UMNO is still arrogant!!!

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/19/kuala_terengganu/3057923&sec=kuala_terengganu

UMNO is proud of the development that it is supposed to bring to
Trengganu that also suffers as Sabah, the poorest in the world.

What development can Sabah get when it is only allocated 7.9% budget
for a population of 14%? This is despite Sabah being the largest oil
producer.

Similarly for Trengganu. Despite having so much resources with so
little population, it still cannot solve the poverty problem in
Trengganu.

Spending hundreds of millions for a Yacht Race does not benefit the
poor when they are still poorly paid, resulting in huge gaps in
income.

The only solution is social welfare and minimum pay as practised by
all developed nations. As to lack of money, Trengganu has all the
money in the world and yet UMNO chose to spend it on Empty buildings.

US is a war criminal not AlQaedah

The deliberate killing of unarmed citizens without any justifiable
reason is certainly a war crime.

Twin towers, Pentagon and Whilte House are indeed justifiable targets
and any civilians that die there are just unfortunate collateral
damage.

But US and Israel deliberately target citizens that have no military
justifications at all. US may not be directly involved but by blocking
any resolutions of investigations of human rights violation as noted
by this Guardian article.

As a religious person, I mourn the loss of lives in Dresden, Nagasaki
and Hiroshima but they are justifiable in order to reduce further
lives especially when the deaths are those who support the war crimes
of the Nazis and Japanese army.

So with similar justification, AlQaedah has every right to bomb the
twin towers, Pentagon and White House with whatever means that they
have at their disposal.

With the war crimes that have been persistently committed by Israel,
supported strongly by US, I don't have any pity on the citizens that
die as a result of retaliatory actions against US provided they are
military and commercial targets such as the Twin Towers, Pentagon and
White House. In fact any government building in USA is justifiable.

In fact Alqaedah is innocent. It is the US and Israel that are
behaving like the Nazis and Japanese army, and all those that support
these actions will be punished no matter how innocent they may be.

Of course if Alqaedah is still following the Islamic principle, it
should not downgrade themselves to the US and Israel level in
targeting civilians deliberately. Attacking the twin towers before the
working hours shows that Alqaedah is really concerned about human
lives so they deserve our support.

I regret that there are Malaysian students and workers in USA that had
fallen victims but they should realise that these are the results of
cooperating with war criminals or even supporters of war criminals. No
matter how powerful or rich you are, you will pay for it.

As for boycotting US and Israeli products, I only support it for
imported products that we don't really need. Those that are produced
locally and staffed by locals should not be boycotted, such as Mc
Donald. As for Jeans that are made outside USA, that should be alright
in order to protect the jobs of those non-US workers

I just felt ashamed that I didn't condemn US and not support AlQaedah
despite all the obvious evidences of the unnecessary cruelties and
support of these cruelties by US government. Hopefully, Obama should
revert US respect for law and order so that we have some hope for the
future that is peaceful and prosperous for everyone.

Now US and Israel is behaving like Nazis and Japanese army whereas
AlQaedah is the lone British defender of justice during the 2nd world
war.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/13/gaza-israel-war-crimes

Gaza conflict, day 17: Israeli reservists join the fighting and Sderot
residents send their children back to school, while conditions
deteriorate in Gaza Link to this video

Israel is facing growing demands from senior UN officials and human
rights groups for an international war crimes investigation in Gaza
over allegations such as the "reckless and indiscriminate" shelling of
residential areas and use of Palestinian families as human shields by
soldiers.

With the death toll from the 17-day Israeli assault on Gaza climbing
above 900, pressure is increasing for an independent inquiry into
specific incidents, such as the shelling of a UN school turned refugee
centre where about 40 people died, as well as the question of whether
the military tactics used by Israel systematically breached
humanitarian law.

The UN's senior human rights body approved a resolution yesterday
condemning the Israeli offensive for "massive violations of human
rights". A senior UN source said the body's humanitarian agencies were
compiling evidence of war crimes and passing it on to the "highest
levels" to be used as seen fit.

