North Korea Vs South Korea

1.19 million active troops - 687,000 active troops
7.7 million reserve troops - 4.5 million reserve troops.
4,100 tanks - 2,750 main battle tanks.
2,500 armored personal carriers - 2,780 armored personal carriers.
17,900 artillery pieces - 10,470 artillery pieces.
620 combat aircraft (mostly migs) - 490 combat aircraft.
420 warships - 140 warships
71 submarines - 12 submarines
800 ballistic missiles - Limited under treaty with u.s.
6-8 possible nuclear weapons - 0 nuclear weapons.
Population-23.9 million - Population-48.3 million
Capital-Pyongyang - Capital-Seoul
Size-47,000 sq miles - 38,000 sq miles.
Religion-mainly atheist - Religion-Buddhism,Christianity.
Political-communist rule - Political-democracy
Economy-fragile - Economy-thriving.
Society-poverty - Society-good standard of living.
Exports-minerals,metal,cement - Exports-electrical,machinery.
Media-government propaganda - Media-terrestrial networks, satellite

Looks like if it were war between just these 2 nation, maybe the north would edge it due to having more military at their disposal..

France threatened in alleged bin Laden tape

Paris, France (CNN) -- A man purporting to be Osama Bin Laden warned France to get its troops out of Afghanistan and not to oppress Muslims at home in a tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera network Wednesday.

"If you want to tyrannize and think that it is your right to ban the free women from wearing the burqa, isn't it our right to expel your occupying forces, your men from our lands by striking them by the neck?" the speaker demands, in reference to recently passed French legislation barring women from covering their faces in public.
French authorities are treating the message "very, very seriously," CNN counterterror analyst Paul Cruickshank said.

There has been no official response from the government, but lawmaker Lionel Lucas of France's UMP party said: "One must take these threats seriously but never concede.

Missile attacks by US drones in Pakistan's tribal areas have more than trebled under the Obama administration, research by the BBC Urdu service shows.

Compared with 25 drone strikes between January 2008 and January 2009, there were at least 87 such attacks between President Obama taking office on 20 January 2009 and the end of June 2010.

More than 700 people have been killed in such attacks under Mr Obama, compared with slightly fewer than 200 from under his predecessor, George W Bush.

The increased frequency of drone strikes follows a reported shift in US policy to extend its drone operations. It has moved from targeting al-Qaeda suspects to including Pakistani Taliban who are believed to be providing a haven for al-Qaeda leaders and operatives.

The bulk of these attacks have been in North Waziristan, with neighbouring South Waziristan the next main target.

While more than 700 people have died in these attacks, positive identification of the victims, either by Pakistani or US authorities, has been made in fewer than a dozen instances.

The US Navy’s Mobile Landing Platform Ships

MLP concept (image : Defense Industry Daily)


Seabasing slide (image : Defense Industry Daily)

20 Agustus 2010
The MLP is intended to be a new class and type of auxiliary support ship, as part of the US Navy’s Maritime Prepositioning Force of the Future (MPF-F) program. They’re intended to serve as a transfer station or floating pier at sea, improving the U.S. military’s ability to deliver equipment and cargo from ship to shore when friendly bases are denied, or simply don’t exist.

It’s an interesting and unusual concept, one closely connected to the au courant concept of “seabasing”...

The MLP is supposed to be about bout 800 feet/ 250m long and built to commercial standards, displacing about 34,500 tonnes and able to travel at about 20 knots, with a range of around 9,000 nautical miles. The Navy intends to build a total of 3, with 1st delivery expected in 2015.

Requirements include the ability to land helicopters, the ability to embark and launch LCAC hovercraft, and the capability for ship-to-ship transfer of equipment from large-draft prepositioning ships to other vessels, including T-AKE supply ships.

The MLP has been delayed by shipbuilding and budget issues, but its biggest risk factor is the uncertainty and debate over the larger Maritime Prepositioned Forces-Future (MPF-F) concept. The MPF-F is supposed to be the first step into “Seabasing,” but the bottom line is that MPF-F has come out on the short end in future budget planning. It’s an open question whether the US Navy will be able to execute sea basing beyond conventional peacetime maritime engagement roles.

(Defense Industry Daily)

Perlumbaan Senjata atau Kerjasama Ketenteraan?

Saya tergerak untuk mengulas kenyataan Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yang menyatakan bahawa Malaysia tidak perlu berlumba senjata dengan negara jiran terutama di rantau ASEAN, sebaliknya harus memperkukuhkan kerjasama ketenteraan untuk menjaga keamanaan sejagat. Beliau berkata demikian pada 2 Ogos 2010, ketika menerima kunjungan hormat Panglima Angkatan Tentera Singapura, Lieutenant General Neo Kian Hong, Setiausaha Pertahanan Timor Leste Dr Julio Pinto dan Pemerintah Tentera Darat Diraja Brunei Kolonel Yusof Abd Rahman.

Kenyataan oleh Menteri Pertahanan itu dianggap amat bertepatan dan "very timely" ekoran timbulnya dakwaan penganalisis politik dan pertahanan tentang berlakunya fenomena perlumbaan senjata (arms race) di kalangan beberapa buah negara Asia Tenggara akhir-akhir ini.Kenyataan tersebut sekaligus menjelaskan kedudukan Malaysia di dalam kancah perlumbaan senjata, yang boleh dimaksudkan sebagai satu saingan atau perlumbaan di antara 2 atau lebih negara dengan matlamat untuk mencapai keunggulan ketenteraan melebihi saingannya.

Perlumbaan senjata berlaku antara lainnya kerana, "we always live in fear and distrust of one another in a dark world of our own making. Where there is no threat we will create one to legitimise a strong military capability. Where there is indeed a credible threat, we will magnify it if need be to suit our own interests. We will arm ourselves to the teeth many times over when we can afford it, and oblige others to do the same to the best of their ability". Kenyataan ini dipetik daripada ucapan perasmian 15th Asia Pacific Roundtable 2002 oleh bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Perlumbaan senjata di kalangan negara-negara yang berkonflik boleh menimbulkan ketegangan yang berakhir dengan peperangan (terhad atau terbuka) khasnya apabila pihak yang berkonflik secara sewenang-wenang menggunakan arsenal ketenteraan ke atas pihak musuh mereka. Kejadian seumpama ini pernah berlaku di rantau Asia Timor dan Asia Selatan.

