Woman for Sabah deputy chief minister post proposed |
- Woman for Sabah deputy chief minister post proposed
- Islanders tell of terror as N.Korean shells land
- Landed property prices to continue uptrend
- Klang Valley LRT extension project at design stage
- China calls for talks after N.Korea nuclear claims
- Indian troopers kill nine suspected Maoists: police
- High alert as North Korea fires artillery barrage on South (UPDATED)
- Half of Americans facing diabetes by 2020 - report
- Q+A - What are possible responses to N.Korea's nuclear advances?
- Cambodia stampede kills at least 345 at festival
- FACTBOX - Military forces on the Korean peninsula
- China urges peace, talk after North Korea shells South
- Two Koreas exchange fire across maritime border
- Indian opposition vows to keep Parliament in deadlock
- 'Bleak' outlook for Kiwi miners as video shows strong blast
- Casualties as North Korea fires artillery barrage on South
- China urges peace, talk after North Korea shells South
- S.Korea's Lee says trying to prevent greater conflict
- Gambia severes all ties with Iran
- Territorial Army training for PTD officers
| Woman for Sabah deputy chief minister post proposed Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:46 AM PST Datuk Hamisa Samat (BN-Tanjung Batu) has proposed that a woman fill the post of Sabah deputy chief minister through a cabinet reshuffle should Barisan Nasional (BN) win in the coming election.
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| Islanders tell of terror as N.Korean shells land Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:40 AM PST SEOUL, Tuesday 23 November 2010 (AFP) - Residents of a South Korean frontline border island described scenes of terror Tuesday as dozens of North Korean shells landed, killing one marine and injuring 13 others.
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| Landed property prices to continue uptrend Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:26 AM PST Property prices will continue with the uptrend despite speculation of a bubble building up in the property market, said SP Setia Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer, Datuk Voon Tin Yow.
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| Klang Valley LRT extension project at design stage Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:23 AM PST The government's plan to extend the light rail transit (LRT) service in the Klang Valley is well underway, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
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| China calls for talks after N.Korea nuclear claims Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:07 AM PST BEIJING, Tuesday 23 November 2010 (AFP) - China said Tuesday it was "imperative" six-nation talks to end North Korea's atomic ambitions be restarted, amid alarm over Pyongyang's latest nuclear claims and artillery fired at South Korea.
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| Indian troopers kill nine suspected Maoists: police Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:02 AM PST RAIPUR, Tuesday 23 November 2010 (AFP) - Indian security forces on Tuesday shot dead nine suspected Maoist guerrillas in the insurgency-riven central state of Chhattisgarh, police said.
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| High alert as North Korea fires artillery barrage on South (UPDATED) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST SEOUL, Tuesday 23 November 2010 (AFP) - North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing one person and triggering an exchange of fire as southern armed forces went on their highest state of alert.
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| Half of Americans facing diabetes by 2020 - report Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of Americans will have diabetes or be prediabetic by 2020 at a cost to the U.S. health care system of $3.35 trillion if current trends go on unabated, according to analysis of a new report released on Tuesday by health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. 
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| Q+A - What are possible responses to N.Korea's nuclear advances? Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - The reported sighting of more than 1,000 centrifuges at North Korea's main nuclear complex appears to confirm it is working to create a second source of arms-grade nuclear material. 
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| Cambodia stampede kills at least 345 at festival Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A stampede on a bridge in Cambodia's capital killed at least 345 people when thousands panicked, pinning and trampling revellers on the last day of a festival marking the end of the rainy season. 
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| FACTBOX - Military forces on the Korean peninsula Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return of fire by the South. 
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| China urges peace, talk after North Korea shells South Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China expressed worry about reports that North Korea had shelled a South Korean island on Tuesday in the latest escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula that neigbours the world's second-biggest economy. 
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| Two Koreas exchange fire across maritime border Posted: 23 Nov 2010 12:29 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Tuesday fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, setting buildings on fire and prompting a return of fire by the South, Seoul's military and media reports said. 
