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China bans shark fin soup from official receptions Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:18 PM PST December 09, 2013 China announced a ban on the serving of shark fin soup at official banquets yesterday as Chinese president Xi Jinping (pic) vows to crack down on corruption at all levels of government.China announced a ban on the serving of shark fin and bird's nest soup at official banquets yesterday, as part of a sweeping government crackdown on corruption and excessive spending. Shark fin has effectively been off the menu at official dining tables since 2012 when Beijing pledged to bar the popular yet controversial delicacy as part of its anti-extravagance campaign. Demand for shark fin has plummeted after many high-end hotels and restaurants stopped serving the dish, along with other expensive delicacies favoured by Communist Party officials such as abalone and bird's nest soup. An order from the Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council "explicitly ruled out dishes containing shark fins, bird nests and wild animal products in official reception dinners," the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. "Officials on business tours should arrange their own meals according to relevant expenditure standards and the local hosts are allowed to provide only one reception dinner if needed," it said, citing the regulation. The detailed document also bars expensive liquors and cigarettes from being offered at local authority receptions, as it aims to "regulate" spending on receptions given by local authorities for visiting party or government officials, Xinhua said. Officials below provincial level are also banned from renting hotel suites on business trips, while local hosts are forbidden to give them cash, securities or souvenirs as gifts. Chinese officials have long held lavish liquor-drenched receptions as a way of building business relationships, greasing the wheels of power, and showing off wealth and status. The new rules are intended "to promote frugality, oppose extravagance and enhance the anti-corruption efforts among party and governmental authorities," Xinhua said. Xi Jinping, who took office as president in March after becoming Communist Party chief in November 2012, has vowed to crack down on corruption at all levels of government, calling it a threat to the future of the ruling party. State media said last month that nearly 17,000 people have been punished for flouting the party's "frugality" guidelines. Offences included violating a "ban on government building projects, excessive spending on receptions, use of government vehicles for private purposes, unnecessary trips in China and abroad, using public money, as well as excessively large wedding banquets," Xinhua said at the time. Shark-fin soup was once a luxury enjoyed by China's elite, but shark populations have been decimated around the world as the country's 1.3 billion people have grown wealthier and incorporated it into their festivities. Hong Kong's government said in September it would stop serving shark fin at official functions as "a good example", following years of lobbying by conservation groups. Companies including the Shangri-La hotel group and Cathay Pacific have also moved to stop serving or carrying shark fin. - AFP, December 9, 2013.

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Malaysia dislodge Thailand from second place on day five of SEA Games Posted: 08 Dec 2013 07:57 AM PST December 08, 2013 Malaysia dislodged Thailand from second place on the fifth day of the 27th SEA Games after collecting an additional gold and four silver today, all of which were contributed by the wushu camp. Malaysia now have two gold, four silver and eight bronze medals overall. Hosts Myanmar still dominate the medal standing with eight gold, two silver and three bronze. Thailand dropped to third place after their total haul was two gold, two silver and a bronze. Malaysia will be hunting for their 1,000th SEA Games gold medal tomorrow, also in the wushu competition, after Tai Cheau Xuen picked up the 999th in the women's Nandao today. Our boys will also be in action in basketball and water polo tomorrow, against the hosts in the former and the Philippines in the latter. Besides that, the men's futsal team will be starting their campaign tomorrow, also against the hosts. The boxing competition also gets under way tomorrow as well as the preliminary rounds of silat. - Bernama, December 8, 2013.

