How reputable was our automobile industry

[My Malaysiana]

How if I change my question to "How mature was... "

1. Kia Motor Corporation South Korea - (Since 1944)
2. Ssangyong South Korea - (Since 1954)
3. Hyundai Motor Company South Korea - (Since 1967)
4. Naza Motor Trading Malaysia - (Since 1975)
5. Jiang Ling Motors Co. Ltd. China - (Since 1984)
6. Proton Malaysia - (Since 1985)
7. Daewoo Motor Co. Ltd South Korea - (Since 1993)
8. Perodua Malaysia - (Since 1994)
9. Geely Automobile China - (Since 1997)
10. Dong Feng Motor Corporation China - (Since 2003)
11. Cheery Automobile China - (N/A)

[NO need to mention Japs car maker for this list]. Actually there's alot more car maker company out there... To be fair enough [to compare with], what I can say, our automobile industry still at their juvenile stage. Alot of thing thy need to learn and still have a long journey ahead to become matured and stronger player [at least in this region].

Even thought there's alot of advantage and privilege [like unfair so called "Patriotic tariff" to foreign car] given in the country, but its still not so impressive outside. Its slow learner [in transferring technology of course] make this car [or crap of steel] the last choice to money loaded citizen. Else who cant afford that AP status car... just risk their live and their luv one on this half-finish car. Cause need to be cheap enough, thn there's always double standard - between export and for the local market. What other choice thy hav right... so you can call this Patriotism.

Comparative read:

• China's car makers ready to go global?
  
• Foreign Car Makers Eager to Enter Chinese Market
  
• What is wrong with the argument and plan of the government and the creditor group
  
• The Negative Impact of the Foreign Take-Over of the Daewoo Motors
  
• A Case Study of Rescue of Other Troubled Car Makers
  
• A Case Study of TNC General Motors' Behaviour in Third World Countries
  
• Proton and IPTN: lessons not yet learned
  

How sweet it is; but thy can taste it

[Sci Medical & Health]

But my luvly cats still at risk of getting diabetes because of their eating disorder... So pls take care with what u eat, keep in sweet and healthy... Eat less sugar even thought u can taste how sweet it is.

WASHINGTON - Cats may like ice cream, but it is not the sugary taste that appeals to them because they are genetically unable to taste sweet flavors, researchers reported on Monday.

Domestic cats and big cats alike have a slightly different version of the sweet receptor gene than other mammals, the British and U.S. scientists found.

Any cat owner knows that cats have individual preferences, but cats will turn their noses up at sugary treats that do not contain some other ingredient such as butter or gelatin.

"One possible explanation for this behavior is that felines are unable to detect sweet-tasting compounds like sugars and high intensity sweeteners because their sweet taste receptor is defective," said Xia Li, a molecular geneticist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a nonprofit research institute in Philadelphia, who helped lead the study.

"An obvious place to look, therefore, is at the genes coding for the sweet-taste receptor."

So they did. Mammals taste sweet flavors via a receptor, a kind of molecular doorway, called T1R on their taste bud cells. It has two subunits, known as T1R2 and T1R3. Each is coded for by a separate gene.

Writing in the online journal Public Library of Science Genetics, Li and colleagues said they found a change in the gene encoding the T1R2 protein in domestic cats, tigers and cheetahs.

"Other than this sweet blindness, the cat's sense of taste is normal," the researchers wrote in their report.

"The non-functional sweet receptor provides a molecular explanation for why cats have no avidity for sweets," said Joseph Brand, a biophysicist at Cornell who worked on the study.

"Looking beyond this elegant explanation, one can contemplate the importance that this molecular change had on the evolution of the cat's carnivorous behavior," Brand added in a statement.

"What we still don't know is -- which came first: carnivorous behavior or the loss of the T1R2 protein? With regard to the gene, is this a case of use it or lose it?"

Many animals in the carnivore family like sweet things, including bears, dogs, raccoons and others.

"I say jokingly, no wonder cats are cranky -- not only do they have to hunt for their food, but they also can't enjoy a sweet dessert," Brand said. - Reuters

Further Links:

Diary of a Diabetic Cat - Feline Diabetes - Diabetes in Cats

Managing the diabetic cat

Pets With Diabetes, Keeping Your Diabetic Cat or Dog Healthy

WHEN Federal police quiz Muslim over library books

[My Australasia]

A Monash University lecturer has warned students that studying terrorism could make them subject to federal police investigation.

Terrorism expert David Wright-Neville, who now works on Monash University's global terrorism research project, told a packed lecture theatre of second-year politics students that simply showing interest in terrorism could make them a target.

"You need to know that if you are taking this subject, you too are under scrutiny," he said.

The students were studying terrorism and violence in global politics offered by the arts faculty.

Dr Wright-Neville's comments come after a Monash University student told ABC radio he was questioned by federal police over books he had bought and borrowed from the university library.

[Read more...]

How much Mr Blair spent for his makeup

[My Australasia]

Yes, Mr. Blair himself... not icluding Mrs. Blair personal private packages OK. Maybe THAT not included in their govt. expenses.

LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has spent more than 1,800 pounds (US$3,130) of taxpayers' money on makeup and cosmetic artists over the past six years, according to the government.

In a written answer to Parliament, the government revealed Blair's Downing Street office had spent 1,050.22 pounds (US$1,826.66) on cosmetics for the prime minister's media appearances since 1999. In the past two years, a further 791.20 pounds (US$1,376.14) had been spent on makeup artists.

The details were released by government official Lord Bassam in a written response to a question tabled by Lord Hanningfield, a member of the main opposition Conservative Party. - AP

Ps: How much Mrs Blair [Cherie] spent for his makeup - Who care right. May tycoon from Malaysia can sponsor some...

Some Related News:

Cherie Blair pulls out of mall opening in Malaysia

Cherie Blair cancels mall opening

Cherie pulls out of charity event

WHAT the crushing win - Aussie Vs England

[My Australasia]

Image: baggygreen.com.au

The drizzle over Lord's cleared for just long enough for Australia to demoralise England by completing a crushing victory in the first Ashes Test early this morning, Melbourne time.

The Australians, inspired by the vintage performances of England's old tormenters Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne, needed only 10.1 overs on the fourth day to take the five remaining England wickets and seize a 1-0 lead that is expected to be crucial in shaping the rest of the series.

[Read more...]

How Howard stands by imam criticism

[My Australasia]

Prime Minister John Howard says he has every right to condemn a Melbourne imam who has defended Osama bin Laden.

Sheikh Mohammed Omran says the Prime Minister's comments about him are inaccurate and inflammatory and will only create fear in the community.

On July 11, the fundamentalist Muslim cleric told the ABC's Lateline program he believed bin Laden had been unfairly blamed for terrorist activity.

"I dispute any evil action linked to bin Laden," he said.

"Again, I don't believe that even September 11 from the beginning, I don't believe that it has been done by any Muslim at all."

Mr Howard says he thinks the Sheikh's views would be unacceptable to the majority of Australians.

"He's reaffirmed that he thinks bin Laden is a good man," the Prime Minister said. "Heavens above ... let's just sit back and think for a moment.

"He says that bin Laden is a good man. Doesn't that really prove my point?"

Mr Howard says the imam has the right to express his view but adds: "I have a right to say it is a view that the overwhelming majority of Muslims in this country would find unacceptable."

Mr Howard says the cleric believes the US was responsible for the recent attacks on London.

But Sheikh Omran says he has never blamed the United States and he reserves his judgment on the identity of the attackers.

He says he is not satisfied the individuals behind the bombings have an Islamic agenda.

The Federal Opposition says Australia should have a "zero tolerance" approach to people who provide moral support for terrorists, or incite hatred.

Labor's foreign affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, has wholeheartedly supported Mr Howard's criticism of Sheikh Omran.

Mr Rudd has called on the Sheikh to reconsider his comments.

"For any Australian cleric to defend the actions of Osama bin Laden is unacceptable and un-Australian," he said.

"And I would call upon the Sheikh to repudiate his comments in support of Osama bin Laden."

