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Happy Sharapova remembers tough times Posted: 24 May 2011 08:12 AM PDT PARIS, May 24 – Maria Sharapova reflected on the tough times she has come through after her emphatic 6-3 6-0 win over Croatian Mirjana Lucic in the French Open first round today. Siberian-born Sharapova (picture) has overcome serious elbow and shoulder injuries which have hampered the career of the three-times grand slam champion. "I don't think any road is particularly easy. If you don't have the tough days and if you don't go through adversity, I don't think that the good ones and the wins mean as much as when everything seems to be going our way," the 24-year-old Russian told a news conference. "I've put a lot of work in starting from the off-season. I had a tough period in the beginning of the year, being sick for a while and having to wait to play a tournament," she added. "I was just really positive. I trained really hard." Sharapova has enjoyed springtime in Europe. "I have been to really cool cities in the last few weeks starting in Madrid and Rome and here, and I love walking around," she said. "I find a lot of inspiration in street style and watching women walk, the way they wear things and what they're wearing. I take a lot of pictures. I do a lot of collages." The Paris grand slam is the only one missing from Sharapova's collection but victory in the Rome International this month confirmed her return to form. "As far as that motivation, it's really kicked in this year, and I hope I keep going with that," she said. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Costa steps down as Ferrari technical director Posted: 24 May 2011 07:53 AM PDT MONACO, May 24 – Aldo Costa has stepped down as Ferrari technical director to take up "new responsibilities" within the company, the Formula One team said today. Ferrari said in a statement ahead of Sunday's showcase Monaco Grand Prix that the change was immediate. "The technical activity has been restructured in three areas," the team said. "Director for the chassis side is Pat Fry, production is in the hands of Corrado Lanzone, while engine and electronics continues with Luca Marmorini." The Italian glamour team had a miserable weekend in Spain, with double world champion Fernando Alonso lapped by Red Bull's race winner Sebastian Vettel despite finishing fifth. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Distraught family of DSK accuser look to God Posted: 24 May 2011 08:47 AM PDT Guinea home village a world away from the financial centres and luxury suite of the Times Square Sofitel. — Reuters pic LABE REGION, Guinea, May 24 — In a living room bare but for a few family photos and Islamic texts, the African man who says he is the brother of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser says he has not slept or eaten properly for days. "I heard the news on the radio and honestly I do not know what happened," the man, called Mamoudou, told Reuters at a village in the Labe region of Guinea, a hard day's drive north of the capital Conakry. "I want to speak to my sister." Mamoudou, whose family name and home village are withheld to protect the identity of the alleged assault victim, said he had not heard from his younger sister for several years. But he had no doubt that she was the 32-year-old Guinean widow who filed the complaint in New York. Her name has appeared in local media. In the community of devout Muslims, religion provides solace for those with troubles far away, and for poverty at home. A hamlet of 20 dwellings lost in the rural depths of this impoverished West African country, Mamoudou's village is a world away from the luxury suite of the Times Square Sofitel where the now former chief of the International Monetary Fund and French presidential contender is accused of trying to rape the maid. Dominique Strauss-Kahn at his bail hearing in the New York State Supreme Courthouse: Protesting innocence. — Reuters pic There is no electricity or mains water, and the village is accessible only on foot through dense forest. A few scattered agricultural tools and cows point to the subsistence farming that allows the residents of the hamlet to eke out a living. "In our family, we are above material things," said Mamoudou, who is aged about 50. "Even if you are a billionaire, we don't care. The most important thing for us is how you follow God's path." Following up on details of his client given by US lawyer Jeffrey Shapiro, Reuters spoke to people in the Guinean expatriate community in New York, and to people in Conakry with roots in the Labe region, to trace Mamoudou and his family. Widow's journey Sitting with his half-brother Aboubacar, he points to a slightly out-of-focus photograph on the living room wall of a young woman in traditional West African dress looking at the camera, with little expression. "After the death of her husband . . . she left the village because none of his brothers was old enough to marry her," Mamoudou said of his sister, referring to common local practice for widows to marry a brother of their late husband. As the eldest of their parents' six children, it fell to Mamoudou to ensure his younger sister was cared for: "That's when I took her to Bambeto to learn to sew," he said.  