India bows to IOC pressure to avoid being left out of Olympic Games Posted: 08 Dec 2013 06:24 AM PST December 08, 2013 The Indian Olympic Association has agreed to amend its constitution and bar tainted officials from holding office, as demanded by the world body, to ensure it remains part of the Games movement. A special IOA meeting in New Delhi decided to elect new office-bearers on February 9, while keeping president Abhay Singh Chautala and secretary-general Lalit Bhanot out of the election process. Chautala is facing criminal charges over a recruitment scam unrelated to sport, while Bhanot is out on bail after being jailed last year for corruption linked to the chaotic 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Senior IOA member S. Reghunathan, who chaired the meeting, said he hoped the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will approve the amendments made by the Indian body so that fresh elections can be held. "It was unanimously decided to amend the relevant clause in the IOA constitution so that charge-sheeted persons would be barred from contesting elections," Reghunathan told reporters after the meeting. "Both Chautala and Bhanot told the house they will not contest the upcoming elections. In fact, Chautala proposed the amendment and Bhanot seconded it." The IOC had suspended the IOA on December 5 last year for not abiding by the Olympic charter on good governance following the election of Chautala and Bhanot. Despite repeated IOC warnings, the Indian body had refused to sack the pair on the grounds that the law of the land allows people charged with criminal offences to stand for elections until courts declare them guilty. Indian Sports Minister Jitendra Singh, who had met IOC officials in Lausanne in May to resolve the issue, had urged the IOA to follow the governing body's instructions. The IOA made the U-turn and amended its constitution after it became apparent that the IOC would de-recognise the world's second most populous nation from the Olympic movement if the changes were not carried out. Withdrawal of recognition would mean that India would not only be deprived of funding from the world body and its athletes barred from Olympic events, but the IOA would cease to exist. "Everyone knows there was pressure from the IOC to amend our constitution," Chautala, who is a politician from the northern Haryana state, told reporters. "I have a lot of support in the IOA but I did not want to come in the way of the athletes. "But we do plan to send a delegation to the IOC to explain to them that under Indian law, framing charges against a person does not mean that he is guilty." India has won eight Olympic gold medals in field hockey - the last of which came at the western-boycotted Moscow Games of 1980 - and just one individual gold through shooter Abhinav Bindra in 2008. Bindra has led a popular campaign along with numerous Indian sportsmen such as tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, golfer Shiv Kapur and shooter Ronjan Sodhi to cleanse the IOA. Bindra, who was away in Doha, tweeted on Sunday: "Happy to note some meaningful steps to bring India back in the Olympic fold." - AFP, December 8, 2013.

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Beberapa menteri harus dibuang dan diganti dengan Rosmah, kata wartawan veteran Posted: 08 Dec 2013 01:55 AM PST OLEH HASBULLAH AWANG CHIK December 08, 2013 Datuk A. Kadir Jasin berpendapat bahawa Perdana Menteri harus melantik isterinya Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor sebagai menteri supaya tidak dituduh menyalahgunakan kuasa. Gambar The Malaysian Insider oleh Nazir Sufari.Bekas Ketua Pengarang Kumpulan News Straits Times Press (NSTP), Datuk A. Kadir Jasin hari ini menggesa Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengkaji semula peranan menteri-menteri Kabinet selain melantik Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor sebagai menteri. Katanya, melalui pelantikan itu, tiada pihak yang boleh membantah campur tangan Rosmah atau menuduh Najib dan anggota Kabinet menyalahgunakan kuasa dengan membenarkan penggunaan kemudahan kerajaan. "Saya dah berbuih mulut mencadangkan agar Rosmah masuk politik dan dilantik menjadi menteri. Malah ke jawatan Perdana Menteri jika mendapat kepercayaan rakyat jelata. "Walaupun pilihan raya umum telah berlalu, Najib dan penyokong Rosmah masih boleh melakukannya dengan melantik beliau sebagai senator dan seterusnya menteri. Jawatan yang sesuai bagi beliau ialah Menteri Tugas-Tugas Khas," katanya dalam tulisan di blognya bertajuk "PAU 2013: Antara Cinta dan Jasa". Najib semasa ucapan penangguhan Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2013 semalam menyebut dua peristiwa jasa Rosmah kepada