Uqasha Nafi Skandal Dengan Sharnaaz, Minta Pekin Tunjuk Bukti.

 

Pelakon Pekin Ibrahim sebelum ini nekad mendakwa kekasihnya, Uqasha Senrose curang kerana menjalin hubungan sulit dengan seorang pelakon iaitu Sharnaaz Ahmad. Dengan nada sedih bercampur kecewa, luah pelakon filem Paku Pontianak itu, dia tidak pernah menjalin hubungan cinta dengan Sharnaaz.

Malah, dia tidak sangka Pekin sanggup memburukkannya dengan keadaan sedemikian rupa. Atas tindakannya itu, ulas Uqasha, orang ramai akan menuding jari mengatakan dia gadis yang jahat lalu mengaitkan kembali kontroversi lalunya dengan pelawak Nabil Ahmad selepas foto kononnya mereka bercium tersebar di internet.

“Saya tidak sangka seorang pelakon yang sudah 16 tahun dalam industri tergamak memberi kenyataan melulu kepada media tanpa berbincang dahulu dengan saya. “Saya tiada hubungan langsung dengan Sharnaaz,” tegasnya yang terkejut dengan berita mengenai keburukannya dari mulut Pekin.

Menjawab mengenai hubungan dia dan Pekin kini telah putus, Uqasha berkata, kalau boleh dia tidak mahu mengaibkan Pekin, namun dia terpaksa memberi kenyataan kerana tindakan bekas kekasihnya itu. “Kami bergaduh dan kemudiannya putus bukan disebabkan orang ketiga.

Ia berpunca daripada sikap kasar dan panas barannya. “Walaupun dia tidak pernah memukul saya tetapi dia sering memarahi dan memutus hubungan kami. Selang lima minit kemudian dia akan memujuk saya semula,” ungkapnya masih menerima Pekin atas rasa cinta yang masih menebal. Tegas pelakon berusia 21 tahun itu, jika benar Pekin mempunyai bukti mengatakan dia curang sila tunjukkan.

Uqasha juga mengakui berasa sangat sedih kerana ketika dia masih bersama Pekin, pelakon filem Bunohan itu selalu menaburkan pujian terhadapnya di media. Sebaliknya, bila sudah putus Pekin sanggup mencanangkan keburukan bekas kekasihnya itu. “Biarpun usianya sudah 32 tahun, sebenarnya pemikirannya sangat cetek dan perangai dia sangat kebudak-budakan.

Saya mengakui masih muda dan banyak buat silap. “Disebabkan itu saya perlukan seseorang yang matang untuk membimbing tetapi tidak sangka pula dia bukan seperti yang saya harapkan,” ungkapnya. Disoal sama ada dia akan menerima kembali Pekin selepas ini, kata Uqasha dalam nada sedih, dia tidak tahu apa yang terjadi selepas ini.

Luahnya, “Perasaan sayang saya terhadapnya masih ada. Saya percaya masih ada sikap baik dalam dirinya itu. Saya tidak akan membencinya.”

Janda Di Cekup Dengan Mat Bangla.

Ibu tunggal yang dicekup dengan lelaki Bangladesh di hotel murah dekat Dungun pagi semalam dibawa ke Pejabat Agama Dungun untuk siasatan lanjut.

PAK SABAH: Hasrat seorang ibu tunggal untuk bernikah di Selatan Thailand dengan lelaki Bangladesh terbantut apabila dia terlebih dahulu ditahan bersama teman lelakinya itu ketika memadu asmara di sebuah hotel murah, dekat sini, pagi semalam.
Wanita berusia 49 itu dikatakan mendaftar masuk ke hotel berkenaan bersama teman lelakinya kira-kira jam 9 malam, kelmarin dan tindakan mencurigakan pasangan terbabit berjaya dihidu pihak berkuasa. Berikutan itu sepasukan Pegawai Penguatkuasa Syariah Dungun diketuai Jasri Din melakukan serbuan ke lokasi berkenaan kira-kira jam 8 pagi, semalam.
Hasil siasatan awal, pasangan bukan muhrim itu difahamkan sudah mengenali antara satu sama lain sejak setahun lalu dan dalam perjalanan ke Selatan Thailand bagi menyempurnakan acara akad nikah. Bagaimanapun akibat hujan lebat, pasangan itu mengambil keputusan menginap di hotel sementara menunggu waktu siang, seterusnya mengambil bas ekspres ke Sungai Golok.
Warga Bangladesh berusia 30-an dalam keterangannya berkata, dia sudah membuat persediaan awal untuk bernikah dengan wanita berstatus janda itu termasuk mengikuti kursus perkahwinan di agensi berkaitan. Bagaimanapun, tindakannya yang meniduri wanita bukan muhrim sebelum bernikah adalah satu kesalahan. Pasangan terbabit dibawa ke Pejabat Agama Dungun untuk siasatan lanjut dan bakal berhadapan dakwaan khalwat mengikut Seksyen 31(a) (b) Enakmen Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah Takzir Negeri Terengganu 2001. Jika sabit kesalahan boleh dikenakan denda maksimum RM3,000 atau penjara tidak lebih dua tahun atau kedua-duanya sekali. Pihak berkuasa juga turut merampas pakaian milik janda yang berasal dari Jerangau itu untuk dijadikan bahan bukti semasa proses pendakwaan di mahkamah kelak.