Related News:

Backlash at Howard's Muslim call

Radical cleric hits out at PM

Sheik calls Prime Minister's comments inflammatory

When Howard in London - then cause another blast

[My Australasia]

Just a joke Mr PM... or is it true

Is it a bizarre coincidence or is Prime Minister John Howard just unlucky?

Mr Howard found himself in the thick of a terrorist bomb scare in London today while sitting down to lunch with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at Downing Street.

It was exactly two weeks since four bombs exploded on three London Underground trains and a double decker bus, killing 56 people including an Australian man.

It's not the first time Mr Howard has been in the midst of a terrorist attack.

On September 11, 2001, when two planes flew into New York City's World Trade Centre killing about 3,000 people, Mr Howard was in Washington where another plane hijacked by terrorists slammed into the Pentagon.

[Read more...]

Related Links:

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Arrests follow latest London blasts

Two arrested after second attacks

WHAT, another blast at London tubes

[My Australasia]

Slideshow: London Blasts

Get alerted direct from BBC London:

Three Tube lines have been suspended across London as police investigate "incidents" at three stations.

Shepherd's Bush tube station

Oval tube station

Warren Street tube ststion

and a blast on the top deck of a Number 26 bus in Hackney Road.

Any Londoners wanna confirm this... hopefully there's just a small blast...

Quick Links:

Blasts Hit 3 London Subway Stations, Bus

Reporters' Log: London Tube alert

London blasts cause chaos on Tube

When the issue not really issue to her

[My Malaysiana]

Will upload another new "ads" tmrw... still not scanned yet. Clue: continue from previous post. Got it!!

What AP - Ada apa dengan AP

[My Malaysiana]

...what another tissue commercial in prime time slot from Malaysia.

Title: AP tissue - smooth like silk, strong like Iron ™.

Image: The Star


Image: The Sun

Wondering with what's all this fuss about... Anyway who's that AP King, who gets more, who just gets some, actually not really important to me... My major concern is WHAT the rationale to all this practice. Is it really dinky-di relevant now... fair enough when certain ppl get more and other just a piece of total amount. Ermmm, or how to make easy money by this AP's [or how thy simply misused it, ahha!]. HOW true if there's direct impact to our over protected Proton. Maybe that issue need for further study and hopefully there's space to discuss it later, InsyaAllah.

For me personally, what Proton really need, just add more quality in their spec... to be more competitive - not just re'branding... or such a paranoia protection [ie unfair tax etc].

For the rest... anyway this above "ads" remind me to some words from former AF3 student. [Maybe you can recognised it].

"Jangan suke buat iklan... takda Maknaanyaaa - [don't simply make advertising... 'cause its not meant at all]"

Related Links:

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Claim that I was rude to Dr M hurts, says Rafidah

Rafidah: They don't understand me

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Kimberly-Clark About Us: Historic Advertising

Advertising - Kleenex® Brand Tissues

Notes:
AP: refers to Approved Permits to import cars into Malaysia. If I've one, for sure to import that secondhand Merkava. Any Dato' interested to JV...

When you wearing the wrong BRA

[Sci Medical & Health]

Ok hopefully nobody will twisted my question to "When you wearing BRA at the wrong place" or "When someone look alike wearing/changing BRA at the wrong place" or "When its wrong to watch someone changing their BRA" or just read this for what's really WRONG actually.

For my real question, pls read below article. Any comment...

Almost 70 per cent of women are not wearing the right size bra, according to a survey.

The Australian Consumers Association asked 12 under-cover shoppers aged 25 to 67 to buy an everyday bra with an emphasis on comfort, then asked three independent corsetieres to test the bras for fit and support.

The results, published in this month's Choice magazine, found that many professional bra fitters in the department and chain stores surveyed were not always doing their job properly.

The fitters squashed breasts into bra cups that were too small or had the wrong shaped underwire, the survey results indicated.

Sixty-eight per cent of the bras bought were a poor fit, despite the in-store fitters recommending them.

The wrong cup size was the most common problem (43 per cent), while almost half the fitters recommended an underwire that was the wrong shape (42 per cent). And 20 per cent of underbands were too loose, with another 20 per cent deemed too tight by the panel of experts.

"The underband plays an important role in supporting the breasts, helping reduce strain on the shoulders," association spokeswoman Lisa Tait said.

"Our experts also found that the side wings and/or the back of the underband weren't wide enough to provide proper support in 35 per cent of cases," she said.

Ms Tait said wearing the wrong size bra could have serious consequences, especially for larger women. Shoulder, neck and back pain are just some of the symptoms caused by wearing the wrong size bra. Others include poor posture, skin irritation and chafing.

Ms Tait also said women tended to have a low expectation of comfort from bras and often went for looks over comfort.

The 49 bras in the study were bought by 12 women with bra sizes ranging from 12B to 20F. Only 16 per cent of bras tested were considered a good fit.

A Myer spokeswoman said the store was surprised by the results and believed staff were well trained through regular training provided by suppliers.

"Every season, there is supplier training to have a look at the new product," the spokeswoman said. "It is about what technical skills are required to fit certain bras... and we make sure we capture new team members every season."

Another side of news:

Forced to dance with another man and made him wear a BRA and perform dog tricks

Who's that lucky poker champ

[My Australasia]

No, not that Osu's OK. Not that poor wanker loser...

Australian world poker champion Joseph "Hash" Hachem says Las Vegas went wild with Australian-style celebrations after he claimed his $10 million prize.

Hachem, 39, outlasted 5,619 players to take out poker's No Limit Hold 'Em World championship in Las Vegas, concluding early yesterday morning.

In what is described as history's largest and most lucrative poker event, Hachem won the 13-hour, 56-minute final at Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel by outlasting opponent Steven Dannenmann, a Bloody Mary-sipping accountant from Maryland.

"The Aussie Oi, Oi, Oi has destroyed Las Vegas," Mr Hachem told the Nine Network.

[Read more...]

Note: Gambling in all its forms is prohibited in Islam.

Who double cross who II

[My Malaysiana]

From Berita Harian

Hasmawi nafi Noraini punca batal kahwin

SUNGAI PETANI: Penyerang pasukan bola sepak Kedah, Hasmawi Hassan, 25, menafikan isterinya, Noraini Abd Razak, 24, menjadi punca beliau membatalkan perkahwinannya dengan bekas tunangnya, Norlida Rahman, 23, akhir tahun lalu.

Katanya, tidak pernah wujud orang ketiga yang menyebabkannya membuat keputusan menggemparkan dengan menghantar khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) membatalkan perkahwinan dengan Norlida, kira-kira 19 jam sebelum ia diadakan 17 Disember lalu.

Sejak itu, dia menyerahkan soal jodoh kepada ayah serta ibunya dan hanya mengenali Noraini beberapa bulan lalu.

"Ayah yang atur pernikahan saya dengan Noraini. Kebetulan dia rakan baik bapa mentua saya, Abd Razak Ishak. Selepas ayah beritahu nak pinang Noraini sebulan lalu, saya terima saja.

"Saya kenal Noraini pun tak lama. Kami mula kenal selepas ayah cadangkan Noraini jadi calon isteri tetapi tak pernah keluar bersama hingga keluarga masuk meminang.

"Saya terpikat dan menerimanya sebagai isteri kerana sifatnya yang penyayang, lemah lembut, terserlah sifat keibuannya serta banyak memberi dorongan kepada saya," katanya.

Hasmawi ditemui pada kenduri kesyukuran meraikan pernikahannya di rumah datuk pengantin perempuan di Kampung Haji Kudung Kota Kuala Muda, dekat sini, pagi semalam.

Dia juga berharap bekas tunangnya menerima hakikat tiada jodoh antara mereka dan menyelesaikan kes mereka secepat mungkin dengan baik tanpa perlu ke mahkamah.

Noraini yang bertugas sebagai Pegawai Pendidikan Jabatan Alam Sekitar Kelantan mengakui terkejut apabila ibunya memberitahu keluarga Hasmawi masuk meminang, tapi memutuskan menerimanya selepas berfikir dan melakukan solat istikharah.