negara. Katanya bantuan pertama adalah menolong membebaskan seorang pelajar Malaysia yang ditahan pihak berkuasa Mesir kerana disyaki pengintip dan kedua menggunakan hubungan baik dengan keluarga diraja Arab Saudi membenarkan pelajar Malaysia yang lari daripada pemberontakan Mesir untuk masuk ke negara tanpa visa. Kadir berkata, berdasarkan sumbangan Rosmah tersebut adalah lebih baik Najib menimbang semula kedudukan Menteri Luar Datuk Seri Anifah Aman dan Menteri Pendidikan Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. "Begitu juga kedudukan Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed dan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim kerana Rosmah juga terlibat di sana sini dalam tugas yang sepatutnya dilaksanakan oleh menteri berkenaan. "Dengan cara ini kita boleh menggugurkan menteri yang berprestasi rendah sekaligus menjimatkan perbelanjaan negara dengan mengurangkan bilangan kementerian," katanya. Kadir turut menolak hujah perwakilan Wilayah Persekutuan semasa perhimpunan Umno tempoh hari yang mendakwa semua lelaki tidak sayangkan isteri kecuali Najib. Katanya, media melaporkan Affandi berkata isteri Perdana Menteri seharusnya dibenarkan menggunakan jet eksekutif kerajaan demi memberi ketenangan kepada suaminya. "Saya sangat berkecil hati dengan tuduhan ini. Saya bantah sekeras-kerasnya tuduhan itu. Tidak mengapalah kalau Affandi hendak pertahankan Najib dan Rosmah. Itulah pun tugas pembahas PAU 2013. "Tetapi kalau benar dia mengatakan lelaki lain tidak sayang isteri, saya rasa itu satu penghinaan yang sangat dahsyat. Bayangkan tekanan emosi Najib jika sesuatu yang buruk berlaku kepada isterinya. Beliau sayangkan isterinya," katanya. Affandi dalam ucapannya dalam Perhimpunan Agung Umno berkata, jika Rosmah berada dalam jet eksekutif, Najib tidak perlu bimbang keselamatannya dan menambah orang bodoh pun tahu penerbangan dengan jet eksekutif lebih mahal daripada terbang dengan jet komersial tetapi ia perlu dilihat daripada aspek keselamatan. "Bolehkah anda bayangkan tekanan emosi yang akan Perdana Menteri tanggung sekiranya sesuatu buruk berlaku kepada isterinya ketika terbang dengan pesawat komersial?" kata Affandi. Rosmah dikritik hebat oleh Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat bulan lalu kerana menggunakan jet eksekutif milik kerajaan untuk lawatan peribadinya ke Timur Tengah. – 8 Disember, 2013.

Jambatan Persahabatan lambang keakraban hubungan Malaysia-Brunei, kata Najib Posted: 08 Dec 2013 12:34 AM PST December 08, 2013 Pembinaan Jambatan Persahabatan Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam melambangkan keakraban hubungan istimewa kedua-dua negara yang sedia terjalin selama ini, kata Datuk Seri Najib Razak (gambar). Perdana menteri berkata pembinaan jambatan bernilai RM21.9 juta itu juga akan terus memperkukuhkan lagi pertalian silaturahim kedua-dua negara pada masa akan datang. "Saya ingin merakamkan rasa kegembiraan pihak Malaysia atas pelancaran Jambatan Persahabatan Malaysia-Brunei Darussalam hari ini. Ini merupakan jambatan pertama (dibina bersama antara kedua-dua negara), juga merupakan cerminan kepada hubungan antara kedua-dua negara yang begitu akrab sekali," katanya. Najib berkata demikian kepada wartawan Malaysia selepas beliau dan Sultan Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah bersama-sama merasmikan pembukaan jambatan berkenaan di Kampung Ujong Jalan, Temburong di Bandar Seri Begawan hari ini. Jambatan yang menghubungkan Bahagian Limbang, Sarawak dan Daerah Temburong, Brunei Darussalam itu mula dibina pada Mei 2012 dan siap pada akhir Oktober 2013. – Bernama, 8 Disember, 2013.

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Syiah “momok baru” kuasai Melayu Posted: 07 Dec 2013 03:47 PM PST December 08, 2013 Latest Update: December 08, 2013 11:51 am Amin Iskandar adalah penerima anugerah zamalah Asian Public Intellectuals (API) bagi sesi 2009-2010. Kini merupakan Pengarang Berita bagi The Malaysian Insider. Beliau "berkicau" di www.twitter.com/aminiskandar. Di antara sebab mengapa penjajah dapat menguasai tanah ini selama ratusan tahun adalah kerana kebodohan penduduk setempatnya. Selepas beberapa ratus tahun dijajah, barulah timbul kesedaran untuk memperjuangkan kemerdekaan. Maka tidak hairanlah mengapa Malaysia hanya diperintah oleh parti politik sama semenjak hari pertama negara mencapai kemerdekaan. Jika dahulu komunis atau fahaman komunisme merupakan "momok" untuk menakut-nakutkan rakyat, kini muncul momok baru iaitu fahaman Syiah. Walaupun perdebatan di antara Sunni-Syiah ini sudah lama selesai di peringkat antarabangsa di kalangan ulama-ulama muktabar, di Malaysia ia umpama isu baru. Umno yang memerintah Malaya semenjak 1957 dan Malaysia semenjak 1963 amat faham dengan