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- Jacqueline wins women's singles bowling gold in World Championship
- Safety measures taken before Somalia mission: Foreign Minister
- Highway traffic heavy as ‘balik kampung’ crowd returns to city
| Jacqueline wins women's singles bowling gold in World Championship Posted: 04 Sep 2011 05:33 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Youngster Jacqueline Jenelee Sijore became the country's second bowler to win the women's singles gold at the Women's World Championships in Hong Kong on Sunday. And the 19-year-old first-timer achieved the breakthrough in super style beating favourite and last year's gold medallist Son Yun-hee of South Korea 266-217 in a one-game final match. In the semi-finals, the Sarawakian blew away top seed Shayna Ng of Singapore 246-214. In 2007, 17-year-old Esther Cheah stole the show when she bagged the singles gold medal. More in The Star on Monday Related stories: |
| Safety measures taken before Somalia mission: Foreign Minister Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:50 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Wisma Putra had sent a team of officials to look into safety measures in Somalia before the Kelab Putera 1Malaysia humanitarian aid mission went there, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman. He said Malaysian Ambassador to Libya, Datuk Zulkifli Yaacob, had also gone to Somalia and made the necessary arrangements for the mission. "We needed to be very certain that the country we were going to, provided ample and satisfactory protection, which they did, but this is one of those unexpected things," he told reporters after joining the family of slain BernamaTV cameraman Noramfaizul Mohd Nor for the arrival of the journalist's remains from Mogadishu at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base in Subang near here on Sunday. Noramfaizul, 39, was killed on Friday after he was hit by a stray bullet while travelling in a four-wheel-drive vehicle with other Malaysian media personnel covering the humanitarian aid mission to Somalia. Anifah said Wisma Putra normally assisted local humanitarian aid missions in conducting ground and safety assessments of the country where they were headed to. More in The Star on Monday |
| Highway traffic heavy as ‘balik kampung’ crowd returns to city Posted: 04 Sep 2011 04:18 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic at several locations along the northern sector of the North-South Expressway (Plus) to the Federal Capital was reported to be heavy this evening as more vehicles got on the highway. The Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) reported that at about 5pm, traffic was heavy from Taiping to Changkat Jering in Perak. Traffic between Simpang Pulai to Gopeng and from the Sungai Perak Rest and Recreation Area to the Menora Tunnel was reported to be slow moving. Heavy traffic was reported from the Penang Bridge to the Juru Toll Plaza and from the Taiping North Toll Plaza to the Changkat Jering Toll Plaza. MHA also reported heavy traffic at the East Coast Highway from the Bentong Toll Plaza to Kuala Lumpur. A spokesperson of Plus reported no traffic congestion was detected in the southern sector of the highway including the Seremban Rest and Recreation Area to Nilai. The spokesman also reported that traffic along the Federal Highway and at the Jalan Duta Toll Plaza was moving smoothly. - Bernama |
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