Kerjasama ketenteraan bukanlah alternatif kepada perlumbaaan senjata kerana tidak ada hubung kait antara keduanya. Namun, seperti kenyataan Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dalam 14th Asia Pacific Roundtable 2000, kita perlu melakukan anjakan daripada "adversial security to cooperative security" dan anjakan daripada " a focus on a narrow military security to a focus on a wider, comprehensive security" jika sekiranya kita menghendaki keadaan keselamatan yang lebih "durable" di peringkat nasional, serantau dan juga global.

Kerjasama ketenteraan di kalangan negara-negara serantau memang telah lama di laksanakan, sama ada secara dua hala mahupun secara pelbagai hala. Ia mencakupi ruang lingkup yang amat luas: antaranya termasuk program pertukaran pegawai/anggota, tawaran kursus/latihan, pertukaran maklumat, latihan dan operasi bersama. Tidak dapat dinafikan bahawa menerusi kerjasama ketenteraan ini dapat memberi "nilai tambah" kepada pasukan tentera yang menyertainya dalam bentuk peningkatan tahap profesionalisme ketenteraan. Namun, apa yang lebih penting ialah kerjasama ketenteraan ini mampu untuk menjalinkan hubungan silatur-rahim di kalangan mereka yang terlibat, membolehkan mereka untuk berkomunikasi sesama mereka dan akhirnya meningkatkan tahap keyakinan (confidence level) di kalangan pucuk pimpinan tentera yang menyertai kerjasama ketenteraan berkenaan.

Dalam konteks diplomasi ketenteraan, pentingnya hubungan ini adalah untuk memudahkan sebarang bentuk perbincangan bagi mencari jalan penyelesaian terhadap isu-isu dua hala yang berbangkit. Keakraban hubungan ini menjadi pendokong kepada usaha-usaha yang dilaksanakan oleh kepimpinan negara. Disebabkan inilah, Malaysia sentiasa menjadi keutamaan lawatan pimpinan tentera di kalangan negara ASEAN.

Sememangnya, apa yang sedang diusahakan secara individu mahupun secara kolektif oleh setiap negara anggota ASEAN adalah ke arah membentuk suasana keselamatan yang lebih bersifat bekerjasama dan komprensif (cooperative and comprehensive security) dan bukan sesuatu yang bersifat bermusuhan (adversary).

Dipetik dari: http://bestmanword.blogspot.com

Iran Menawarkan Kepakaran Nuklear Kepada Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Iran has expressed interest to offer its expertise in nuclear energy technology to enable Malaysia set up a nuclear power plant, Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said Monday.

He said the interest was stated by the Iranian Ambassador to Malaysia Prof Dr Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi when the latter called on him Monday at his office at Parliament House, here.

Dr Wan Junaidi said to reporters later he informed Dr Mohammad Mehdi that Malaysia had yet to make a final decision on setting up a nuclear power plant and that it was still premature at the moment.- BERNAMA

Tawaran yang dibuat oleh Iran kepada Malaysia merupakan satu bentuk kerjasama yang mampu meningkatkan kepakaran teknologi nuklear yang mungkin jauh lebih murah berbanding dengan negara-negara lain yang lebih bersifat mengongkong dan lebih kepada kepentingan tertentu sahaja. tawaran tersebut dilihat lebih ikhlas kerana seperti yang kita sedia maklum Iran adalah sebuah negara islam yang memperjuangkan hak dan kebebasan negara tesebut memiliki kepakaran nuklear walaupun ditentang keras oleh US dan sekutunya.

Jikalau dilihat dari sudut ekonominya, tawaran tersebut merupakan peluang terbaik negara dalam usaha memperkayakan sumber tenaga yang berterusan dan teknologi nuklear negara untuk kemajuan negara disamping tren peningkatan kos bahan api tradisional yang tidak nampak ada jalan penyelesaiannya. namun jauh disudut hati setiap anggota masyarakat memikirkan keburukan yang bakal diperolehi sekiranya teknologi kuasa nuklear tersebut tidak diuruskan dengan sebaik mungking kerana kesannya adalah dasyat dan sukar diatasi.Kesan kemusnahan pernah tercatat dalam sejarah apabila bom atom digugurkan di hiroshima dan nagasaki, seperti di bawah......



kesan-kesan selepas pengeboman....



selain daripada itu juga, sekiranya Malaysia mempunyai hubungan nuklear dengan Iran secara langsung akan menjejaskan hubungan baik Malaysia dengan US yang merupakan antara pelabur terbesar di negara ini. bukan soal pelaburan dan aspek ekonomi sahaja, US akan memutuskan hubungan diplomatik dan berkemungkinan besar akan mengklasifikasikan Malaysia antara negara yang disenarai hitamkan dalam polisi luar mereka dan juga akan dikaitkan dengan negara yang menyokong Iran yang dikatakan mempunyai niat untuk membangunkan senjata nuklear.

dengan kata lain, banyak implikasi yang perlu difikirkan oleh pihak berwajib mengenai tawaran tersebut, diharap pihak-pihak tertentu jangan politikkan isu tersebut untuk kepentingan peribadi dan politik semata-mata kerana akhirnya rakyat juga yang akan menanggung akibatnya....sekian..untuk renungan.