"Mungkin sudah takdir jodoh saya dengan Hasmawi, jadi saya bertekad dan bertawakal menerimanya sebagai suami walaupun saya tahu kesnya pernah menjadi bualan orang ramai," katanya.

Di Pontian, Norlida ketika ditemui berkata: "Saya hanya mampu mendoakan bekas tunang saya bahagia dengan pilihan hatinya."

Beliau mengakui hatinya terluka dengan apa yang berlaku dan akan menjadi sejarah pahit dalam hidupnya.

"Tanda tanya dan persoalan yang bermain di fikiran saya selepas perkahwinan dibatalkan akhirnya terjawab apabila bekas tunang bernikah dengan wanita lain," katanya di sini, semalam.

Norlida berkata, beliau mengetahui pernikahan Hasmawi dengan Noraini kelmarin, tetapi tidak pasti sama ada ia benar, sehingga saya baca akhbar (semalam).

"Saya reda dengan ketentuan Allah jika ini yang ditetapkan dalam hidup dan mungkin ada ada hikmah di sebaliknya," katanya.

Pada 23 Disember lalu, Norlida memfailkan writ saman malu di Mahkamah Tinggi Muar terhadap Hasmawi kerana didakwa membatalkan perkahwinan mereka sebelum pernikahan berlangsung.

Norlida menuntut defendan membayar ganti rugi am, ganti rugi khas berjumlah RM25,470, faedah pada kadar lapan peratus setahun untuk ganti rugi am daripada tarikh penyampaian saman dan penyataan tuntutan hingga ke tarikh penghakiman.

From Utusan Malaysia

Saya ingin bina hidup baru bersama isteri - Hasmawi

SUNGAI PETANI 15 Julai - "Saya ingin membina hidup baru yang bahagia bersama isteri," itulah azam penyerang bola sepak Kedah, Hasmawi Hassan, 25, selepas melangsungkan perkahwinan dengan gadis pilihan keluarganya itu malam tadi.

Hasmawi yang pernah mencetuskan kontroversi apabila membatalkan pada saat akhir perkahwinannya tahun lalu berkata, beliau selepas ini ingin menumpukan sepenuh perhatian kepada keluarga dan kerjaya demi kejayaannya pada masa depan.

Sehubungan itu menurutnya, beliau ingin melupakan peristiwa lama melibatkan hubungan dengan bekas tunangnya dan mengharapkan keluarga bekas tunangnya juga tidak mengganggunya lagi termasuk menyelesaikan kes lama itu secara baik di luar mahkamah.

"Saya harap cerita lama berkubur dan selepas ini tidak perlu diungkit demi menjaga hati isteri saya," sambil memandang wajah isterinya, Noraini Abd. Razak, 24, ketika ditemui di rumah mertuanya di Kampung Haji Kudong, Kota Kuala Muda di sini hari ini.

Hasmawi dan Noraini melangsungkan pernikahan secara sederhana di Masjid Asakirin Kampung Haji Kudong, Kota Kuala Muda di sini malam tadi.

Pada majlis pernikahan tersebut, Hasmawi membawa bersama wang hantaran sebanyak RM7,277 dan mas kahwin pula RM500.

Hasmawi yang berasal dari Machang Bubok, Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang memberitahu, walaupun isterinya itu merupakan pilihan keluarga tetapi beliau percaya pilihan keluarganya itu merupakan yang terbaik untuk menjamin kebahagiaannya.

Jelasnya, beliau mendapati isterinya mempunyai keistimewaan tersendiri seperti mempunyai sifat keibuan, penyayang dan kelembutan.

"Saya berkenalan secara dekat dengan Noraini kira-kira sebulan sahaja, selepas keluarga saya merisik untuk menjodohkan saya dengan gadis pilihan mereka," ujarnya.

Menurutnya, beliau mengambil masa kira-kira seminggu untuk membuat pilihan sebelum bersetuju menerima Noraini sebagai pasangan hidupnya.

Beliau yang pernah bekas pemain bola sepak kebangsaan dan Pulau Pinang berkata, beliau bersyukur kerana majlis pernikahan yang diadakan di sini malam tadi berjalan lancar.

"Saya hanya hamba Allah, jodoh ditentukan oleh Tuhan dan saya pasrah dengan perkahwinan ini," katanya tersenyum.

Dalam pada itu, Hasmawi turut memohon maaf kepada semua pihak termasuk pengurusan Persatuan Bola Sepak Kedah (KFA) dan rakan-rakan seperjuangan dalam pasukan Kedah kerana tidak memaklumkan terlebih awal majlis pernikahannya yang diadakan malam tadi.

Bagaimanapun menurutnya, keluarganya merancang mengadakan majlis kenduri perkahwinan di rumahnya Bukit Mertajam pada hujung tahun ini.

Sementara itu, Noraini yang bekerja sebagai Penolong Pegawai Kawalan, Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Kelantan berkata, beliau melakukan sembahyang Istikharah apabila keluarganya menyatakan hasrat menjodohkannya dengan Hasmawi.

Katanya, hasil daripada sembahyang sunat itu beliau mendapat petunjuk untuk menerima Hasmawi sebagai suaminya.

"Saya sebelum ini hanya merupakan peminat setia Hasmawi yang lincah bermain bola sepak tetapi tidak sangka akhirnya beliau menjadi teman hidup saya," ujarnya.

From Harian Metro

Isteri pilihan bapa, bukan orang ketiga

BUKIT MERTAJAM: "Tidak timbul soal orang ketiga kerana isteri Hasmawi sekarang (Noraini Abd Razak) ialah pilihan keluarga dan juga pilihan saya sendiri," kata bapa Hasmawi, Hassan Ismail, 57.

Beliau berkata demikian mengulas mengenai pernikahan anak keempatnya itu dengan Noraini, anak kepada seorang anggota polis yang bertugas sebagai Penolong Pegawai Kawalan, Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS), Kelantan.

Hassan berkata, calon isteri Hasmawi adalah pilihan beliau kerana kebetulan sudah mengenali bapa Noraini sejak 1980-an, dan bukan dicari sendiri oleh anak lelakinya itu.

"Cuma saya minta persetujuan daripada Hasmawi untuk menikahkannya dengan Noraini. Sebenarnya sebulan lalu saya sudah merisik Noraini yang juga seorang peminat Hasmawi.

"Selepas itu, saya beri tempoh seminggu supaya Hasmawi berfikir dan akhirnya dia setuju," katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Machang Bubok di sini, semalam.

Majlis akad nikah Hasmawi dengan Noraini disempurnakan Imam Masjid Asakirin, Ahmad Talib, 64, di Kampung Haji Kudong, Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah, kira-kira jam 9 malam kelmarin.

Keluarga Hasmawi menyerahkan mas kahwin sebanyak RM500 dengan hantaran bernilai RM7,777 bersama dua bentuk cincin kepada pengantin perempuan.

Hassan berkata, keluarganya juga tidak mahu menunggu terlalu lama (keputusan mengahwinkan Hasmawi) kerana tidak mahu masalah lain timbul seperti sebelum ini.

"Isteri Hasmawi sekarang (Noraini) bukan orang ketiga. Baru sebulan lalu saya merisiknya dan pilihan saya sendiri. Saya harap peminat dan orang ramai faham keadaan dia (Hasmawi).

"Tidak ada mana-mana ibu bapa pun yang hendak menyusahkan anak sendiri. Saya rasa sudah memilih yang terbaik untuk Hasmawi dan dia pun sudah berfikir selama seminggu sebelum bersetuju.

"Sebagai orang tua, apa yang diharapkan ialah kebahagiaan anak," katanya.

Sementara itu abang Hasmawi, Haslan, 31, berkata dia berharap peminat dapat mendoakan kebahagian adiknya itu dan tidak menjadikannya satu isu seperti sebelum ini.

Menurutnya, biarlah pasangan terbabit membina hidup baru.

"Perkahwinan Hasmawi dengan kes saman sebelum ini adalah kes berasingan. Kami juga minta agar tidak mengaitkan perkahwinan Hasmawi dengan orang ketiga," katanya.

