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World's Largest Shopping Mall in 2012


Emporis, the global building database, is  out with a new list that ranks the world's ten largest shopping malls by gross leaseable area. The biggies, it turns out, are almost all in Asia. The Mall of America doesn't even make the list. The only North American mega-mall, according to Emporis, is the West  Edmonton Mall in Canada.
1 Utama Shopping Centre in Selangor, is the 4th largest malls in the world.

Interior in Mid Valley Megamall, Kuala Lumpur. It is the 6th largest malls in the world.




Bersih 3.0: Najib says
Najib may still call early polls despite Bersih protest



KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak appeared today to have weathered the weekend’s violent electoral reform protest and may still call for a general election as early as June.
Running battles between protesters and police in Kuala Lumpur highlighted growing tensions in country as it prepares for close elections that could threaten the ruling coalition’s 55-year grip on power. more...

Bersih 3.0: Al Jazeera reporting
Malaysia braces for electoral reform rally


KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 — Hundreds of police and civilian security officers have been deployed in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, where protesters began to gather hours before a scheduled mass rally calling for electoral reforms.
Supporters of the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections gathered in an open park in central Kuala Lumpur for Friday's demonstration.
The Kuala Lumpur city government on Friday cordoned off the park after securing a court order to prevent the protest.
Protesters have said they will march to the barricades and demand access but vowed to remain peaceful.
"We will march to the barrier," said Ambiga Sreenivasan, chairwoman of Bersih, an electotal reform pressure group.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reporting from Kuala Lumpur says: "Already we are hearing that thousands are near Independence Square, there will be a significant turnout."
"The police say they will intervene if people defy the order and cross into the square," said our correspondent. more...

Bersih 3.0: Pengakuan polis
Polis tembak gas pemedih mata, meriam air kala penunjuk perasaan merempuh benteng



KUALA LUMPUR, 28 April — Polis telah melepaskan meriam air serta gas pemedih mata ke atas penunjuk perasaan yang merempuh benteng di depan Dewan Perbandaran Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) menuju ke Dataran Merdeka, mengakibatkan suasana huru-hara.
Beberapa peserta rombongan 15,000 orang dipimpin Azmin Ali telah merempuh benteng untuk bergerak ke arah Dataran bersejarah itu, menyebabkan pihak polis telah menembak air mengandungi bahan kima serta bejana gas pemedih mata. more...

Bersih 3.0: Disebalik layanan polis
Kisah ngeri layanan polis terhadap peserta



NONEKUALA LUMPUR, 30 April — Seorang dengan mata lebam, seorang lagi dengan mata berdarah dan ada juga mengalami lebam di dahi serta kesan tapak kasut di belakangnya...
Individu berkenaan, antaranya turut mengalami cedera parah, tampil dalam sidang media semalam dengan dakwaan bahawa mereka dipukul polis ketika menyertai perhimpunan BERSIH 3.0, Sabtu lalu di ibu negara.

Berikut merupakan kenyataan ringkas peserta terbabit yang telah disunting. more...

BBC asli vs BBC di astro
Bersih 3.0: Astro tapis berita BBC

Sudahlah media arus perdana disekat. Berita dari British Broadcasting News (BBC) turut ditapis di Astro.

Dalam erti kata lain, tidak ada media yang boleh bebas di Malaysia. Inilah realitinya. Lihatlah perbezaan berita sebenar dengan berita yang ditapis oleh Astro.

Bukankah pepatah Merlayu lama pernah berkata, "berani kerana benar dan takut kerana salah."




Gadis melayu kahwin dengan lelaki kristian
Gadis melayu berkahwin dengan anak bekas PM Australia di Gereja St James, Sydney


Akhbar Telegraph melaporkan Nick Rudd, 25, anak bekas Perdana Menteri Australia, Kevin Rudd berkahwin dengan gadis Melayu bernama Zara Shafruddin.

Pasangan itu dilaporkan bertukar-tukar ikrar di Gereja St James di King St Sydney.

Kevin Rudd, isterinya Therese Rein, dan anak perempuan mereka, Jessica mengumumkan berita gembira itu di Twitter. more...


Koala diambang kepupusan
Koala semakin pupus di Australia


Anda suka koala, maskot Australia yang comel itu? Berita buruk bagi anda kerana Koala kini di ambanng kepupusan.

Haiwan herbivor, koala, disenaraikan sebagai spesis terancam selepas bilangannya semakin berkurangan berikutan kemusnahan habitatnya dan juga perubahan iklim kawasan setempat.

Beberapa kajian di Sydney menunjukkan, bilangan haiwan itu kini kurang 80,000 ekor, turun 75 peratus sejak 1993.
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