Some human rights activists allege that the Israeli leadership gave an
order to keep military casualties low no matter what cost to
civilians. That strategy has directly contributed to one of the
bloodiest Israeli assaults on the Palestinian territories, they say.

John Ging, head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza, said:
"It's about accountability [over] the issue of the appropriateness of
the force used, the proportionality of the force used and the whole
issue of duty of care of civilians.

"We don't want to join any chorus of passing judgment but there should
be an investigation of any and every incident where there are concerns
there might have been violations in international law."

The Israeli military are accused of:

• Using powerful shells in civilian areas which the army knew would
cause large numbers of innocent casualties;

• Using banned weapons such as phosphorus bombs;

• Holding Palestinian families as human shields;

• Attacking medical facilities, including the killing of 12 ambulance
men in marked vehicles;

• Killing large numbers of police who had no military role.

Israeli military actions prompted an unusual public rebuke from the
International Red Cross after the army moved a Palestinian family into
a building and shelled it, killing 30. The surviving children clung to
the bodies of their dead mothers for four days while the army blocked
rescuers from reaching the wounded.

Human Rights Watch has called on the UN security council to set up a
commission of inquiry into alleged war crimes.

Two leading Israeli human rights organisations have separately written
to the country's attorney general demanding he investigate the
allegations.

But critics remain sceptical that any such inquiry will take place,
given that Israel has previously blocked similar attempts with the
backing of the US.

Amnesty International says hitting residential streets with shells
that send blast and shrapnel over a wide area constitutes "prima facie
evidence of war crimes".

"There has been reckless and disproportionate and in some cases
indiscriminate use of force," said Donatella Rovera, an Amnesty
investigator in Israel. "There has been the use of weaponry that
shouldn't be used in densely populated areas because it's known that
it will cause civilian fatalities and casualties.

"They have extremely sophisticated missiles that can be guided to a
moving car and they choose to use other weapons or decide to drop a
bomb on a house knowing that there were women and children inside.
These are very, very clear breaches of international law."

Israel's most prominent human rights organisation, B'Tselem, has
written to the attorney general in Jerusalem, Meni Mazuz, asking him
to investigate suspected crimes including how the military selects its
targets and the killing of scores of policemen at a passing out
parade.

"Many of the targets seem not to have been legitimate military targets
as specified by international humanitarian law," said Sarit Michaeli
of B'Tselem.

Rovera has also collected evidence that the Israeli army holds
Palestinian families prisoner in their own homes as human shields.
"It's standard practice for Israeli soldiers to go into a house, lock
up the family in a room on the ground floor and use the rest of the
house as a military base, as a sniper's position. That is the absolute
textbook case of human shields.

"It has been practised by the Israeli army for many years and they are
doing it again in Gaza now," she said.

While there are growing calls for an international investigation, the
form it would take is less clear. The UN's human rights council has
the authority to investigate allegations of war crimes but Israel has
blocked its previous attempts to do so. The UN security council could
order an investigation, and even set up a war crimes tribunal, but
that is likely to be vetoed by the US and probably Britain.

The international criminal court has no jurisdiction because Israel is
not a signatory. The UN security council could refer the matter to the
court but is unlikely to.

Benjamin Rutland, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said an
international investigation of the army's actions was not justified.
"We have international lawyers at every level of the command whose job
it is to authorise targeting decisions, rules of engagement ... We
don't think we have breached international law in any of these
instances," he said.

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Ebola found in Pigs in Philippines

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/07/asia/AS-Philippines-Sick-Pigs.php

Hopefully it should infect pig-eaters and lovers first. Unfortunately,
as in the case of the Nipah Virus, many Muslims will become infected
also.

It should teach Muslims not to get near pig farms or even Markets.

Unfortunately again, these pig meat markets are located near normal
meat that unscrupulous Pig sellers sell pork to even Muslims who wear
Haji Kopiahs. As it turned out, these are Muslims from the rural areas
who rarely go to towns in order to buy meat that they cannot tell
which market sells beef or pork. As a result, many other innocent
Muslims had to consume pork in a religious ceremony.