Related Post:

Who double cross who

Who did it IV - the London oddities

[My Australasia]

There is an article by Jeff Edwards in the Mirror on some of the oddities in the London bombings (official response to the article is here or here):

"The terrorists bought return rail tickets, and pay and display car park tickets, before boarding a train at Luton for London. None of the men was heard to cry 'Allah Akhbar!' - 'God is great' - usually screamed by suicide bombers as they detonate their bomb.

Their devices were in large rucksacks which could be easily dumped instead of being strapped to their bodies. They carried wallets containing their driving licences, bank cards and other personal items. Suicide bombers normally strip themselves of identifying material."

and:

"Bomber Hasib Hussain detonated his device at the rear of the top deck of a No 30 bus, not in the middle of the bottom deck where most damage would be caused.

Additionally, two of the bombers had strong personal reasons for staying alive.

Jermaine Lindsay's partner Samantha Lewthwaite, 22, mother of his one-year-old son, is expecting her second baby within days. Mohammed Sidique Khan's wife Hasina, mum of a 14-month-old daughter, is also pregnant."

You can see more evidence that the bombers didn't know what was going on in the account of a witness (or here):

"Accounts from eyewitnesses on the No. 30 bus raise the spectre of a suicide bomber.

Richard Jones, 61, a computer specialist from Bracknell, told reporters he had left the bus after seeing a young man in great agitation fiddling with something in his bag: 'He kept going down in his bag,' said Mr Jones.

'I didn't actually see his face but he was becoming more and more anxious.'"

He would have become more and more anxious as it slowing dawned on him what he was actually carrying. Once you accept the theory that the bombers were tricked, you also have to accept the possibility that they were tricked by someone other than Islamic terrorists. You also have to accept the possibility that none of the bombers had any idea that they were carrying bombs. Now that the attempted frame-up of the Egyptian biochemist is falling apart - a frame-up which bizarrely led to the British police completely revising their theory, based presumably on chemical residues, that sophisticated military explosives were used when they found some cleaning materials in the bathtub! - we are starting to see the Official Story slowly fall apart. It will be interesting to see whether the British press falls in line like the American press did after September 11, or strikes out on its own into the world of truth like the Spanish press did after the Madrid bombings.

Related Article:

How to Set Up a Patsy - WhatReallyHappened

Suicide theory thrown in doubt

MI5 said attacker was no threat

Who double cross who

[My Malaysiana]

From Harian Metro

Ada orang KETIGA dalam hubungan kami: Norlida

PONTIAN: "Teki-teki yang bermain di fikiran saya kini terjawab dan terbukti ada orang ketiga dalam hubungan kami," kata Norlida Abdul Rahman, 24, bekas tunang pemain bola sepak Kedah, Hasmawi Hassan.

Menurut jururawat itu, dia hanya mengetahui mengenai pernikahan Hasmawi dengan gadis pilihannya, Noraini Abdul Razak, 24, malam kelmarin.

Bagaimanapun, katanya, sepanjang malam dia bersama sahabat baiknya Nur Shizana Ali, 24, berteka-teki sama ada perkara itu benar atau sebaliknya.

"Apabila mengetahui perkara itu, saya terkejut dan tertanya-tanya benarkah bekas tunang saya bernikah dengan wanita lain. Tetapi persoalan bermain di benak saya selama ini terjawab apabila menatap akhbar hari ini [semalam 15-July-2005]," katanya.

Menurutnya, selama ini dia membuat andaian bekas tunangnya sanggup membatalkan perkahwinan pada saat-saat akhir selepas semua persediaan sudah dilakukan kedua-dua pihak kerana dia mempunyai kekasih lain.

"Sejak dia membatalkan perkahwinan kami, saya sering tertanya-tanya adakah dia mempunyai kekasih lain tetapi akhirnya Allah kabulkan.

"Saya reda dengan ketentuan Allah jika ini yang ditetapkan dalam hidup mungkin perkara yang berlaku ini ada hikmah di sebaliknya.

"Jika daripada awal dia memberitahu mempunyai kekasih lain mungkin perkara ini tidak berlarutan sampai sanggup membatalkan perkahwinan pada saat akhir.

"Tiga tahun kami bercinta banyak perkara dikongsi bersama tetapi hubungan kami setakat ini apabila dia membuat pilihan bernikah dengan wanita lain.

"Saya hanya mampu mendoakan bekas tunang saya bahagia dengan pilihan hati... itu yang dia pilih walaupun hati saya terluka selepas apa yang dilakukan terhadap saya dan peristiwa hitam ini akan menjadi sejarah paling pahit dalam hidup saya," katanya.

Hasmawi menamatkan zaman bujang apabila bernikah dengan gadis pilihan hatinya, di sebuah masjid di Kota Kuala Muda, di sini, malam kelmarin.

Majlis pernikahan Hasmawi dan Noraini Abdul Razak, 24, berlangsung secara ringkas kira-kira jam 9.40 malam disaksikan keluarga kedua-dua pihak dan saudara-mara terdekat.

Sejurus selepas akad nikah, pasangan itu menghadiri majlis kenduri kesyukuran di rumah datuk pengantin perempuan di Kampung Haji Kudung, dekat sini.

Difahamkan, Noraini bekerja di Kelantan dan anak kepada seorang anggota polis yang bertugas di Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang.

Pada 23 Disember lalu, Norlida, seorang jururawat, memfailkan writ saman malu di Mahkamah Tinggi Muar terhadap Hasmawi kerana didakwa membatalkan perkahwinan mereka melalui khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) sebelum pernikahan berlangsung.

Dalam saman itu, plaintif menuntut defendan membayar ganti rugi am, ganti rugi khas berjumlah RM25,470, faedah pada kadar lapan peratus setahun untuk ganti rugi am daripada tarikh penyampaian saman dan penyataan tuntutan hingga ke tarikh penghakiman.

Selain itu, Norlida meminta faedah pada kadar empat peratus bagi ganti rugi khas dari 18 Disember hingga ke tarikh penyelesaian penuh, kos dan relif lain.

Dalam afidavit pembelaan yang difailkan Hasmawi pada 22 April lalu, dia mendakwa bertindak demikian kerana 'penyakit buatan orang'.

Dia juga mendakwa kesihatannya ketika itu turut diketahui Norlida dan keluarga bekas tunangnya itu.

Hasmawi seterusnya mendakwa keluarga Norlida, terutama kakak ipar bekas tunangnya itu, mengetahui yang dia pernah mendapat khidmat nasihat bomoh di Johor dan pengamal tradisional yang mengesahkannya terkena "buatan orang" serta tidak membolehkannya berkahwin.

Hasmawi mendakwa dia mendapat khidmat bomoh dan pengamal perubatan tradisional sekitar Disember 2004 selepas mengalami keadaan fizikal dan emosi yang terganggu sejak 2002 lagi.

Akibat tekanan itu, Hasmawi menghilangkan diri tanpa diketahui keluarganya sendiri yang kemudian dimaklumkan kakak iparnya kepada plaintif.

Peguam Norlida fail pembelaan tuntutan

JOHOR BAHRU: Peguam Norlida Abdul Rahman, 25, Shahruddin Osman, akan memfail jawapan kepada pembelaan dan tuntutan balas pihak lelaki dalam tempoh terdekat ini.

Akhir April lalu, Shahruddin menerima surat pembelaan dan tuntutan balas dari peguam penyerang bola sepak Kedah, Hasmawi Hassan yang mengemukakan tuntutan balas terhadap bekas tunangnya, Norlida.

Dalam surat tuntutan balas itu, Hasmawi meminta diserahkan kembali semua pemberiannya sepanjang hubungan mereka sebelum ini, selain mendakwa dirinya terkena 'penyakit buatan orang'.

Shahruddin ketika dihubungi berkata, selepas menerima surat pembelaan dan tuntutan balas pihak lelaki, pihaknya akan memfailkan jawapan kepada pembelaan dan tuntutan balas secepat mungkin.

Harian Metro Mei lalu melaporkan, peguam Hasmawi mengemukakan surat tuntutan balas ke atas Norlida dengan menuntut ganti rugi khas, ganti rugi am dan ganti rugi teruk sebagai jawapan surat tuntutan yang dikemukakan pihak wanita Januari lalu.

