KUALA LUMPUR: The lives of married local celebrities and personalities have always interested the public. Now fans have a chance to witness it through RTM’s new show called Sehati Sejiwa which airs every Wednesday at 3pm. Producer Haliza Mat Kharsa ...
7 Jan 2009
Many intensive care units across the UK now use cooling techniques to help heart attack patients after two major research studies showed significant benefits. This "therapeutic hypothermia" is normally induced using cooled pads, ice packs or even ...
7 Jan 2009
RAFAH, Egypt — It's a 2½-hour journey that should take 30 minutes. A hair-raising sprint on dirt roads through bombed-out cities and military checkpoints, all while coping with the ever-present threat of gunfire or a stray bomb. Such is the ordeal ...
7 Jan 2009
A Melbourne woman who was booked on a non-existent flight from Hobart, then was not told of her replacement flight until an hour after it departed, has been denied a full refund by Tiger Airways. Rebecca Thorpe says she booked a seat on an 8.30am ...
7 Jan 2009
A plan to provide thousands of extra seats a day on Britain's busiest rail route is likely to be postponed indefinitely because Network Rail fears there are many undiscovered defects on the overhead power lines. More than 200,000 passengers have had ...
7 Jan 2009
LANSING -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm will deliver her seventh annual State of the State address on Feb. 3. The governor’s office said today that the Democratic governor will deliver the hour-long address at 7 p.m. EST. The speech will be given in the ...
7 Jan 2009
Toyota Motor Corp., which has long expressed admiration for General Motors Corp.'s OnStar system, said Wednesday that it would introduce its own version to allow motorists to obtain 24-hour assistance.
7 Jan 2009
Renewed fighting flared between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza on Wednesday following a three-hour humanitarian ceasefire. During the lull, medical aid, food, water and fuel were delivered to the Palestinian enclave.
7 Jan 2009
Firing has resumed in the Gaza Strip after Israel and Hamas held a three-hour truce to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to filter through.
7 Jan 2009
The daily three-hour pause that Israel began today on the 12th day of its Gaza offensive against Hamas was a good first step but totally insufficient for the United Nations to aid the 1.5 million civilians living in “increasingly appalling” conditions amid credible reports of 680 people killed so far and over 3,000 wounded, senior UN officials warned.
7 Jan 2009
Insolvency accountants who chase up small council tax arrears of a few hundred pounds charge up to £600 an hour, it emerged yesterday.
7 Jan 2009
8 January 2009 Telecom says the problem with its internet service in the South Island has been fixed. A large number of South Island Xtra customers were affected by a three hour outage this morning.
7 Jan 2009
Welcome to Coffee Hour! The weather outside is frightful here in New England, with slushy snow/sleet/rain falling. Just the weather for steaming mugs of hot cocoa (check over on that table for a bit o'peppermint schnapps to add, ...
7 Jan 2009
Last night at 6pm, the Guggenheim began its 24-Hour Program on the Concept of Time. Presenters included architects, artists, philosophers, writers, anthropologists, etc. Like any academic conference, lucidity and brevity comingled with ...
7 Jan 2009
Israel made good on its promise to grant Gazans a brief window of calm to look for food amid the shattered ruins of their cities, stopping their attacks for a three hour period in the early afternoon before resuming their invasion in ...
7 Jan 2009
Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinians.
7 Jan 2009
Israeli government sources said Egypt was seeking an initial 48-hour ceasefire, during which it would put the finishing touches to its plan. Israel, the sources said, opposed a preliminary truce and wanted all the details of a ceasefire ...
7 Jan 2009
Israel has announced it will halt bombing of the Gaza Strip for three hours daily starting today.
7 Jan 2009