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IPOH: A lorry driver was killed and another was badly injured after two lorries collided along Jalan Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur near Chenderiang, north of Tapah, Friday, police said.

The dead man was identified as Mohamad Sulaiman, 60, of Kampung Poh, Tapah, and the other as Mohd Redzuan Abdul Rahman, 33, of Temoh, said Tapah police chief Supt Somsak Din Keliaw.

He said Mohd Redzuan, was badly injured in the legs and was sent to the Tapah Hospital. Mohamad's body was also sent there.

Somsak said the accident happened at 2.45 pm when the lorry carrying oil palm fruits driven by Mohamad, going from Chenderiang to Langkap, collided head-on with a fish-laden lorry driven by Redzuan.

The two drivers were trapped between the vehicles and had to be removed by fire and rescue personnel, he said.

The cause of the accident had yet to be determined, he added. - Bernama

Element of newsworthy: Conflict


Who:Mohamad Sulaiman
What: A Car accident
How: the lorry carrying oil palm fruits driven by Mohamad, going from Chenderiang to Langkap, collided head-on with a fish-laden lorry driven by Redzuan.
Where: Ipoh

When: Friday
Why: -

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SAN FRANCISCO: A study arousing interest online found that checking Facebook or Twitter is more alluring than sex for those immersed in Internet Age lifestyles.
The week-long poll conducted in Germany by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business classified checking social network tweets, pictures, comments and other posts as stronger than sex and cigarettes in terms of temptation.
"Desires for media may be comparatively harder to resist because of their high availability and also because it feels like it does not cost much to engage in these activities, even though one wants to resist," Wilhelm Hofmann, the study's lead author, told the Los Angeles Times.
People ranging in age from 18 to 85 took part in the poll by using smartphones to regularly update researchers regarding their cravings to check in with online communities.
Study participants were also asked to track hankerings for sex, alcohol, cigarettes, or other gratification.
Yearnings for fixes of Facebook, Twitter or other social networks were ranked as the hardest desires to resist, according to reports about the findings.
The study also revealed that work was a fierce addiction.
People able to stave off urges for sex, shopping sprees, or other temptations tended to cave when it came to working, the study showed.

  Element of newsworthy: Human interest


Who: Age between 18 to 85
What: Checking Facebook or Twitter is more alluring than sex for those immersed in  Internet Age lifestyles.
How: -
Where: Germany 

When: -
Why:-

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Anne Hathaway gets married
Brokeback Mountain and most recently The Dark Knight Rises female star, Anne Hathaway has tied the knot!
Hathaway and longtime partner Adam Shullman were married on Saturday at the Big Sur in California.
And as epic celebrity weddings go, it started off on Friday leading up to the sunset ceremony, where more than 150 family and friends gathered to watch the the couple unite in holy matrimony. E! News reported and confirmed the news.
While there isn't much info on the wedding, what E! News has reported is that the blushing bride wore Valentino.
Prior to dating Shullman, Hathaway was seeing Raffaello Follieri.
Shullman and Hathaway's meeting was in no sense conventional at all. "I am very much in love with him, [only] Adam totally ruined my plan," Hathaway told Vogue of meeting her future fiance. "I was really actually looking forward to a little alone time, and then I fell in love like a fool!"
Love happens at the most unexpected times, as they say. Hathaway accepted Shulman's proposal back in November last year with a custom 6-carat diamond ring.

 Element of newsworthy: Eminence

Who: Anne Hathaway
What: Anne Hathaway gets married
How:-
Where: Big Sur in California. 
 When: Saturday
Why:-

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PETALING JAYA: A group of Universiti Sains Malaysia medical students has allegedly been brainwashed into leaving their studies by a Buddhist monk.
Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia lay adviser Chong Hung Wang said the student Buddhist association from the campus in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, had voiced its concern that around 30 medical students had shown behavioural changes and disinterest in their studies after returning from a trip to Thailand with the monk in August.
“These students were led to believe that patients should not receive medical treatment for their condition as sickness is the result of their karma.
“They are convinced that they should not become doctors as the act of treating patients will interfere with karma,” said Chong.
It is believed that the monk had approached the students in March this year and had gained a following through religious activities conducted off-campus.
The monk also allegedly claimed that he had supernatural power and was able to tell the past and predict the future of the students.
“Compassion is central to Buddhist beliefs. What the monk had propagated about leaving patients to their sickness is wrong.
“We hope to curb the spread of misleading religious beliefs among students by creating better awareness on the true teachings of Buddhism,” said Chong.
The students are said to want to leave the medical school and transfer to other programmes such as nutrition and sports science.
They are also having strained relationships with their family members following their decision to quit medical studies.
It was understood that some of the students were in their third and fourth year of studies.
A university official confirmed that three students had applied to transfer to other courses.
Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Datuk Omar Osman said none of the students had received approval to switch courses and the university viewed the matter of students being influenced by misleading religious teachings seriously.
“We do not want the students to simply switch courses because they are very good students and had worked very hard to gain a place to study medicine,” said Prof Omar.
He added that the university was reaching out to the students through counselling.