It should be made illegal for non-Muslims to sell pork to Muslims just
as it is already forbidden to sell Alcohol to Muslims, and pork
markets should not be near any fish or beef market.

Expert: Virus in Filipino pigs may pose human risk
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MANILA, Philippines: Animal and health experts said Wednesday they
were conducting an investigation in the Philippines to determine
whether the Ebola Reston virus recently discovered in pigs poses a
threat to human health.

About a dozen experts from the U.N., the World Health Organization and
the World Organization for Animal Health were invited to Manila to
help the government investigate the virus, first identified in October
in the northern Philippines.

The discovery not only marked the first time the virus has been found
outside of monkeys, but also the first time it has been found in
swine, a food-producing animal.

Those factors make the mission "particularly important," said a joint
statement by the investigating organizations.

"We hope to identify the risks certainly for animal health and human
health, if there are any," said Dr. Juan Lubroth of the U.N.'s Food
and Agriculture Organization and head of the Manila mission.
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Authorities say the Ebola Reston virus — first discovered among crab-
eating monkeys south of Manila in 1989 — has caused no known illness
among humans.

Ebola's three other subtypes — the Zaire, Sudan and Cote d'Ivoire
strains — can cause deadly hemorrhagic fever in humans, according to
WHO.

The 10-day research mission, which started Tuesday, will focus on the
source of the virus, how it is transmitted, its virulence, its natural
habitat, and the best way to identify it, the experts said.

The Ebola Reston virus was discovered in October while tests were
being conducted on samples from pigs that had died of another swine
disease at two farms in the northern Philippines.

Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the two farms in
northern Bulacan and Pangasinan provinces, which have nearly 10,000
pigs, are under quarantine.

Tests in late December on pig samples from the farms were negative for
the virus, and no pigs have died of the disease or shown any signs of
illness, he said. Bureau of Animal Industry Director Davinio Catbagan
said the foreign team would verify the results with the slaughter of
about 140 pigs.

"If we do not see the virus on these tissue samples, we can decide to
lift the quarantine, and later on (proceed) to a wider surveillance,"
he said.

The future of TV is Internet

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090106.RTVWEB06/TPStory/Business

webometrics is a good indicator of a Nation's Expertise

Singapore is top, with Thaland a close second, while Malaysia and
Indonesia are close. Philippines are low down.

It shows our perception of the Technological prowess of these nations.
It also shows their level of prosperity.

webometrics is just a measure of Web publications. It is no longer
related to Journal publications.
It is therefore no longer related solely on novel ideas being
propagated but also any method of dissemination of knowledge.
Scholarly contribution is just one of the 4 metrics.

http://www.webometrics.info/Distribution_by_Country.asp

26 Singapore Flag of sg 1 2 2
27 Russian Federation Flag of ru 1 1 4
28 Portugal Flag of pt 6 8
29 Poland Flag of pl 3 11
30 Turkey Flag of tr 3 8
31 Thailand Flag of th 2 9
32 Republic Of Korea Flag of kr 2 8
33 Greece Flag of gr 2 6
34 Hungary Flag of hu 2 5
35 Saudi Arabia Flag of sa 2 2
36 New Zealand Flag of nz 1 5
37 South Africa Flag of za 1 5
38 Slovakia Flag of sk 1 3
39 Estonia Flag of ee 1 2
40 Slovenia Flag of si 1 2
41 Switzerland Flag of ch 1 2
42 Argentina Flag of ar 1 2
43 Serbia Flag of rs 1 1
44 Iceland Flag of is 1 1
45 India Flag of in 3
46 Colombia Flag of co 3
47 Indonesia Flag of id 2
48 Latvia Flag of lv 2
49 Malaysia Flag of my 2
50 Puerto Rico Flag of pr 2
51 Venezuela Flag of ve 1
52 Costa Rica Flag of cr 1
53 Peru Flag of pe 1
54 Philippines Flag of ph 1

Proof that Christians in Sabah have always been a very small minority

http://books.google.com.my/books?id=R1ME01zxL98C&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=population+religion+sabah&source=web&ots=QVUfbAqNbW&sig=d4aa31S7M5fLLm0D6mszUcmA4Co&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA477,M1

This is an excellent extract from a book, provided by Google books.