kepentingan momok untuk menakut-nakutkan rakyat terutama orang-orang Melayu. Kemalasan majoriti orang-orang Melayu untuk membaca dan ketidakupayaan mereka untuk menyoal apabila diajarkan sesuatu oleh ustaz-ustaz "separuh masak" memudahkan momok-momok ini untuk terus hidup. Dalam erti kata lain, Syiah merupakan talian hayat Umno untuk terus menguasai minda orang-orang Melayu bagi memastikan mereka terus berkuasa selepas pilihan raya umum ke-14 (PRU14). Dengan adanya fahaman Syiah, ahli-ahli Umno dan rakyat Malaysia akan terlupa dengan kenaikan harga petrol, gula dan elektrik yang mereka hadapi. Momok Syiah ini umpama candu mengkhayalkan. Memerangi Syiah boleh menyebabkan anda terlupa akan kelaparan dan hutang-hutang yang belum berbayar. Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2013 menyaksikan fahaman Syiah menjadi bahan belasahan daripada perwakilan Umno seluruh negara. Sehingga terdapat beberapa cadangan agar Perlembagaan Persekutuan dipinda bagi menjadikan Malaysia sebagai negara yang hanya mengiktiraf Islam Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah. Sesuatu yang tidak pernah dilakukan oleh mana-mana negara Islam di dunia, termasuk Afghanistan semasa diperintah Taliban. Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Najib Razak (gambar) semalam dalam ucapan penangguhannya menyahut cabaran itu apabila mengatakan perlembagaan parti itu akan dipinda menjadikan hanya Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah diiktiraf Umno. Selepas ini, umat Islam di Malaysia yang menganut mazhab selain Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah tidak boleh lagi mengundi Umno kerana parti itu tidak mengiktiraf mereka, walaupun sebagai manusia. Naib Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi lebih hebat lagi. Beliau menggesa Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) agar menangkap Timbalan Presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu (gambar bawah) kerana dikatakan menganut fahaman Syiah yang mengancam keselamatan negara. "Kita tak faham kenapa pilih pemimpin Syiah itu jadi orang nombor dua dalam PAS. Datuk Seri Jamil Khir, KDN beri kuasa ambil tindakan terhadap kepimpinan kedua parti itu," katanya merujuk kepada Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom yang bertanggungjawab memegang portfolio agama. Jamil Khir yang mempunyai latar belakang gerakan Islam dan faham dengan gerakan Islam antarabangsa tidak mudah terjerat dengan saranan Ahmad Zahid itu apabila mengatakan ajaran Syiah bukan melibatkan parti semata-mata, kerana ia adalah berdasarkan iktikad seseorang penganut fahaman berkenaan. Jamil Khir juga enggan mengulas lanjut ketika ditanya sama ada Jakim sudah mempunyai bukti untuk menahan Mohamad, sebaliknya menyerahkan perkara itu kepada polis. "Elok tanya Zahid. Elok tanya polis," katanya kepada pemberita di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) semalam. Mengapa Ahmad Zahid tidak menggunakan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) untuk menahan Mohamad dan menyerahkan perkara itu kepada Jakim? Ini adalah kerana ia merupakan politik semata-mata. Kalau benar fahaman Syiah merupakan satu ancaman kepada negara, mengapa tidak Ahmad Zahid meyakinkan Najib untuk memutuskan hubungan diplomatik dengan Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon dan negara Islam lain yang mempunyai majoriti penganut fahaman itu? Bukankah negara Iran, Iraq, Syria dan Lebanon ini merupakan salah satu punca fahaman Syiah tersebar ke Malaysia? Langkah pertama yang boleh dilakukan Malaysia adalah menghalau duta-duta dari negara Iran, Iraq, Syria dan Labenon yang jelas menganut fahaman Syiah dan dikhuatiri pengaulan mereka dengan masyarakat tempatan akan menyebabkan fahaman itu tersebar luas. Kedua, halau kesemua warga dari negara-negara berkenaan dari Malaysia tidak kira pelancong, pelajar atau peniaga. Ketiga, jangan beri visa kepada semua rakyat dari negara-negara berkenaan yang mahu datang ke Malaysia. Keempat, tarik diri daripada Pertubuhan Kerjasama Islam (OIC) kerana Iran, Iraq, Syria dan Labenon merupakan negara anggota. Kelima, putuskan hubungan dengan Hamas dan Khaled Meshal kerana mereka bersahabat baik dengan pergerakan Hezbollah yang dipimpin oleh Hassan Nasrallah (gambar). Hezbollah merupakan sebuah gerakan yang terdiri daripada penganut fahaman Syiah yang seringkali membantu Palestin berperang dengan Israel. Kalau ini berani dilakukan Najib dan Ahmad Zahid, maka benarlah Umno merupakan satu-satunya parti politik di dunia yang berani memerangi Syiah habis-habisan. Jika tidak, hentikanlah perdebatan bodoh lagi membodohkan ini. Cukup-cukuplah! – 8 Disember, 2013. * Ini adalah pendapat peribadi penulis dan tidak semestinya mewakili pandangan The Malaysian Insider.

