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- Muhyiddin: Target of 24 mln tourist arrivals this year achievable
- Court sets Nov 23 to mention lawyer's defamation suit against blogger
- Italian town slows down
- RM5mil for B5 blending facilities
- Electric auto show in Paris
- Khalid declines Kuala Selangor nomination for deputy president post
- N.Korea plans mass parade to mark rise of Kim's son: Seoul
- Motorcycle gunmen shoot dead judge in Philippines
- 1Malaysia Milk Programme gives spillover effect - Muhyiddin
- RM5 mln allocation by govt for B5 blending facilities
- ANALYSIS - Terrorism alerts reflect evolving militant threat
- Delhi chief minister defends hiding poverty
- Condom use routine for US teens, not adults
- Muhyiddin calls on UNWTO to establish specific guidelines on managing green tourism
- US willing to help in South China Sea code of conduct: envoy
- UN climate chief calls for quick action as China talks open
- Ban blood bricks
- Climate chief urges nations to show deal can be done
- Pope dismays anti-Mafia activists on Sicily visit
- Malaysia to call for fairer trade at Asem summit
| Muhyiddin: Target of 24 mln tourist arrivals this year achievable Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:56 AM PDT Malaysia is confident of achieving the target of 24 million tourist arrivals this year, said Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
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| Court sets Nov 23 to mention lawyer's defamation suit against blogger Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:54 AM PDT The High Court here today fixed Nov 23 for case management of a defamation suit filed by lawyer Datuk Seri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah against blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin.
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| Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:44 AM PDT (ITALY, Abbiategrasso-AFP) - Abbiategrasso is one of around 70 Italian towns to join the so-called "slow movement", which seeks to highlight the joys of a leisurely approach to life. The movement has found particular favour in Italy, where it was founded in 1999. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2010.
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| RM5mil for B5 blending facilities Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:37 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday 4 October 2010 (Bernama): The federal government has allocated RM5 million to five petroleum companies to set up blending facilities and infrastructure to support the implementation of B5 biodiesel usage. According to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, the government is working on the project and it has given the petroleum companies RM1 million each via the Malaysian Palm Oil Board.
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| Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:33 AM PDT (PARIS-AFP) - Automakers gathered at the Paris Car Show on Thursday hoping the huge Asian market will let them put the crisis behind them as they premiere dozens of models and a bevy of electric cars ready to hit the road. More than 300 firms from across the world will be represented at the two-week exhibition that opens to the public on Saturday after two days of press previews. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2010.
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| Khalid declines Kuala Selangor nomination for deputy president post Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:30 AM PDT KUALA SELANGOR, Monday 4 October 2010 (Bernama): Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has declined the nomination for the post of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) deputy president by the Kuala Selangor PKR division at its annual general meeting (AGM) and elections on Sunday 3 October 2010. At the meeting, incumbent party president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail was also nominated for the post.
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| N.Korea plans mass parade to mark rise of Kim's son: Seoul Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:19 AM PDT SEOUL, Monday 4 October 2010 (AFP) - North Korea is planning a major military parade and war games to mark a ruling party anniversary and the emergence of leader Kim Jong-Il's son as heir apparent, South Korea's defence minister said Monday.
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| Motorcycle gunmen shoot dead judge in Philippines Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:12 AM PDT Gunmen shot dead a judge in the Philippines on Monday in an attack that could be related to his job, police said.
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| 1Malaysia Milk Programme gives spillover effect - Muhyiddin Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:11 AM PDT The 1Malaysia Milk Programme will give a wider economic spillover in the long term, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
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| RM5 mln allocation by govt for B5 blending facilities Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:07 AM PDT The government has allocated RM5 million to five petroleum companies to set up blending facilities and infrastructure to support the implementation of B5 biodiesel usage.
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| ANALYSIS - Terrorism alerts reflect evolving militant threat Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:55 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. and British alerts about possible attacks in Europe highlight concern that growing numbers of militants are going from the West to remote war zones for training in answer to al Qaeda's online call for violence.