Bambeto is a suburb of the capital, and offered the young widow the chance to learn a trade that could feed her and her child. "(She) never created any problems for this family," Mamoudou said. "She was the quiet one. That's how she was brought up." From Conakry, his sister made her way to the United States some years ago. Her lawyer has said her daughter is now aged 15. Few Guineans have seen much benefit from the country's role as the world's top exporter of the aluminium ore bauxite. Per capita average annual income is US$407 (RM1,240), or just over a dollar day. It was last year before Guinea held its first democratic election after half a century of independence from France that has been marred by coups, corruption and oppressive misrule. Religion loomed large in the family under his father known locally as an Islamic scholar, Mamoudou said. That background, he said, made it hard for them to relate to the world of global finance, luxury hotels and allegations of sexual misconduct in which his sister has found herself embroiled. "We have trouble understanding all this because it is not something we are used to," he said. "If my sister is saying what she is saying, given how she was brought up, I believe her." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Cookies, potato chips, shirts help Indian inmates to new life Posted: 23 May 2011 06:23 PM PDT An inmate packs rusks at a bakery inside the Tihar Jail complex in New Delhi on May 11, 2011. — Reuters pic NEW DELHI, May 24 — A jail-based brand that includes crispy potato chips, crunchy cookies and formal shirts seems an unlikely route back to life in the outside world for inmates in South Asia's largest prison. Yet efforts by the Tihar Jail complex in New Delhi to transform the lives of its inmates and prepare them for a fresh start through vocational training in diverse fields has created the successful TJ'S brand of goods. Herbal products and school desks are also among the many products being manufactured and sold, well enough that prison authorities have set up a website to boost sales still further. Sanjivan Rai, who is serving a term in Tihar Jail for marijuana trafficking, said the skills he was acquiring would help him find employment outside to earn a living with dignity. "We can start our own business once we get out of here. We can maybe start a small snack-making unit," he told Reuters Television inside a bakery at Tihar Jail, as he took a break from frying potato chips. "Even if we decide to seek work somewhere, whatever we learn here will only help us." Life outside jail is still tough for former inmates, since they have to counter the stigma of having been in prison, which is seen as a place for social outcasts and hardcore criminals. This makes re-integration into society virtually impossible. Inmates pack cookies at a bakery inside the Tihar Jail complex in New Delhi. — Reuters pic The idea behind the TJ'S label was to break these taboos and channel the inmates' energy constructively, while building their self-esteem, said Ram Niwas Sharma, deputy inspector-general of the Tihar Jail complex. "You are going to buy goods made by prisoners ... He is going to get wages, so in turn you are going to help a family out there. A few thousand people are working in prisons so this way their families are benefited," he said. "They are getting gainful employment, they are passing their time instead of idling around in the jail and they will be learning some kind of a skill and getting out of the jail with some worth(y) living conditions ... It is something which is good for the humanity." "Made in Tihar" products had a turnover of 110 million rupees (RM7.35 million) last year, and this year it is expected to rise to 150 million, Sharma said. Next year's target is an ambitious 230 million, reflecting growing acceptance of the jail brand. At first, the bakery began to help fulfil the jail's massive food demand from its 11,500 inmates, who live in 10 prison blocks. But