'The Truth About Exercise'

Like many, Michael Mosley want to get fitter and healthier but can't face hours on the treadmill or trips to the gym. Help may be at hand.

He uncovers the surprising new research which suggests many of us could benefit from just three minutes of high intensity exercise a week.

Photos Muslim pilgrims begin haj rites

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - More than 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims began on Friday the rites of the annual haj pilgrimage, leaving the holy city of Mecca for Mount Arafat, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have delivered his final haj sermon.

Discovery Channel: Secret History of the Freemasons

Discovery Channel: Secret History of the Freemasons

Pictures: Noah's 'real-life' ark on Dutch river

For three years, the quaint old city of Dordrecht has watched in amazement as a local businessman's dream of building a real-life Noah's ark, stocked with thousands of plastic animals, became a reality. -- PHOTO: AFP

DORDRECHT (Netherlands) - FOR three years, the quaint old city of Dordrecht has watched in amazement as a local businessman's dream of building a real-life Noah's ark, stocked with thousands of plastic animals, became a reality.

The enormous vessel stands at an abandoned quay on the Merwede River, about 65km south of Amsterdam. Here, Johan Huibers, 52, and a team of 50 dedicated employees put the final touches to what they believe is the only life-size wooden ark in existence.

How to protect your votes from being traced?

The seven-minute clip posted on YouTube is produced by a group of activists to educate Malaysian voters on how to ensure the confidentiality of their votes.

The easy-to-understand clip begins with a setting at a polling centre, showing voting officers illegally marking a voters list, ballot papers and counter forms to trace selected voters.

The viewer is then told that such an action should be reported to the polling centre representatives appointed by the candidates as well as the Election Commission officer stationed at the centre.

The Bastard Markom Giran in Video

Following the revelation that the state Departments of Education had tried to convert teachers who could not speak the mother tongue of the students but were deployed to teach Bahasa Malaysia to lower primary students in Chinese and Tamils schools, to academic tutors, it is now learned that Chinese schools are asked to reduce the number of classes.

Who issued the order?

Johor State Education Department Director Markom Giran said: "The instruction is from the Ministry of Education."