Archive - 23 February 2003

Keadilan and PRM today finally decided o­n the new transitional leadership line-up of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, which leaders say will generate a new multi-racial politics for Malaysia.

The West's "mild admonishment" of North Korea over its weapons of mass destruction proves a looming US-led war against Iraq is targetting Muslims, Dr Minister Mahathir Mohamad said today.

Kings, sheikhs and presidents from the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America gathered in Kuala Lumpur today in an attempt to make their voices heard in a world where the lone superpower appears headed towards war.

It is now quite clear that Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) has emerged as a typical Dayak party - with no strong leader at its helm and everybody wanting to become "generals". So fight they must; very likely come the party's TDC in September.

More than 8,000 police patrolled the Malaysian capital today as leaders flew in under heavy guard for the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.