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- Utah firing squad executes convicted killer
- South Korea fighter jet crashes, two pilots killed
- 10MP: Govt to allocate RM91bn for 2011-12
- Defection a shameless unprincipled act
- Mangrove forests: The forgotten and abused frontier
- Court dismisses Anwar's bid for medical reports and specimen samples
- Gaza blockade must be lifted: Amnesty
- S.Korea must respond sternly to N.Korea attacks: army chief
- Murderer executed by firing squad in Utah
- Russian, US astronauts dock with ISS: official
- First meet for Haiti quake commission, 5 months on
- Utah firing squad executes convicted killer
- Murderer executed by firing squad in Utah
- Iraq refugee problem unresolved despite resettlement
- Sri Lanka marks Tiger defeat as war crimes pressure mounts
- Manufacturer of dreams
- Gruesome dead Maoist pictures stir official Indian outrage
- Second Australian teen charged over Indian's murder
- Over 5,000 turtles destroyed annually in Sri Lanka due to human activities
- Japan growth plan bets on green-tech, health, tourism
| Utah firing squad executes convicted killer Posted: 18 Jun 2010 01:15 AM PDT SALT LAKE CITY, June 18 – A Utah firing squad shot to death a convicted killer early today in the third US execution by that means since 1976. Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, was pronounced dead at 12.20am Mountain Time (0620 GMT) after being shot in the chest by a five-man firing squad at the Utah State Prison in Draper, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Steve ...
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| South Korea fighter jet crashes, two pilots killed Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:37 AM PDT SEOUL, June 18 — Two South Korean Air Force pilots were killed when their fighter jet crashed at sea as they returned from a training mission today, an official said, three months after two jets of the same model crashed. North Korea, blamed by the South for sinking one of its warships in March with the deaths of 46 sailors, is not believed to be ...
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| 10MP: Govt to allocate RM91bn for 2011-12 Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:22 AM PDT The government will allocate between RM90 billion and RM91 billion for expenditure in the first two years of the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP), says the Director-General of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Noriyah Ahmad.
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| Defection a shameless unprincipled act Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:16 AM PDT Many voters have been short-changed by their elected representatives who defected to the side they voted against. These party-hoppers usually give all sort of ridiculous and unbelievable reasons for betraying those who selected them as election candidates and the people who voted for them.
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| Mangrove forests: The forgotten and abused frontier Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:08 AM PDT Global warming and depleting water resources are not the only ones posing threat to life on earth.
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| Court dismisses Anwar's bid for medical reports and specimen samples Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:06 AM PDT Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today failed in his bid for all the medical reports and specimen samples prepared by three Kuala Lumpur Hospital (KLH) doctors who examined Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, the man he is alleged to have sodomised.
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| Gaza blockade must be lifted: Amnesty Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:05 AM PDT DUBAI, Friday 18 June 2010 (Bernama) -- Calls from governments and human rights bodies for Israel to lift its punishing blockade of Gaza are growing louder.
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| S.Korea must respond sternly to N.Korea attacks: army chief Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:58 PM PDT SEOUL, Friday 18 June 2010 (AFP) - South Korea's military faces a "desperately dangerous situation" after the sinking of a warship and must respond sternly to any future North Korean provocations, the new army chief said Friday.
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| Murderer executed by firing squad in Utah Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:30 PM PDT SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -A convicted murderer was executed by a firing squad in Utah here Friday after a flurry of last-minute bids for mercy were rejected, authorities said.
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| Russian, US astronauts dock with ISS: official Posted: 17 Jun 2010 08:28 PM PDT MOSCOW -A Russian space ship carrying a Russian cosmonaut and two US astronauts on Friday docked successfully with the International Space Station, mission control officials said.
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| First meet for Haiti quake commission, 5 months on Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:24 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE -The commission set up to oversee the five billion dollars in quake aid money pledged to Haiti by the international community has held its first working session.
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| Utah firing squad executes convicted killer Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:51 AM PDT SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Utah firing squad shot to death a convicted killer early on Friday in the third U.S. execution by that means since 1976.