Hasmawi juga memberikan alasan menghidap 'penyakit buatan orang' sebagai sebab memutuskan pertunangan ketika menjawab surat tuntutan terpinda itu.

Shahruddin dipetik sebagai berkata, antara tuntutan balas diminta ke atas pihak wanita, termasuk menuntut dipulangkan semua barang yang dihadiahkan kepada Norlida selain wang hantaran RM5,000 untuk majlis perkahwinan.

Tuntutan lain ialah ganti rugi khas, iaitu meminta segala pemberian dipulangkan antaranya pakaian, televisyen, rantai mutiara, gelang kaki emas dan telefon bimbit.

Pihak lelaki juga menuntut ganti rugi am yang akan ditafsirkan mahkamah dan ganti rugi teruk, akibat pernyataan salah atau beranggapan dirinya difitnah.

Shahruddin berkata, jawapan balas itu akan disegerakan bagi mempercepatkan proses itu yang sudah lama tergantung, berikutan tindakan pihak lelaki mengambil masa hingga kira-kira tiga bulan menjawab tuntutan itu.

"Berikutan itu, kami kini akan menjalani proses prabicara di hadapan hakim bagi menghalusi kes berkenaan," katanya.

Menurutnya, selain lambat menjawab tuntutan, tindakan pihak lelaki membuat tuntutan balas dan mengatakan 'penyakit buatan orang' sebagai alasan kurang wajar.

"Ini kerana mereka kini perlu membuktikan Hasmawi benar-benar menghidap 'penyakit buatan orang'," katanya.

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Who did it III

[My Australasia]

What another conspiracy theory Im discovered on the net. Its will doubt us with another queries.... Just a few early questions on that 'Brits breed suicide bombers'.

1. Why would suicide bombers need timers? Are we to believe that all four of them died when they mistakenly set off their bombs?

2. Why would suicide bombers carry identification which would lead the authorities directly to their colleagues? How did it survive in at least three of the bombs? I am reminded of the convenient passport found at the World Trade Center.

3. If all four video cameras on the bus were not working, how do the police know what happened on the bus? The witness who saw someone fiddling with a bag just begs the question of whether the fiddler was a bomber. Why do video cameras on buses need to be switched on by the drivers?

4. Why did Jack Straw state so quickly that it was al Qaeda? Is the theory that it is still al Qaeda, or some other group?

5. How did the British know to warn Netanyahu so quickly? If they knew enough to warn Netanyahu, why didn't they have enough time to shut down the subway system? Or did they?

6. Why was the transportation system still operating when the bus bomb went off, nearly an hour later than the subway bombs? One theory is that the last bomber got on the bus after the subway system was closed!

7. How easy would it be to pay some Muslim British men, who are told to carry identification, to drive to London and sit in specific places on specific subway trains or buses? When the bombs go off and the identification is found, you have instant patsies, and British Muslims in the frame. The fact they were seen together on video footage then becomes just part of the set-up. With so many known video cameras in London, why wouldn't they take care not to be seen together? They could have entered London separately if they did not want to be identified as part of a 'cell', and avoid giving the police information that could be used to trace their colleagues. As is often the case with these stories, we are asked to believe that they would be technically proficient ('military grade' explosives), but make the dumbest small mistakes.

8. What happened to the story, out of Canada and New Zealand, that the police shot one or two men near Canary Wharf?

To complete this question to be nine [a must at Ninetnine Network]... so additional question from me as a curious person as usual... pls answer, if there's any.
9. What they really die for, fight for or what their main intention for this entire remarkable action. For what for as simple as that... Why we didn't highlight that for finding the answer for all the questions.

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Who did it

Ps: Happy nice weekend mate. Will back for another new sem. See yaa.

When Hasmawi finally ties the knot

[My Malaysiana]

...but with someone else.

From The Star

SUNGAI PETANI: Kedah footballer Hasmawi Hassan, who failed to turn up at his wedding reception in December last year, has finally tied the knot - to a different woman..

The akad nikah (marriage solemnisation) was held away from the limelight, at Masjid Asakirin in Kg Hj Kudong, Kota Kuala Muda, about 12km from here at 9.30pm last night.

The bride is Noraini Abd Razak, 24, an assistant security officer with the Department of Environment in Kelantan.

The wedding went on with- out any hitch.

Hasmawi, 25, presented her with two rings, a mas kahwin (marriage dowry) of RM500 and wang hantaran (wedding gift) of RM7,277.

A family member who declined to be named said the wedding was agreed to by both families.

Noraini's father, a policeman with the Bukit Mertajam police station, and Hasmawi's father, who lives in Machang Bubok, also in Bukit Mertajam, are long-time friends.

Hasmawi hit the headlines when he failed to turn up for his wedding at the home of his former bride-to-be Norlida Abdul Rahman in Felda Ulu Dengar, Kluang, in December last year.

Hasmawi, a former national striker who represented Penang in the Malaysian Football League before joining the Kedah soccer team, is being sued by Norlida for breach of promise.

From Utusan Malaysia

Hasmawi pilih Noraini tamatkan zaman bujang

By Zaid Md. Noor

SUNGAI PETANI 14 Julai - Penyerang bola sepak Kedah, Hasmawi Hassan, 25, yang pernah mencetuskan kontroversi apabila membatalkan pada saat akhir perkahwinannya tahun lepas, malam ini melangsungkan majlis pernikahan dengan gadis pilihannya, Noraini Abd. Razak, 24.

Majlis akad nikah disempurnakan Imam Masjid Asakirin di Kampung Haji Kudong, Kota Kuala Muda, Ahmad Talib, 64.

Hasmawi yang berasal dari Machang Bubok, Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang menamatkan zaman bujangnya dengan memilih Noraini yang bekerja sebagai Penolong Pegawai Kawalan, Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Kelantan sebagai pasangan hidup.

Noraini adalah anak seorang anggota polis di Balai Polis Bukit Mertajam.

Hasmawi pernah memutuskan pertunangannya dengan Norlida Abdul Rahman, 23, dari Felda Ulu Dengar, Kahang Timur, Kluang, Johor, menerusi Khidmat Pesanan Ringkas (SMS) pada saat-saat akhir menjelang majlis pernikahan pada 17 Disember tahun lalu.

Hasmawi yang juga bekas pemain bola sepak kebangsaan dan Pulau Pinang sebelum ini mendakwa menghidap `penyakit buatan orang' sebagai punca beliau memutuskan pertunangan itu.

Pada majlis pernikahan malam ini, Hasmawi membawa bersama wang hantaran sebanyak RM7,277 dan dua bentuk cincin perkahwinan serta mas kahwin sebanyak RM500.

From Harian Metro

Hasmawi nikah

By Ahmad Saufi Mansor

SUNGAI PETANI: Pemain bola sepak Kedah, Hasmawi Hassan, 24, menamatkan zaman bujang apabila bernikah dengan gadis pilihan hatinya, di sebuah masjid di Kota Kuala Muda, di sini, malam tadi.

Majlis pernikahan Hasmawi dan Noraini Abdul Razak, 24, berlangsung secara ringkas kira-kira jam 9.40 malam disaksikan keluarga kedua-dua pihak dan saudara mara terdekat.

Sejurus selepas akad nikah, pasangan itu menghadiri majlis kenduri kesyukuran di rumah datuk pengantin perempuan di Kampung Haji Kudung, dekat sini.

Bagaimanapun, jumlah mas kahwin dan hantaran yang diserahkan oleh Hasmawi kepada keluarga pengantin perempuan tidak dapat dipastikan.

Difahamkan, Noraini kini bekerja di Kelantan dan anak kepada seorang anggota polis yang bertugas di Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang.

Keluarga Hasmawi yang ditemui enggan memberi sebarang komen berhubung majlis akad nikah berkenaan.

Malah, Hasmawi dan keluarganya yang cuba dihubungi Harian Metro juga enggan menjawab panggilan.

"Perkara yang lalu biarlah lepas, biar dia (Hasmawi) bina hidup baru," kata seorang daripada ahli keluarganya.