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| Indian opposition vows to keep Parliament in deadlock Posted: 22 Nov 2010 03:37 PM PST NEW DELHI: India's main opposition party today vowed to keep the national Parliament deadlocked until the government agreed to a cross-party probe into allegations of a massive telecom corruption scam. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other opposition groups have forced constant adjournments in parliament for two weeks as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come under increasing pressure over his handling of the scandal. "Two-thirds of the house members are demanding a joint parliamentary committee probe, why is the government denying their demand? It is a democratic demand," BJP spokesman Prakash Javdekar said. "The prime minister should resign if he believes in democracy." Former telecom minister A Raja, who resigned on Nov 14, is accused of losing the national treasury up to US$40 billion over the sale of 2G mobile phone licences in 2007 for a fraction of their value. The controversy has presented Manmohan with one of the most serious challenges to his reputation for probity since he came in power in 2005. He has denied accusations that he failed to act over the scandal and has vowed to punish anyone found guilty of graft. - AFP
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| 'Bleak' outlook for Kiwi miners as video shows strong blast Posted: 22 Nov 2010 03:30 PM PST
Frustrated relatives of the missing, who were shown the video before its release, expressed anger at stalled rescue efforts as a robot sent into the mine broke down and an exploratory bore-hole was slowed by hard rock. But New Zealand police commissioner Howard Broad said there were still high levels of explosive and poisonous gases in the mine, making it impossible to send in rescue teams. "As this situation continues, the situation for those below ground is bleak and gets bleaker by the hour," he warned. Police superintendent Gary Knowles, who is coordinating search efforts, also revealed rescuers were preparing for the worst in a marked shift in tone. "We are planning for all options and if one of the options means that those guys that are underground are not alive, we are planning for that," he said. The miners have not been heard from since the explosion tore through the remote South Island colliery on Friday. The security video, released by the Pike River Coal company, showed stone dust being blasted for 52 seconds out of the shaft's entrance – some 2.5km from the explosion and where the missing men were located. But Pike River chief executive Peter Whittall said the force of the explosion was no reason to believe the trapped men were not alive. "Two men walked out after that so I don't believe it's material," he said. Prime Minister John Key admitted the situation was "grave" as he sought to assuage rising anger among relatives. "Our thoughts right now are with the miners' families and the sense of helplessness they must be feeling. We share their frustration. We too would like to see a rescue team sent in," he told Parliament. "We hope and pray that the missing are alive and well but given that we have not had contact with them for four days, the situation remains grave." Second robot A second robot has been rushed to the isolated mine but Defence Minister Wayne Mapp said it would first need to be modified for wet, underground work. Whittall also said drilling of a bore to take gas samples from near where the miners were working hit hard rock at 142 metres, and was not now expected to penetrate the final 20 metres until late today. The 15-centimetre (six-inch) hole will be used to take air samples while laser-imaging equipment and video cameras will also be sent down. News of the latest setbacks left the families of the 29 men distraught as their agonising wait stretched into a fifth day. "There's a certain amount of anger right now," Grey District mayor Tony Kokshoorn said. "We've had a kick in the guts, the robot went in the tunnel, it got water in it and short-circuited, it's history." Laurie Drew, whose son Zen is trapped in the mine, said the patience of the families was wearing thin. "The grief, frustration and probably the anger will really start coming out if we get the same sort of information we have been given," he told Radio New Zealand. The trapped men include 24 New Zealanders, two Australians, two Britons and a South African. If the miners had made their way to one of the safe refuges in the mine they would have access to water and possibly compressed air, but their only food was the packed lunches they were carrying. Knowles said a seismic device had been attached at the tunnel entrance to monitor any signs of life and New Zealand Mines Rescue general manager Trevor Watts said his men were ready to go down the mine at a moment's notice. "I cannot express the frustration that our guys feel," he said as his team waited for gas levels to ease. "It's not so much the toxicity but for explosibility. That is the key area. "The conditions that our rescue personnel are going to face are potentially going to be hostile." - AFP