Neelofa Rancang Mahu Bersara Di Usia 30.

Pelakon dan pengacara Neelofa mahu meninggalkan dunia seni untuk memberi tumpuan dalam bidang perniagaan dan rumah tangga yang bakal dibinanya sebelum mencecah usia 30 tahun.

Neelofa atau nama sebenarnya Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor, 24, berkata, dia tidak percaya bakatnya akan diperlukan dalam tempoh lima tahun akan datang kerana ketika itu sudah ada pelakon-pelakon baharu yang lebih menjadi perhatian. “Terus-terang saya katakan, saya tidak pernah berhasrat untuk berlakon sampai bila-bila.

Insya-Allah, dalam masa lima tahun ini saya akan kurangkan aktiviti seni dan seterusnya meninggalkan dunia glamor ini untuk beralih kepada bidang lain apabila usia saya 30 tahun,” katanya. Neelofa berkata, dia tidak menyesal membuat keputusan berkenaan memandangkan ketika ini semakin ramai artis baharu muncul dan tentunya pada masa depan, pelakon lain lebih menonjol sebagaimana yang dialami pelakon senior lain ketika ini. 

Ujarnya, sebagai permulaan dia mula berjinak-jinak dalam bidang perniagaan termasuklah memperkenalkan produk penjagaan kesihatannya iaitu Bellavita. Pengacara rancangan Nona dan Meletop ini turut membayangkan akan mendirikan rumah tangga pada usia 29 tahun. “Saya merancang selewat-lewatnya pada usia 29 tahun saya akan berkahwin dan mempunyai keluarga sendiri. Pada waktu itu tumpuan saya adalah dalam perniagaan dan bukan lagi lakonan,” jelasnya sambil memberitahu buat masa ini masih belum mempunyai teman istimewa.

Dalam perkembangan lain Neelofa berkata dia sudah mendapat surat tawaran untuk mengikuti kursus jangka pendek di New York Film Academy, di Los Angeles, Amerika Syarikat. Neelofa akan mengambil kursus dalam bidang lakonan selama sebulan bermula 6 Januari 2014.

School Wall Colapse Kills Two Children.

BEIJING: Two Chinese children were killed and another four injured after a wall at their primary school collapsed, reports said. The victims, a girl named Wang Yuzhen and a boy named An Zhengguo, both 12, died as they were being taken to hospital in Linkou in Yunnan, according to yunnan.cn.

The news portal, which is run by the southwestern province's government, added the other four victims, all fifth-graders at the school, were in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries. It quoted a local resident saying the collapse on Wednesday could have been caused by pressure from large stacks of coal that had been piled up against the wall.

Infrastructure problems have become a source of increasing concern in China, where the booming economy has spurred a wave of new construction but where corruption is common and strict enforcement of building codes is often lacking. School infrastructure has come under particular scrutiny following the deaths of thousands of students in buildings that collapsed during the massive 2008 earthquake that hit Yunnan's neighbouring province of Sichuan.

Many parents at the time blamed poor construction, but their demands for an investigation were ultimately unsuccessful and no one has been prosecuted over the deaths.

Ambank Bukan Dalang Penyebaran Rakaman CCTV Di Internet.

PETALING JAYA: Pihak bank tidak sama sekali terlibat dengan penyebaran rakaman kamera litar tertutup (CCTV) di Internet membabitkan pegawai bank berkenaan ditembak mati oleh seorang pengawal keselamatan di Ambank cawangan USJ Central 2, Subang Jaya pada petang Rabu.

Ketua Bahagian Komunikasi Korporat Kumpulan Ambank, Syed Anuar Syed Ali, ketika mengesahkan perkara tersebut berkata pihaknya kini menyerahkan perkara tersebut kepada pihak polis untuk menyiasat siapakah dalang bertanggungjawab menyebarkan rakaman CCTV berkenaan yang turut tersebar dengan meluas di laman media sosial seperti Twitter dan Facebook.

"Apa yang boleh saya katakan pihak kami, sama sekali tidak terlibat dengan penyebaran rakaman CCTV berkenaan. "Saya juga tidak pasti siapakah dalang yang bertanggungjawab menyebarkan rakaman berkenaan. Ini sangat menyedihkan dan kita belum membuat apa-apa keputusan untuk mendakwa mereka yang bertanggungjawab dalam penyebaran rakaman CCTV berkenaan," katanya ketika dihubungi mStar Online pada Khamis.