Hasmawi sebelum ini membatalkan perkahwinannya dengan Norlida Abdul Rahman, 25, dari Kluang, Johor, 19 jam sebelum majlis berlangsung dengan hanya menghantar khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS), pada 17 Disember lalu.

Berikutan itu, pada 23 Disember lalu, Norlida, seorang jururawat, memfailkan writ saman malu di Mahkamah Tinggi Muar terhadap Hasmawi kerana didakwa membatalkan perkahwinan mereka sebelum pernikahan berlangsung.

Dalam saman itu, plaintif menuntut defendan membayar ganti rugi am,ganti rugi khas berjumlah RM 25,470, faedah pada kadar lapan peratus setahun untuk ganti rugi am daripada tarikh penyampaian saman dan penyataan tuntutan hingga ke tarikh penghakiman.

Selain itu, Norlida meminta faedah pada kadar empat peratus bagi ganti rugi khas dari 18 Disember hingga ke tarikh penyelesaian penuh, kos dan relif lain.

Dalam afidavit pembelaan yang difailkan Hasmawi pada 22 April lalu, dia mendakwa bertindak demikian kerana 'penyakit buatan orang'.

Dia juga mendakwa keadaan kesihatannya ketika itu turut diketahui Norlida, 24 dan keluarga bekas tunangnya itu.

Hasmawi seterusnya mendakwa keluarga Norlida, terutama kakak ipar bekas tunangnya itu, mengetahui yang dia pernah mendapat khidmat nasihat bomoh di Johor dan pengamal tradisional yang mengesahkannya terkena 'buatan orang' serta tidak membolehkannya berkahwin.

Hasmawi mendakwa dia mendapat khidmat bomoh dan pengamal perubatan tradisional sekitar Disember 2004 selepas mengalami keadaan fizikal dan emosi yang terganggu sejak 2002 lagi.

Akibat tekanan itu, Hasmawi menghilangkan diri tanpa diketahui keluarganya sendiri yang kemudian dimaklumkan oleh kakak iparnya kepada plaintif.

Dia juga menjelaskan seminggu sebelum majlis pernikahan itu, dia memberitahu Norlida yang perkahwinan mereka tidak dapat dilangsungkan kerana banyak masalah antara mereka, tetapi plaintif enggan membatalkannya malah mendesaknya untuk berkahwin.

What exactly is 'buatan orang'...

'Siapa sebenarnya bersalah' - Who's fault?

By Nor Sedek Ismail

BATU PAHAT 14 Julai - Bekas tunang penyerang pasukan bola sepak Kedah, Hasmawi Hassan menyifatkan perkahwinan pemain itu malam ini membuktikan 'siapa sebenarnya yang bersalah' dalam kontroversi mereka sebelum ini.

Norlida Abdul Rahman, seorang jururawat berkata, perkahwinan bekas tunangnya itu mengesahkan khabar angin bahawa Hasmawi mempunyai gadis pilihan lain menyebabkan pertunangan mereka putus menjelang perkahwinan Disember lalu.

Menurutnya, walaupun masih ada 'rasa geram' terhadap Hasmawi tetapi perkembangan baru itu mampu membersihkan nama Norlida sekeluarga bahawa tindakan memutuskan pertunangan itu memang dirancang oleh pihak lelaki.

"Perasaan saya sudah pulih sekarang tetapi tindakannya mengahwini perempuan lain membuktikan dia memang berniat untuk membohongi saya," kata Norlida ketika dihubungi di rumahnya di Felda Kahang Timur dekat Kluang hari ini.

Malam ini Hasmawi melangsungkan perkahwinan dengan Noraini, petugas Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Kelantan di Masjid Asakirin di Kampung Haji Kudong, Kota Kuala Muda, Sungai Petani.

Kontroversi Hasmawi dan Norlida menjadi perbualan hangat kerana tindakan Hasmawi memutuskan pertunangannya 17 Disember lalu menerusi khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) - tidak sampai 24 jam majlis perkahwinan mereka dijadualkan berlangsung.

Bercerita lagi mengenai perkembangan dirinya, Norlida berkata, beliau belum mengisi kekosongan tersebut tetapi senang dengan tugasnya sebagai jururawat di Pusat Kesihatan Pontian.

"Saya akui sukar untuk melupakan Hasmawi kerana ia adalah cinta pertama tetapi saya redha setiap yang berlaku," ujarnya.

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Who did it II

[My Australasia]

Its probably have been the work of homegrown suicide bombers... They're from Brit mate. Element from inside not outside right. So where have all that foreign al-Qaeda elite gone. M.I.A again? Let's prejudice and biased Mr. Blair sing that "what a terror" song. Composed by his own mentor. Anyway congrats for that early reply... just to confirmed it.

Police identify bomb suspects

POLICE have identified four men whom they suspect of carrying out last week's London bombings.

Police said it was "very likely" that one suspect had died in the blasts on London's transport network, which killed at least 52 people and injured 700, and were trying to establish if all four bombers had blown themselves up deliberately.

Sky News television, quoting senior police sources, said anti-terrorist investigators were "working on the assumption that the (four) men were suicide bombers and had died in the explosions".

The BBC said it was told by its security sources that they thought the three who carried out the Underground attacks were suicide bombers, but were keeping "an open mind" on the bus bomber.

If the suicide bomber theory is proven, it would be the first ever such attack in western Europe.

It also emerged that the London attacks could have been highly coordinated, with four prime suspects having travelled together to the British capital on the morning of the rush-hour blasts.

"The investigation quite early led us to have concerns about the movement and activities of four men, three of whom came from the West Yorkshire area," said the head of the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorist squad, Peter Clarke.

"We are trying to establish their movements in the run-up to last week's attack and specifically to establish whether they all died in the explosions," Clarke told reporters.

He added that it was "very likely" that one of the suspects was among those who died in one of the bombed Underground trains, near Aldgate station in east London.

Clarke said the "complex and intensive" investigation was "moving at great speed", following raids on six premises in the industrial city of Leeds, in northern England, home to a large Muslim population of south Asian origin.

He said a man -- identity and age not revealed -- was arrested in West Yorkshire, the county that includes Leeds, and that he was being transferred to London for questioning.

The Times newspaper named two of the dead suspected bombers as Hasib Hussein, 19, and 22-year-old Shehzad Tanweer, Britons of Pakistani origin who lived in Leeds.

The two other bombers, whom it did not name, had similar backgrounds, the paper said in its Wednesday edition.

The breakthrough came when Hussein, who had told his parents he was going to visit friends in London, failed to answer his mobile phone during Thursday, and his family alerted police, the report said.

Investigators picking through the devastated bus found a body wearing clothes similar to those Hussein was last seen in, and noticed that he appeared to have been very close to the blast, prompting suspicions he might have been the bomber.

Told to look out for someone of Hussein's description on security camera footage from King's Cross subway station, where the bombers were thought to have congregated, investigators saw him with three other young men, all carrying rucksacks.

Citing intelligence sources, The Times said that at least two of the men had just returned from Pakistan, but none were on the files of security services.

Police sealed off a train station and parking lot in Luton, a town north of London, and carried out controlled explosions on a car with suspected links to the attacks.

The Times said that the four bombers had begun their final journey to London in Luton, adding that explosives were found in the car.

The bombs exploded at the peak of Thursday morning's rush hour. The death toll looked certain to rise, with police liaison officers now at the side of a total of 74 families.

Police released the names of two more victims Tuesday, taking the total of formal identifications so far to five, as coroners pursued the painstaking task of putting names to bodies.

Clarke said the six premises in West Yorkshire that were raided Tuesday included the homes of three of the suspects, and that lengthy forensic examination was underway at each site.

"We know that all four of these arrived in London by train on the morning of Thursday, July 7," he said.

"We have identified CCTV (closed circuit television) footage showing the four men at King's Cross station shortly before 8.30am on that morning," he said.

Police had previously said that the bombs on the Underground trains -- near Aldgate, Edgware Road and King's Cross stations -- went off at around 8:50am (07:50 GMT), with the one on the bus exploding nearly an hour later.

