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Flash Mob of 11,000 Picnickers In White Descend On Paris

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 05:06 PM PDT

Canadian prairie town strives for mustard glory

GRAVELBOURG, Canada, June 12 – With its church and main street, Gravelbourg seems like just another Canadian prairie town.But it has a little known claim to fame – as prime producer of the world's mustard ... Read More

Cuba's private eateries to compete in culinary festival

HAVANA, June 11 — Cuba's privately-owned restaurants, the "paladares" that have proliferated under President Raul Castro's economic reforms, will take part for the first time in Cuba's biggest culinary ... Read More

Sushi restaurant launches flying delivery service for diners

LONDON, June 11 — It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's your dinner flying at you on what's being billed as the world's first flying tray and airborne delivery service.Japanese restaurant chain Yo! Sushi in ... Read More

Cadbury maker to launch chocolate that can withstand heat

NEW YORK, June 10 — After nearly 10 years of research, the makers of Cadbury and Toblerone chocolates say they're close to introducing a heat-resistant chocolate to the world.The world's leading ... Read More

One chef, one ingredient: Eric Guérin on pigeon

PARIS, June 10 — If you are what you eat, then it could be said that chefs are what they cook. In an exclusive series from Relaxnews, some of the top chefs from around the world share their favourite food ... Read More

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Chinese shuttlers under fire again after Jakarta upset

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:28 AM PDT

June 15, 2013

Jakarta, June 15 - Chinese badminton is once again coming under fire after world number three Du Pengyu's shock loss to unranked Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka at the Indonesia Super Series event on Friday.

The sport's governing, the Badminton World Federation, has long been concerned about players withdrawing from "smaller" events and team mates pulling out of matches to avoid competing against each other.

The issue blew up at last year's London Olympics when four women's doubles pairs from China, South Korea and Indonesia deliberately played to lose their matches in order to get a more favourable draw. The BWF disqualified all four pairings and banned them after the farcical scenes sullied the sport's reputation and sent shockwaves through the Olympic tournament.

In Jakarta, Du lost 21-15 15-21 21-9 to home favourite Rumbaka to leave China, the dominant force in world badminton and the winner of all five gold medals in London, without a player in the men's singles or doubles.

While Du credited the impressive play of Rumbaka for the surprise defeat, more sceptical observers said Chinese shuttlers save themselves for bigger events and do not take the smaller tournaments, like the US$700,000 (about RM2.1 million) Indonesian event, seriously.

Press reports quoted Malaysia coach Rashid Sidek as saying, "I don't want to take any credit away from Hayom but Pengyu hardly gave a fight in the rubber game. These players are more concerned with the world meet and will not push themselves as they do not want to risk any injuries. So, if you ask me, their defeats should not be taken seriously."

Du said people were reading too much into his defeat on Friday. "It is normal in every tournament, there are wins and losses. I did not play very well today while Hayom was outstanding out there with his strong smashes and defence," the world number three told Indonesian media.

Rumbaka said he had been expecting a tougher test. "I never expected to win this easily. Compared to my two previous matches against him, it was pretty easy," he said.

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei up against Indonesia's Rumbka on Saturday for a place in the final at the Djarum Indonesia Open badminton tournament in Jakarta. - ReutersRumbaka will take on top seed and world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the last four on Saturday for a place in the final against the winner of the other semi between Germany's Marc Zwiebler and Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia. - Reuters

Tiger and Rory happy together

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:19 AM PDT

June 15, 2013

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy (L) and Tiger Woods of the U.S. walk together on the 10th fairway during the second round of the 2013 U.S. Open golf championship at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, June 14, 2013. - Reuters pic.ARDMORE, Pennsylvania, June 15 - Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy played together for the first two rounds at this week's US Open and they remained in lock-step after battling to matching scores in difficult scoring conditions on Friday.

World number one Woods and second-ranked McIlroy each carded a level-par 70 on a brutally challenging Merion Golf Club layout where finding rough was a virtual guarantee of a bogey with tough pin positions to tackle on the greens.

Both players were happy with their respective positions going into the final two rounds of the year's second major, despite finishing at three over par - six strokes off the early lead. "I played well,' Woods told reporters after mixing three birdies with three bogeys on a sun-drenched, breezy afternoon at Merion that followed a week with rain. "I just made a couple of mistakes out there today, but I really played well. Maybe I could have gotten one or two more out of it, but it was a pretty good day. "They've really tried to protect the golf course, with it being as soft as it is. And they've given us some really, really tough pins."