In 1960,

Christians 16.6,
Muslims, 37.9

Data taken from the book: Page 482
Religions and Societies, Asia and the Middle East: Asia and the Middle
East
By Carlo Caldarola
Published by Walter de Gruyter, 1982
ISBN 902793259X, 9789027932594
688 pages

Descendents of Prophet Muhammad exist

From Shiah perspective:
http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/Imam%20Hussein/Imam%20Hussein.html

More neutral view:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071202064612AA0aY6K

I was told my religious teachers who are of the Shafie Mazab that
there are no living descendent of Prophet Muhammad because both Hassan
and Hussin, his grandchildren died. Initially I thought it was at
Karbala but the heads that were recorded appear to be only one but
verbally it appeared to be two because both deaths were narrated
together.

The descendent of Hassan call themselves Shariff and they should be
the most numerous because not many of them were killed. The descendent
of Hussin have only one surviving son but not sure if he survived the
trip to captivity but some daughters may survive because they were
taken care of by Zainab, their aunty.

Our religious teachers appear to discourage looking up to descendants
of Prophet Muhammad for fear of Shirik as what the Shiah had suffered
in revering the descendants of Ali. However pious Muslims should not
lie or hide the truth.

One possible reason was that these teachers were bribed and threatened
by the existing Muslim rulers who tend to form dynasties, not to
emphasise Prophet Muhammad's descendants in choosing leaders. It is
these fear that led to many of them to hide their ancestry while
preserving their titles of Sharif and Syed.

In South East Asia, they were revered not as leaders but as pious
people whose graves can give good luck. Their tombs were filled with
yellow clothes in order to indicate their holiness. In Sabah, most of
these have the Shariff titles.

If we are really concerned, we can do DNA tests but these tests cannot
really determine correctly complete genertic link. These people who
keep their Shariff and Syed titles are not the only ones who are
descendent of Prophet Muhammad. Since holders of these titles are
those who descend from the males line, DNA test can be carried out
easily and cheaply. Imposters can be easily discounted.

It is important for us to establish these genetic links not because we
want to exalt them but to pay our respects to Prophet Muhammad and to
confirm ourselves that Prophet Muhammad is indeed human with real
families. Those who pretend that Prophet Muhammad did not have any
surviving descendant is only trying to deify him which is strictly
forbidden in Islam. This is the same sin committed by Christians who
believe that Jesus does not have any descendants and therefore divine.

Imam Mahdi will be from the East

Imam Mahdi may look like Rasulullah, i.e. Arabic but he will come from
the East.

According to some hadith it should be from the descendents of Fatimah
but both Hassan and Hussin were killed in Karbala so how could there
be their descendents who now call themselvs Shariff and Syed.

http://www.islam.tc/prophecies/imam.html
Imam Mahdi (Descendent of Prophet Muhammad PBUH)
by Mufti A.H. Elias and Mohammad Ali ibn Zubair Ali

Who Is Imam Mahdi?

Note: Please do not confuse Imam Mahdi with Hadhrat Isa (Jesus)
Alayhis Salaam. They are two different persons, and both will come
during the last days. According to Hadeeth, Imam Mahdi will appear
first, and Hadhrat Isa (A.S.) will appear during Imam Mahdi's
lifetime. Furthermore, only Hadhrat Isa (A.S.) will be able to kill
Dajjal (the "anti-Christ").

The term "MAHDI" is a title meaning "The Guided one".

Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas'ood (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, "This world will not come to an end until one
person from my progeny does not rule over the Arabs, and his name will
be the same as my name." (Tirmidhi)

Hadhrat Ali (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) said, "Even if only a day remains for Qiyamah to come, yet
Allah will surely send a man from my family who will fill this world
with such justice and fairness, just as it initally was filled with
oppression." (Abu Dawood)

His Features

Hadhrat Abu Saeed Khudri (R.A.) relates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, "Al Mahdi will be from my progeny. His forehead
will be broad and his nose will be high. He will fill the world with
justice and fairness at a time when the world will be filled with
oppression. He will rule for seven years."