Beliau berkata sehingga kini pihaknya tidak dapat juga memaklumkan mengenai status syarikat kawalan keselamatan terlibat sama ada mereka akan menggantung atau menghentikan perkhidmatan syarikat berkenaan. "Biar pihak polis menyiasat apakah punca kejadian. Setakat ini saya tidak boleh mengulas lanjut kerana kes ini masih dalam siasatan. 

"Mengenai syarikat keselamatan terbabit juga kita masih belum membuat sebarang keputusan," katanya. Beliau turut mengesahkan bahawa laporan bedah siasat mangsa masih belum dikeluarkan oleh pihak hospital sehingga kini. Dalam insiden yang berlaku pada pukul 6.18 petang Rabu, suspek menembak mati Norazita Abu Talib dengan 'pump gun' sebaik sahaja mangsa membuka pintu bilik kebal bank berkenaan.

Supek kemudiannya melarikan diri dengan menaiki motosikal dan kali terakhir dilihat memakai uniform pengawal keselamatan berwarna putih bersama jaket berwarna hitam. Difahamkan suspek juga memiliki kad pengenalan palsu dengan menggunakan nama Ardi Hamza, berasal dari Tawau, Sabah. Insiden berkenaan turut menjadi bualan hangat di laman Twitter dengan ramai pengguna laman media sosial berkongsi berita mengenainya di Facebook dan Twitter.

Khabar angin turut mengatakan suspek telah berjaya ditahan di Terminal Penerbangan Tambang Murah (LCCT) ketika cuba melarikan diri ke Sabah di Twitter pada pukul 11 pagi, bagaimanapun pihak polis mengesahkan berita berkenaan adalah palsu.

Get Ready To Pay 99 Cents To Watch Youtube.

YouTube is increasing its efforts to generate more revenue with its most popular videos producers. Thousands of YouTube creators will now be able to launch paid channels, which charge a monthly subscription fee of $0.99 or more. 

The paid channel initiative began in May as a pilot program with a few dozen accounts, including popular brands like Sesame Street and the Professional Golf Association. Now any video creator who has 10,000 subscribers and has been verified by YouTube will be able to set up a new paid channel and charge a fee for access to their content. Creators can set their own subscription rates, though YouTube has final authority to determine pricing.

Every paid channel will offer an initial 14-day free trial. A YouTube spokesman confirmed that the revenue split between YouTube and creators for subscription channels is similar to the model used for advertising revenue, with creators keeping the majority of the money. YouTube does not disclose the exact percentage of this advertising split, but it has been widely reported to be 55 percent for creators and 45 percent for YouTube.

The Google-owned video platform has invested heavily to improve the quality of its content as it tries to lure advertisers away from television. The company has spent at least $300 million in the production and marketing of a slate of 100 original channels in the last two years. YouTube also has production studios for creators to use in Los Angeles, London and Tokyo. A fourth will open in New York in 2014. 

YouTube declined to disclose the number of subscribers for any of the existing paid channels, but over the summer some channel operators said user response had been tepid, according to Variety. A YouTube spokesman said these are still very early days for the initiative.

Tense Moments: "I Grabbed A Pipe And Hung On For Dear Life".

BAKARUDIN Makmun, 28, is hoping for a miracle that his wife will be found. His wife, Jawarti, 17, from East Java, is still missing after their house was swept away in a mud flood which hit Bertam Valley here yesterday.

At press time, the search and rescue team was still looking for those missing, including Bakarudin's wife. Recalling his ordeal, Bakarudin, from West Java, said he was sleeping with his wife in the living room while his parents were in the bedroom when his house was hit by the rising flood water. "There was no way we could get out of the house.

I tried to open the door, but failed to do so at first. Bakarudin said he managed to grab a pipe about 100m away from the house and held on for dear life, but his wife was swept away. He said that when the water subsided, he walked back to find his house had been completely destroyed. While Bakarudin waits anxiously for news on his wife, fate dealt a cruel and decisive blow to fellow Indonesian Ragom Wasrip, 54, whose wife lost her life in yesterday's tragedy.

His wife, Kesmat Iduan, 46, was with Ragom in their kongsi house in Bertam Valley when the flood hit the area. "We couldn't get out of the house as the current was extremely strong. We were trapped, and water was gushing into the house." Ragom said he held onto his wife's hand all the while. "The current pushed us right up to the roof. I managed to break off a portion of the roof and managed to escape, but not my wife." Met at Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom mortuary here yesterday after claiming his wife's body, Ragom said they were planning to return to their village in Surabaya, Indonesia in December to visit their families.

Kesmat's body will be flown back to Indonesia for funeral arrangements. The Indonesian embassy had been informed of her death. Besides Kesmat, Bangladeshi national, Md Jahangir Alam Fazlor Rahman, in his 30s, was also killed in the incident. Another victim, Shaifa Jamil, 19, said he had heard the warning siren several times and tried to leave the house with his mother. "However, we could not leave, as water rose to chest level in no time. 

verything happened so quickly that we could not even save any of our personal belongings," he said when met at Dewan Orang Ramai Ringlet, where he is taking shelter. Search and rescue operations were called off at 6pm yesterday and would resume at 8am today.

