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- Student dies, two injured in head-on collision
- Dr M receives 2012 Rafik Hariri UN-Habitat Memorial Award
- Moderate quake hits Nicobar Islands
| Student dies, two injured in head-on collision Posted: 29 Sep 2012 05:41 AM PDT KUANTAN: A form five student was killed when the motorcycle he was riding, collided head-on with a lorry at the 17km Jalan Baru Bentong-Raub early Saturday. Mohamad Zaidi Ahmad, 17, who sustained head injuries in the 6.44am crash, died on the way to the Bentong Hospital. His friend, Mohd Hafifi Jamaludin, 17, who was riding pillion, and the lorry driver, M. Murugiah, 61, sustained head and body injuries. They have been warded at the hospital. Bentong police chief Supt Aziz Salleh said Mohamad Zaidi was a student of the Sultan Ahmad Shah Technical Secondary School in Bentong. - Bernama |
| Dr M receives 2012 Rafik Hariri UN-Habitat Memorial Award Posted: 29 Sep 2012 05:39 AM PDT NEW YORK: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad received the 2012 Rafik Hariri United Nations (UN) - Habitat Memorial Award at a ceremony held at the New York Public Library here Friday night. The award was presented by Hariri's widow, Nazek Rafk Hariri, who is also Rafik Hariri Foundation president. Dr Mahathir 87, was named winner of the award in June, by the award's steering committee in recognition of his leadership, statesmanship and good governance. The award, named after the now-deceased prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, was established by the Hariri family, jointly with the UN-Habitat through the Rafik Hariri Foundation since March 2009. It is given to individuals, organisations or institutions worldwide for significant accomplishments in the areas of leadership, statesmanship and good governance, construction and reconstruction of settlements and communities, human resource development, and benevolent activities in fighting urban poverty and the implementation of the Habitat Agenda. Dr Mahathir is the second recipient after Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. - Bernama |
| Moderate quake hits Nicobar Islands Posted: 29 Sep 2012 05:33 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Ocean region at 7.24 pm Saturday. The epicentre of the earthquake was 142km southwest of Great Nicobar and 785km southwest of Langkawi, Kedah, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department in a statement Saturday. - Bernama |
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