Syiah “momok baru” kuasai Melayu Posted: 07 Dec 2013 03:47 PM PST December 08, 2013 Latest Update: December 08, 2013 11:51 am Amin Iskandar adalah penerima anugerah zamalah Asian Public Intellectuals (API) bagi sesi 2009-2010. Kini merupakan Pengarang Berita bagi The Malaysian Insider. Beliau "berkicau" di www.twitter.com/aminiskandar. Di antara sebab mengapa penjajah dapat menguasai tanah ini selama ratusan tahun adalah kerana kebodohan penduduk setempatnya. Selepas beberapa ratus tahun dijajah, barulah timbul kesedaran untuk memperjuangkan kemerdekaan. Maka tidak hairanlah mengapa Malaysia hanya diperintah oleh parti politik sama semenjak hari pertama negara mencapai kemerdekaan. Jika dahulu komunis atau fahaman komunisme merupakan "momok" untuk menakut-nakutkan rakyat, kini muncul momok baru iaitu fahaman Syiah. Walaupun perdebatan di antara Sunni-Syiah ini sudah lama selesai di peringkat antarabangsa di kalangan ulama-ulama muktabar, di Malaysia ia umpama isu baru. Umno yang memerintah Malaya semenjak 1957 dan Malaysia semenjak 1963 amat faham dengan kepentingan momok untuk menakut-nakutkan rakyat terutama orang-orang Melayu. Kemalasan majoriti orang-orang Melayu untuk membaca dan ketidakupayaan mereka untuk menyoal apabila diajarkan sesuatu oleh ustaz-ustaz "separuh masak" memudahkan momok-momok ini untuk terus hidup. Dalam erti kata lain, Syiah merupakan talian hayat Umno untuk terus menguasai minda orang-orang Melayu bagi memastikan mereka terus berkuasa selepas pilihan raya umum ke-14 (PRU14). Dengan adanya fahaman Syiah, ahli-ahli Umno dan rakyat Malaysia akan terlupa dengan kenaikan harga petrol, gula dan elektrik yang mereka hadapi. Momok Syiah ini umpama candu mengkhayalkan. Memerangi Syiah boleh menyebabkan anda terlupa akan kelaparan dan hutang-hutang yang belum berbayar. Perhimpunan Agung Umno 2013 menyaksikan fahaman Syiah menjadi bahan belasahan daripada perwakilan Umno seluruh negara. Sehingga terdapat beberapa cadangan agar Perlembagaan Persekutuan dipinda bagi menjadikan Malaysia sebagai negara yang hanya mengiktiraf Islam Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah. Sesuatu yang tidak pernah dilakukan oleh mana-mana negara Islam di dunia, termasuk Afghanistan semasa diperintah Taliban. Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Najib Razak (gambar) semalam dalam ucapan penangguhannya menyahut cabaran itu apabila mengatakan perlembagaan parti itu akan dipinda menjadikan hanya Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah diiktiraf Umno. Selepas ini, umat Islam di Malaysia yang menganut mazhab selain Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah tidak boleh lagi mengundi Umno kerana parti itu tidak mengiktiraf mereka, walaupun sebagai manusia. Naib Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi lebih hebat lagi. Beliau menggesa Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) agar menangkap Timbalan Presiden PAS Mohamad Sabu (gambar bawah) kerana dikatakan menganut fahaman Syiah yang mengancam keselamatan negara. "Kita tak faham kenapa pilih pemimpin Syiah itu jadi orang nombor dua dalam PAS. Datuk Seri Jamil Khir, KDN beri kuasa ambil tindakan terhadap kepimpinan kedua parti itu," katanya merujuk kepada Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom yang bertanggungjawab memegang portfolio agama. Jamil Khir yang mempunyai latar belakang gerakan Islam dan faham dengan gerakan Islam antarabangsa tidak mudah terjerat dengan saranan Ahmad Zahid itu apabila mengatakan ajaran Syiah bukan melibatkan parti semata-mata, kerana ia adalah berdasarkan iktikad seseorang penganut fahaman berkenaan. Jamil Khir juga enggan mengulas lanjut ketika ditanya sama ada Jakim sudah mempunyai bukti untuk menahan Mohamad, sebaliknya menyerahkan perkara itu kepada polis. "Elok tanya Zahid. Elok tanya polis," katanya kepada pemberita di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PWTC) semalam. Mengapa Ahmad Zahid tidak menggunakan Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) untuk menahan Mohamad dan menyerahkan perkara itu kepada