Uqasha & Pekin Belum Putus Tunang- Ibu.

Sejak semalam industri hiburan tanah air kecoh mengenai pasangan pelakon yang dikatakan bergaduh besar gara-gara wujudnya orang ketika dalam hubungan mereka. Lantas si pelakon lelaki bertindak memutuskan hubungannya dengan pelakon wanita itu.

Pasangan ideal yang dimaksudkan itu adalah Pekin Ibrahim, 32, dan juga Uqasha Senrose, 21. Bagaimanapun, ibu kepada Uqasha iaitu Rosmizai Mohd Nor memberitahu hubungan anaknya dengan Pekin masih belum berakhir dan menolak pasangan berkenaan sudah putus tunang. Rosmizai, 45, berkata, dia masih lagi menunggu penjelasan daripada kedua-dua belah berhubung gosip berkenaan. 

"Biasalah dalam tempoh pertunangan ini ada sahaja dugaannya, namun secara rasminya mereka belum putus. "Uqasha ada beritahu saya tentang masalah dalam hubungannya dan sekarang saya tunggu mereka berdua untuk menjelaskan keadaan sebenar, apa yang berlaku," ujarnya seperti yang dilaporkan mStar online. Rosmizai berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas khabar angin mengenai pertunangan pasangan berkenaan yang dikatakan sudah berakhir berpunca daripada orang ketiga. 

Akhbar melaporkan aktor Sharnaaz Ahmad dikatakan menjadi punca kepada masalah berkenaan tetapi pelakon itu menafikan tuduhan tersebut sebaliknya mahu bertemu dengan Pekin untuk mengetahui perkara sebenar sebelum membuat sebarang ulasan. Pasangan ini mengikat tali pertunangan pada 6 Julai lalu.

Calon Pilihanraya UKM Di Ugut Bunuh.

BANGI: Pilihan raya kampus Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) bertukar tegang apabila ada calon mendakwa menerima ugutan selain rumah sewa diserang dengan bom petrol.

Dalam kejadian jam 3.30 pagi semalam, sembilan calon wanita pilihan raya kampus dikejutkan dengan bunyi letupan di depan rumah sewa mereka di Seksyen 3, dipercayai dibaling bom petrol. Kesan terbakar Ahli jentera gerakan pilihan raya kampus yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Aishah berkata, ketika kejadian dia berada di tingkat bawah rumah teres terbabit, terkejut dengan letupan itu selain mendapati dinding bersebelahan pintu depan ada kesan terbakar.

Nota ugutan di kereta Aishah berkata, satu nota bertulis ‘tarik diri atau mati’ juga ditemui di depan kereta Perodua Kelisa milik calon berkenaan selepas pulang daripada membuat laporan di Balai Polis Bandar Baru Bangi. “Nota yang ditulis pada potongan kotak itu hanya disedari apabila saya dan beberapa rakan lain pulang dari balai polis. “Pengawal keselamatan taman perumahan berkenaan memaklumkan kepada kami terdapat dua motosikal dinaiki tiga lelaki dalam kejadian mencurigakan keluar dari kawasan itu,” katanya. Pelajar undi semalam 

“Saya percaya ugutan itu ada kaitan dengan pilihan raya kampus yang sedang berjalan di UKM memandangkan hari ini (semalam) adalah tarikh pelajar mengundi,” katanya ketika ditemui BH, di sini, semalam. Penuntut UKM mengundi sehingga jam 5 petang semalam, untuk memilih sembilan wakil kerusi umum dan 18 kerusi fakulti. Pengiraan undi bermula jam 8 malam tadi untuk memilih pemenang daripada kalangan 55 calon bertanding.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Kajang, Asisten Komisioner Ab Rashid Ab Wahab, ketika dihubungi mengesahkan kejadian dan sedang menyiasat motif kejadian.

TERKINI BERGAMBAR! 2 Maut, 2 Cedera Di Tikam Lelaki Penuntut Ajaran Sesat.

KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang lelaki berusia 26 tahun yang dipercayai penuntut ajaran sesat bertindak menikam empat orang awam di dua lokasi berasingan di Stesen Putra LRT Taman Gombak dan Taman Melati di sini pagi ini.

Dua maut manakala dua cedera ditikam lelaki yang juga dipercayai mengalami tekanan jiwa. Dalam kejadian kira-kira jam 11.20 pagi tadi, dua wanita berusia 60 dan 40 tahun iaitu pemilik dan pekerja kedai runcit ditikam suspek berusia 26 tahun yang juga penghantar rokok. Selepas kejadian itu, suspek memandu van rokok berkenaan melarikan diri ke LRT Taman Melati lalu melanggar sebuah van membawa mineral. Timbalan Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Kuala Lumpur Asisten Komisioner Khairi Ahrasa berkata, suspek keluar lalu menikam pemandu van berkenaan sebanyak tiga tikaman dan maut di lokasi kejadian. 