Clarke said that documents bearing the names of three of the four suspects had been found "close to the seats of three of the explosions", while possessions belonging to the man reported as missing were found on the bus.

Further identification was found at other blast sites and police had "strong forensic evidence" that one of the men died at the Aldgate explosion, he added. Reuters & AFP

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How about his datukship

[My Malaysiana]

From The Star

Governor to decide on author's 'Datuk' title

MALACCA: The state will let the Yang di-Pertua Negri decide whether to take away the "Datuk" title given to the author of the controversial book 50 Dalil Mengapa Anwar Tidak Boleh Jadi PM.

This followed the one-year jail sentence meted out to Datuk Abdul Khalid @ Khalid Jafri Bakar Shah by the Ampang Jaya Sessions Court on Friday for publishing false news seven years ago.

The author, who was convicted on June 25, was granted a stay of execution by judge Mohamed Saman Mohd Ramli pending an appeal.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said Khalid Jafri would only be stripped of his title if he has exhausted all appeals against his conviction.

He has referred the matter to governor Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob, Mohd Ali said yesterday.

He was commenting on the datukship awarded to Khalid Jafri in conjunction with the Yang di-Pertua Negri's official birthday in October last year.

From Harian Metro

Rayuan Khalid masih dalam pertimbangan

MELAKA: Keputusan sama ada Kerajaan Melaka menarik balik gelaran Datuk yang dikurniakan kepada penulis buku Datuk Khalid Jafri bergantung kepada hasil rayuan berhubung satu hukuman penjara yang dikenakan terhadapnya semalam.

Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohamed Ali Rustam, berkata beliau sudah merujuk perkara itu kepada Yang Dipertua Negeri Melaka, Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob.

"Biasanya kita tunggu hingga selesai rayuan, kalau rayuannya nanti didapati masih bersalah, tindakan sewajarnya akan diambil," katanya selepas merasmikan satu forum mengenai tragedi tsunami di Aceh dan peperangan di Iraq, di sini, semalam.

Khalid, 65, dihukum penjara setahun oleh Mahkamah Sesyen Ampang semalam kerana didapati bersalah menyiarkan maklumat palsu dalam bukunya "50 Dalil Mengapa Anwar Tidak Boleh Jadi PM."

Hakim Mohamad Saman Mohd Ramli menetapkan supaya hukuman penjara itu berkuatkuasa kelmarin, tetapi membenarkan permohonan Khalid supaya pelaksanaan hukuman ditangguhkan sehingga rayuannya selesai didengar di Mahkamah Tinggi.

Khalid dikurniakan Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) yang membawa gelaran Datuk sempena dengan sambutan hari jadi ke-66 Khalil pada Oktober tahun lalu.

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What thy call it McLaren's Day

[My Australasia]

...at Brit GP last weekend. FREE from any incident and accident. Free from any damn blast. Free from any fear... 'cause of "Brits the brave" spirit. 'cause of they're not afraid. O'really.

Sorry for this very late update, [already "basi" mate]. Very tight with something else... hopefully will back to blog as normal soon.

By James Allen

The British Grand Prix on Sunday yielded a first win of the season for McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya. But any one of four drivers could have won it had events turned out slightly differently.

World championship leader Fernando Alonso was one. Starting from pole position he lost out to Montoya in a side-by-side battle on the opening lap but he had two further chances to take the lead: at the first pit stop where the pair again duelled into the 150mph Becketts Corner and at the second pit stop. Alonso had five laps more fuel in his car with seven seconds to make up but he was blocked by slower traffic and had to settle for second place.

Alonso's team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella was another. He started quietly from sixth on the grid but three-quarters of the way through the race was within two seconds of the Spaniard. Then he stalled as he left the pits, losing 14 seconds, to finish fourth.

Third place went to McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen, who was the other man who could have won here. His surging drive from 12th on the grid to the podium showed that he had the speed but his chances evaporated partly because of 10-place drop on the grid after an enforced engine change but also because his race was compromised in the early stages when he was held up behind Jarno Trulli and Michael Schumacher, which allowed the leaders to build a comfortable cushion.

McLaren had targeted this as a must-win race as Raikkonen sought to narrow the 24-point championship gap to Alonso. Instead he lost a further two points to the Spaniard. With eight races to go, he will need several wins and a couple of non-finishes by Alonso to get back on terms.

Ferrari were again off the pace. Schumacher finished 75 seconds behind the winner for the second race in a row and afterwards the world champion let his frustrations show. "If you compare our performances from the two north-American races to these two we appear to be going backwards instead of forwards," he said."

Formula One teams have this week to test and develop their cars before a six-week testing moratorium begins. All are signatories to this agreement except Ferrari, so the Italian team's only hope is that they can close the gap while the others sit on the sidelines. It is a regrettable state of affairs that stems from Ferrari's decision to split with the other teams and sign a new agreement with the FIA, the sport's governing body, and F1 commercial rights owner Bernie Ecclestone for 2008 and beyond. But by going it alone they have an opportunity denied to the others. How much of those 75 seconds per race they find in the coming weeks will be of great interest to rival teams.

Top 9:
1. J Pablo Montoya (McLaren-Mercedes)
2. F Alonso (Renault)
3. K Raikkonen (McLaren-Mercedes)
4. G Fisichella (Renault)
5. J Button (BAR-Honda)
6. M Schumacher (Ferrari)
7. R Barichello (Ferrari)
8. R Schumacher (Toyota)
9. J Trulli (Toyota)

Ps: How about my William F1 team... still not fixs yet?

WHO did it

[My Australasia]

London Blast July 7th, 2005:


Less than 24 hrs from their winning smile... Now there's tears and fears everywhere.

Hopefully NO early speculations with NO solid proof and probe. I dont wanna to pin point to who and whom on this [for the time being], cause whatever reason it is, we as a human being absolutely agreed to condemned THIS.

BTW, Im worried if this coward ness with no face act, could easily lead to a backlash against another innocent community. Lead to another discrimination and unjust generalisation of word of terrorism... [or may lead to another "War On Terror" at another country]. See NYC 9/11 as a good example. That why, I'm always being skeptical for such a reason. How come... there's war for the sake of total peace. Hopefully this will not be the reason for you to attack other country you dont like Mr. Blair.

I'm personally believed that our struggle against this kind of terror cannot be won by military means if we still didn't look at and realised the major caused of it.

Will update on THIS soon... Insya Allah. Hopefully no more on board and double decker blasted after this. No more.

Our prayers from NINETNINE NETWORK are with the victims and their families. May God ease their pain and help them cope this grief. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

From God we came, and to Him we shall return.

Related New:

Special report: terrorism threat to UK - Guardian Unlimited

Hunt on for London bombers

British Muslims fear blast backlash

Australian Muslims fear retribution

Useful Links:

Timeline: London bomb attacks - This is not the 1st time

"Taking the War to England"

ICT - Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism

Who wins Olympic 2012 hosting right

[My Australasia]

Battle more to Paris and London right, we'll get the result soon. I'm personally prefer to Paris beside to that ole' Big Ben country. Hopefully it is not for Big Apple.

Updates 2120 Hrs (GMT +10:00)


Based on BBC news here and here recently. Congrats to ole' Big Ben country... You win when all Commonwealth country vote for you... hehehe.

Supposed to be disqualified earlier... when thy starting tht offensive campaign. What a wins right... [my version of sour grape... maybe]

Related Links:

International Olympic Committee

Australian Olympic Committee

2012 Summer Olympic Games Bids

When ninth of Twelve Apostle crumbles

[My Australasia]

By Xavier La Canna and Mathew Murphy

And then there were eight...

One of Victoria's most recognisable landmarks has been permanently altered after one of the largest of the stacks in the Twelve Apostles rock formation near Port Campbell collapsed into the Southern Ocean yesterday.

Shipwreck Coast park ranger Alex Green said three witnesses saw the 45-metre structure collapse at 9.18am yesterday. One took photographs of the formation just seconds before it crumbled.

"It sort of shimmered and shuddered, then imploded in on itself and collapsed into the water with very little splash," he said. "Almost immediately they got hit with a sound wave that was a deep boom."

