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MOSCOW - A Russian spacecraft carrying an astronaut, United States (U.S.) and two Russian cosmonauts to depart today from the meadow steppe in Kazakhtan heading to the International Space Station (ISS).
Soyuz TMA-22 to depart on schedule at 8:14 am central time Kazakhtan from the Baikonur launch space mission in Kazakhtan.
It is the lead astronaut Aeronautics and Space Administration of America (NASA), and Burbank and two Russian cosmonauts, Anton and Anatoly Ivanishin Shkaplerov and is expected to dock at the ISS on Saturday.
They will be at the ISS, which was built at a cost of U.S. $ 100 billion (RM313.4 billion) until March next year to replace the three astronauts who now works at the space station.
The astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth on 21 November.
The launch was postponed for two months follow-up of a cargo spacecraft that crashed in August. - Agency
INCHEON, South Korea - South Korean people to try new ways to honor the families and relatives had been lost.
About 500 people have changed their loved ones ashes into beads through the services offered by the company Bonhyang here, south of Seoul city.
A 69-year-old man, Kim II-nam digging graves and lodge his father's body to be burned.
He paid U.S. $ 870 (RM2, 728) for his father's ashes are processed into crystal beads resembling gemstones.
"Every time I look at these beads, I thought it was my father and I will remember the happy days with him," said II-nam.
Founder Bonhyang, Bae Jae-Yul said, beads enabled the people to be close to their relatives who had died.
"Our beads are clean and no smell," he said.
According to Jae-Yul, the company uses a very high temperature to melt the ashes and the ashes turned into crystal shaped beads. The process takes about 90 minutes. - Agency
The decision was announced on Tuesday gave a blow to Syria that had been deemed as the last bastion of nationalism of the Arab world.
However, it is seen to be unable to immediately end the violence in Syria, killing more than 3,500 people since the people of that country rise up to urge President Bashar Al-Assad resigned in mid-March.
"Syria is a country that we love and we make this decision with a heavy heart," said Foreign Minister of Qatar, Hamad bin Jassim.
"We hope that Syria will take bold action to end violence and begin a dialogue on reform in the country," he added.
Meanwhile, the Syrian capital, Damascus, the pro-government protesters threw eggs and tomatoes toward the Embassy of Qatar in protest at the decision.
All 22 members of the Arab League will monitor the situation in Syria prior to reconsider its decision at a meeting in Rabat, Morocco, the day after tomorrow. - AP
SINGAPORE - Service stripper in high demand in Singapore, although these activities violate the law of the country.
Although police have raided the power of any place including private homes of suspected improper activities, it failed to prevent nude dancers from Singapore to advertise their services.
Normally, the stripper in Singapore consists of white collar workers of age 20's.
They became an exotic dancer after office hours to meet the demands of the heterosexual and gay on the island.
The owner of a local entertainment agency 2niteok Entertainment, Bryan Tan who is a stripper for eight years, said the dance services in high demand among the population of the island.
"Dancing naked is normal in the West, but now it is increasingly popular in Singapore," said Tan, who worked as the administrative officer in the daytime.
According to the company Web site, charges for subscribing to dance semi-nude is Sg $ 300 (RM736) for the show for 20 minutes and costs Sg $ 400 (RM981) is to completely strip.
For female stripper, they usually wear a bra and panties during the show.
"Men would prefer to see women dressed than fully naked," said an executive woman, Jasmine Tan, 28, who is a stripper for three or four times a month.
Average stripper here keep their side job because of family culture is still conservative Singapore. - AFP
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A number of dancers from South America including Argentina, Brazil and Peru took part in the Miss Pole Dance pole dancing Argentina in 2011 and Miss Pole Dance South America 2011.
The event is held here on Tuesday held to book a place in the pole dancing world championships to be held in the United States next year.
Argentine dancers, Maria Luz Escalante won in both of the competition with a second place belongs to dancers from Brazil, Edi Reis. - AFP
LOS ANGELES, USA - As interest in the tanks used in film acting, actor Brad Pitt is willing to spend money to buy these heavy vehicles, a newspaper said yesterday.
-Made T54 tanks of the former Soviet Union (USSR) was used in the latest film, World War Z to be screened in December next year.
Money is not a big problem for the actors, but the purchase of the opposition tanks partner, actress Angelina Jolie.
However, Pitt said six of their children Pax, Maddox, Shiloh, Zahara, Vivienne and Knox can look forward to 'play' new.
Military vehicles are now in the process of delivery here.
Vehicles weighing 36 tonnes was used since 1947 and became the main tanks to the Soviet Army armored division.
- Agency
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - units assisted police elite military vehicles and helicopters raided the location of the largest squatter here by yesterday morning.
Large-scale raid on the location of Rocinha slum here is part of a police campaign to suppress the drug syndicates that dominated the area over the decades.
Location Rocinha consisting of 1,000 squatter settlements occupied by one-third of the six million people in this city.
Brazilian authorities previously vowed to continue fighting crime to operate to make this city safe before it is to host the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
"Rocinha is the most strategic areas for the police control here," said a security consultant Brazil, Paulo Storani.
"Having Rocinha means the authorities can guarantee security in the environment where the Olympic Games and World Cup will take place," he said.
These efforts paid off when the police managed to arrest the most wanted drug smugglers here, Antonio Lopes Bonfim.
Dicekup criminal hiding in the boot of a car when he tried to leave the Rocinha slum. - AP
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