Other ahadeeth inform us that:

* He will be tall
* He will be fair complexioned
* His facial features will be similar to those of Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
* His character will be exactly like that of Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
* His father's name will be Abdullah
* His mother's name will be Aamina
* He will speak with a slight stutter and occasionally this
stutter will frustrate him causing him to hit his hand upon his thigh.
* His age at the time of his emergence will be forty years
* He will receive Knowledge from Allah.

His Emergence and Rule

Hadhrat Umme Salmah (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu
Alayhi Wasallam) said, " After the death of a Ruler there will be some
dispute between the people. At that time a citizen of Madina will flee
(from Madinah) and go to Makkah. While in Makkah, certain people will
approach him between Hajrul Aswad and Maqaame Ibraheem, and forcefully
pledge their allegiance to him.

Thereafter a huge army will proceed from Syria to attack him but when
they will be at Baida, which is between Makkah and Madina, they will
be swallowed into the ground.

On seeing this, the Abdaals of Shaam as well as large numbers of
people from Iraq will come to him and pledge their allegiance to him.
Then a person from the Quraish, whose uncle will be from the Bani Kalb
tribe will send an army to attack him, only to be overpowered, by the
will of Allah. This (defeated) army will be that of the Bani Kalb.
Unfortunate indeed is he who does not receive a share from the booty
of the Kalb. This person (Imam Mahdi) will distribute the spoils of
war after the battle. He will lead the people according to the Sunnat
and during his reign Islam will spread throughout the world. He will
remain till seven years (since his emergence). He will pass away and
the Muslims will perform his Janazah salaat." (Abu Dawood)

According to a Hadeeth, Sayyidena Eesa (A.S.) will lead the Janaazah
of Imam Mahdi (A.S.).

While the people will be pledging their allegiance to Imaam Mahdi, a
voice from the unseen will call out:

"This is the representative of Allah,
The Mahdi, listen to him and obey him"

This announcement which will be heard by all those present will
establish his authenticity. Another sign which will indicate the
authenticity of Imaam Mahdi wil be that in the Ramadhaan prior to his
emergence an eclipse of the sun and moon will occur.

Hadhrat Abu Umamah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) said: "There will be four peace agreements between you and
the Romans. The fourth agreement will be mediated through a person who
will be from the progeny of Hadhrat Haroon (A.S.) and will be upheld
for seven years."

The people asked: "O Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam), who will
be the Imaam of the people at the time?"

Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "He will be from my
progeny and will be forty years of age. His face will shine like a
star and he will have a black spot on his left cheek. He will don two
"Qutwaani" cloaks and will appear exactly as a person from the Bani
Israeel..." (Tabrani)

According to hadith narrated by Abu Saeed Khudri (R.A.) Rasulullah
(Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: "...(regarding the rule of Imaam
Mahdi) the skies will rain down in abundance and the earth will yield
forth its crop in abundance, and those alive will desire that those
who have already passed away should have been alive to enjoy this
prosperity..."

Hadhrat Buraidah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi
Wasallam) said: "There will be many armies after me. You must join
that army which will come from Khurasaan." (Ibn Adi)

Abu Hurairah (R.A.) says that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam)
said: "(Armies carrying) black flags will come from Khurasaan. No
power will be able to stop them and they will finally reach Eela
(Baitul Maqdas) where they will erect their flags."

from: "Signs of Qiyamah"
by Mohammed Ali Ibn Zubair Ali

More Hadeeth (with references) (contributed by Bradley Bilal).

1) The Prophet (PBUH and HF) said: "Even if the entire duration of the
world's existence has already been exhausted and only one day is left
(before the day of judgment), Allah will expand that day to such a
length of time, as to accommodate the kingdom of a person from my
Ahlul-Bayt who will be called by my name. He will fill out the earth
with peace and justice as it will have been full of injustice and
tyranny (by then)."

