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"Do the women have to breastfeed the driver in the presence of their husbands or can they do this alone?" "Who will protect the wife if the husband entered the house unexpectedly and found his wife breastfeeding the driver?" she asked. Saudi women plan to turn a controversial fatwa (religious ruling) to their advantage and launch a campaign to achieve their long-standing demand to drive in this conservative kingdom. If the demand is not met, the women threatened to follow through the fatwa which allows them to breastfeed their drivers and turn them into their sons. The campaign will be launched under the slogan: "We either be allowed to drive or breastfeed foreigners," a journalist told Gulf News . Amal Zahid said that their decision follows a fatwa issued by a renowned scholar which said that Saudi women can breastfeed their foreign drivers for them to become their sons. "As every Saudi family needs a driver, our campaign...

When the clock strikes 10pm tomorrow, the 394-metre stretch of Pudu Jail wall fronting Jalan Pudu will be demolished after having served its purpose for the past 100 years. Construction on the 4.5 metre wall, also known as Pudu Goal, started in 1891 on Jalan Hang Tuah and it was fully completed in 1895 at a cost of RM15,360.90. The wall which had once set a record for the longest mural in the world (384 metres) now has no meaning as it stands amidst flourishing development in the Bukit Bintang Golden Triangle. The prison itself stopped operating in 1996 and prisoners were shifted to the Sungai Buloh Prison, 36km from here, after the building could no longer cater to the high volume of up to 6,550 people at a time since 1985. The memories linked to the historic landmark will remain part of the country's history even after the wall is torn down, a move proposed by Kuala Lumpur mayor Ahmad Fuad Ismail, which aimed to ease traffic congestion in the area through a road-wi...

The father of Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) sergeant N Tharmendran today alleged that his son was tortured into confessing to the theft of two jet engines while under remand. “They beat him like a cow,” said N Nagarajah, 71, after lodging a police report on the matter at the Brickfields police headquarters today. Nagarajah was accompanied by human rights lawyer N Surendran and three PR members of parliament - DAP's M Manogaran (Teluk Intan) and PKR's S Manikavasagam (Kapar) and Low Gwo Burne (Kelana Jaya). Nagarajah ( left ) claimed that two RMAF officers, a Major Azam and a Major Ismail, had beaten and mistreated his son over a period of nearly three weeks from July 2 to 17 last year. He claimed that Major Ismail made Tharmendran wear a crash helmet, which he then proceeded to hit repeatedly using alternatly a golf club and a cricket bat. Nagarajah said Major Ismail told his son that he had written the names of all those he had tortured , including Tharmendar...

Md Imraz Muhammed Ikhbal: What is a 'datukship'? Wasn't it supposed to be an honorific title conferred by the esteemed monarch to those deserving for their noble deeds to the country? Wasn't that the reason why datukships were so sought after as a trophy of pride and honour? Now let's re-examine and re-evaluate this entire concept and compare it to what we have currently. Today, we witness how the rulers reduced themselves to being no more than a political stooge of the ruling elites. Today, we witness defecting MPs who betray their voters being conferred datukship while those like Chua Jui Meng, who struggle for the cause of the rakyat, being stripped off it. Rulers who were once objects of reverence are today the subject of ridicule. The palace is today perceived not as a monumental pride but a laden burden to the public. So is there honour still in titles from the royals? Isn't datukship from the palace today a degradation to one's dignified...

PLS TAKE NOTE OF THIS LATEST INFORMATION You can't clean away smashed eggs on the windscreen with the wiper and sprayed water. Please take note of this. If you are driving at night and are attacked with eggs, do not operate the wiper or spray any water. You can drive with whatever visibility remaining until you reach a safer place. Because eggs when mixed with water becomes milky and block your vision up to 92.5%. Then you are forced to stop at the road side and become a victim of robbers This is a new technique used by robbers in Johor Bahru. Please inform your friends and relatives. Please take this seriously.

Selayang municipal councillor Allan Lim Ching How has claimed that he and his assistant Zuhudi Ahmad were beaten up by 20 individuals this morning. Lim identified them as members of Malay NGOs Perkasa and Pekida, saying they were wearing shirts bearing the Perkasa logo. The two were injured in the incident which occurred about 11.30am and went to Selayang Hospital to seek treatment. Lim's eyelid and lips were torn and his neck was bruised after he was repeatedly kicked, while Zuhudi was kicked at least twice in the stomach. Relating what took place, Lim said he had gone to the building site a hall for Chinese associations when he heard that a group was tearing down the project signboard at the site in Jalan TIB 1, Taman Bolton in Batu Caves. Upon arrival, Lim Zuhudi found Perkasa members in the process of demolishing the signboard. “I asked why they are doing this, but about 20 of them started to beat us up,” he said when contacted. Although he identified himself as ...