Kuasa Nuklear di Asia Tenggara

Perkembangan perlumbaan kuasa nuklear di rantau asia tenggara menampakkan telah bermula dengan pengesahan oleh Filipina berkenaan keseriusan mereka dalam membangunkan teknologi nuklear untuk penjanaan tenaga elektrik pada masa akan datang bagi menangani permasalahan tenaga di negara tersebut. perkara ini dilaporkan oleh BERNAMA, maklumat lanjut di link ini : klik

Myanmar juga dikatakan membuat perancangan yang sama untuk membangunkan tenaga muklear, perkembangan tersebut dikatakan wujud akibat daripada perhubungan baik negara tersebut dengan Korea utara yang merupakan sebuah negara kuasa nuklear. Kebimbangan akan wujud ketidakstabilan di rantau ini turut disuarakan oleh Menteri Luar AS Hillary Clinton yang menyatakan keprihatinan AS tentang Myanmar yang dilaporkan mempunyai hubungan ketenteraan dengan Korea Utara dan kenyataan itu disokong apabila sebuah kapal dari Korea Utara baru-baru dilaporkan telah membawa peralatan ketenteraan ke Myanmar, maklumat lanjut di link ini: klik

Malaysia tidak ketinggalan dalam menguasai teknologi tersebut dan dikatakan akan malaysia akan mempunyai loji tenaga nuklear pada tahun 2020 bagi menampung kekangan tenaga yang memuncak disamping kenaikan bahan api fosil.

Perkembangan ini dilihat mempunyai kesan positif dan negatif bergangtung kepada pentafsiran individu tersebut, jika dilihat dari sudut positif penggunaan tenaga nuklear mampu memenuhi keperluan dan penggunaan tenaga yang murah disamping permasalahan dan risiko bahan buangan yang sukar dilupuskan serta sekiranya tidak diurus dengan baik akan berlaku malapetaka yang dasyat. walaubagaimanapun diharap penggunaan nuklear terhad kepada penjanaan tenaga elektrik sahaja tidak lebih daripada itu terutama sekali untuk tujuan ketenteraan dan kepentingan tertentu. tahap keselamatan dan pengawalan perlulah pada tahap yang tinggi bagi mengelak disalahgunakan terutamyanya oleh pengganas, sekiranya perkara tersebut berlaku maka akan berlaku kemusnahan yang besar serta memerlukan wang dan masa yang panjang untuk mengawalnya...

Propaganda Negara Yahudi:Israel Menyekat Penggunaan Phosphorus Putih Dalam Perang Masa Depan

The Israeli military will restrict its use of artillery shells containing white phosphorus, it has told the UN.

The controversial weapons cause deadly burns and rights groups say they are banned from use in civilian areas.

The Israel Defense Forces used weapons containing white phosphorus during a 22-day assault on Gaza which began in December 2008.

In its report to the UN, the IDF said steps would be taken in future to avoid civilian casualties.

"The IDF chief of general staff ordered the establishment of a clear doctrine and orders on the issue of various munitions that contain white phosphorus," the report said.

"These instructions are currently being implemented."
Burning

During the Israeli offensive on Gaza, known as Operation Cast Lead, the Israeli military used white phosphorus rounds in densely populated areas, the UN and Human Rights Watch said.

Part of a UN compound burned down after it was hit by chunks of the burning chemical which ignites on contact with air.

The weapon has been used on battlefields to create cover for advancing troops and to flush infantry out of their positions, but human rights groups say international law bans its use in civilian areas.

Burning phosphorus sticks to skin and will continue to burn flesh until the supply of oxygen is cut off.

Palestinians and rights groups say more than 1,400 Gazans died in the conflict, but Israel puts the figure at 1,166. Thirteen Israelis, including three civilians, were killed.
War crimes

The Israeli military say that the attack was launched to prevent rockets being fired into southern Israel from Gaza.

The UN has sharply criticised both sides in the conflict.

A report by the former prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, Richard Goldstone, accused both the IDF and Hamas of war crimes.

The Goldstone report has been condemned by the Israeli government as biased.

Hamas has also denied its fighters committed war crimes.

Israel's latest report to the UN, posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also says it has launched 150 investigations into the conduct of its soldiers during the offensive.

rujuk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10711086

jari Manis Yang Panjang Menunjukkan Anda 3 x Berisiko Kanser Prostat

Men with a long ring finger could be three times more likely to develop prostate cancer, research shows.

Doctors found that the risk increases if the ring finger on the right hand is significantly longer than the index finger next to the thumb.

But men whose ring fingers are only slightly longer, or are about the same length, are much less likely to get the disease.

The findings open up the possibility of screening men with longer fingers at an early age for signs of cancer.

In the study, blood tests showed that men with longer ring fingers on their right hand had higher levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA).

This chemical is sometimes found in high levels in blood when cancer is present. The right hand was studied because the difference between the length of its ring finger and index finger is often greater than on the left, as it is more sensitive to hormonal changes in the womb.

The results are the latest in a long line of studies linking finger length to men's health, most of which highlight the benefits of a long ring finger.

These include reduced risk of heart disease, a better chance of exam success and increased fertility.

Last year a team of experts from the Medical Research Council's Epidemiology Resource Unit at Southampton University even found that young men with longer ring fingers made better sprinters.

The key to these findings is thought to be the level of exposure to the hormone testosterone in the womb.

Higher levels also make it more likely that a boy will have a slightly longer ring finger on their right hand. Testosterone is also known to stimulate prostate tumour development.

In the latest study, doctors at Gachon University Gil Hospital, in Incheon, South Korea, studied 366 men over the age of 40 who went to a hospital clinic complaining of problems urinating, a symptom which could be a warning sign of cancer.

They had their fingers measured from the crease where the finger joins the hand to the tip.

Blood tests showed that men with much longer ring fingers had almost double the levels of PSA found in the blood of those with shorter fingers.

Three times as many of these men went on to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Researchers writing in the British Journal of Urology online said the 'digit ratio' - the difference in length between ring and index finger - could be used to predict which men could get cancer.

'Digit ratio is a predictor of high PSA levels and the presence of prostate cancer,' they said.

'We believe our results present sufficient evidence that a relationship exists between the two.'

Nearly 32,000 cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed a year in the UK and 10,000 men die from it - more than one an hour.

But Ed Yong, Cancer Research UK's head of health information, said: 'Finger length ratios have been linked to all sorts of things before with little evidence that measuring these ratios will ever actually be useful.

