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Reckless behaviour boggles the mind
http://voiceofmalaysian.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ reckless-behaviour-boggles-the-mind/Nation World Updates Courts Parliament Columnists Opinion Fight Crime Honours List function ebBannerFlash_0_6308252941733232_DoFSCommand(command,args){ebScriptWin0_6308252941733232.gEbBanners[0].displayUnit.handleFSCommand(command,args,”ebBannerFlash_0_6308252941733232″);} <a
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Spare a thought for Hindus when setting exam period
http://voiceofmalaysian.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ spare-a-thought-for-hindus-when-setti…MY SON’S primary school recently announced that the year-end examination would start on Oct 30. The District Education Office had issued the directive for Year 5 students. Did someone forget that Deepavali is on Oct 27? As a result of the directive, most schools have set the same date for Year 1 to Year 4 as it would be logical for all classes to conduct examinations at the same time.
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Jealous hubby kills wife and self
http://voiceofmalaysian.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ jealous-hubby-kills-wife-and-self/KOTA KINABALU: A husband, who suspected that his wife was unfaithful, blew her and himself up with a fish bomb in a house to the horror of their 13 children. The children were ordered to leave the house at Kampung Cederamata II at about 9am yesterday before the blast and they were not injured, but the woman’s niece who was in the kitchen sustained facial injuries.
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‘Pagoda’ mosque draws tourists
http://voiceofmalaysian.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ pagoda-mosque-draws-tourists/The Sultan Ismail Petra Silver Jubilee Mosque, nearing completion, houses a kindergarten, library, computer centre, visitors room and bazaar. — NST pictures by Zaman Huri Isa RANTAU PANJANG: Thousands of visitors are flocking to a RM7.2 million new mosque here, with a design inspired by China’s pagoda architecture.
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Transscentuals
http://www.humanflowerproject.com/ index.php/ weblog/ transcentuals/“Frankenflower” Photo: Larry Schodts Integrity, right up there with “humility,” is one of those traits easier to recognize than to pin down. Careful. Whoever lays claim to either one will be instantly disqualified. Hard to come by in humans, integrity remains a dream we confer on flowers (maybe for the very reason they can’t assert it for themselves).
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IRAQ: U.S. Urged to Share More of Refugee Burden
http://gorillasguides.com/ 2008/ 10/ 07/ iraq-us-urged-to-share-more-of-refugee-…IRAQ: U.S. Urged to Share More of Refugee Burden For many Iraqi civilians, going home would be a death sentence. The reality is that all but a tiny fraction of uprooted Iraqis are staying put because they know their neighbourhoods are still violent, not safe, and lack basic services.
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Welcome To A Smoke Free World
http://theviewspaper.net/ society/ 2008/ 10/ 4354The Health Ministry’s decision to ban smoking in public places came into effect from October 2, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. The law is simple, you may buy cigarettes but you cannot light them up in any public place else you will have to cough up a fine of Rs. 200. Welcome to a smoke and tobacco free atmosphere.
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Jewish Forward Defends Accepting RJC Obama Smear Ads
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/ tikun_olam/ 2008/ 10/ 06/ jewish-forward-defe…The Forward claims rejecting this ad would amount to censorship The Jewish Forward handed the Republican Jewish Coalition a victory today in the latter’s ongoing campaign to sow seeds of hate within American Jews for Barack Obama. The RJC has published paid advertising in Haaretz, The Forward, JTA
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New light on link between snoring and cognitive deficits in chil...
http://health-fitness.marc8.com/ new-light-link-between-snoring-and-cognitive-de…New light on link between snoring and cognitive deficits in chil... EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Mon, 10/06/2008 - 23:00 (American Thoracic Society) About two-thirds of children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) -- snoring or obstructive sleep apnea -- have some degree of cognitive deficit,
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Withdrawal of life support often an imperfect compromise
http://health-fitness.marc8.com/ withdrawal-life-support-often-imperfect-comprom…Withdrawal of life support often an imperfect compromise EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health Mon, 10/06/2008 - 23:00 (American Thoracic Society) Intensive Care Unit doctors seeking to balance the complex needs of their patients and the patients' families may make an imperfect compromise, withdrawing life support systems over a prolonged period of time.
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