gradually operations were expanded to keep the inmates busy and channel their energies. Mohammad Sajid, an inmate serving a life sentence, said that his newfound skills would help him once outside. "The advantage of doing all this work here is that once we get outside, we can start earning through honest means and leave the path of crime," he added. Officials say vocational training is just one of the roles being fulfilled by the jail as it strives to play the role of a correctional institution. Inmates are also taught meditation and yoga for their overall growth. Prison authorities said the products were finding favour with buyers because of their good quality and competitive pricing, as profit is not their driving motive. They are currently sold at prison outlets and shops situated in various Delhi courts, but officials plan to make them more widely available through tie-ups with retail stores. "The people who make these products, they get some work and employment, which keeps them busy and benefits them," said Ruby Bagga, a customer at the Tihar shop. "So instead of buying these products from somewhere else, why not buy them from here?" — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Lauren, Scotty bring country to ‘American Idol’ finale Posted: 24 May 2011 03:36 AM PDT 'American Idol' contestant Lauren Alaina (L) and English television producer and BritWeek founder Nigel Lythgoe (R) pose at the champagne launch of BritWeek at the British Consul General's official residence in Los Angeles, April 26, 2011. Alaina and Scotty McCreery sing on Tuesday for the 2011 'American Idol' title in the TV show's youngest-ever, and first all-country music finale. – Reuters pic LOS ANGELES, May 24 – Teens Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery sing today for the 2011 "American Idol" title in the TV show's youngest-ever, and first all-country music finale. After 125,000 nationwide auditions and months of nail-biting eliminations, Alaina and McCreery will woo "Idol" judges and some 25 million fans with three songs each in the hope of winning a guaranteed recording contract. Alaina, 16, from Georgia who has dreamed of appearing on the show since age 6, is the youngest person to reach the finale; McCreery, 17, from North Carolina, has a deep voice that belies his youth and has barely put a foot wrong. But whichever contestant prevails when the votes are announced tomorrow – and predictions as usual are for a close race – country music may end up the real winner, some experts say. "Either way they have two people who could do very well in country music. If you look at some of the biggest sellers of the past couple of years they have been Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert," said Yahoo! Music managing editor Lyndsey Parker. Swift has sold more than three million copies in the United States alone of her November 2010 album "Speak Now". Searches on Yahoo! for "American Idol finalists" have spiked 949 per cent this week ahead of 10th season climax of the most-watched TV show in the United States. Alaina is getting nearly nine times as many searches as McCreery, according to Yahoo! data. But that doesn't guarantee that "Idol" is about to crown its first female winner since Jordin Sparks in 2007. "People who are searching are not necessarily the people who are voting," Parker said, recalling that searches for 2009 finalist Adam Lambert far surpassed those of eventual winner Kris Allen. Media measurement technology firm General Sentiment however found that McCreery was winning the social media buzz war, generating 30 per cent more discussion online than Alaina in the last five days. "I do think Scotty is going to win, but I think it will possibly be the closest race in history of 'Idol'. And although Lauren will probably come in second, she will probably sell more records than Scotty," Parker said. "She has more crossover appeal in the type of country she does, and even though boys tend to win on 'Idol', girls are dominating the real pop market place right now." she added. Country singer Carrie Underwood, who won "American Idol" in 2005, is the contest's top earner with 12.2 million albums sold and a clutch of Academy of Country Music awards. "American Idol" also has plenty to celebrate after its first year without caustic British judge Simon Cowell. After four years of falling ratings for broadcaster Fox, the overall audience is up four per cent this year at 24.8 million regular viewers. That's partly due to a shake-up on the judging panel that brought in Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler to join veteran Randy Jackson – and with them a kinder, more supportive vibe. After dismal sales for recent "American Idol" champions, record company Universal Music will be hoping that Alaina or McCreery can work some country music magic on their post "Idol" careers. – Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Polanski, Cronenberg, Winterbottom early selections for Venice Film Festival Posted: 24 May 2011 03:08 AM PDT Director Darren Aronofsky is the head of the jury for the 2011 Venice Film Festival. – AFP pic LOS ANGELES, May 24 – The 68th Venice Film Festival has released its initial programme for premieres at the 2011 event, August 31-September 10, with several highly-anticipated films by Roman Polanski, David Cronenberg, Todd Solondz and Michael Winterbottom set for screening. Some films which didn't make Cannes in time are rushing to complete post-production in order to meet the submission deadline, June 24, and others await a decision. Highlights among the early lineup of films include: Roman Polanski's Carnage starring Christoph Waltz (Water for Elephants), Jodie Foster (The Beaver) and Kate Winslet (The Reader). This adaptation of the award-winning Broadway drama Gods of Carnage focuses on two couples who meet after their sons' schoolyard brawl. David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, the story of the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, and their love triangle with a patient. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley. Michael Winterbottom's Trishna, starring Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), follows the tragic relationship between a property developer's son and rickshaw owner's daughter. Todd Solondz's Dark Horse, starring Mia Farrow and Christopher Walken Steve McQueen's Shame starring Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds) and Carey Mulligan (An Education). Documentaries include Cameron Crowe's PJ20 about the band Pearl Jam, a work by Jonathan Demme (about Hurricane Katrina) and Fatih Akin's Garbage in the Garden of Eden. Foreign-language films include Aleksandr Sokurov's Faust starring Hanna Schygulla and Philippe Garrel's Un été brûlant, a remake of Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt, starring Monica Bellucci in Brigitte Bardot's role. Films under consideration include two by Steven Spielberg, the drama War Horse and motion-capture animated tale The Adventures of Tintin. Also possible are two by Steven Soderbergh, Contagion with Matt Damon and Kate Winslet, and Haywire about a female black ops soldier, starring Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender. Also, possibly vying for inclusion are George Clooney's film, The Ides of March, which he directed and costars in with Ryan Gosling, and Walter Salles's On the Road about Jack Kerouac's trip across America starring Kristen Stewart ('Twlight Saga') and Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy). Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky will head the jury for 2011's Venice Film Festival. He previously won its Golden Lion for The Wrestler with Mickey Rourke The remainder of the lineup for the Venice Biennale's Cinema section, including films in competition, will be announced during a July press conference from Rome. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Michael Crichton posthumous novel to be published Posted: 23 May 2011 05:52 PM PDT May 2000 file photo of Crichton who died in November 2008. — Reuters pic LOS ANGELES, May 24 — Late author Michael Crichton, whose novels have been adapted into movies such as "Jurassic Park," will have a new posthumous novel "Micro" published on November 22, publisher HarperCollins said yesterday. Crichton had only written a third of the thriller when he died of cancer in November 2008. Writer Richard Preston, best known for such scientific suspense novels as "The Hot Zone" and "The Cobra Event," was chosen by the publisher and the Crichton estate to complete the novel, the publisher said. "Micro" is about graduate students working in Hawaii for a mysterious biotech company. They end up cast out into the rainforest and forced to fend for themselves with only their scientific expertise and wits to protect them. Besides the unfinished manuscript, Preston also had access to the outline, a bibliography of nearly 100 books and DVDs, as well as notes and research. "I was driven by a desire to honour the work and imagination of one of our time's most visionary and creative authors," Preston said in a statement. Crichton was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2008 and died that same year at the age of 66. He is perhaps best known for "Jurassic Park," for which he also adapted the screenplay that was directed by Steven Spielberg. His follow-up book, "The Lost World," was also adapted for the big screen. Other Crichton novels adapted for the big screen include "The Andromeda Strain," "Sphere," "Disclosure," "Rising Sun" and "Timeline." Crichton was also the creator and executive producer of the long-running TV series "ER." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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Husam sah tanding semula jawatan naib presiden PAS Posted: 24 May 2011 03:15 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Mei – Ahli jawatankuasa kerjas PAS pusat Datuk Husam Musa mengumumkan akan kembali bertanding jawatan naib presiden parti pada pemilihan bulan depan. Bulan lepas beliau membuat pendirian bahawa tidak akan bertanding mana-mana jawatan tertinggi kecuali kerusi ahli jawatankuasa kerja PAS pusat. Husam (gambar) pernah memegang jawatan naib presiden selama satu penggal iaitu daripada 2007 hingga 2009. Pada 2009, beliau bertanding jawatan timbalan presiden tetapi gagal. Exco Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan itu berkata, beliau membuat keputusan untuk menimbang semula pendirian selepas salah seorang penyandang jawatan Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man memutuskan untuk menyertai persaingan kerusi timbalan presiden. "Pada mulanya saya hanya bercadang bertanding jawatan ahli jawatankuasa kerja PAS pusat, namun dengan perkembangan terbaru di mana Naib Presiden PAS Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man menyatakan sikap (pendirian) mutakhirnya menawarkan diri untuk bertanding jawatan lebih tinggi, maka saya terpaksa menimbang semula pendirian saya. "Oleh itu, di atas perkembangan dalam dan luar parti, saya dengan penuh rasa rendah diri dengan ini mengumumkan untuk menerima pencalonan jawatan naib presiden pada pemilihan kepimpinan parti awal bulan depan," kata Husam dalam satu kenyataan petang ini. Pagi tadi, Tuan Ibrahim secara rasmi mengumumkan mahu bertanding jawatan timbalan presiden walaupun sebelum ini menegaskan tidak berminat turun gelanggang kerusi nombor dua parti itu. Selain Tuan Ibrahim, penyandang jawatan itu Nasharudin Mat Isa dan ahli jawatankuasa kerja PAS pusat Mohamad Sabu telah mengesahkan pendirian masing-masing. Husam juga berkata, keputusan itu dibuat ekoran mendapat pencalonan yang memberangsangkan bagi jawatan nombor tiga itu. "Saya berpandukan pandangan PAS kawasan-kawasan yang mencalonkan saya, terutamanya di atas pandangan perlunya seorang wakil dari Kelantan untuk menduduki peringkat jawatan yang lebih tinggi dalam parti. "Hal ini bertepatan dengan kedudukan Kelantan sebagai tapak utama PAS pada waktu ini dan juga secara keseluruhannya," katanya. Jelas Husam, gabungan antara golongan ulama dan profesional dalam PAS akan dapat diperkukuhkan dengan pendirian terbaru beliau itu. "Saya percaya polisi PAS untuk menjalin gabungan kepimpinan ulama dan profesional melalui konsep memprofesionalkan ulama dan mengulamakan profesional, yang telah terjalin selama ini, perlu terus diperkukuhkan. "Dalam hal ini, kepimpinan Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang sebagai Presiden PAS, diharap dapat diperkukuhkan dengan gabungan tersebut," katanya. Sebelum ini, penyandang jawatan itu Datuk Mahfuz Omar dan Ketua Penerangan PAS Idris Ahmad mengesahkan mahu bertanding jawatan itu. Seramai 14 orang layak untuk bertanding kerusi naib presiden. Bagaimanapun Ketua Penerangan PAS Nik Zawawi Nik Salleh dan dua ahli jawatankuasa kerja Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa dan Mazlan Aliman memutuskan untuk menarik diri. Ketika ditemui pada sidang media tengah hari tadi, Mazlan mengumumkan tidak akan bertanding jawatan naib presiden parti itu. Beliau berkata tidak mahu bertanding jawatan itu kerana masih belum bersedia untuk memikul "tanggungjawab" itu walaupun mendapat pencalonan yang memberangsangkan. Beliau sebaliknya memutuskan hanya akan mempertahankan jawatan yang disandang sekarang yang disandang sejak dua penggal lalu. "Saya pada hari ini mengumumkan tidak akan bertanding jawatan naib presiden PAS, sebaliknya saya bersedia untuk mempertahankan jawatan ahli jawatankuasa kerja. "Saya akan terus tumpukan komitmen dalam menyelesaikan isu tanah rakyat kerana ada banyak aduan dan  salah laku yang dalam Felda dan Felcra termasuk di Sabah dan Sarawak," katanya. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

