Entries from November 2008

November 30, 2008

UN humanitarian chief calls for continued cooperation in Sudan

(Khartoum, 30 November 2008): John Holmes, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, concluded his six day visit to Sudan by reiterating the importance of protection of civilians and urging improved cooperation with the Government of Sudan in facilitating humanitarian assistance in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan.

The ERC commended the GoS on [...]

November 29, 2008

PAHANG GOVT RECRUITS PENSIONERS AS BLOGGERS

TEMERLOH: The Pahang Government has appointed three pensioners as bloggers to thwart slanderous comments and allegations posted on the Internet.the bloggers, who would be paid allowances, would be provided with computers and the Internet access in their homes.
State Information, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin said
The pensioners can capitalise on their [...]

November 29, 2008

Media senget sebelah: Kerajaan Perak tubuh Sekretariat Blogger

27 Nov 2008 1:02PM

IPOH: Dengan alasan tidak mendapat liputan adil media arus perdana, kerajaan Perak menubuhkan Sekretariat Blogger bagi menyebarkan maklumat dan dasar kerajaan negeri yang diperintah Pakatan Rakyat.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin berkata hasil pertemuan beliau dengan Persatuan Blogger Perak semalam, kesemua 26 penulis blog yang hadir berjanji menyokong dan bekerjasama dengan [...]

November 29, 2008

Mawi nafi ahli PKR, bantu PKR kempen pilihanraya di Johor

Kena pandailah sikit politik.  Janganlah tembak kawan dari jarak dekat dengan tak tutup mata – kira dahsyat sangatlah tu… Apahal nak tumpang populariti Mawi?  Ingat boleh dapat kerusi kat Johor kalau pakai nama Mawi?  Kerja keraslah sikit Bro… mudah sangat jual nama Mawi – tak kan Konvensyen PKR pun nak jadi cam Perhimpunan Agung gak?  [...]

November 28, 2008

Congo rebels capture border town, refugees flee

By Joe Bavier

KINSHASA, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Congolese Tutsi rebels took control of the eastern town of Ishasha on Congo’s border with Uganda, the U.N. said on Thursday, sending thousands of Congolese civilians streaming into Uganda.
Fresh fighting in east Congo has added urgency to calls for more international peacekeepers to be deployed immediately.
“There was fighting,” [...]

November 28, 2008

Afghanistan: Food insecurity may cause deaths this winter – government

KABUL, 27 November 2008 (IRIN) – More than 1.6 million under-five children and hundreds of thousands of vulnerable women are exposed to acute malnutrition and some could die this winter due to food insecurity and lack of medical care, the government has warned.
“Around 1.6 million children under five and 625,000 child-bearing-age women are at risk [...]

November 25, 2008

Ingushetia in ’state of civil war’

Posted by: “Robert” rpg7@poczta.fm   garg997
Sun Nov 23, 2008 6:20 pm (PST)
Page last updated at 00:37 GMT, Sunday, 23 November 2008
By Richard Galpin
BBC News, Moscow
Human rights activists and opposition politicians in Russia’s southern republic of Ingushetia have told the BBC that the predominantly Muslim region is now in a state of civil war.
It is reported that more [...]

November 25, 2008

ULASAN PANDANGAN TUN MAHATHIR TENTANG PPSMI

Pandangan Tun Dr. Mahathir dalam Wacana Dilema Melayu anjuran GAPENA baru-baru ini bahawa PPSMI patut diteruskan tidaklah memeranjatkan kerana beliaulah pencetus, pemutus dan pelaksananya. Tun masih dengan dengan sikap biasanya yang tidak sesekali berubah atau berpatah balik apabila telah membuat keputusan.
 
Isunya ialah bahawa hujah Tun merupakan hujah yang tergelincir daripada hakikatnya. Dalam laporan Bernama, Tun [...]

November 25, 2008

Sri Lanka: Human rights situation deteriorating in the east

Armed Faction Is Killing, Kidnapping Civilians
(New York, November 24, 2008) – The Sri Lankan government should take immediate steps to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the country’s Eastern Province, where there has been an increase in killings and abductions in recent weeks, Human Rights Watch said today.
Many abuses in the Eastern Province appear [...]

November 24, 2008

Akhbar Melayu bakal pupus? Bagaimana ianya bakal pupus…

AKHBAR Melayu tidak akan pupus dengan sebab ada orang Melayu pulau Akhbar Melayu.
AKHBAR Melayu tidak akan pupus hanya sebab orang Melayu malas nak beli akhbar tersebut.
AKHBAR Melayu tidak akan pupus walaupun parti yang memegang sahamnya tersungkur…
AKHBAR Melayu akan pupus bila yang ditulis bukan lagi maklumat tetapi fitnah melata.
Akhbar Melayu akan pupus bila yang disajikan bukan [...]