Archive - 25 October 2002

updated version A detractor of Azalina Othman Said turns 180 degrees and now calls on the wing's members to close ranks and support the Puteri Umno chief. What gives?

Following confusing reports on the decision reached by BN on the language switch, Dong Jiao Zong tells the front's Chinese-based parties to stop the shadow play and get to the bottom line.

The Philippines government files criminal charges in court today against fugitive Indonesian Islamic militant Hambali and Malaysian businessman Faiz bin Abu Bakar Bafana, accusing them of giving money to local Muslim militants to procure explosives.

Ketua Umno Pasir Mas, Datuk Ibrahim Ali mengotai janjinya untuk mengadakan mesyuarat tergempar bahagian berkenaan untuk menolak cadangan Dr Mahathir Mohamad untuk tidak bertanding dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

Tamil education groups are now planning their next move in the wake of the government's recent announcement on the language switch. Their actions include discussing the course of actions to take and working to help students to cope with the change.

The home minister, his deputies and their subordinates claim to have no idea on the developments regarding the fate of a new Chinese daily although it has been nearly a month since it was slapped with a suspension order.

Malaysia adds another feather to its dismal press freedom cap. An international media watchdog has ranked the country at 110 out of 139 countries it surveyed around the globe.

Lurking behind the beautiful beaches in Maldives, is a regime spearheaded by a president who is determined to remain in power. Dissidence is a taboo here and those who dare cross the line incur the wrath of Moumoon Abdul Gayoom.

Suspecting a political hand behind the poor coverage by the print media on the proposed giant incinerator in Puchong, concerned citizens are now turning to the Internet for information and to gather critical mass support.

SALBIAH AHMAD is reminded by an author that 12 years after the celebrated collapse of the Berlin Wall, we are surrounded by fences yet again, cut off from one another, from the earth and from our own ability to imagine that change is possible.

The first wife of a Perak prince has been arrested in connection with the murder of his younger second wife (photo) a former model and actress local media reported today

Though it has been slammed as a one-issue party, Keadilan is optimistic of its spot in the Malaysian political scene and is gearing up for expansion. The party's secretary-general also gives an idea of what to expect at its AGM tomorrow.