'For example, this very small study finds an association between finger length ratio and prostate cancer risk, but tells us nothing about whether the ratio can be used to reliably predict that risk.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1296364/A-long-ring-finger-mean-youre-prostate-cancer-risk.html#ixzz0uIYB6hxo

Lapangan Terbang di Cina Ditutup Selepas Kelibat UFO Diruang Angkasa

A Chinese airport was closed after this mysterious object was spotted in the sky.

Arcing over Zhejiang's provincial capital Hangzhou, the UFO appeared to glow with an eerie white light and left a bright trail in its wake.

Xiaoshan Airport was closed after the UFO was detected at around 9 pm and dozens of flights had to be diverted.

Stunned witnesses reported seeing a comet-like fireball in the sky and a number of local residents took photos of the strange ball of light.

A local bus driver, giving his name only as Yu, said he had seen a strange glowing object in the sky late on Wednesday afternoon.

'The thing suddenly ran westwards fast, like it was escaping from something,' he said.

Inbound flights were diverted to nearby airports while outbound flights were delayed for three to four hours.

Some Chinese experts claimed that the strange sight was actually debris from a US intercontinental ballistic missile.

Chinese officials later said that they knew what the object had been but were unable to make it public because there was a 'military connection.'

An official statement is expected later today.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1293395/Chinese-airport-closed-UFO-spotted-city.html#ixzz0tRAN1YRi

Condoms 'too big' for Indian men. Malaysia pun sama la kot...kajian je belum buat tapi keputusannya dah leh agak kan...

By Damian Grammaticus
BBC News, Delhi

A survey of more than 1,000 men in India has concluded that condoms made according to international sizes are too large for a majority of Indian men.

The study found that more than half of the men measured had penises that were shorter than international standards for condoms.

It has led to a call for condoms of mixed sizes to be made more widely available in India.

The two-year study was carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Over 1,200 volunteers from the length and breadth of the country had their penises measured precisely, down to the last millimetre.

The scientists even checked their sample was representative of India as a whole in terms of class, religion and urban and rural dwellers.

The conclusion of all this scientific endeavour is that about 60% of Indian men have penises which are between three and five centimetres shorter than international standards used in condom manufacture.

KAPAL SELAM PENGEDAR DADAH DITEMUI

Penggunaan kapal selam tidak terhad untuk pertahanan sesebuah negara sahaja malah dengan perkembangan modenisasi abad ini, penggunaannya telah meluas sehinggakan digunakan untuk tujuan pengedaran dadah. Oleh yang demikian malaysia salah sebuah negara yang mempunyai pesisir pantai yang luas perlu memiliki teknologi tersebut atas dasar menjaga setiap inci perairan negara dari dicerobohi, dari digunakan oleh pihak-pihak tertentu untuk dijadikan transit penyeludupan bawah permukaan. pelbagai cara digunakan oleh penyeludup sehinggakan sanggup melabor untuk menggunakan kapal selam yang bernilai ribuan juta ringgit untuk mencapai objektifnya. dengan perkembangan ancaman keganasan di rantau ini, tidak mustahil medium tersebut akan digunakan untuk penyeludupan bahan letupan, senjata dan manusia untuk tujuan keganasan. Negara perlu lebih bersedia menghadapi ancaman alaf baru ini dan tidak mustahil perkara-perkara tersebut akan berlaku. Sekiranya kita tidak mengambil berat permasalahan ini maka berkemungkinan besar negara tidak bersedia menghadapi ancaman medium baru tersebut.

Doctors scoff at Hindu 'health drink' containing cow urine

KOLKATA // A Hindu supremacist group’s “health drink” that contains traces of cow urine is expected to be available across India within weeks.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) announced the launch of Gauloka Peya in February, claiming the drink helps to fight diabetes and cancer and delay the ageing of skin.

However, doctors have dismissed the group’s claims over the medical benefits of urine from the animals that are revered by Hindus.

The drink – the name of which translates to “drink from the land of cow” – is already available in some RSS shops for 120 rupees (Dh9) per litre.

Om Prakash, manager of Gau Seva Sangh (GSS), RSS’s cow protection organisation that runs the main plant in Hardwar, said last week commercial-level production of the drink has already begun.

He said the drink, which also contains aloe vera and gooseberries, does not smell like urine and would be “tasty”.

“One bottle of the drink is going to contain about five to six millilitres of cow urine. Some other medicinal herbs have been added to it. This soft drink not only has cooling properties, but also cures a variety of diseases,” Ramanuj Mishra, the officer in charge of the project’s Kanpur office, said during the February launch.

“Unlike other soft drinks it will have some medicinal properties and many will call it a health drink, in fact.

“It won’t be like carbonated drinks and will be devoid of any toxins ... Cow urine offers a cure for around 70 to 80 incurable diseases like diabetes. All are curable by cow urine,” said Mr Mishra.

While his claims appear farfetched, many doctors seemed reluctant to pass judgement on the drink. The National asked three for a comment and all refused, fearing reprisals from Hindu extremists.

Outside India, medical opinion appears unequivocal. Dr Donald Hensrud, chairman of the division of preventive medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, told ABC News last year: “I think I’m perfectly comfortable in saying that I’m aware of no data that cow’s urine – or any other species’ urine – holds any promise ... in treating or preventing cancer.”

RSS is behind many cow products or “Goratna” that are already on sale across the country. The soaps, shampoos, toothpastes, skin-care creams and aftershave lotion are made from cow urine and dung and are also claimed to have medicinal qualities.

In a statement at the February announcement, the Hindu nationalist organisation said Gauloka Peya will be sold nationwide through shops and supermarkets.

“Gauloka Peya is beneficial for everybody ... Our soft drink has only benefits to offer, and we are sure people will buy it.

“People in other countries may like it for its medicinal properties and so we are even thinking to export the drink,” said Purushottam Toshniwal, a GSS activist in Kanpur.

Only urine from Indian-bred cows will be used for the drink, and the urine will be supplied from some of the country’s 1,000 or so GSS-run shelters for rescued cows, activists said.

RSS claims that ancient Hindu texts mention healing properties of cow’s urine. GSS-sponsored advertisments also claim that research conducted by its scientists found that urine can cure skin diseases, kidney, liver and heart ailments, obesity and cancer and can even boost one’s intelligence.