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| Murderer executed by firing squad in Utah Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:10 PM PDT
Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, was shot through the heart by a five-man team of sharpshooters at about 12.20 local time (0620 GMT), a spokesman for the Department of Corrections told reporters. "The execution warrant was served at about 12.20 and 25 seconds," spokesman Steve Gehrke said. Gardner's gruesome death was described as a bloody throwback to the days of Old West justice, the first execution of its kind in the United States for 14 years and possibly the last ever. But there was an unmistakably 21st century twist to his final minutes of life when Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff used micro-blogging site Twitter to announce he had given the final approval for the execution. "I just gave the go-ahead to Corrections Department to proceed with Gardner's execution," Shurtleff tweeted shortly before Gardner was shot. "May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims." Firing squads were outlawed by Utah in 2004 but the ban was not retroactive, allowing Gardner the freedom to opt for the gruesome method instead of lethal injection during a hearing in April. Gardner had spent 25 years on death row for gunning down an attorney in a failed bid to escape from a court room in 1985 during a murder trial. Gardner's case had renewed debate about use of the death penalty in the United States and divided family and friends of his victims. Multiple appeals Loved ones of lawyer Michael Burdell, shot dead by Gardner in his botched escape attempt, have said they were against his execution because Burdell opposed the death penalty. "Michael was a gentle soul. And he loved people and he loved life. And he would not have wanted Ronnie Lee to be killed, especially in his name," Donna Nu, Burdell's fiance told CNN today. "I think that we as a human race -- all the brilliant minds we have on this planet -- we could come up maybe with something better." Gardner's death came after a day which saw his lawyers fail with multiple appeals to have the execution stayed, lobbying Utah Governor Gary Herbert, a federal court in Denver and the US Supreme Court. All three bids were rejected. "Upon careful review, there is nothing in the materials provided this morning that has not already been considered and decided by the Board of Pardons and Parole or numerous courts," Herbert wrote. "Gardner has had a full and fair opportunity to have his case considered by numerous tribunals." The Utah Department of Corrections said Gardner was "relaxed" yesterday, spending the day reading a David Baldacci novel -- "Divine Justice" -- while watching "The Lord of the Rings" fantasy trilogy. He was served his final meal -- steak, lobster, apple pie, vanilla ice cream and 7-Up -- on Tuesday before choosing to commence a 48-hour fast before his execution for undisclosed reasons. He met his attorney during the morning, after saying goodbye to his brother and daughter on Wednesday through prison bars. Gardner requested none of his family members be present at his execution. - AFP
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| Iraq refugee problem unresolved despite resettlement Posted: 18 Jun 2010 12:16 AM PDT HASAKEH, Syria (Reuters) - More refugees from violence-racked Iraq are being resettled but the country's displacement problem is not going away, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Friday.
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| Sri Lanka marks Tiger defeat as war crimes pressure mounts Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:21 PM PDT COLOMBO, Friday 18 June 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka staged a delayed military parade on Friday to mark the first anniversary of the end of its 37-year civil war, with pressure mounting for a probe into alleged crimes during the fighting.
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:21 PM PDT PT Sinjaraga Santika Sport company workers work at the local football factory in Majalengka district in West Java province. Since the 2010 World Cup began in South Africa, about 200 factory employees and hundreds of home-based workers, who produce about 3,000 hand stitched balls a day to FIFA standards, could barely cope with the 50% increased demand. The company is the biggest manufacturer of footballs in Indonesia where 90%of their products are exported mostly to Brazil, South Africa, Peru, Japan, Madagascar, the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
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| Gruesome dead Maoist pictures stir official Indian outrage Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:11 PM PDT NEW DELHI, Friday 18 June 2010 (AFP) - Photographs of dead Maoists killed by Indian security forces being carried "animal-like" hanging from bamboo sticks have prompted an official reproach from the home ministry, reports said Friday.
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| Second Australian teen charged over Indian's murder Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:10 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Friday 18 June 2010 (AFP) - A second Australian teenager was charged Friday over the murder of Indian student Nitin Garg, the most serious in a wave of violent crimes which strained ties with New Delhi.
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| Over 5,000 turtles destroyed annually in Sri Lanka due to human activities Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:18 PM PDT COLOMBO, Friday 18 June 2010 (Bernama) -- More than 5,000 turtle are getting destroyed annually in Sri Lanka and are threatened with extinction due to callous human activities in the coastal belt, China's Xinhua news agency quoted Turtle Conservation Project Chairman Thushan Kapurusinghe as saying.
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| Japan growth plan bets on green-tech, health, tourism Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT TOKYO, Friday 18 June 2010 (AFP) - Japan's government Friday pledged to create five million new jobs through a 10-year economic growth strategy centred on green technology, health care, tourism and closer links with Asia.
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