 Element of newsworthy : Consequence
 
Who: A group of Universiti Sains Malaysia medical students
What: Brainwashed into quitting
How: brainwashed into leaving their studies by a Buddhist monk.
Where: Petaling jaya
 When: August
Why:-

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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hopes that he will be given a strong mandate in the upcoming 13th general election so he can continue to deliver to the people and make Malaysia a fully developed nation by 2020.
Najib, speaking on the CNBC Conversation interview show hosted by renowned anchor Martin Soong aired earlier on Saturday, said the next five years were very crucial for the government to fulfill commitments and promises made by previous leaders of the nation.
"I'd like to have a strong mandate... Because to achieve our vision of a fully developed nation by 2020, the next five years would be very crucial. Crucial, because you're talking about the last lap.
"You're talking about going down the stretch and this is the most critical part because we really have to deliver," he said, responding to a question on how important the upcoming election was for him, and the importance of receiving a fresh mandate to transform Malaysia into a developed country by 2020.
He said the transformation was a firm commitment made by then-prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the early 90s, with Najib's predecessor Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi implementing part of it.
The Pekan MP said it was now his turn to deliver to the people.
Najib, who is also Finance Minister, also said that achieving sustainable and inclusive economic growth without upsetting the political landscape too much was one the challenges Malaysia faced in becoming a developed nation.
However, he stressed that the key to make Malaysian society more equitable was growth, so that income could be redistributed back to the people.
"Without growth, it will be a lose-lose situation. So if we get five to six per cent within the time frame, then we will able to at the same time, ensure a more fair and equitable distribution of wealth in this country.
In the 30-minute interview, Najib said the move for growth was working and that the numbers were looking more positive in terms of Bumiputera participation.
"But it's not just about the equity numbers. We must also make sure that there is a fair distribution of income between the different levels of income groups in this country," he said. - Bernama

Element of newsworthy : Prominence
 
Who: Prime Minister Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak

What: Najib hopes for strong mandate in polls
How: Speaking on the CNBC Conversation interview show
Where: Kuala Lumpur
When:-
Why: make Malaysia a fully developed nation by 2020

COM 1106 INTRODUCTION OF JOURNALISM

Journalism class ? To be honest, I don't really have interest on journalism because I've never think bout being a journalism. I'm not very good in speaking proper English either write and I have serious grammar problem.Journalism class is more about reading, writing and catching up with latest news around the world.  Mr Khairul Irwan is my journalism class lecturer but we usually call him "Mr K". 

Kidnappers nabbed, RM350,000 ransom recovered

ALOR SETAR: Five men who allegedly kidnapped the teenage son of a skin specialist on Tuesday, spent merely RM300 out of RM350,000 ransom as they were promptly arrested by the police.

Following the release of the 13-year-old schoolboy, the police detained two men here on Thursday night, and the rest at a temple in Sungai Petani, the following night.

Kedah police chief Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim said Sunday, RM349,700 of the ransom ransom was seized from the suspects, including a Myanmar national.

"This indicates that quick action by the police to nab the suspects gave them little time to spend more of the ransom money," he said, adding that the kidnap case was solved within 48 hours.

He said the suspects were remanded to facilitate investigations under Section 3 of the Kidnap Act 1961, which carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction.

Ahmad said the victim was kidnapped while returning home from a tuition class about 10pm in Jalan Kampung Pisang on Sept 25.

"An hour later, the teenager's family received a call from a man, demanding for RM500,000 ransom to secure his release. Following negotiations, the ransom was reduced to RM350,000," he told reporters here.

He said the next day, the family lodged a police report and paid the ransom.

The teenager was released after the kidnappers took the money. - Bernama

 Five men who allegedly kidnapped the teenage son of a skin specialist. spent merely RM300 out of RM350,000 ransom as they were promptly arrested by the police. The teenager was released after the kidnappers took the money.