LOS ANGELES, Oct 7 — Eddie Van Halen, the pioneering guitar player whose hard-rocking band emerged from the Sunset Strip music scene in Los Angeles in the early 1970s to stand at the top of rock 'n' roll for a decade, died of cancer on Tuesday.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 21 — Former Terengganu Menteri Besar Tan Sri Wan Mokhtar Ahmad died at 6.20 am this morning at Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur due to heart complications.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 15 — The Terengganu Veterinary Services Department today declared the buffalo farm belonging to the family of Muhammad Syukur Khamis in Kampung Banggol Katong near Serada here, as a restricted area to the public.