10 amazing places around the world

VEP On Foreign Vehicles From Singapore Expected To Be Implemented This Year

JOHOR BAHARU, April 9 (Bernama) -- The imposition of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) fee on foreign-registered vehicles entering the country via Singapore is expected to be implemented this year after several years of delay.

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1,000 protest against DLP in second rally

BY AIZYL AZLEE

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — Close to 1,000 protesters demonstrated here today against the Dual Language Programme (DLP), the second such rally since the school policy that allows certain subjects to be taught in English began this year.

Led by Islamist opposition party PAS, the demonstration at Titiwangsa Lake here was co-organised by education groups, including Gerakan Mansuhkan PPSMI (GMP) and Gerakan Isu-Isu Pendidikan Kebangsaan (GIPK).

GMP chairman Professor Shaharir Md Zain said the group will continue to protest the policy, claiming the DLP would create a future generation brought up in two separate education streams.

“It will be a big challenge in the future because we will raise two split streams in the next generation. One will be thinking in an English language-based culture, and another thinking in our native language,” he told the crowd here.

“This will give birth to a great clash in the next generation and to me, this government policy is not smart and we must reject it firmly.”

Other notable figures at the rally included national laureate Datuk A. Samad Said, Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali, along with PAS leaders like deputy president Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man and vice-president Ustaz Idris Ahmad.

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Win! Tickets to Upton Park's final Saturday fixture, with Lycamobile

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Two Uighur terror suspects enroute to Malaysia

6:11 PM BANGKOK: Two Turks of Uighur descent, suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in Thailand have reportedly left the Kingdom for Malaysia, according to a Thai official.

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Mendenhall Ice Caves, Juneau, Alaska

The Mendenhall Glacier is a 12-mile-long glacier in the Mendenhall Valley, located only 12 miles from downtown Juneau in Southeast Alaska. Federally protected as part of the Mendenhall Galcier Recreation Area, a unit of the Tongass National Forest, the glacier originally had two names, Sitaantaagu ("Glacier Behind the Town") and Aak'wtaaksit ("Glacier Behind the Little Lake"). 

The Ice Caves are inside the glacier, accessible only to those willing to kayak to, and then ice climb over the glacier. However, the glacier is retreating increasingly fast as global warming heats the oceans and temperatures rise. 

Monitored since 1942 by the Juneau Icefield Research Program, the Mendenhall Glacier has receded almost two miles since 1958, while previously it had receded only 0.5 miles since 1500. The caves are in part a function of this increased glacial melting.

Source: Mendenhall Ice Caves

TUNNEL OF LOVE.UKRAINE

For those of us who are head over heels in love, here’s a new destination to consider. The Tunnel of Love, located in Ukraine, used to be just another train rail section, but eventually turned into one of the most romantic spots on Earth. AS trees were left to grow freely around the rails, the passing train was the only thing shaping its way through. Eventually, by crossing the Kleven village forest back and forth three times a day, the train shaped a closed tunnel according to its size.

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Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima mountain chain in South America and one of the world’s most extraordinary natural geological formations. The 31 square kilometer summit area of Mount Roraima is defined by 400 meter tall cliffs on all sides and includes the borders of Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. The tabletop mountains of the Pakaraima’s are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to over two billion years ago.

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Son Doong cave(Vietnamese: Hang Son Doong) is world's largest cave, located in Quang Binh province, Vietnam. It is found by a local man named Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in 2009 by British cavers, led by Howard Limbert. The name "Son Doong" cave means "mountain river cave", It was created 2-5 million years ago by river water eroding away the limestone underneath the mountain Where the limestone was weak, the ceiling collapsed creating huge skylights...

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Incredible Red Beach in Panjin, China

Sand is probably the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about beach. However, this is not the case with the Panjin Red Beach in China, which is, actually, red, and not covered in sand at all. Such phenomena is caused by a type of sea weed Sueda. It starts growing during April and May, then stays green during the summer, but starts turning vividly red in autumn.

The Red Beach is located in the biggest wetland and reed marsh in the world, and actually hosts the most completed ecosystem that can be found: the area has become home to more than 260 kinds of birds and 399 kinds of wild animals. You can find the endangered Crown Cranes and Black Beaked Gulls there, which is why the area is even called “home of the cranes

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