"Suspek larikan diri pula ke Jalan Tumbuhan kira-kira 200 meter dari lokasi itu dan melanggar sebuah kereta jenis Toyota Prius dipandu remaja lelaki. "Suspek itu kemudian keluar dan menikam pula pemandu kereta terbabit yang turut maut di tempat kejadian," katanya ketika ditemui dilokasi kejadian. Khairi berkata, orang ramai yang menyedari kejadian itu berusaha menahan suspek menyebabkan berlaku pergelutan dan merampas pisau rambo yang digunakan suspek.

"Suspek berjaya ditangkap oleh orang ramai dan ketika ditangkap mulutnya terkumat-kamit membaca sesuatu," katanya kepada pemberita di sini hari ini.

Kanye West ajar cara dapatkan Gadis Idaman

Tahniah sekali lagi diucapkan kepada pasangan baru bertunang, Kanye West dan Kim Kardashian. Kita semua sedia maklum bukan senang untuk mereka bersatu. Kanye mengejar cinta Kim selama SEMBILAN tahun kot! Sememangnya Kanye layak dijadikan contoh bahawa sesiapa pun mampu dapatkan wanita atau jejaka idaman.

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 “Ain’t no way I’m giving up”

 (Jangan putus asa)

Kim pasti banyak kali menolak Kanye dengan alasan tidak mahu rosakkan persahabatan mereka namun Kanye tidak putus asa dan terus mencuba nasib. Logiknya begini, anak gadis terlalu banyak baca kisah dongeng tentang kisah cinta sempurna sehingga tidak beri peluang kepada lelaki pada cubaan pertama. Jika anda mencuba untuk yakinkan si gadis bahawa erti cinta sebenar bukan pada putera kacak yang mirip Zac Efron tetapi pada seorang lelaki yang tidak putus asa.

 "You was always the cheerleader of my dreams. And I was the class clown that always kept you laughing, We were never meant to be, baby, we just happened,"

 (Jadi kawan dahulu)

 Pasangan sempurna ini bermula sebagai teman, baru jadi mesra. Hubungan terbaik adalah hubungan dibina atas dasar komunikasi dan persefahaman. Kanye dan Kim berkongsi minat sama daripada muzik sehingga ke citarasa fesyen, malah sangat comel ok cara Kanye tolong pilih baju untuk Kim!

 Pengajaran di sini, jika anda cuba mengorat si dia dan tidak berjaya, jangan mengalah. Jadilah kawan si dia, kenali si dia dan berada disisi si dia. Tak lama lagi, mesti dia jatuh hati.

 "And I admit I fell in love with Kim ... 'Round the same time she fell in love with him ... That's cool, baby girl, do your thing ... Lucky I ain't had Jay drop him from the team."

 Ada satu pepatah mengatakan jika anda sayangkan seseorang, lepaskan dia. Jika dia kembali, bermakna perkara itu memang tertulis dalam siratan. “Yesterday I was half the man you see. Baby that’s because you the other half of me” Jika anda berjaya menangi hati si dia, pastikan melamar dia dengan cara betul.

Jangan di tengah-tengah pusat beli-belah. Fikirkan sesuatu yang romantis. Tidak semestinya sewa Stadium Bukit Jalil tetapi lakukan sesuatu yang beliau akan ingat selamanya. Dengan itu, semoga berjaya. X

Baby's HIV 'cure not a fluke,' US researchers say.

A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke, US researchers said Wednesday.

The story of the first child known to have been cured of HIV through early treatment with powerful doses of antiretroviral drugs -- what researchers call "sustained remission" rather than a cure -- was initially announced in March when she was two and a half.

A handful of HIV-infected adults around the world have been described in medical literature as newly free of the disease, most famously Timothy Brown, also known as "the Berlin patient," who was given a bone marrow transplant for leukemia that wiped out his HIV as well. But no easy method has emerged to eradicate the three-decade-old human immunodeficiency virus that infects 34 million people globally and is responsible for 1.8 million deaths each year.

The girl's updated case report in the New England Journal of Medicine also sought to answer questions raised by outside experts over whether she was ever really infected, by describing DNA and RNA tests that were positive for HIV just over a day after birth. The child was given antiretroviral drugs until the age of age 18 months and, after a year and half without treatment, no sign of the disease has returned, the article said. "Our findings suggest that this child's remission is not a mere fluke but the likely result of aggressive and very early therapy that may have prevented the virus from taking a hold in the child's immune cells," said lead author Deborah Persaud, a virologist and pediatric HIV expert at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

The child's mother gave birth to her prematurely, about a month early, and had not received any prenatal care. She was unaware that she was HIV positive until she was tested at the Mississippi hospital where she delivered. The newborn also tested positive for HIV, and the high level found in her blood suggested that she had become infected with human immunodeficiency virus while in the womb, researchers said.