Asked if he liked his chances heading into the weekend as he continues his bid for a 15th major title, but his first in five years, Woods simply replied: "Yes."

Though Merion is hosting the US Open for the first time in 32 years after long being viewed as too short to stage a major, Woods disagreed with suggestions that the iconic East Course would be exposed by the power hitters in the modern game.

"Unless you have played practice rounds out here and you've seen the golf course, you don't realise how difficult it is," the three-times US Open champion said. "The short holes are short, but if you miss the fairway, you can't get the ball on the green. And the longer holes are brutal. "And this is probably the stiffest set of par-threes that we ever face. And then they've thrown some of the pin locations in that they have and it's really tough."

Biggest Factor McIlroy, the 2011 US Open champion at Congressional, felt the combination of tricky pin positions and swirling breezes had been the biggest factor in pushing up the scores in the second round. "They put the pins in places that even when you hit it close, you had a tough putt for your birdie or your par or whatever," the 24-year-old said after offsetting four birdies with four bogeys.

"The wind is up, and it's tough to gauge this wind. It swirls a little bit in these big trees and it's hard to pull a club sometimes. That's why I think you're seeing the scores rise a little bit today. "And if you don't hit the fairways here, you're not going to score. If you do hit the fairways, it's still a big challenge from there."

Like his good friend Woods, McIlroy was also delighted with his two-round total on a challenging venue where the average score in the second round was almost five over par. "I'm very happy," said McIlroy, who clinched his second major title at last year's PGA Championship to put the seal on a stellar 2012 campaign which he ended by leading the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic.

"Right in there for the weekend. I don't think I'll be too far away by the end of the day. I'm in a nice position going into the last two days."

McIlroy and Woods attracted huge galleries at Merion after being grouped with Masters champion Adam Scott for the first two rounds in a mouth-watering combination of the world's top three players. However, Australian Scott has not fared as well, struggling to a 75 to finish at seven-over 147. - Reuters

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Pemilihan Umno tidak demokrasi tanpa pertandingan, kata Idris

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 02:04 AM PDT

Oleh Mohd Farhan Darwis
June 15, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Jun - Tanpa pertandingan untuk dua jawatan tertinggi, presiden dan timbalan presiden Umno pada penghujung tahun ini, ia bakal menunjukkan parti berkenaan tidak mengamalkan demokrasi dalam pemilihannya, kata ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh.

Menteri Pendidikan II itu bagaimanapun turut berkata gandingan Perdana Menteri, yang juga merupakan Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Najib Razak dan timbalannya Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin adalah gandingan sudah cukup mantap.

"Saya lihat situasi sekarang mereka memang cocok ... kita kalau banyak sangat pertandingan pun tak perlu juga.

"Tapi kalau tiada pertandingan nanti orang kata tiada demokrasi," katanya kepada pemberita selepas berucap merasmikan Karnival Kerjaya dan Keusahawanan Graduan (K3G) di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) di sini.

"Presiden pun saya rasa tiada halangan (bertanding)," katanya lagi.

Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri sebelum ini berpendapat dua jawatan tertinggi parti Melayu itu sewajarnya tidak dipertandingkan pada pemilihan parti tahun ini demi memelihara keutuhan perpaduan di kalangan anggota Umno, parti yang menjadi tonggak Barisan Nasional (BN).

"Ini mengambil kira suasana politik baharu dunia yang semakin sengit berikutan terjahan globalisasi dan ledakan komunikasi dan informasi yang telah turut mengubah landskap politik di setiap kerajaan dan negara di dunia," katanya.

Abdul Rahim yang juga anggota Parlimen Kudat berkata negara yang mengamalkan sistem demokrasi "westminster" yang serupa dengan sistem demokrasi Malaysia seperti Britain dan Australia turut berhadapan dengan suasana sengit sehingga mewujudkan "hung" parlimen.

"Kesimpulannya pertandingan terbuka jawatan utama Umno sudah tentu akan mewujudkan "kem kem" dan berdasarkan pengalaman lampau ia dikhuatiri akan mengheret perbalahan politik dalaman dan permainan politik berterusan yang sudah pasti akan melemahkan parti," katanya.

Abdul Rahim berkata suasana sebegitu harus dielakkan, sebaliknya keutamaan sewajar harus diberi kepada usaha mengukuhkan perpaduan anggota parti untuk membolehkan Umno dan BN mampu menghadapi PR.

