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2010-08-09 01:41:21

Xinhua world news summary at 0800 GMT, July 22

SANAA -- At least five security soldiers were killed on Thursday in an ambush set by masked militants believed to be affiliated with al-Qaida in the southeast troubled province of Shabwa, a provincial security official said.

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The five soldiers were killed onboard their patrol vehicle in Ataq city, Shabwa, when the armed militants intensively opened fire at them, the official said, asked not to be named. (Yemen-Al Qaida)

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UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday met with British Prime Minister David Cameron and the two catalog printing leaders exchanged views on "the full range of current global challenges," a Downing Street spokesman said here.

The meeting kicked off on Wednesday evening in Cameron's first visit to the U.N. Headquarters in New York as the British prime minister. (UN-Britain)

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BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan has appointed Abibilla Kudaiberdiev as new defense minister to replace Ismail Isakov, who resigned for parliamentary elections on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

Kudaiberdiev served as first deputy defense minister. (Kyrgyzstan-Defense Minister)

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WELLINGTON -- An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale struck off the Pacific island country of Vanuatu on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake, which occurred at 04:04 p.m. Thursday Vanutatu local time (0504 GMT Thursday), was centered 285 km north of Port-Vila, capital city of Vanuatu, and at a depth of 35 km. (Vanuatu-Quake)


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SOFT LOANS WITH LOWER INTEREST

2010-08-09 01:40:59

from BERNAMA, The Malaysian National News Agency PETALING JAYA, May 5 (Bernama) -- Malaysia SME, a media company which caters to the local small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), today backed the move by SME Corp Malaysia to give out soft loans instead of grants to SMEs.

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It, however, suggested that the interest rates be lower.

"I think if it could be lower than four per cent, maybe two to three per cent, it's even better as this rate will help the SMEs alot.

"Because if you look at the BLR (base lending rate) now, which is about six per cent and if commercial banks give come discount offer to the SMEs about one per cent or 1.5 per cent, it comes back to about four or 4.5 per cent," Malaysia SME's Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Lim said.

There is no point in charging too high as there would be no difference then, he told reporters after a briefing here today on the 2nd Malaysia SME Congress 2010.

SME Corp in a recent report said that it had suspended all grants indefinitely as it was restructuring funding facilities to stop abuses in the system.

It plans to offer soft loans through the Malaysian Industrial Finance Bhd with four per cent interest rate, saying people will be more serious and committed.

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Wayne said the move by SME Corp would enable SMEs to be more responsible if it was a soft loan rather than a grant.

"If you give away grants for free maybe the commitment level is lower, people might take the money and suddenly do not know how to use it. If you lend money, you have to be be careful.

"Therefore, in my opinion changing the grant concept to soft loans works better, provided the interest rate is attractive," he said.

Currently about 50 over government agencies provide loans assistance.

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Meanwhile, on the 2nd Malaysia SME Congress 2010, themed "It's All About SME", that will be held on July 7, he said it will focus on the varied aspects of the small and medium sized businesses.

The congress will mainly concentrate on challenges, best practices, business strategies and key success stories. It will also feature prominent speakers.

Malaysia SME is targetting about 500 participants this year.

Copyright 2010 Bernama


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Should you turn up your nose a

2010-08-06 16:02:34

Read the label. How many times have we been told that?

But with Memorial Day barreling down upon me, making for a short work week and early deadlines, I committed to writing about souse before I read the label.

I procured my first few slices at the Border Station in Moyock, N.C., a gas station-convenience store-souvenir shop that sits smack on the Virginia-North Carolina line.

Bypass the Cheerwine and colas bobbing in ice chests near the cash register, stroll to the end of the corridor of canned peanuts and jams, and - bam! - there it is, a refrigerator case of barbecue, side meat, slab bacon - and souse.

I had a vague notion of what souse is - a down-home relative of chitterlings (which I've heard are wonderful when cooked correctly) and kin to the jars of unnaturally pink pickled pigs' feet that I've occasionally seen (but not ordered) in barbecue joints alongside country roads.

Border Station sells packages of four thin slices of souse loaf laid out on a white Styro-foam tray and wrapped in plastic for $2.99 a pound. The slices looked slightly limp and resembled an olive loaf, though milky white and embedded with pig-flesh-colored strips and red pepper flecks.

Later, I found completely different-looking souse at Jeb's Corner Market, a meat and seafood shop in Carrollton. That souse was darker and firmer and looked more akin to salami.

Finally, back at home, I read the labels.

We all know that ingredients, by law, are listed on the label in the order of volume. The first ingredient is the most prevalent, the second is the second-most, and so on.

The first ingredient on both labels gave me pause: pork snouts. Talk about honest labeling. The second was pork skins. Both packages listed spices, vinegar and gelatin to hold it all together.

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Further research revealed that souse is traditionally made from a whole boiled hog's head, but it can come from pigs' ears, knuckles and feet (aka trotters), which yield enough natural gelatin to hold the mass together.

Another quick turnaround.

