Injury crisis mars United's semi-final win

Manchester United booked a place in the Carling Cup final on Tuesday night with a 4-3 aggregate win over Derby County, but a raft of fresh injuries meant victory came at a steep price for Sir Alex Ferguson.

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Nani was just one of United's injured stars

United could be without Rafael for at least a month after he sustained a torn hamstring, Brazilian midfielder Anderson left the pitch on a stretcher after suffering an ankle injury and Nani, Gary Neville and Jonny Evans all picked up knocks.

With an FA Cup fourth round tie coming on Saturday against Tottenham Hotspur, Sir Alex Ferguson, already without Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra, admitted the situation was not ideal.

''There are probably six or seven of them who have picked up injuries,'' confirmed the United manager. ''It has been a bad night in that respect''.

''We finished with 10 men but it was effectively nine because Jonny was in great discomfort. We will just have to see what happens now.''

Darren Fletcher is almost certain to be called on as a makeshift right-back, while Fabio might be handed his senior debut against Spurs if Neville does not make it.

It took the gloss off victory in an entertaining contest, as Nani, John O'Shea and Carlos Tevez scored before half-time and, although Giles Barnes found the net twice for Derby, Cristiano Ronaldo split them with a penalty of his own - ending a barren run in domestic combat that stretched back to November 15 - to ensure the Red Devils made it through.

Derby boss Nigel Clough was not too downhearted either given his team's performance had been a vast improvement on their shoddy effort against QPR at the weekend.

''The first goal knocked the stuffing out of us; 30 yards in the top corner you can't do much about those,'' he said. ''Defending the second and third goals was disappointing but it was a vast improvement on Saturday - even the first half.

''It would be very easy to give up the ghost but we showed a bit of character, which after Saturday was what we were looking for.''

After the game Ferguson vowed to stick with his youngsters for the Carling Cup final at the beginning of March.

Darron Gibson, John O'Shea and Danny Welbeck have been among the unsung heroes who have been regular performers in the competition this term.

And they can all bank on retaining their spots as United compete in their 14th domestic final of Ferguson's reign.

''They will all play in the final,'' said Ferguson. ''They deserve to. It is always a great occasion at Wembley but the only way you can really enjoy it is by winning.''

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Ekonomi gawat:14 ribu sudah diberhentikan kerja dan 45 ribu lagi bakal menerima nasib yang sama.

Kenyataan mengenai hampir 45 ribu pekerja sektor pengilangan mungkin kehilangan pekerjaan sangat membimbangkan. Penutupan operasi selama dua atau tiga minggu membingungkan pekerja. Pekerja merasa keliru, sama ada majikan masih memerlukan mereka atau sebaliknya.

Rekod-rekod lepas, sehingga 12 Januari, sudah 14,000 pekerja dari pelbagai sektor diberhentikan. Ini berikutan kegawatan ekonomi dunia yang turut melanda negara.

Berita kekosongan 15 ribu pekerjaan yang berdaftar di bawah Kementerian Sumber Manusia menimbulkan banyak persoalan. Antaranya jenis pekerjaan yang kosong itu. Adakah pekerjaan yang kosong itu buruh binaan, buruh ladang atau seumpamanya?

Persoalan pengalaman kerja juga mempertikai kekosongan pekerjaan yang diwar-warkan. Sebilangan besar majikan meletakkan syarat pengalaman bekerja sebelum diterima di syarikatnya. Mana mungkin golongan muda ada pengalamn kerja jika tidak diberi peluang.

Negara sepatutnya menerima hakikat bahawa kegawatan ekonomi memang memberi kesan yang buruk dan ia mesti ditangani dengan usaha yang lebih rasional. Tiada untungnya jika kerajaan menafikan kesan kegawatan ekonomi kepada negara. Kenyataan sebenar mesti diterima dan bukannya mengeluarkan kenyataan politik semata-mata.

Kemenangan PR bukan kerana tangan-tangan manusia

Usaha, doa dan tawakal adalah syarat kemenangan dalam perjuangan. setiap satunya mempunyai syarat-syarat yang tersendiri. bagaimana syarat kemenangan dalam usaha. jalan-jalan gerak kerja jamaah telah diajar oleh Allah melalui sirah nabawi. tiada yang lebih baik contoh teladan untuk berjuang di jalan Allah jika tidak diambil daripada junjungan besar Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.

syarat-syarat kemenangan mesti dipenuhi. doa juga ada syarat-syaratnya bagi pejuang Islam yang ditentukan oleh Allah. terakhirnya tawakkal juga dipenuhi syarat-syarat tertentu. kemenangan PR di Kuala Terengganu dengan PAS mendapat 32,883 undi manakala BN 30,252, sementara undi calon Bebas adalah 193 undi, di mana PAS mendapat kelebihan majoriti 2,631 undi.

Ini memberi banyak pengajaran dan iktibar. masa untuk membuat bedah siasat tentang kelebihan dan kekurangan yang ada. bukan sahaja pengajaran untuk pejuang Kuala Terengganu sahaja tetapi untuk dilihat oleh seluruh pendokong perjuangan di seluruh pelusuk tanak air. kemenangan PR bukan kerana tangan-tangan manusia tetapi hanyalah pertolongan Allah semata-mata.