Najib juga dilihat bersifat terbuka dengan menyatakan kesediaan menerima cabaran bagi jawatan berkenaan, malah sedia ianya dipertandingkan.

Menurutnya lagi, sebagai sebuah parti demokrasi, beliau bersifat terbuka jika ada yang ingin bertanding jawatan presiden.

"Kita bukan macam parti lain. Kita terima jika ada yang mahu bertanding," katanya.

Idris bagaimanapun menjelaskan, pertandingan untuk jawatan berkenaan bagaimanapun menerima banyak pendapat.

"Jika tiada pertandingan lebih baik ... Ia ada dua pandangan, satu kata tak perlu, satu lagi kata perlu.

"Kalau nak senang tidak perlu bertanding ... tapi kalau tidak bertanding orang kata tiada demokrasi," jelasnya lagi.

Syiah jika berkembang akan tindas Sunni, kata PAS Kelantan

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:44 AM PDT

Oleh Md Izwan
June 15, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Jun -- Timbalan Menteri Besar Kelantan Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah menyatakan kebimbangan penganut majoriti Sunni di Malaysia bakal ditindas sekiranya pengikut mazhab Syiah dibiarkan berkembang dalam negara.

Mohd Amar menegaskan walaupun terdapat sebilangan pengikut Syiah dibenarkan untuk mengamalkan mazhab tersebut, hakikatnya mazhab Sunnah Wal Jamaah adalah majoriti di Malaysia dan status tersebut perlu dipertahankan serta dikekalkan. "Kita tidak boleh biarkan fahaman Syiah berkembang dengan bebas, walaupun kita hormati pegangan dia, tapi dalam konteks masyarakat kita di Malaysia, pada pandangan kita, kerajaan persekutuan dan kerajaan Kelantan sendiri, pegangan kita adalah Sunnah Wal Jamaah," kata Mohd Amar yang dipetik berkata dalam akhbar harian Utusan Malaysia hari ini.

"Kumpulan Syiah ini apabila mereka diatas, mereka menekan orang-orang Sunni," kata beliau lagi. Menurut timbalan pesuruhjaya III PAS negeri Kelantan itu lagi, PAS merupakan sebuah parti yang mengamalkan mazhab Sunnah Wal Jamaah dan tidak akan membiarkan pengaruh Syiah berkembang dalam parti itu sendiri.

"Pegangan PAS adalah Sunnah Wal Jamaah, bukan Syiah," tegasnya lagi. Mengikut Enakmen Pentadbiran Perundangan Islam 1989, fahaman dan ajaran Syiah adalah menyeleweng daripada pegangan Ahli Sunah Waljamaah kerana wujud beberapa percanggahan dari sudut akidah dan syariah.

Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (JAKIM) juga telah mengeluarkan fatwa dengan mengenakan larangan dan sekatan terhadap mana-mana mazhab selain Sunnah Wal Jamaah untuk tidak menyebarkan fahaman dan ajaran mereka di Malaysia.

Pada 2010, Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) telah menahan kira-kira 200 pengikut dan dua ketua kumpulan pengikut mazhab Syiah di sebuah rumah kedai di Taman Sri Gombak, Batu Caves kerana dikhuatiri boleh mengancam keselamatan dan menyampaikan ajaran menyeleweng.

Selain itu, tokoh agamawan bekas mufti Perlis Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin juga pernah ditahan sekitar tahun 2009 semasa sedang memberi syarahan oleh JAIS dan dituduh cuba menyampaikan ajaran yang bertentangan dengan ajaran Islam sebenar kepada pengikutnya.

Di Malaysia, masyarakat Melayu yang membentuk 60 peratus daripada keseluruhan penduduk berjumlah 28 juta orang ditakrifkan dalam Perlembagaan sebagai penganut agama Islam, maka dengan itu agama dan kaum adalah isu yang tidak dapat dipisahkan didalam negara.

Kebebasan agama termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Malaysia dibawah Fasal 11 menetapkan setiap orang mempunyai hak untuk menyatakan dan menjalankan agama nya dan (tunduk pada undang-undang yang berlaku menyekat penyebaran agama-agama lain untuk umat Islam) untuk menyebarkannya. Kedua, Perlembagaan juga menetapkan bahawa Islam adalah agama negara, tetapi agama-agama lain boleh dipraktikkan dalam damai dan harmoni (Perkara 3).

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Sabtu, 15 Jun 2013