GSS activists announced in June that the Gau Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra or Cow Science Research Centre, another RSS-sponsored organisation, in Nagupur received a US patent for its use of cow urine to make some antibiotics, anti-fungal agents and anti-cancer drugs more effective.

“The same extract, developed by ... Kendra had earlier got the US patent [twice] as a bio-enhancer with antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs,” the Hindu right-wing weekly Organiser reported this week.

Sunil Mansinghka, a Kendra scientist, told the Organiser that “the research found that Re-distilled Cow Urine Distillate (RCUD) was useful for protecting and repairing DNA from oxidative damage”.

RCUD works against genotoxicity, a harmful action on a cell’s genetic material, Mr Mansinghka said, adding that the oxidative DNA damage is a leading cause of ageing, cancer and other diseases.

Patanjali Yogpeeth, an organisation of Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev, is also planning a joint venture to produce a cow urine drink, newspapers reported last month. The drinks would join other urine-laced products in the Indian market.

In 2002, GSS launched a range of cow urine-based cosmetics. Then at least five leading Bollywood actresses disappointed the Hindu groups by refusing to try the cosmetics.

“It’s true that the cow is sacred to Hindus but that doesn’t alter the fact that urine is a dirty excretion,” Aishwarya Rai Bacchan, a former Miss World, said then. “The very thought of having to apply cow urine on my face or taking a urine-based medicine down my throat gives me the shivers. It is certainly not my idea of beauty and health care.”

Sayantan Dey, a 21-year-old medical student from Kolkata, said he did not believe the drink would be acceptable to ordinary people.

“Hindu leaders are making a terrible miscalculation if they are hoping that the cow urine drink would sell as much as Coke or Pepsi sells. I cannot take even one drop of this drink even if it is offered free to me,” he said.

dipetik dari: http://www.thenational.ae/

Good day, sunshine: The happy image of a 'smiling' sun

There was a lot to smile about yesterday - it was Friday, a summer's day and a weekend of sunshine lay ahead.

This extraordinary image is just one more thing to be cheerful about.

The photograph, which has gone viral on the internet, shows clouds passing in front of the sun - creating what appears to be a smiley face.


Little is known about the image, which was first posted on Reddit six days ago and has been doing the rounds on blogs and websites ever since.

It is not clear where it was taken, or whether the sun is rising or setting.

But as it sits low on the horizon, it fills the sky with light the colour of a rosé wine - the thought of which is, of course, gave yet another reason for a smile.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1291499/Good-day-sunshine-The-uplifting-image-smiling-sun.html#ixzz0srzeNf7p

KAPAL SELAM KD TUN RAZAK MEMPERKUKUHKAN BENTENG PERTAHANAN NEGARA

VIDEO Ketibaan KD TUN ABDUL RAZAK PADA 2 JULAI 10

LUMUT 2 Julai – Kapal selam kedua negara, KD Tun Razak selamat tiba di Pangkalan Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM). Sambutan rasmi ketibaan KD Tun Razak itu diserikan dengan keberangkatan Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah; Sultan Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah; dan Raja Dihilir Perak, Raja Jaafar Raja Muda Musa.

Pemilikan aset strategik tersebut tidak perlu dilihat sebagai sekadar melepaskan batuk ditangga,malah perlu diperhalusi dari semua aspek kebaikanya berbanding dengan keburukan. tidak perlulah menuding jari mencari kesalahan dan mencari kelemahan walhal negara sangat2 memerlukan pemilikan aset strategik pertahanan seperti kapal selam untuk menunjukkan kepada dunia kemampuan kita dalam menjaga tahan air kita sendiri. walaupun malaysia dilihat sebagai negara yang agak terkebelakang memiliki aset tersebut berbanding dengan negara2 jiran namun sekurang-kurangnya negara sudah mula bertapak dan tidak ketinggalan jauh malah mampu bersaing sekiranya diberi kesempatan dan waktu.

seperti yang kita semua sedia maklum, pemilikan aset-aset sebegini memerlukan perbelanjaan yang cukup besar. oleh yang demikian setiap sen pelaburan yang dibuat perlu dihargai dan dikecapai bersama dalam mengekalkan tahap keselamatan negara. masyarakat dari semua golongan perlu memberi sokongan dan perangsang kepada warga tentera kita yang bertungkus lumus siang dan malam menjaga persempadanan negara, mengawal perairan kita, dan memantau setiap inci ruang angkasa kita demi menjaga kedaulatan negara tidak digugat, demi memastikan setiap inci tanah tumpah darah ini tidak dicerobohi oleh anasir luar.

jueteru itu, perlu diingat pemilikan kapal selam tersebut yang merupakan aset strategik negara bukan yang terakhir, diharap kerajaan akan terus menambahbaikan dari sudut persenjataan dan aset-aset lain mengikut kemampuan dan perkembangan teknologi semasa supaya pihak yang cuba menggugat keamanan negara berfikir 100 kali untuk melakukan sesuatu perkara, supaya kita tidak diperkotak-katikkan supaya kita dipandang tinggi supaya kita tidak dihina supaya bendera kita tidak dipijak dan dibakar sesuka hati. - GEMABERSUARA -

Karikatur ini membuat Israel melenting

Kedutaan Israel di Kaherah Mesir menuduh sebuah surat kabar parti yang berkuasa di Mesir memuat karikatur anti-Yahudi yang mengaitkan Israel dengan kelompok Nazi.

Seorang jurucakap kedutaan mengatakan pihaknya telah menghantarkan surat protes kepada surat kabar Al-Watani Al-Youm, milik Parti Demokrat Nasional Presiden Hosni Mubarak. Ia menyebut karikatur karya seorang seniman Brazil itu sebagai “pencemaran,” karena karikatur tersebut menyamakan pemerintah Israel dengan Nazi.

Surat kabar Al-Watani Al-Youm memuat karikatur yang menunjukkan sebuah kapal bantuan yang sedang menuju Gaza, ditangkap seekor sotong kereta yang membawa bendera Israel yang bergambar swastika dan bukannya lambang bintang David.

