokok Tembakau adalah Makruh Tahrim. Bukankah Begitu? Jadi Adalah Wajar Fatwa Itu Disemak Kembali Dengan Melihat Kedudukan Ekonomi Semasa Serta Kesan-kesannya Seandainya Fatwa Itu DiWartakan dan Kemudian DiKuatkuasakan Sebagaimana Cadangan Mangkok Teras Di Atas. </strong></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"><strong>Fatwa Jangan Kaku, Pinjam Kata-kata Bekas Mufti Perlis.</strong> </p></blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-4527509008236899160?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-85252785147690495172008-12-05T07:25:00.005+08:002008-12-05T12:08:17.281+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>The author of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, publishes her new book on Thursday, an event expected to spark midnight queues at shops for the collection of short stories. </strong><br /><br />Rowling brought out the final book in the seven-tome Potter series 18 months ago, but publishers promise that "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" provides an insight into the characters and their wizardry.<br /><br /></div><blockquote><p align="justify">The British author made a fortune from the tales of the boy wizard, but all the proceeds from "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" will go to the charity she co-founded to improve life for children in institutional homes in eastern Europe.</p></blockquote><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SThoSmgRheI/AAAAAAAAAAk/S2ntTkWAxkA/s1600-h/beedle-the-bard.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276081632247383522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 245px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/SThoSmgRheI/AAAAAAAAAAk/S2ntTkWAxkA/s400/beedle-the-bard.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote><p align="justify">Publishers are widely expecting the initial print run of 7.5 million copies to be snapped up quickly when the book goes on sale in more than 20 countries including Britain, the United States, France, Germany, China and Japan.<br /><br />"We think it will appeal to established Harry Potter fans, but also to people who want to do something for charity," said Amy MacLaren, a spokeswoman for the charity, Children's High Level Group (CHLG).<br /><br />The charity said it would receive a total of 1.61 pounds (1.90 euro, 2.05 dollars) from each book sold in Britain, and an equivalent amount from foreign sales. </p></blockquote><div align="justify"><strong>Rowling will host a tea party in her home city of Edinburgh to launch the book on Friday. </strong><br /><br />She produced seven original handwritten copies, giving away six to people involved with the Potter books and auctioning the seventh a year ago, which was bought for 1.95 million pounds (2.3 million euros, 2.9 million dollars) by online retailer Amazon.<br /><br />Amazon has placed reviews of the five short stories on its website, promising that they "read like Aesop's fables and echo the themes of the (Potter) series".<br /><br />Each story is followed by commentary by Albus Dumbledore, the white-bearded headmaster of the Hogwarts school where Potter and his friends learn their spells. --<span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://news.id.msn.com/entertainment/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1820352">Agence France-Presse via MSN </a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9099697922388756675-8525278514769049517?l=cheetah-el-fared.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>cheetah el-faredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09974637870803946145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099697922388756675.post-12166029248228161562008-12-04T22:39:00.005+08:002008-12-05T06:34:03.346+08:00<div align="justify"><strong>Mahu menang tapi tidak memandang rendah kemampuan pasukan lawan merupakan sasaran jurulatih skuad bola sepak negara, B. Sathianathan dalam perlawanan pertama Kejohanan Bola Sepak Piala Suzuki AFF, di Phuket, Thailand, Sabtu ini.</strong><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STfulmv8nCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jGcp_AuLhls/s1600-h/aff-suzuki-cup-2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275947818312047650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 75px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STfulmv8nCI/AAAAAAAAAAM/jGcp_AuLhls/s400/aff-suzuki-cup-2008.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><blockquote><p align="justify">Menurutnya, pasukan lawan (Laos) mungkin sudah bersedia awal terutama untuk membentuk pasukan bola sepak menjelang Sukan SEA di negara tersebut tahun depan.<br /><br />Tiada pasukan yang mahu kalah dalam perlawanan pertama setiap kejohanan, oleh itu pertembungan dengan Laos nanti perlu dilihat secara serius tanpa memperkecilkan kemampuan pasukan tersebut,'' katanya dalam sidang akhbar Piala Suzuki AFF di sini, semalam.<br /><br />Jelas Sathia, pemain perlu menghormati Laos yang dilatih oleh jurulatih Rusia, Veleriy Dvovin dan berhati-hati dengan corak permainan mereka terutama sekali dari segi serangan balas yang dilakukan.<br /><br />''Kita pernah tewas dengan Laos jadi saya mahu pemain ambil iktibar dari perlawanan yang lalu, bagaimanapun pemain saya sudah bersedia untuk kejohanan ini. Mereka mempunyai keyakinan yang tinggi dan ia memudahkan kami untuk meletakkan sasaran jika keyakinan sudah terbentuk,'' katanya. </p><p></p></blockquote><div align="justify"><strong>Sathia juga mempertahankan pasukan yang dibawanya ke Phuket, kerana pemain yang disenaraikan ialah mereka yang betul-betul mahu bermain untuk pasukan kebangsaan bukan dipilih berdasarkan prestasi domestik.</strong><br /></div><blockquote><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STfvSVl2YxI/AAAAAAAAAAU/zKu-h5eSn80/s1600-h/the-tigers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275948586800407314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNrq6-27mww/STfvSVl2YxI/AAAAAAAAAAU/zKu-h5eSn80/