She also showed signs of HIV in blood tests at 19 days of age, data that "support the authors' perspective that the infant was truly infected," said an accompanying editorial by Scott Hammer, a leading HIV scientists at Columbia University Medical Center. "The big question, of course, is, 'Is the child cured of HIV infection?' The best answer at this moment is a definitive 'maybe,'" he wrote. 

A longer term follow up of the child is needed, he said, cautioning that her case may be "unique," even as it shows a proof of principle that may lead to more rigorous studies down the road. The child was given antiretroviral drugs for the first 15-18 months of her life, when she was lost to follow up. Her mother brought her back to doctors at 23 months of age, saying she had last given her anti-HIV medication at age 18 months. 

"This happened almost by accident," said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases. "It wasn't that the doctor said 'let's stop the therapy.' This is not recommended for home use," he told AFP. Tests at 23 months were negative for HIV, and by the time the child reached 30 months of age, tests still showed no sign of HIV or HIV antibodies, said the study.

"We're thrilled that the child remains off medication and has no detectable virus replicating," said pediatrician Hannah Gay of the University of Mississippi Medical Center. "We've continued to follow the child, obviously, and she continues to do very well," said Gay, who first treated her. "There is no sign of the return of HIV, and we will continue to follow her for the long term."

The girl's medical team believes the reason for her success was the early intervention, and they hope to investigate whether treating other infected infants within hours or days of birth could show similar outcomes. A US-government funded study is set to begin in low and middle income countries in 2014 that would test the method in HIV-infected newborns on a wider scale, Fauci said.

US jury rules against Bank of America in mortgage case

A federal jury Wednesday concluded that Bank of America defrauded mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a lending program that fast-tracked mortgages ahead of the housing bust.

The jury's ruling sets Bank of America on course for a federal civil penalty to be determined by US District Judge Jed Rakoff. The lending program was created by Countrywide, once a giant in subprime mortgages, prior to its 2008 acquisition by Bank of America.

The Justice Department alleged that Countrywide created the so-called "Hustle" program in 2007 as government-backed Freddie and Fannie were tightening their underwriting guidelines and loan purchase requirements in response to rising loan defaults. Countrywide allegedly eliminated key checkpoints on loan quality and compensated employees solely based on loan volumes, leading to "rampant instances of fraud" while Countrywide informed the loan-finance firms that it tightened requirements, the Justice Department said in court papers.

US Attorney Preet Bharara praised Wednesday's verdict. "In this case, Bank of America chose to defend Countrywide’s conduct with all its might and money, claiming there was no case here. The jury disagreed," Bharara said in a statement. "This office will never hesitate to go to trial to expose fraudulent corporate conduct and to hold companies accountable, particularly when it has caused such harm to the public." Bank of America, which denied that it engaged in fraud, said it was considering an appeal.

"The jury’s decision concerned a single Countrywide program that lasted several months and ended before Bank of America’s acquisition of the company," said a Bank of America spokesman. "We will evaluate our options for appeal." The verdict comes as the US continues to press ahead with litigation against giant banks over their handling of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.

The Justice Department and JPMorgan Chase are currently in negotiations over a multi-billion settlement over mortgage-backed securities from this period.

Kennedy cousin wins new trial over 1975 murder

A US judge on Wednesday granted a nephew of Robert Kennedy a new trial in the murder of his teenage neighbor nearly 40 years ago. The dramatic ruling comes after Michael Skakel, 53, appealed unsuccessfully for years against his sentence of 20 years to life in prison.

He was found guilty in 2002 of bludgeoning Martha Moxley to death with a golf club in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1975 when they were both 15 years old. The office of his lawyer Hubert Santos told AFP it was now looking to file a motion for Skakel's bail. Connecticut state court Judge Thomas Bishop accepted arguments from the lawyer that Skakel had been inadequately represented at trial by his attorney at the time, Michael Sherman. 

The judgment of conviction is set aside and the matter referred back to the Stamford-Norwalk Judicial District for retrial," said the 136-page ruling. Moxley's body was discovered under a tree on her family's Belle Haven estate. There were no witnesses to the murder and no hard forensic evidence. The golf club used in the murder was later traced to a set once owned by Skakel's late mother.

The prosecution's case was based largely on the testimony of people who said they heard Skakel confess and brag that his Kennedy connections would prevent him from being brought to justice.

Australia fire threat eases as military blamed

The furious mayor of an area worst hit by Australia's bushfire emergency is demanding answers after the military was blamed for starting a huge blaze, as cooler conditions Thursday aided fire crews.

Thousands of largely volunteer firefighters have been battling infernos for more than a week across the state of New South Wales that have destroyed more than 200 homes, with the Blue Mountains region west of Sydney the focal point. Cooler weather was helping Thursday, with several major blazes downgraded, although authorities urged communities not to be complacent with 66 fires still alight, 24 of them uncontained and winds still a concern.

One of the biggest and fiercest infernos still blazing -- which has a perimeter of more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) and has ripped through 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of land -- was started by the military, a fire service investigation found.