Jakim? Ini adalah kerana ia merupakan politik semata-mata. Kalau benar fahaman Syiah merupakan satu ancaman kepada negara, mengapa tidak Ahmad Zahid meyakinkan Najib untuk memutuskan hubungan diplomatik dengan Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon dan negara Islam lain yang mempunyai majoriti penganut fahaman itu? Bukankah negara Iran, Iraq, Syria dan Lebanon ini merupakan salah satu punca fahaman Syiah tersebar ke Malaysia? Langkah pertama yang boleh dilakukan Malaysia adalah menghalau duta-duta dari negara Iran, Iraq, Syria dan Labenon yang jelas menganut fahaman Syiah dan dikhuatiri pengaulan mereka dengan masyarakat tempatan akan menyebabkan fahaman itu tersebar luas. Kedua, halau kesemua warga dari negara-negara berkenaan dari Malaysia tidak kira pelancong, pelajar atau peniaga. Ketiga, jangan beri visa kepada semua rakyat dari negara-negara berkenaan yang mahu datang ke Malaysia. Keempat, tarik diri daripada Pertubuhan Kerjasama Islam (OIC) kerana Iran, Iraq, Syria dan Labenon merupakan negara anggota. Kelima, putuskan hubungan dengan Hamas dan Khaled Meshal kerana mereka bersahabat baik dengan pergerakan Hezbollah yang dipimpin oleh Hassan Nasrallah (gambar). Hezbollah merupakan sebuah gerakan yang terdiri daripada penganut fahaman Syiah yang seringkali membantu Palestin berperang dengan Israel. Kalau ini berani dilakukan Najib dan Ahmad Zahid, maka benarlah Umno merupakan satu-satunya parti politik di dunia yang berani memerangi Syiah habis-habisan. Jika tidak, hentikanlah perdebatan bodoh lagi membodohkan ini. Cukup-cukuplah! – 8 Disember, 2013. * Ini adalah pendapat peribadi penulis dan tidak semestinya mewakili pandangan The Malaysian Insider.

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Newcastle United deepen gloom for Manchester United and Moyes Posted: 07 Dec 2013 06:48 AM PST December 07, 2013 Manchester United goalie David De Gea fails to stop Cabaye's shot, as MU defenders and striker Robin Van Persie (20) look on helplessly. - Reuters pic, December7, 2013.Manchester United's dismal season lurched into crisis today after a 1-0 loss at home to Newcastle United condemned the champions to their fifth defeat of the season. Yohan Cabaye's goal just after the hour gave Newcastle their first victory at Old Trafford since 1972 and consigned Manchester United to back-to-back home defeats in the league for the first time since May 2002. Having lost 1-0 to Everton on Wednesday, Manchester United have now lost as many games as they did in the whole of last season's title-winning campaign and David Moyes's side could fall 15 points behind leaders Arsenal before the weekend is out. Manchester United were without Wayne Rooney through suspension, but they restored Robin van Persie to their starting XI following a four-game absence with a groin strain and saw Phil Jones test visiting goalkeeper Tim Krul with an early shot. Newcastle's five-man midfield frustrated United though, and it was the visitors who came closest to breaking the deadlock before half-time, with David de Gea thwarting Mathieu Debuchy twice in first-half stoppage time. Manchester United attacked the game with renewed vigour in the second period, but they saw Krul save from Javier Hernandez and Adnan Januzaj before a header from Patrice Evra hit the post. Newcastle hit the champions with a sucker-punch in the 61st minute, with Moussa Sissoko galloping down the right flank after winning a duel with Evra before cutting the ball back for Cabaye to sweep home. Moyes responded by introducing Anderson and Antonio Valencia and handing Wilfried Zaha a league debut from the bench, but despite sporadic late pressure, an equaliser would not come. Van Persie had a close-range header ruled out for offside and Zaha curled narrowly wide, leaving Newcastle's jubilant fans to taunt Moyes with crowing chants of 'You're getting sacked in the morning!' The dominant team of the Premier League era, Manchester United remain in ninth place in the table, 12 points below Arsenal, while Newcastle climb to sixth. - AFP, December 7, 2013.