Dibayangkan yang sotong kereta itulah melambangkan tentera Israel menyerang kapal Mavi Marmara dalam penghantaran misi kemanusiaan ke Gaza baru baru ini.

Sementara itu editor surat kabar Al-Watani Al-Youm, Mohamed el-Alfy, mempertahankan siaran mereka melalui sebuah tajuk editorial dengan mengatakan bahwa persoalan ini berkaita dengan urusan kebebasan bersuara.

Mesir menandatangani perjanjian perdamaian dengan Israel tahun 1979 dan pertemuan antara pejabat tinggi kedua negara boleh dilakukan, tetapi media dan masyarakat Mesir sebagian besar menentang negara Yahudi ini, terutama karena kekejamannya terhadap Palestin.

AS tangkap perisik seksi Rusia

GAMBAR yang disiarkan sebuah akhbar di Amerika Syarikat menunjukkan gaya Anna.

WASHINGTON - Seorang wanita seksi berambut merah dan empat pasangan suami isteri merupakan antara 10 suspek yang ditangkap Biro Penyiasatan Persekutuan (FBI) kerana menjadi pengintip Rusia di Amerika Syarikat (AS), lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.

Mereka didakwa di sebuah mahkamah AS kelmarin kerana merancang komplot pengintipan gaya era Perang Dingin terhadap AS.

Perang Dingin merujuk kepada ketegangan politik dan ketenteraan selain perang risikan antara negara bekas Kesatuan Soviet (USSR) dan Barat terutamanya AS selepas Perang Dunia Kedua dan berakhir dengan kejatuhan empayar komunis itu pada tahun 1990-an.

Wanita berkenaan, Anna Chapman, dipercayai seorang janda berusia 28 tahun dan lulusan ijazah sarjana ekonomi selain memiliki perniagaan hartanah secara dalam talian.

Anna, ditangkap di Manhattan beroperasi dengan menggunakan nama sebenar. Anna kini ditahan tanpa ikat jamin selepas pihak pendakwa raya AS menggelarnya sebagai seorang ejen terlatih dan penipu yang licik.

Dia dipercayai menggunakan hubungannya dengan golongan berprofil tinggi untuk menghantar rahsia negara AS kepada seorang pegawai pemerintah Rusia pada setiap Rabu, bermula sejak Januari lalu.

Anna dan sembilan lagi suspek didakwa menggunakan dakwat pen yang boleh hilang, radio frekuensi pendek, stenografi dan gelombang WiFi untuk menghantar mesej berkod ke Rusia, termasuk maklumat tentang senjata nuklear.

Beberapa suspek berkenaan dipercayai telah beroperasi di AS sejak lebih sedekad lalu.

Pada Sabtu lepas, seorang ejen FBI yang menyamar sebagai seorang ejen perisik Rusia bertemu dengan Anna di sebuah restoran di New York.

Menurut dokumen mahkamah, ejen FBI berkenaan kemudian berpura-pura mahu menghantar wanita jelita itu dalam misi untuk menyerahkan sebuah pasport palsu kepada seorang ejen wanita lain.

"Adakah anda bersedia untuk misi ini?" soal ejen FBI tersebut.

"Ya," jawab Anna ringkas.

Wanita seksi itu diberitahu bahawa seorang ejen Rusia lain akan menyambutnya dengan bertanya:

"Bukankah kita pernah bertemu di California pada musim panas lalu?".

Anna sepatutnya menjawab: "Tidak, rasa saya kita bertemu di Hamptons,". Sebaik sahaja dia menyerahkan pasport itu, dia perlu melekatkan sekeping setem di atas peta dinding untuk memberitahu pihak atasan bahawa misi tersebut berjaya.

Bagaimanapun, penyerahan pasport itu tidak berlaku. FBI dalam dokumen mahkamah yang difailkan tidak menerangkan mengapa pasport itu tidak bertukar tangan. Salah seorang suspek lain, Mikhail Semenko, diperangkap dengan cara serupa di sini oleh FBI pada hari yang sama.

Berbeza dengan Anna, lelaki itu menurut arahan dan dicekup selepas dia menyelesaikan misinya.

Pihak FBI turut mengintip Anna ketika dia duduk di sebuah kafe di New York dan menggunakan komputer ribanya untuk berhubung dengan seorang ejen Rusia yang bersembunyi di dalam sebuah van berdekatan.

Wanita itu juga pernah dilihat mengunjungi sebuah kedai telefon bimbit Verizon di Brooklyn, New York untuk membeli sebuah telefon bimbit dengan menggunakan nama Irine Kutsov dan alamatnya sebagai '99 Jalan Palsu'. FBI mendakwa, dia berniat menggunakan telefon bimbit itu untuk aktiviti perisikan.

Agensi penyiasatan AS itu turut menyiarkan gambar Anna memakai gaun merah di laman jaringan sosial, Facebook selain beberapa gambar dia beraksi seksi di laman sama.

Kes Anna menggemparkan AS bukan sahaja kerana wanita itu memiliki reputasi sebagai seorang jelitawan.

Dia juga dipercayai seorang ejen penting kerana pernah menyertai misi Rusia ke Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) sebanyak 10 kali dan menghantar mesej kepada ejen-ejen Rusia di AS menerusi rangkaian wi-fi persendirian.

Peguam Anna, Robert Baum bagaimanapun menyatakan bahawa dakwaan-dakwaan terhadap anak guamnya sengaja diperbesar-besarkan.

Semua suspek itu didakwa kerana bertindak sebagai ejen perisik tidak rasmi untuk pihak asing dan boleh dipenjara lima tahun sekiranya didapati bersalah.

Sembilan daripada mereka pula didakwa kerana berkomplot melakukan penggubahan wang haram yang membawa hukuman penjara maksimum 20 tahun. Antara suspek berkenaan termasuk empat pasangan suami isteri yang menjalani kehidupan tenang di pinggir bandar raya New York, di sini dan Boston.

Mereka dipercayai berkahwin bagi mengabui mata pihak berkuasa.