I called Chef Sydney Meers for a pep talk. Meers owns the restaurant Stove in the Port Norfolk neighborhood of Portsmouth. His specialty is neo-Southern cooking, and he's bold with ingredients such as pork brains.

"We scramble souse with eggs, and I've put it in (savory) cheesecakes when I can get it," he said. "My daddy liked to put it on a little white bread with a piece of liverwurst. He'd go to town with it.

"It's delicious."

Other people mentioned eating souse accompanied by pickles, doused in vinegar or alongside potato salad.

So I made a batch of my favorite potato salad and sat down to my first bites of souse.

The Moyock souse, pale and glistening on my plate, seemed pretty hard-core. I took a bite. The texture was extremely gelatinous, and the pork flavor was straightforward. I could tell I wasn't eating the best part of the animal.

But to my surprise - and relief - the souse from Carrollton tasted like eastern North Carolina barbecue with big, pleasing flavors of pork and vinegar.


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A city break that's a big mist

2010-08-06 16:02:34

WITH its stunning architecture, seductive cuisine and impossibly handsome and sharp-dressed residents, Rome is a popular destination for honeymoons and loved-up getaways.

The cobbled streets and piazzas also provide a majestic setting for Mark Steven Johnson's hapless romantic comedy.

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But the picture-postcard locations are far more inspiring than the misfiring script, which creates a fictional fountain where lovelorn tourists toss coins and silently wish for romance.

This clumsy dramatic device initiates a preposterous battle of wits between one young woman and five potential suitors, none of whom are a suitable match.

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Beth (Kristen Bell) is a curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. She is desperate to impress her boss, Celeste (Anjelica Huston), who has tailored her brusque management style on Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada.

Celeste puts Beth in charge of the annual Circle Of Gold Gala with a stark warning that should anything go wrong, it will be the end of a burgeoning career.

In the middle of preparations, Beth travels to Rome to support her younger sister, Joan (Alexis Dziena), who is marrying an Italian stallion (Luca Calvani).

The curator is instantly attracted to accident-prone sports writer Nick (Josh Duhamel), only to see the hunk kissing another woman.

Feeling depressed, Beth wades into the famed Fountain Of Love and drunkenly snatches up a handful of coins and a poker chip.

As if by magic, the men who threw the tokens into the fountain all fall under Beth's spell.

To Beth's delight, Nick is one of her potential paramours but so too are artist Antonio (Will Arnett), egotistical model Gale (Dax Shepard), street magician Lance (Jon Heder) and businessman Al (Danny DeVito).

When In Rome makes poor use of a talented cast. We feel embarrassed for Arnett, De Vito and co.

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A dance sequence over the end credits seems designed to convince us that the cast had a hoot making the film.


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School for languages approved

2010-08-04 15:08:14

A PIONEERING language school will open next year after planners gave it the go-ahead.

Despite deep reservations over how the Language Immersion Centre would affect the look of Commercial Road and Blackfriars Priory in Gloucester, members of Gloucestershire County Council's planning committee passed the application yesterday.

While experts believe it is a good example of "sensitive" architecture in a Replica Louis Vuitton Bags Handags Replica historic setting, one member of the committee branded it a "monstrosity".

But now work will start in September and by December next year the first students will arrive.

The centre will be built on the former Clutch Clinic site. Demolition was completed earlier this year.

The Language Immersion Centre will be the only one of its type in the country. It will teach students languages such has Mandarin, Arabic and Russian by immersing them in the language in a similar way to spending time in a foreign country.

"We can look forward to the most exciting language space for our young people," said one of the project's directors, Sue Turner, who is head of Chosen Hill School in Churchdown.

Government funding of Pounds 5million will stand if it is spent before August 2011 and built by the end of December 2011.

Chris Foley, head of regeneration at the South West Regional Development Agency, which is investing more than Pounds 380,000 in the project, said: "This exciting contemporary building is just what the Blackfriars area needs to attract visitors and businesses back to this neglected area of Gloucester.

"With the new Language Immersion Centre and the revitalised priory we are helping to create a new cultural Fake Oris Watches quarter for the city that will be good news for the local economy. Now planning permission has been granted, work can start on site soon with a view to the new centre being open to take its first students by 2011."

Sensitive Chris Oldershaw, chief executive of the Gloucester Heritage Urban Regeneration Company (GHURC), said: "We are delighted that a top flight architect was appointed for such a sensitive site. This scheme shows how Fake Patek Philippe contemporary architecture works well within an historic area."

The planning application was approved by the county council rather than the city council.

Gloucester Civic Trust was unhappy with aspects of the building relating to neighbouring Blackfriars Priory - the most complete in England. It houses a 13th Century scriptorium, considered one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It believes the city council should have ruled on the application.

Gloucester City Council objected to the application. One of its fiercest critics was Westgate division member Pam Tracey (Conservative), who said:"Blackfriars is well known. Those who sit on these consultation committees are not Gloucester people. "That is going to be a bleak view. It will be a monstrosity."


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