Remember Idi AMin? Younger people out there would not know who this man was. But those of us in the 50s and above would know about this person, the dictator in Uganda in the 70s, who did what a dictator in those days would do. He fled to Saudi after an uprising , and died there in 2003. Since those days of Idi Amin, we Malaysians have always treated Uganda like a rogue state. Sub-Sahara Africa is supposed to be backward, and we have always thought of Uganda as a disease-and-poverty-striken country, with children thin like skeletons and bellies big like pregnant ladies. Now, do not look down on these countries anymore. Many of them have a broadband speed much faster than us, Yes , Malaysia — the country with the multimedia super corridor, the country that once boosted that it wanted to become a silicon valley of the East. We still wanted to become that, but we simply do not have the means to become that; just like an impotent old man, willing but not able to. With broadband speed like s...

Nikon SB-900 Tips Preventing Overheating - 4 explanation and solution videos by Lilkiwiguy87 Part 1 - ( view in HQ on YouTube) Part 2 - ( view in HQ on YouTube) Part 3 - ( view in HQ on YouTube) Part 4 - ( view in HQ on YouTube) What follows is a brief summary of the points raised in the videos. Overheating is not a design flaw. Firmware update 5.0.2 does not prevent overheating, since it only tweaks flash intensity during continuous shooting with the SB-900 is in i-TTL mode. See the firmware 5.0.2 update notes for Mac & Windows . The first factor is the type of batteries used. Rechargeable AA batteries have a voltage of 1.2V (Volts), which is lower than the 1.5V that standard, non-rechargeable batteries have. In other words, rechargeable batteries have a lesser capacity in powering the SB-900 compared to standard batteries. A comparison test was conducted with the SB-900 firing at full power (Manual mode, 1/1) using rechargeable Duracell 1.2V, ...

Speculation is rife that Umno while allegedly enticing Pakatan members with money politics to cross-over, is also now trying to rope in big-time tycoons to help destabilise the Selangor state government. According to Perak Pakatan Rakyat chief Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, he had heard that a top Umno personality recently had approached a very prominent tycoon to seek his financial help in undermining the Selangor government. However, the request was rejected as the tycoon does not believe in dirty politics and was prepared for any political repercussions that his non-cooperation might invite. Nizar ( left) believes the same tactic had been responsible for destabilising his 10-month-old government in Perak last year. He also said three Umno members had told him that a tycoon of similar status had financially backed the wresting of Perak from the Pakatan. This particular person had apparently met former DAP Jelapang assemblyperson Hee Yit Foong in Hong Kong before the colla...

By EMBUN MAJID embun@thestar.com.my SUNGAI PETANI: Four siblings who allegedly ate soil for a week to stave off hunger are undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit of a hospital here. They had vomited and complained of stomach pain earlier. The girls, aged seven, eight, nine and 10, were taken to the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital after one of them revealed their condition to Jerai MIC chairman R. Supra­maniam last Friday. The matter came to light when the eldest girl was taken by her 70-year-old grandfather to a medical camp organised by the division at Kampung Padang Lembu, some 20km from here. The girl suddenly vomited when the doctor was about to examine her. Supramaniam said he was about to send the girl to the hospital when she told him her three younger sisters at home were also in pain. “She told me that they had eaten soil as they were very hungry and there was not enough food for them,” he added. Supramaniam said he visited their house an...

Timings of the Four Yugas By Stephen Knapp When describing the length of the yugas or ages, and which yuga we are in and how far along we are in it, there is sometimes confusion about how to calculate them. Some people think we are already in the next Satya-yuga, known as the Golden Age. The problem is when the yugas are figured only according to the years in earth’s time, in which case any calculations will never be accurate. They are described in the Vedic literature according to the celestial years, or years of the devas , not according to the time we experience here on earth. This is where we have to make adjustments. Nonetheless, there are specific references in the Vedic texts which make it clear how to calculate them. For starters, the Mahabharata (Shanti Parva, 231.12-20) explains it in detail: “The rishis , measuring time, have given particular names to particular portions [of time]. Five and ten winks of the eye make what is ...