Sekurang-kurangnya satu pasangan itu mempunyai seorang anak hasil perkahwinan mereka.

Salah seorang perisik wanita Rusia yang ditangkap, Vicky Pelaez merupakan seorang wartawan dan pengarang akhbar berketurunan Peru. Dia pernah bekerja selama beberapa tahun untuk salah sebuah akhbar berbahasa Sepanyol paling popular di AS.

Satu kenyataan mengenai misinya menyatakan: "Anda (Pelaez) dihantar ke AS untuk perkhidmatan jangka panjang. Ijazah anda, akaun-akaun bank, kereta rumah dan sebagainya adalah bagi memenuhi satu matlamat: Jayakan misi anda iaitu mencari dan membina hubungan dengan kalangan pembuat dasar di AS dan menghantar laporan risikan ke C (Pusat Risikan Moscow.

Kenyataan misi itu seperti yang dihantar kepada suspek dari Moscow berjaya dipintas oleh FBI.

Pelaez dicekup bersama suaminya, Juan Lazaro di kediamannya di New York.

Dia dikenali di AS menerusi ruangan pendapatnya yang kerap mengkritik pemerintah negara kuasa besar itu. Anak lelakinya, Waldo Mariscal, memberitahu mahkamah bahawa ibunya tidak bersalah.

"Semua dakwaan ini palsu. Kami tidak mengenali suspek-suspek lain," katanya.

FBI mendakwa, Pelaez dan suaminya, Juan Lazaro pernah membincangkan rancangan untuk menghantar mesej berkod dengan menggunakan dakwat yang boleh hilang kepada beberapa pegawai Rusia semasa satu lagi kunjungan Pelaez ke Amerika Selatan.

Kata FBI, beberapa mesej dari ibu pejabat perkhidmatan perisikan Rusia, SVR di Moscow, mengarahkan suspek-suspek supaya membina hubungan dengan kalangan pembuat dasar di AS di samping mempelajari pelbagai topik termasuk senjata nuklear, dasar kawalan senjata AS, Iran, khabar angin melibatkan White House, peralihan kepimpinan Agensi Perisikan Pusat (CIA), pilihan raya Presiden AS, Kongres AS dan parti-parti politik di AS.

Dokumen mahkamah turut menerangkan mengenai satu sistem komunikasi canggih terbaru yang digunakan untuk perhubungan antara ejen-ejen berkenaan.

Sistem itu menggunakan komunikasi tanpa wayar berfrekuensi pendek yang dapat menghubungkan komputer riba kepada beberapa komputer riba lain.

Mereka menghantar maklumat dengan menggunakan sistem tersebut.

Seorang lagi daripada sepuluh perisik tersebut yang menggunakan nama sebenar ialah Mikhail Semenko yang diberkas di Virginia.

Dua lagi suspek, Richard Murphy dan isterinya, Cynthia Murphy ditangkap ejen-ejen FBI di kediaman mereka di Montclair, negeri New Jersey. Suspek keenam iaitu suami Pelaez, Juan Lazaro pula ditangkap bersama isterinya di kediaman mereka di New York.

Dua lagi suspek, Michael Zottoli dan Patricia Mills ditahan di rumah mereka di Arlington, negeri Virginia.

Sementara itu, dua suspek terakhir, Donald Howard Heathfield dan Tracey Lee Ann Foley ditahan di kediaman mereka di Boston.

Pengintip ke-11, Christopher R. Metsos, masih bebas dan diburu FBI.

Penangkapan 10 suspek itu memalukan Rusia dan memburukkan hubungan antara Presiden Dmitry Medvedv dengan rakan sejawatannya di AS, Barack Obama.

Dalam perkembangan berkaitan, Kedutaan Rusia di AS menyatakan, pihaknya tidak mengetahui tentang penangkapan tersebut dan masih mencari maklumat lanjut.

Menteri Luar Rusia, Sergei Lavrov berkata, beliau akan meminta penerangan AS berhubung dakwaan-dakwaan berkenaan. - Agensi

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Wednesday June 30, 2010 Mindef replaces RMC commandant after student’s death

PETALING JAYA: The Defence Ministry has replaced Royal Military College (RMC) commandant Kapt Alias Baharuddin following the death of student Mohammad Naim Mustaqim Mohamad Sobri last Thursday after he was allegedly bullied at the college.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told mStar that the drastic action on the commandant was justified as he was responsible for the safety and wellbeing of the students there.

“The decision to change the commandant was under my orders. This does not mean he did not perform his duty, but he has to bear the responsibility in this case and be punished for it,” he said.

Ahmad Zahid said a new commandant had been appointed and stricter guidelines would be drawn to prevent similar cases in future.

He also dismissed reports that parents were afraid of sending their children to study at RMC after this incident.

“No such issue will surface. The demand and applications received to join the college is clearly more than the places available,” he said.

On Monday, an RMC student was expelled while four others were suspended in connection with 16-year-old Mohammad Naim’s death.

Zahid Hamidi said the decision to remove the student with immediate effect was made after investigations showed he allegedly carried out the bullying since the beginning of the year.

Last Thursday, Mohammad Naim was found unconscious and rushed to the Armed Forces Medical Centre at the Sungai Besi Camp, but was confirmed dead soon after arrival.

The following day, the five students were arrested for questioning under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

In Alor Setar, Mohammad Naim’s parents Mohamad Sobri Mohamad Sofian, 41, and Fauziah Abdul Wahab, 45, said they would wait for police to complete investigations before proceeding with legal action against the college.

“We will let the police finish investigations because we do not want to interfere. Furthermore, we are still traumatised by the incident,” Mohamad Sobri said yesterday.

He said police had informed him of the action taken against the four boys.

“The police have assured me that although the boys had been expelled or suspended from the college, they are still being investigated over my son’s death. The police also told me that they would let me know the cause of my son’s death,” he said.

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Seorang Rakyat Malaysia Ditahan Di Mesir

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KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang rakyat Malaysia berumur 41 tahun ditahan oleh pihak berkuasa Mesir pada 13 Jun lepas, kata Menteri Luar Datuk Seri Anifah Aman.