The huge blaze, near Lithgow, was a major worry this week with authorities on Tuesday deciding to deliberately merge it through backburning with another nearby fire at Mount Victoria to preempt a deterioration in conditions. NSW Rural Fire Service chief Shane Fitzsimmons said an official investigation found it was started by exploding ordnance on a live firing range on Wednesday last week. 

"It wasn't deliberate, it was a side-effect of a routine activity ... and clearly there was no intention to see fire start up and run as a result of that activity," he said, adding that the military had fully cooperated. The defence department is yet to comment on the findings, but Blue Mountains mayor Mark Greenhill was furious.

"I would have thought the community of the Blue Mountains is owed something," he told the ABC television, adding that residents lived in fear for a week. "I would have hoped on a day like that which was a dry day, a hot day, with the winds -- the Australian military would have known it wasn't a good time to be igniting. 

"The fire has caused great concern to my community, it's done damage to my community and it just shouldn't have happened." So far, more than 124,000 hectares (306,000 acres) of land has been burnt across NSW in its worst bushfire emergency in nearly 50 years. After dire warnings that extreme heat and strong winds would cause chaos on Wednesday, the high-risk strategies of aggressive backburning, building containment lines and strategic planning averted what had been feared to be a major disaster.

"There is no immediate threat across any of our fire grounds to people at this stage, but because they're (the major fires) all at 'watch and act', that signals that circumstances could change," said Fitzsimmons. While homes have been destroyed, only one person has died as residents heeded advice either to flee or head to evacuation centres.

ROZITA CHE WAN & ZAIN SAIDIN PHOTOSHOOT PRE-WEDDING DI LONDON!

KL, 23 OKT 2013: Selepas mengadakan sebuah majlis merisik yang meriah dan grand di Hotel Carcosa baru-baru ini, pasangan selebriti, Rozita Che Wan dan Zain Saidin yang akan bernikah tidak lama lagi itu, kini terbang pula ke London untuk merakamkan gambar pre-wedding atau pra perkahwinan mereka di sana. Amboi jauhnya Che Ta dan Zain Saidin terbang semata-mata untuk merakamkan foto-foto cinta mereka sebelum mengikat tali perkahwinan tak lama lagi.

Pasti lebih menarik dan istimewa bila dapat merakamkan gambar kenangan pre-wedding di sana kan? Admin dapat tahu mengenai perkara ini pun setelah Admin ternampak entri dan foto yang di muat naik oleh jurufoto kegemarannya iaitu annaseasky di laman sosial Instagram ketika berada di sana menjadi jurufoto rasmi pasangan itu. Katanya mereka pergi ke beberapa tempat menarik di London untuk meramkan gambar-gambar yang cantik untuk pasangan itu.

Namun, jurufoto itu hanya berkongsikan foto solo Che Ta sahaja tanpa ditemani Zain di dalam Instagram miliknya itu. Mungkin ia hanya gambar teaser pre-wedding Che Ta sebelum dia diijabkabulkan nanti. Tapi  Admin lihat memang cantik pemandangan yang menjadi latar belakang dalam gambar yang diambil itu.

Teruja pula Admin nak lihat kesemua foto pasangan ini nanti ketika berada di sana, pasti cantik dan penuh romantis kan? Jom kita layan beberapa keping foto Che Ta di sana.

SHARNAAZ AHMAD PUNCA PASANGAN SELEBRITI PUTUS TUNANG?

Terkejut Admin saat diberitahu rupanya aktor, Sharnaaz Ahmad adalah orang ketiga yang menjadi punca kepada keretakan pasangan selebiriti yang sudah pun bertunang pertengahan tahun ini.

Malah, cintanya itu disambut baik oleh pelakon wanita itu sejak mereka digandingkan bersama dalam satu drama bersiri. Wah kira mereka ni pasangan cinta lokasi lah? Admin dengar, pelakon wanita ini pun seolah-oleh seperti lupa yang dia sudah pun menjadi tunangan orang sehingga beberapa kali kantoi yang mereka ini sering berhubungan menerusi telefon.

Lebih panas lagi, Admin dapat tahu tunang pelakon wanita itu yang juga seorang aktor terkenal akhirnya bersikap gentlemen apabila berhubung sendiri dengan Sharnaaz untuk bertanyakan kebenarannya. Paling mengejutkan Admin dapat tahu, Sharnaaz telah berani mengakui yang dia sebenarnya benar-benar sudah terlanjur cinta dengan pelakon wanita putih gebu itu kepada tunangnya!

Wah berani betul ya? Malah, Admindengar hubungan skandal mereka ini sudah pun bermula sejak sebulan yang lalu, malah mereka sering keluar bersama dan kadang-kadang pelakon wanita itu ada juga berkunjung ke rumah Sharnaaz. Haih, Admin pun tak tahu nak kata apa. Harap, Sharnaaz boleh jelaskan apa yang berlaku.

FOTO-FOTO MENARIK PERKAHWINAN RAJA AZMI DAN EDDIE

Tahniah kepada pasangan Raja Azmi dan Eddie CRK yang baru sahaja bergelar suami isteri yang sah dengan sekali lafaz pada 13 Oktober yang lalu.

