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Posted: 25 Sep 2011 10:43 PM PDT

NIBONG TEBAL: Chick Ismail, the mother of Penang Umno Liaison Committee chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman, died here last night.

She was 83.

Zainal Abidin said today his mother died at 10.50 pm at their house in Kampung Sungai Setar Kecil. She had been ill for the past six years, he said.

Chick left behind husband Osman Md Isa, 90, eleven children and 78 grandchildren and great grandchildren, he added.

She was buried at the cemetery of the Sungai Acheh Mosque at 11 am, he said. -- BERNAMA

Posted: 25 Sep 2011 10:41 PM PDT

NEW DELHI: India Monday test fired its home developed nuclear capable ballistic missile Prithvi-II off the Orissa coast, defence sources said.

The missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Orissa at the Bay of Bengal, Xinhua news agency reported.

The medium-range missile, which can carry a pay-load of 500 kg, has a maximum range of 350 km.

India successfully test fired its surface-to-surface ballistic missile
Shourya from the same test base Saturday. -- BERNAMA

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Ahad, 25 September 2011