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| Delhi chief minister defends hiding poverty Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:24 PM PDT  NEW DELHI: New Delhi's chief minister Sheila Dikshit has dismissed criticism that the city is trying to hide its poverty during the Commonwealth Games by clearing beggars from the streets and erecting barriers to hide its slums. Dikshit has come under fire from civil rights' activists over the removal of beggars, street children and the homeless, which are a familiar sight on Delhi's usually packed streets. Giant hoardings hailing the arrival of the Games have also been erected along the roads that will be used by athletes and officials, hiding open sewers, stagnant water and rubbish-strewn slums from view. "When you get a guest at your house and when the eyes of the world are going to be on this city, would you not like it to look like a nice city?" Dikshit told Indian news channel NDTV in an interview yesterday. She defended the government's spending on efforts to clean and tidy up the capital, saying it was "overdue. You go and have a look at it now. Is it something bad to like that, by making it look more pretty?" She said all beggars have been put in homes and would be cared for even after the end of the Oct 3-14 sporting showpiece, the cost of which was estimated at US$6 billion (RM18.5 billion) by the government in August. "Instead of wandering around, we have got homes for them. Every beggar can be put into a home and every child can be put in a home," she said. The social services arm of the Delhi government says that 1,300 beggars have been arrested since January. But according to the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), an organisation that fights for the right to decent accommodation, arrests have been widened to all the city's poor. "About 75% of those who've left the centre of Delhi are not beggars but the poor and migrants," the head of the association, Milun Kothari, said last week. "They're arrested on the pretext of security because they don't have any proof of identity, but it's a human rights violation," he added, estimating that 60,000 beggars and 150,000 homeless usually live in Delhi. - AFP
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| Condom use routine for US teens, not adults Posted: 03 Oct 2010 03:17 PM PDT
The study from sex researchers at Indiana University and paid for by Trojan condom maker Church & Dwight Co is the most comprehensive look at sex behaviours in the United States in the past 20 years. Some findings heartened public health officials -- one in four acts of vaginal intercourse involve condom use. And among people who are single, that figure is one in three. Condom use is higher among black and Hispanic Americans than among whites, and is lowest among people over 40, the nationally representative Internet survey of 5,865 Americans aged 14 to 94 found. The results, presented in nine peer-reviewed studies in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, debunked stereotypes about teens being reckless when it comes to sex. Only 14% of 14-year-old boys reported any kind of sexual interaction with a partner in the prior three months, but almost 40% of 17-year-old males did, Indiana University researcher Dr Dennis Fortenberry told a media briefing, adding that the findings were similar in females. He said many teens reach age 18 with no sexual experience, and for those who do have sex, condom use is routine. "In this study, somewhere between 70% and 80% of adolescents reported condom use at their most recent vaginal intercourse," Fortenberry said. "This indicates we've had a real public health success that we need to acknowledge." 41 sex practices The team found that in the past 20 years, most adults have moved far from the traditional notion of sex as vaginal intercourse. People in the survey reported engaging in 41 sexual practices including oral and anal sex. "While vaginal intercourse is still the most common sexual behaviour by adults, many sexual events do not involve intercourse," Indiana University researcher Debra Herbenick, an expert in women's sexual health, told a telephone briefing. Other findings:
Herbenick said understanding US adults' sexual experiences affects public health, a point also made by former US surgeon-general Dr Joycelyn Elders. "In order for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to provide sexual health information to their patients, they must first have understanding of what the sexual behaviours are in the community and how they are manifested," Elders wrote in a commentary. Dr Kevin Fenton of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the papers will help as the White House rolls out the new US AIDS policy. "We must seize this moment," Fenton wrote in a commentary. - Reuters
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| Muhyiddin calls on UNWTO to establish specific guidelines on managing green tourism Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:02 AM PDT KOTA KINABALU, Monday 4 October 2010 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called on the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) to establish specific guidelines on managing green tourism.
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| US willing to help in South China Sea code of conduct: envoy Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:59 PM PDT MANILA, Monday 4 October 2010 (AFP) - The United States is willing to help craft a legally binding "code of conduct" to end a territorial dispute between ASEAN members and China that threatens regional stability, its envoy said Monday.
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| UN climate chief calls for quick action as China talks open Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:58 PM PDT TIANJIN, Monday 4 October 2010 (AFP) - The UN climate change chief on Monday urged feuding countries to immediately end their fighting and begin working towards a deal to combat global warming, as gridlocked talks resumed in China.
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| Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:51 PM PDT Two weeks ago the Animal Nepal rescued a blind working horse and her foal from a brick kiln in Harasiddi, Lalitpur. They were skin and bones. The rescue again reminds us of the importance of advocating against brick factories that abuse people, animals and the environment. On World Animal Day today, we invite the public to join a consumer campaign to ban 'blood bricks'.
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| Climate chief urges nations to show deal can be done Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:15 PM PDT TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The U.N. climate change chief urged governments on Monday to make real steps towards a new treaty to fight global warming or risk throwing negotiations into doubt.
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| Pope dismays anti-Mafia activists on Sicily visit Posted: 03 Oct 2010 11:15 PM PDT PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Sunday the Mafia represented "a path of death" that Sicily's young should shun but he dismayed activists who said he was too timid and should have given the crime group a moral hammering.
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| Malaysia to call for fairer trade at Asem summit Posted: 03 Oct 2010 10:44 PM PDT Malaysia will call for fairer world trade at the Eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) Summit here, as well as better financial supervisory and governance, as the way forward for the global economy, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said.
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