Match-fixing suspects sacked by club Posted: 07 Dec 2013 06:17 AM PST December 07, 2013 An English non-league club today announced that it had sacked two of its players after they were charged over match-fixing allegations. Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, both 22, were charged this week with conspiracy to defraud contrary to common law following an investigation by Britain's National Crime Agency. The pair's club, Whitehawk FC, from the southern English coastal town of Brighton, said that the two men had been "dismissed with immediate effect" after an emergency board meeting. In a statement, the club, which plays in the sixth tier of English football, said: "The club was aware that these two players, namely Michael Boateng and Hakeem Adelakun, were being investigated last week, at which time the club took immediate steps to suspend them pending the outcome of investigation by the police. "In light of recent decisions by the police and the Crown Prosecution Service, the club can now confirm, after an emergency meeting of the board yesterday, that the two players have been dismissed with immediate effect for bringing the club into disrepute." Boateng and Adelakun, both of whom hail from south London, are scheduled to appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court in central England on Wednesday. They are the third and fourth people to have been charged in connection with an investigation into an alleged international betting syndicate. Chann Sankaran, a 33-year-old Singapore national, and Krishna Sanjey Ganeshan, a 43-year-old British passport-holder, were remanded in custody until December 13. Sankaran and Ganeshan, alleged to be members of a Singapore-based betting syndicate, have been accused of conspiring to defraud bookmakers by influencing the course of football matches and placing bets on them between November 1 and 26 this year. The maximum sentence for the offence is 10 years' imprisonment. – AFP, December 7, 2013.

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Elton John challenges Russian gay ban from stage Posted: 07 Dec 2013 06:35 AM PST December 07, 2013 British pop icon Elton John (pic) escaped serious criticism in Russia today after using a sold-out Moscow concert to challenge a highly contentious law banning the "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors. The 66-year-old singer is the first Western star known for fighting gay prejudice to tour Russia since it adopted in June a measure making it illegal to explain same sex relationships to children. The law has already been condemned on Russian stages by superstars such as Lady Gaga and Madonna. Both now face calls from conservative lawmakers and some Orthodox Church leaders to be barred from ever entering the country again. John – openly gay and in a civil partnership with filmmaker David Furnish since 2005 – performed in Moscow yesterday and is due to play in the heart of the Muslim region of Tatarstan tonight. He had been urged by some gay rights advocates to cancel the concerts as a form of protest against President Vladimir Putin's 13-year rule. But John explained ahead of his appearances that he felt that Russia's gay and lesbian couples would feel abandoned if big-name performers did not come for visits and offer them support. Yesterday's concert in Moscow began with John – settled behind a black grand piano in a theatre popular with Russia's super-rich – reading a monologue in which he called for harmony and inclusion for all. "You've always embraced me and you have never judged me," John said in reference to a long line of visits to Moscow that began with a groundbreaking concert in 1979. That Soviet-era performance transformed John into a household name – an impact still felt in Russia to this day. John was careful not to criticise either Putin or his supporters directly for fast-tracking the measure in the span of a few short weeks. But neither did he hide his disappointment with the law as a video of the concert showed. "I am deeply saddened and shocked over the current legislation that is now in place against the (homosexual) community here in Russia," he said to a scattering of applause. "In my opinion, it is inhumane and it is isolating. Harmony is what makes a happy family and a strong society." John concluded the speech by dedicating his concert to Vladislav Tornovoi – a 23-year-old Russian whose naked body was dumped in the city of Volgograd after he had been raped with beer bottles and had his skull smashed. A witness told the police at the time of the May attack that Tornovoi was targeted for being gay. Russia's gay propaganda ban has turned into a lightning rod of criticism of Putin and what many see as his increasingly authoritarian streak. Such prominent rights campaigners as the openly gay British actor Stephen Fry have called for a boycott of February's Winter Olympic Games in Sochi while others are urging tourists to avoid Russia until the law is revoked. Such calls have usually met with tough responses from prominent pro-Kremlin lawmakers and been ridiculed on widely watched state television shows. But John's speech made barely a ripple in the Russian media and escaped condemnation from the West's usual critics in parliament. The only visible outrage came from a radical Islamist organisation that urged the authorities of Tatarstan to forbid John from performing tonight in the region's capital of Kazan. John was expected to repeat his call to end gay prejudice during tonight's performance. – AFP, December 7, 2013.