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| Casualties as North Korea fires artillery barrage on South Posted: 22 Nov 2010 03:18 PM PST  SEOUL: North Korea fired artillery shells onto a South Korean border island today, causing casualties and prompting an exchange of fire with southern troops, officials and reports said. The firing came after North Korea's disclosure of an apparently operational uranium enrichment programme – a second potential way of building a nuclear bomb – which is causing serious alarm for the United States and its allies. Some 50 North Korean shells landed on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong near the tense Yellow Sea border, causing some injuries and damage to dozens of houses, YTN television reported. Four South Korean soldiers were wounded by the North Korean artillery barrage, the Yonhap news agency said. The South Korean military went on its highest state of alert, the defence ministry said, and YTN reported that South Korean air force jets were scrambled to the island. But a ministry spokesman said: "A North Korean artillery unit staged an illegal firing provocation at 2.34pm and South Korean troops fired back immediately in self-defence." One island resident, Lee Jong-Sik, told YTN: "At least 10 houses are burning. I can't see clearly for the smoke. The hillsides are also on fire. "We were told by loudspeakers to flee our homes." TV footage showed huge plumes of smoke rising from the island. Tension on the divided peninsula has been acute since the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, which Seoul says was the result of a North Korean torpedo attack. Pyongyang has angrily rejected the charge. In late October, North and South Korean troops exchanged fire across their Cold War border, coinciding with a state of high alert for the South's military in the buildup to the G20 summit of world leaders in Seoul earlier this month. The latest incident erupted as a US special envoy headed to China today to seek its help in curbing the new nuclear project, revealed to US experts who described a sophisticated programme by North Korea to enrich uranium. Resuming stalled talks Stephen Bosworth has also visited South Korea and Japan this week to discuss the disclosure, which US officials say would allow the isolated North to build new atomic bombs, at a time when it is undergoing a dynastic change of power. Bosworth, speaking in Tokyo, ruled out a resumption of stalled six-nation talks – aimed at disarming the North of nuclear weaponry in return for aid and other concessions – while work continues on the enrichment programme. "We do not contemplate resuming negotiations while active programmes are underway or while there is a possibility that North Koreans will test another nuclear device or test a missile," he told reporters. China chairs the talks and is also the North's sole major ally and economic prop. It has come under pressure to play a leading role in resolving the latest nuclear dispute. Bosworth, US special representative for North Korea policy, said Washington was reaching out to six-party partners China, Russia, Japan and South Korea. He said China and other parties were committed to a September 2005 denuclearisation accord, "but we are very concerned as to the sincerity of the (North's) approach to this". The White House said the uranium enrichment claims contradicted Pyongyang's past pledges but it left the door ajar for "serious" negotiations. "The administration believes the six-party process can play an important role if and when the North Koreans take that six-party process to move toward denuclearisation seriously," spokesman Robert Gibbs said today. "We do not wish to talk simply for the sake of talking. The North Koreans have to be serious about living up to their obligations." The North shut down its ageing gas graphite reactor in 2008 under a six-party deal, after stockpiling enough weapons-grade plutonium for possibly six to eight small bombs. But it abandoned the forum in April 2009, a month before its second nuclear test, and announced in September last year that it had reached the final stage of enriching uranium. The North, showing off its centrifuges to the US experts this month, said the operation would fuel a civilian electricity project. But US officials say the real intention is to build a new generation of bombs. - AFP
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| China urges peace, talk after North Korea shells South Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:52 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China expressed concern about reports that North Korea had shelled a South Korean island on Tuesday in the latest escalation of tensions between the two sides of the Korean peninsula. 
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| S.Korea's Lee says trying to prevent greater conflict Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:52 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said on Tuesday he was trying to prevent the exchange of artillery fire between North and South Korea from escalating into a greater conflict, Yonhap news reported. 
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| Gambia severes all ties with Iran Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:20 PM PST TEHRAN, Nov 23: Gambia has severed all economic and diplomatic relations with Iran and set a 48-hour deadline for Iranian government officials to leave the West African country.
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| Territorial Army training for PTD officers Posted: 22 Nov 2010 11:58 PM PST Territorial Army training programme will be introduced as part of the curriculum in the Diploma in Public Management course undertaken by newly-recruited officers in the Administrative and Diplomatic Service (PTD) at the National Institute of Public Administration (Intan).
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