He said the huge structure fell in on itself, as fissures in the limestone rocks apparently caused the rock to crumble.

Mr Green said the collapse was an unpredictable natural process that would ultimately happen to the other apostles, although it could take hundreds of thousands of years.

Kirsty Wales and her eight-year-old daughter Karra Black, from Tongala, in the state's north, were at the viewing platform when the apostle collapsed.

"We were just standing there and couldn't believe that it happened," Ms Wales said. "It wasn't really that windy out there. We were spinning out."

Image: melbourne.org

Another witness said she felt cheated by the event. "We were told to go and see the Twelve Apostles, all nine of them, and now there's eight," she said.

Yesterday all that was left of the apostle, which was second closest to the boardwalk, was a pile of yellow rubble.

About 1.5 million tourists visit the rock formation each year, which was called the Sow and Piglets until 1922 when its name was changed for tourism reasons to The Apostles, Mr Green said.

It gradually became better known as the Twelve Apostles, despite there being only nine main rocks in the formation, although some locals counted nearby structures to bring the number of stacks to 17 (now 16).

Colac Otway Shire Mayor Warren Riches yesterday called for an investigation into whether the remaining apostles could be protected before they too disappeared.

But Tourism Minister John Pandazopoulos ruled this out, saying nature should be left to take its course.

Related News:

Tourism industry caught between rock and hard place

Apostle's demise spurs fears of further losses, naturally

Sea claims Australian 'apostle'

Related Links:

Twelve Apostles

Twelve Apostles Marine National Park

Port Campbell National Park

When we're not a Brit not yet a Yank

[My Australasia]

...'cause we're proudly truly Aussie.

Image: machinegunkeyboard.com

Some of us think that we're now more to American beside than being truly Australian... Is it true? Look around you, and you can realised what Im saying. We're now proudly to maintained such a link to our cousin from that 'Greatest Country on Earth' beside from our friendly Asian friends... just near here. We're wrongly think thats cool to be yank or seppo [from the word septic tank] when our words are more tougher to understand from translated Mojave.

Some still confused with the country thy come from. Aussie with Asian root, Aussie with Scandinavian root, Aussie with African root, Aussie with Mid East root, Caribbean root or European roots. Thy still think that thy're not belongs here. Come on mate... at least we've make Aussie population up to 20,090,437 [Source].

We should preserve our uniquely Australian way... no need for others when we can found it all here. Just maintained with what we've... and always be nice with our neighbours... our friendly neighbours.

What inside my blood II

[My Malaysiana]

Thanks God, syukur Alhamdulillah... just a fever. Just a plain one... not contaminated or mix up with other element. Anyway, I'm not going for any blood test last week. Despite with unknown symptom I had.

No worries... e'thing seems to getting better when I'm at home. Mum, home really sweet home. ;)

I'm sure then it will should be OK. Insya Allah. Thanks mate... Will updating this as normal. I'm still fine alive, just a bit coughing now. BTW where's my Breacol on that pharm shelves.

Ps: See what Im found in this PDF. Search for "Breacol".

When Renault really like at home

[My Australasia]

MAGNY COURS, France - Formula One leader Fernando Alonso won the French Grand Prix on Sunday in a dominant display from the pole position.

The Renault driver won for the fifth time in 10 races this season, with Kimi Raikkonen taking second and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher finishing third.

"The car performed extremely well again in the race," Alonso said. "It was competitive from the first lap."

All the teams were back on the track, two weeks after 14 cars boycotted the U.S. Grand Prix over concerns about tire safety.

Raikkonen, who started 13th, was 11.8 seconds behind in his McLaren-Mercedes. Although he had the third-fastest qualifying time, the Finn was penalized 10 spots for changing his engine after its failure during Friday's practice.

Ferrari's Schumacher was almost a lap behind.

Alonso led from the start and never was challenged. Such was his dominance that he built on his lead despite taking three pit stops compared with Raikkonen's two.

Alonso now has 69 points in the overall standings, followed by Raikkonen with 45 and Schumacher with 40. AP

Top 9:
1 F Alonso (Renault)
2 K Raikkonen (McLaren)
3 M Schumacher (Ferrari)
4 J Button (BAR)
5 J Trulli (Toyota)
6 G Fisichella (Renault)
7 R Schumacher (Toyota)
8 J Villeneuve (Sauber)
9 R Barrichello (Ferrari)
Where's my Williams team???

BMW Williams related news:

BMW slams Williams effort in French GP

BMW has labelled Formula One partner Williams' French Grand Prix effort as "weak" after Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld limped home near the end of the field.

BMW Motorsport boss Mario Theissen did little to disguise his disgust as Williams endured its worst French race in recent history.

Webber finished 12th - and suffered a burn on his hip due to a heat buildup in the cockpit - and Heidfeld 14th.

The result was disastrous for the team which had travelled to Magny-Cours trumpeting the arrival of much-needed aerodynamic parts for the car.

Of the cars which finished the race, Webber and Heidfeld beat home only the backmarker Jordan.

"The race was as weak as the qualifying," Theissen said bluntly after the Grand Prix, although he added that the BMW engines ran without problems.

"Neither of our drivers had a chance to improve. Towards the end of the race both cars suffered mechanical problems which need to be analysed.

"Before the next grand prix in Silverstone we need to analyse the data of this weekend in order to find the reason for our weak performance here." [More...]

French GP: Williams Saturday qualifying notes

Webber reveals race injury agony

Hot spot puts Webber in British GP fitness race

BMW blows up

What inside my blood

[My Malaysiana]

I think I've got a dengue fever. Yess, Im serious abt this. Come'on mate... Im not kidding for this such thing OK.

From the symptom on me, then when Im referring to here, here and here; maybe ya or maybe nay. [BTW Im not the qualified practitioner to diagnosed myself right]. Hopefully not, just pray that Im still healthy OK... for another few year. Phewww.

Will back to Malacca today. For further diagnose and blood test report I'll blog on it someday - If there's no being hospitalised or warded for this. God willing, InsyaAllah... if there's nothing wrong inside my blood. Think positively mate...

See yaa,

Cheerio.

How we save our water

[My Australasia]

Victorians take shorter showers, [but we still bathing OK] Canberrans prefer to recycle their water, but South Australians lead the country for saving water in their gardens.

A survey on how people have cut their use of water during the past three years of drought by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows 90 per cent of the country consciously try to save water.

The bureau found in 2004 around 45 per cent of all Australians reported problems with their water supply, largely because of restrictions introduced as reservoirs dried up after unrelenting drought.

Although 44 per cent of all water is used in and around the garden, the most common water conservation measure practised by Australians was using full loads when washing dishes or clothes.

Another common method to cut water use was by taking shorter showers, with more than a quarter of Victorians restricting their time under the shower.

Over 80 per cent of homes now have a dual flush toilet or a reduced flow shower head, up from 73 per cent in 2001.

Recycling or reusing water was mentioned by 16 per cent of people as a measure they used to cut water. But in Canberra, almost 30 per cent of people reuse water.

Despite the push to cut water, the proportion of people saying they turned off a tap or repaired a dripping one actually fell between 2001 and 2004.

Out in the garden, more than 90 per cent of people said they took measures to cut water use.

The most popular measure was the use of mulch, which climbed to 59 per cent from 51 per cent over the past three years.

More than 93 per cent of South Australians use at least one method, such as mulch, to cut water use in their gardens.

Apart from mulch, 23 per cent of people said they watered early in the day, 18 per cent used recycled water and 17 per cent planted low water-use native trees.

About 10 per cent of people gave up watering their garden altogether.

Despite the push for water conservation, there has only been a very small increase in the number of people with a water tank - up to 17 per cent from 16 per cent in 2001.

However, 48 per cent of South Australians had a water tank against only three per cent in the ACT.

The bureau said the big difference could be due to South Australians being concerned about the quality of their water.

"The lowest proportion of households with rainwater tanks was recorded in the ACT where the satisfaction with the quality of mains water is at 87 per cent, compared with the (national) average of 70 per cent," it found. ABC