Pasangan ini telah dinikahkan dengan mas kahwin RM300 dan berwalikan abang sulung Raja Azmi, Raja Azman serta bersaksikan adik bongsunya, Raja Azizdin dan menantunya Mohammad Shadan Hashim. Majlis perkahwinan telah berlangsung di dalam gazebo indah di Laman Beringin, Istana Budaya.

Pengantin perempuan dilihat mengenakan busana berwarna krim rekaan Variante manakala pakaian pengantin lelaki pula berwarna maroon dari Kose Serani. Majlis berkenaan dihadiri kira-kira 800 tetamu jemputan. Selain mas kahwin, kedua-dua pihak turut bertukar-tukar dulang. 

Pihak pengantin lelaki telah membawa 1 dulang hantaran yang mengandungi sebuah Al-Quran dan gelang tangan emas putih, dan dibalas dengan 3 dulang hantaran berupa manisan seperti coklat, cookies, dan jeli dari pihak pengantin perempuan. Pasangan ini sebelum ini telah mengikat tali pertunangan pada 15 Julai lalu di rumah Raja Azmi di Ukay Perdana, Ampang

Kami dari portal Debot ingin mengucapkan tahniah kepada pasangan Raja Azmi dan Eddie dan semoga perkahwinan ini berkekalan hingga ke akhir hayat buat kedua-dua mereka. Berikut ialah sebahagian dari foto-foto menarik ketika majlis pernikahan tersebut yang turut dihadiri bekas suami Raja Azmi sendiri, Jalani Sidek selain aktres terkenal era 90-an, Sofea Jane.

RAHSIA FASHA SANDHA TURUN 20 KG SELEPAS BERSALIN

Dengan hanya mengamalkan makanan seperti sayur-sayuran, taufu, ayam dan ikan sebagai hidangan hariannya, berat badan pelakon popular Fasha Sandha kini kembali ke tahap ideal selepas melahirkan bayi sulungnya, Putra Rayfal Jun lalu.

Bukan itu sahaja, pelakon kontroversi itu juga mengamalkan pengambilan 8 gelas air setiap hari selain pengambilan makanan kurang berkarbohidrat dan mengamalkan pengambilan epal hijau setiap kali terasa lapar.

Namun apa yang pasti, diet sihatnya itu menjadi lebih aktif selepas mendapatkan rawatan pelangsingan berat badan yang selesa lagi tidak menyakitkan daripada Slim World selama empat bulan sejak Jun lalu. Daripada berat badan asalnya mencecah 78 kilogram, kini dia boleh berbangga dengan 58 kilogram selepas menjalani beberapa rawatan pelangsingan yang disediakan Slim World dari masa ke semasa.

“Saya kehilangan 20 kilogram dalam masa 4 bulan iaitu daripada 78 kilogram kepada 58 kilogram. “Semuanya selepas saya menjalani beberapa rawatan intensif seperti Bio iST yang memerlukan masa selama dua jam setiap kali rawatan. “Saya juga akan memastikan untuk minum 8 gelas air sehari dan mengambil ayam, sup taufu dan sayur-sayuran sebagai makanan malam saya.

“Malah saya juga akan cuba untuk tidak mengambil makanan dan air selepas jam 9 malam,” katanya berkongsi petua untuk tampak langsing selepas bersalin. Fasha Sandha telah dipilih sebagai duta baru Slim World selepas didekati jenama kecantikan badan berkenaan ketika dia hamil tiga bulan.

Pengumuman Fasha sebagai duta Slim World telah diadakan petang semalam yang turut disaksikan pihak media dan wakil daripada jenama berkenaan. Tambah pelakon itu lagi, selain rawatan Bio iST dia turut mendapatkan rawatan DTM, HotMask, Aroma Steam Bath & Lymphatic Drainage dan Micro Massage. Kata Fasha, selain pengambilan makanan sihat, rawatan pelangsingan yang dijalankan di Slim World ternyata telah memberi kelebihan untuknya menyarungkan pakaian kegemarannya meskipun selepas empat bulan melahirkan bayi. 

Tambahnya, sejak diberi peluang merasai semua rawatan pelangsingan di pusat kecantikan berkenaan, dia mula percaya bahawa semuanya pasti, apatah lagi rawatan yang disediakan disitu langsung tidak menyakitkan.

“Bagi saya, rawatan pelangsing akan memberi kesan kepada seseorang sekiranya ada disiplin yang kuat dalam pemilihan nutrisi makan, makan dengan bijak dan pilihan makanan yang betul. “Mendapatkan rawatan secara berterusan dan tidak ketinggalan senaman ringan akan dapat membantu penaikan berat badan serta mengekalkan bentul badan diingini,” katanya.

Selain Fasha Sandha, artis lain yang bergelar duta Slim World iaitu Ziana Zain, Erra Fazira dan Azizah Ariffin.