Posted on 10 June 2008
Photo 1: Together, through Warm and Cold
Photographer: An Hejie. Market Place, Town of Chifeng , Inner Mongolia. Beyond the northern ( Inner Mongolia ) frontier, spring has arrived but the cold weather lingered on. Snow fell on this April morning. Flakes danced in the sky. A middle-aged man tended to his [...]
Tags: Photos that touch the heart...
Posted on 10 June 2008
ABDULLAH Ahmad Badawi berbual dengan (dari kiri) Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin; Gabenor Bank Negara, Tan Sri Zety Akhtar Aziz; Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Tan Sri Sidek Hassan; Menteri Kewangan Kedua, Tan Sri Nor Mohd Yakcop dan Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Mohd Shahrir Samad selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat pertama Majlis Membanteras Inflasi Negara di Putrajaya semalam. fotoBernama
(Dikemas [...]
Tags: kawal inflasi, Minyak: Abdullah umum strategi tambahan kurang beban
Posted on 10 June 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berharap rakyat negara ini mendapatkan maklumat yang betul dan sahih berhubung fenomena kenaikan harga minyak agar mereka benar-benar memahami apa yang sedang dihadapi oleh negara.
“Setiap daripada kita ada peranan dan tanggungjawabnya dalam menghadapi suasana getir seumpama ini.
“Justeru, marilah kita bersama-sama mengharungi dugaan ini dengan tabah, demi kesejahteraan kita [...]
Tags: Kerajaan akan cuba kurangkan beban rakyat - Abdullah
Posted on 10 June 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Majlis Tertinggi (MT) Umno yang mengadakan pertemuan retreat - yang disifatkan bersejarah, selama dua hari yang berakhir semalam, akan mengeluarkan resolusi dijangka dalam waktu terdekat.
Ketua Penerangan Umno, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd. Taib berkata, segala pandangan yang dikemukakan sepanjang pertemuan dua hari itu sedang diteliti untuk dijadikan resolusi bagi memperkukuhkan parti.
“Banyak, pelbagai input dan maklum balas telah [...]
Tags: Resolusi retreat MT Umno waktu terdekat?
Posted on 10 June 2008
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush begins a farewell tour of Europe on Monday when he arrives in Slovenia for an U.S.-EU summit which is expected to gloss over disputed issues such as climate change.
U.S. President George W. Bush waves to the media as he prepares to board Air Force One at Andrews [...]
Tags: Bush farewell trip to paper over cracks with Europe
Posted on 10 June 2008
HOSTS Terengganu retained the men’s football title in style, thrashing Perlis 5-1 in the final played in front of a capacity crowd of 50,000 at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Gong Badak last night.
Terengganu, who had several players from their Super League side, were without doubt the far superior side with their attacking [...]
Tags: Football: Terengganu blast five goals past hapless Perl
Posted on 10 June 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor residents who earn RM1,500 and below now qualify for welfare aid from the state.
Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said that the move was part of the state government’s efforts to help ease citizens’ financial burden following the recent fuel price increase.
“While trying to reduce costs (of expenditure at [...]
Tags: 000 aid to poor families, RM1
Posted on 10 June 2008
GEORGE TOWN: The current prices of petrol and diesel will be maintained until next March even if world oil prices touch US$200 (RM660) a barrel, said Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad.
The domestic trade and consumer affairs minister, however, said he hoped world prices would not stay at such levels for long, leaving the government no [...]
Tags: Prices will stay until March
Posted on 10 June 2008
GENEVA: Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari says his side will be confident – but not too confident – when they face the Czech Republic here tomorrow with a Euro 2008 quarter-final place at stake.
Euro 2004 finalists Portugal were impressive on Saturday night when they sealed a 2-0 win over Turkey at the Stade de Geneva [...]
Tags: Portugal coach Scolari confident of booking last eight
Posted on 10 June 2008
Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed what they claim is the world’s first church, dating back almost 2,000 years, The Jordan Times reported on Tuesday.
“We have evidence to believe this church sheltered the early Christians — the 70 disciples of Jesus Christ,” Husan said.
These Christians, who are described in a mosaic as “the 70 beloved by [...]
Tags: Jordan archaeologists unearth 'world's first church'