"Wisma Putra menerima laporan pada 13 Jun daripada Kedutaan Malaysia di Kaherah mengenai penahanan seorang rakyat Malaysia, Muhamad Zulkifli Mohamad Zakaria, 41, oleh pihak berkuasa Mesir pada hari yang sama (13 Jun)," katanya dalam satu kenyataan di sini Iisnin malam.

Beliau berkata Muhamad Zulkifli ditahan di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kaherah sebelum menaiki penerbangan pulang ke tanahair.

Katanya Muhamad Zulkifli masih dalam tahanan pihak berkuasa Mesir untuk siasatan lanjut dan Kedutaan Malaysia di Kaherah sudah membuat beberapa representasi konsular ke atas pihak berkuasa berkenaan bagi mendapatkan maklumat lanjut berhubung penahanan itu.

"Wisma Putra dan Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Mesir sedang berusaha untuk menggesa pihak berkuasa Mesir untuk menyegerakan proses siasatan. Sekiranya tiada bukti yang kukuh untuk beliau didakwa, Wisma Putra akan menggesa kerajaan Mesir agar membebaskan Muhamad Zulkifli," katanya.

Menurutnya Wisma Putra akan terus memantau perkembangan kes itu dan masih menunggu maklum balas daripada pihak berkuasa Mesir.

Armada Kebebasan Ke 2 (Fleet of Freedom 2) Siap Siaga Belayar Ke Gaza

- Rombongan Misi Gaza Yayasan Amal Peroleh Senarai Keperluan Perubatan Kritikal

Aktivis hak asasi manusia di Eropah merancang untuk menghantar armada bantuan baru ke Jaluran Gaza dalam usaha lain untuk memecahkan pengepungan rejim Israel ke atas wilayah miskin itu.

Kempen Eropah untuk Menamatkan Pengepungan terhadap Gaza (European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza) memberitahu enam buah kapal telah bersiap sedia untuk dihantar ke Gaza.

Keputusan itu datang ketika Parlimen Eropah menemui jalan buntu dalam perundingan tentang bagaimana seharusnya respons dibuat atas serangan kejam Israel mematikan ke atas armada Kebebasan (Freedom Flotilla)

Jurucakap rejim Israel mengatakan mereka masih belum membuat sebarang keputusan bagaimana menghadapi kapal-kapal sekiranya mereka menghampiri perairan Gaza pada masa depan.

"Kami mempunyai enam kapal yang siap sedia meninggalkan Eropah, kami berharap untuk berlepas pada bulan depan, dalam dua minggu akhir Julai,"kata Mazen Kahel, jurucakap Kempen Eropah untuk Akhiri Pengepungan terhadap Gaza, kepada wartawan, Rabu di Parlimen Eropah.

"Pada hari ketika Parlimen Eropah berdebat bagaimana Eropah harus menanggapi serangan Israel, sangat penting bahawa kita mendengar suara mereka di atas kapal tersebut, serta menegaskan bahawa tidak ada pilihan lain kecuali untuk menamatkan kepungan,"kata Ahli Parlimen Inggeris Richard Howitt sebagaimana dipetik AFP.

kumpulan Pro-Palestin, seperti gerakan ‘Free Gaza’, Jawatankuasa Antarabangsa untuk Melepaskan Pengepungan di Gaza, dan Turki, Greek, serta LSM Sweden, dijangka menyokong konvoi kedua kapal, yang dipanggil Armada Kebebasan 2 (Fleet of Freedom 2).

Tentera Israel menyerang armada ‘Freedom Flotilla’ di perairan antarabangsa di Laut Mediterranean pada Mei 31, membunuh sembilan warga Turki di atas kapal MV Mavi Marmara dan mencerakan sekitar 50 orang lain, sebahagiannya dari pasukan di enam-kapal konvoi tersebut.

Israel juga menangkap dan kemudian membebaskan hampir 700 aktivis dari 42 negara yang berada di dalam kapal-kapal dari armada ‘Freedom Flotilla’, yang berusaha memecahkan pengepungan Gaza dalam rangka untuk memberikan 10.000 ton bantuan kemanusiaan kepada orang-orang yang menderita dari wilayah Gaza .

Sementara itu, rombongan Misi Gaza, Yayasan Amal Malaysia yang berada di Kaherah, Mesir, mengadakan perbincangan dengan beberapa pihak bagi memudahkan usaha menghantar bantuan melalui Rafah.

Menurut Setiausaha Misi tersebut, Mohd Fauzi Abu Samah, perjumpaan dengan Pemangku Duta Malaysia di Mesir, Encik Saiful, berlangsung dengan baik.

Katanya, pihak kedutaan berjanji akan cuba berusaha membantu pihak Yayasan Amal Malaysia untuk masuk ke Gaza.

Menurutnya lagi, kunjungan ke pejabat Persatuan Bulan Sabit (PBSM) Palestin di Al Thawra St Heliopolis memberikan kami beberapa maklumat berkenaan peraltan bantuan yang amat diperlukan oleh penduduk Gaza.

“Kami telah di beri taklimat oleh 'Deputy Secretary General', Tarek Arafat. kami dimaklumkan antara keperluan yang kritikal yang diperlukan dari segi perubatan adalah peralatan seperti mesin dialisis dan lain-lain.

“Kami juga dibekalkan dengan senarai ubat-ubatan dan keperluan kritikal di Gaza,”jelas Fauzi yang dipetik dari laman blognya. -BO

Pemburu Usamah bin Laden .... ?

June 15, 2010 — A 52-year-old American citizen who said he was searching for Osama bin Laden was detained in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan this week, Pakistani police said Tuesday.

The Californian named Gary Brooks Faulkner was carrying a pistol, a sword, night-vision equipment and Christian religious books, said Mumtaz Ahmed, a police chief in the area.

Faulkner was detained as he was walking from Pakistan toward the border into Nuristan province in Afghanistan, Ahmed said. He told police that he had been looking for bin Laden since 9/11 and had traveled to the area several times before, Ahmed said.