References:

Sahih al-Tirmidhi, v2, p86, v9, pp 74-75
Sunan Abu Dawud, v2, p7
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v1, pp 84,376; V3, p63

2) The Prophet (PBUH and HF) said: "al-Mahdi is one of us, the members
of the household (Ahlul-Bayt)."

Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4085

3) The Prophet (PBUH and HF) said: The Mahdi will be of my family, of
the descendants of Fatimah (the daughter of the Prophet (PBUH)).

References:

Sunan Abu Dawud, English version, Ch. 36, Tradition #4271
(narrated by Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet)
Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4086

4) The Prophet (PBUH and HF) said: "We (I and my family) are members
of a household that Allah (SWT) has chosen for them the life of the
Hereafter over the life of this world; and the members of my household
(Ahlul-Bayt) shall suffer a great affliction and they shall be
forcefully expelled from their homes after my death; then there will
come people from the East carrying black flags, and they will ask for
some good to be given to them, but they shall be refused service; as
such, they will wage war and emerge victorious, and will be offered
that which they desired in the first place, but they will refuse to
accept it till they pass it to a man from my family (Ahlul-Bayt)
appears to fill the Earth with justice as it has been filled with
corruption. So whoever reaches that (time) ought to come to them even
if crawling on the ice/snow since among them is the Vice-regent of
Allah (Khalifatullah) al-Mahdi."

References:

Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, Tradition #4082,
The History Tabari
al-Sawa'iq al-Muhriqah, by Ibn Hajar, Ch. 11, section 1, pp
250-251

5) Abu Nadra reported: We were with the company of Jabir Ibn
Abdillah... Jabir Ibn Abdillah kept quite for a while and then
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: "There
would be a Caliph in the last (period) of my Ummah who would freely
give handfuls of wealth to the people without counting it." I said to
Abu Nadra and Abu al-Ala: Do you mean Umar Ibn Abd al-Aziz? They said:
NO, (he would be Imam Mahdi).

References:

Sahih Muslim, English version, v4, chapter MCCV, p1508,
Tradition #6961
Sahih Muslim, Arabic version, Kitab al-Fitan, v4, p2234,
Tradition #67

6) "al-Mahdi is from our Ahlul-Bayt, no doubt Allah will enforce his
appearance within a night (i.e., his coming is very unpredictable and
is very sudden)."

References: Sunan Ibn Majah, v2, p269

Compiled from various sources by Islam.tc, webmaster@islam.tc

Good source of living languanges of Sabah

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=MYS

This is an excellent source of information about languages used in
Sabah.

Unfortunately native speakers will most likely dispute their
interpretations and segregations.

I'm a Simunul and I know that my relatives will not agree to call
themselves Sama, even if it were classified as Sama Southern.

Sama is used by natives in the West Coast, labelled as Bajau West
Coast in that site but these people don't call themselves Bajau but
just Sama.

Kadayan is labelled along with Brunei which is logical because their
difference is minor but I've never met any Kadayan who agree that they
are similar to Brunei or even remotely related.

However, having views from outsiders about ourselves may be
enlightening.

Town localised News and Forums

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topix.net

I came to know about this site when I was looking searching for "Sabah
Pro-independent movement" and I was impressed by the fact that it
shows my posting town, i.e. Kota Kinabalu

When I type www.topix.net, I was immediately forwarded to a news
aggregator portal emphasising on News about Kota Kinabalu.

I'm surprised that there are many bold posts such as the above about
Malaysia that has ISA for just about anyone. Most of those posters are
from outside Malaysia but their knowledge about Malaysia is so great
that they must have contacts within Malaysia.

However some may not be aware that their locations can be revealed so
please read the warnings in the wikipedia article about topix.

Google news only recently introduced Malaysia localised News. This is
probably due to competition from Topix. However I don't just read news
about Kota Kinabalu. I also prefer news about the whole of Sabah since
my home town is Sandakan. Still I may like to know about Sabahans all
over the world so Google News is still useful with its familar search
engine. I'm still not familiar with Topix search engine.