Jay Z leads with 9 Grammy nominations, but newcomers vie for top honours Posted: 06 Dec 2013 09:56 PM PST December 07, 2013 Robin Thicke performs 'Blurred Lines' at The Grammy Nominations Concert Live - Countdown to Music's Biggest Night event at Nokia theatre in Los Angeles yesterday. - Reuters pic, December 7, 2013.Rapper Jay Z led all artists with nine Grammy nominations yesterday, but newcomers Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis edged out industry heavyweights for nods in the top categories of the annual music awards. Jay Z picked up nominations in nine categories across pop and rap, including best pop duo performance for "Suit & Tie" with Justin Timberlake, and best rap album for his July release, "Magna Carta... Holy Grail." But the 44-year-old Brooklyn, New York-born rapper failed to land solo nods in the top Grammy categories for record, song, and album of the year, scoring only one as a producer on Lamar's "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" record, nominated in the album of the year category. Lamar's album will face off against Sara Barielles's "The Blessed Unrest," French electro-dance duo Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories,"Taylor Swift's "Red" and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "The Heist" for album of the year. Seattle rapper-producer duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis capped their stellar rise over the past year from the independent music scene into mainstream pop with seven nominations, including song of the year for "Same Love," featuring Mary Lambert, and the coveted best new artist category. "It feels very, very, very surreal. I don't think it's ever going to feel normal... It's something that we never ever thought was possible when we were making this album," Macklemore, whose real name is Ben Haggerty, said backstage. The duo will be facing off with Lamar, country music singer Kasey Musgraves and British singers James Blake and Ed Sheeran for the best new artist accolade, which has been won by Adele and FUN. in recent years. California rapper Lamar, 26, also picked up five nominations in the R&B and rap categories. Singer-producer Pharrell scored seven nods, including for album, record and song of the year for his work as a featured artist on Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" and Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." The record of the year category featured five songs that all achieved commercial and chart success this year: "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk, "Radioactive" by alt-rockers Imagine Dragons, "Royals" by Lorde, Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" and "Blurred Lines" by Thicke, featuring T.I. and Pharrell. The Grammy Awards are the music industry's top accolades and are voted on by members of the Recording Academy for more than 80 categories spanning all genres. To be eligible for nominations this year, artists had to release their music between October 1, 2012, and September 30, 2013. The nominations for the top awards and main categories were announced during an hour-long televised concert yesterday from Los Angeles. The winners will be announced on January 26 at a live televised ceremony in Los Angeles. For the second year running, male artists dominated the nominees for the 2014 awards, while Lorde, Musgraves and Swift led the female artists with four nominations each. Lorde, the 17-year-old New Zealand newcomer whose real name is Ella Yelich O'Connor, is notable for writing her own songs, including the hit "Royals," which picked up nods for record and song of the year, as well as best pop solo performance. "This isn't the kind of thing that happens to people from New Zealand, so it feels good," the singer said backstage. Also nominated with Lorde for song of the year, a songwriters' award, are "Just Give Me a Reason" by Pink and FUN.'s Nate Ruess, Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven," Katy Perry's "Roar" and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Same Love." Timberlake, 32, who made a return to the musical spotlight this year after a five-year hiatus with the two-part release of "The 20/20 Experience," picked up seven nominations in the pop, R&B and rap categories, but failed to make the top three categories. His record "The 20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience," one of the year's top-selling sets, earned a best pop album nomination. Swift, 23, who has won seven Grammys, scored nominations in the country music category, including best country album for "Red." Texas native Musgraves, 25, nominated for best new artist, will compete with Swift in the country song and album categories. Notably absent from the nominees were British boy band One Direction, which has topped the Billboard 200 album chart with all three of its albums over the past year, and Grammy-winner Lady Gaga, whose August song "Applause" was eligible and scored chart success, but failed to win over Grammy voters. — Reuters, December 7, 2013.

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