Khairy jawab Saifuddin: Saya konsisten dalam isu subsidi, usah serang saya Posted: 24 May 2011 02:58 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, 24 Mei – Ketua Pemuda Umno Khairy Jamaluddin menolak dakwaan Setiausaha Agung PKR Saifuddin Nasution Ismail sambil menegaskan pendirian beliau dalam isu berkaitan subsidi adalah konsisten. Oleh itu tegas Khairy (gambar), Saifuddin tidak sewajarnya menyerang beliau kononnya telah berubah pendirian berbanding tiga tahun lalu, sebaliknya patut menyokong usaha membantah pengurangan subsidi RON95. Semalam, Saifuddin mendakwa Khairy bersandiwara dalam isu subsidi dan harga barangan berbanding dengan pendiriannya tiga tahun lalu. Saifuddin berkata Ketua Pemuda Barisan Nasional itu memperlihatkan pendirian menyokong kenaikan harga barang ketika Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi memegang jawatan perdana menteri. Abdullah meletakkan jawatan pada April 2009 dan digantikan oleh Datuk Seri Najib Razak. "Pendirian saya adalah jelas dan konsisten, di mana subsidi adalah satu perbelanjaan yang semestinya distrukturkan semula oleh kerajaan memandangkan ia bukannya satu perbelanjaan produktif," kata Khairy dalam satu kenyataan dikeluarkan hari ini. Ahli Parlimen Rembau ini berkata, pada masa sekarang hanya tiga peratus daripada penerima subsidi yang sebenarnya tergolong di kalangan rakyat miskin. "Mesej ini adalah suatu yang konsisten dan jelas saya utarakan semasa saya masih menjadi naib ketua Pemuda Umno, sehingga kini, termasuklah di medan Dewan Rakyat, dan yang mutakhir adalah dalam akhbar The Edge cetakan minggu ini – mungkin beliau tidak membaca penerbitan sedemikian kerana ia bersifat fakta dan bukannya fatamorgana," kata Khairy lagi. Namun kata beliau, usaha ke arah itu harus mengikut turutan dan keutamaan terutama sekali apabila rakyat sedang bergelut dengan kos sara hidup dengan kenaikan harga barang makanan yang mencecah 11 peratus. "Gesaan saya supaya subsidi RON95 tidak dikurangkan buat masa ini langsung tidak bercanggah dengan pendirian saya bahawa subsidi akhirnya perlu distrukturkan semula supaya lebih tepat sasarannya kepada mereka yang layak menerima dan mengurangkan beban defisit kepada perbelanjaan kerajaan. "Cuma, berdasarkan pengalaman lepas dan mengambil kira beban yang dihadapi rakyat hari ini, saya bantah kenaikan harga RON95 dalam masa yang terdekat," katanya lagi. Sehubungan itu soal Khairy, adakah salah bagi mana-mana ahli politik mengubah pendirian atau pendekatannya sekiranya itu yang dianggap terbaik untuk rakyat. Khairy menambah, Saifuddin yang juga Ahli Parlimen Machang patut menyokong pendiriannya membantah pengurangan subsidi RON95, bukannya menyerang beliau secara peribadi. "Apakah  beliau khuatir dengan peranan yang dimainkan oleh Pemuda Umno dalam menyuarakan pandangan rakyat jelata?" kata Khairy lagi. Khairy juga menambah, Saifuddin barangkali tergolong di kalangan orang Melayu yang mudah lupa, ahli-ahli politik yang mengubah pendirian dan pendekatan mereka tanpa segan silu.  "Saifuddin juga tidak terkecuali.  Beliau satu masa dahulu pernah dengan lagak sombong dan samseng, mengetuai gerombolan pemuda yang telah merusuh untuk menghentikan persidangan mengenai Timor Timur (kini Timor Leste) sewaktu beliau masih bersama Umno. "Namun, selepas menyertai PKR, beliau memutar pendirian 180 darjah dalam isu ini, menjadi hero kepada kebebasan bersuara dan menuding jari kepada pihak lain yang kononnya mengarahkan beliau menyerang peserta-peserta persidangan tersebut," katanya merujuk kepada insiden awal 1990-an. Pokoknya di sini, jelas Khairy, terdapat perbezaan ketara antara pendirian beliau dengan Saifuddin atas alasan tidak pernah menggadai prinsip dan persoalan pokok. "Saya bersuara demi kesejahteraan rakyat walaupun masih komited terhadap usaha jangka masa panjang untuk memperbaiki sistem subsidi yang sedia ada. "Sekiranya, Saifuddin masih bersikap ego dan menyerang saya, saya cuma minta rakyat nilai. Apa salahnya sekiranya pendekatan saya berubah sedikit setelah mendapat pengalaman dari sejarah?" kata Khairy. Oleh itu tegasnya, "apa gunanya semalam jika bukan untuk sandaran dan petunjuk hari in?" "Bukankah Saifuddin juga belajar daripada pengalaman beliau atau adakah beliau juga mengambil kesempatan politik untuk menjadi hero kebebasan bersuara sekiranya kita mengguna logik yang sama?" kata Khairy  sambil menambah, "tampak jelas, pembangkang umpama ayam yang terkecundang." Maka, katanya, oleh kerana tiada saingan idea atau pendapat bernas yang dapat ditawarkan, maka "bertempiklah Saifuddin bagi menempa nama sebagai hero pembangkang dengan suara dan lagu sumbang di pentas yang sudah roboh." Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price.

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