Apalah daya manusia untuk mengubah hati kecil manusia lain dalam membuat pilihan. jangan ingat 'kita buat itu' dan 'kita buat ini' adalah sebab kemenangan. tidak sesekali tidak kemenangan sebab gerak kerja manusia tetapi adalah kekuasaan Allah pencipta alam.

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nanti piala munsoon terus dianjur

Hamas: Gaza war ends peace process

Meshaal said that any international monitoring force in Gaza would be treated as an occupation force [AFP]

Hamas has said that the Gaza war has put an end to chances of negotiations with Israel, calling on Arabs to pressure Tel Aviv to cease its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
In a televised speech on Saturday, Khaled Meshaal, the exiled-Hamas political leader, said Israel's offensive on Gaza, which has killed more than 850 Palestinians, had failed because Hamas was still firing rockets at Israel.
"You have finished off the last chance and breath for settlement and negotiations," Meshaal said.
"In all modesty ... I can say with full confidence that on the military level the enemy has totally failed, it has not achieved anything.
"Has it stopped the rockets?" he asked of Israel's declared aim in launching the offensive.
'New intifada'
Meshaal called on Arabs to pressure their leaders and the international community through protests.
"We are living the hardest moments of the resistance now, we want another intifada [uprising] in Palestine and on the Arab street," he said, calling on the Arabs to continue protesting.
Meshaal said that Israel was covering up the true nature of its losses by saying that troops had been killed by their own fire and in accidents.
"What did you achieve through this war... other than the killing of children, of innocents?" he asked the Israeli leadership.
"You have lost on the moral and humanitarian fronts ... and you have created a resistance in every house," Meshaal said.
He slammed Israel's assault on Gaza as a "holocaust" in which the blood of Palestinian children was being shed to bolster prospects in next month's Israeli elections.
"The enemy has failed by creating a real holocaust on the soil of Gaza.
"Palestinian blood has become a means to win elections," he said, addressing the Israeli people whose leaders are to face off in general elections on February 10.

Egyptian plan
Meshaal's comments come as a Hamas delegation is in Egypt, together with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to discuss an Egyptian ceasefire proposal and possible international monitoring force to enforce an agreement.
Meshaal said that any international monitoring force in the Gaza Strip would be treated as an "occupation" force.
"Before any negotiations could take place, Israel had to halt attacks, pull out of the Gaza Strip and lift the siege of Gaza," Meshaal said.
He also insisted on Hamas's inclusion, together with the Egyptians and the Europeans, in any monitoring system on the Rafah border.
A 2005 agreement to monitor the Rafah crossing did not include Hamas and the Egyptians have said they will stick to that agreement.

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Kenyataan dua bekas menteri kewangan berbeza

Bekas Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah menggambarkan ekonomi negara kini dalam keadaan yang buruk. Seorang lagi bekas menteri kewangan ,Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pula berkata bahawa negara sekarang ini tidak mengalami kemelesetan dalam keadaan kegawatan ekonomi global memberi kesan yang buruk ke atas ekonomi Amerika Syarikat dan Eropah.

Siapa yang betul dan siapa yang bohong atau kedua-duanya bohong. Kalau dinilai dari latar belakang kepakaran, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah lebih layak bercakap tentang ekonomi berbanding dengan Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yang pada zamannya banyak kecelaruan ekonomi berlaku.

Rata-rata pendapat, menyetujui pandangan Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. Mana mungkin negara maju mengalami kemelesetan tetapi Malaysia sebuah negara membangun tidak tercalar pun dengan kemelesetan. Negara jiran, Singapura, Thailand dan Indonesia juga mengalami kemelesetan, Malaysia bertegas juga dengan hujah tiada kemelesetan. Fikir-fikirkan...

Banjir manusia di Hospital Tengku Zaharah

Laungan Takbir mengiringi calon PAS p36 Abdul Wahid Endut. Gabungan Melayu, Cina dan India menggambarkan perpaduan Pakatan Rakyat yang meyakinkan rakyat. Suasana
Kehadiran Pemimpin-pemimpin PAS dan Pakatan Rakyat, seperti YB Dato Hasan Ali, YB Teresa Kok, YB Lim Kit Siang, YB Ronny Liu, YB Azmin Ali dan Hj Mustafa Kamil Ayub meyakinkan pengundi dengan slogan PAS For All.

Dengan iringan doa dari Guru Dato Nik Abd Aziz Nik Mat, Menteri Besar Kedah dan Menteri Besar Perak memberkati gerak kerja di pusat penamaan calon.
Sokongan padu rakyat yang di luar jangkaan sehingga melimpah ke Hospital Tengku Zaharah. Berulang kembali peristiwa PRU ke-12 mengenai kaum Cina dan India membawa bendera dan poster PAS.

Kemenangan moral pertama pada hari penamaan calon dan seterusnya tingkatkan usaha berkempen. Jangan dilupa usaha melalui Doa dan Tawakkal kepad Maha Yang Maha Esa sepanjang pilihanray Kecil p36 ini. Usaha manusia hanya sedikit tetapi pertolongan Allah memenangkan Gerakan Islam.